| 1. | DBMS Applications store data as file. | RDBMS Applications store data in a Tabular form. |
| 2. | Normalization is not present in DBMS. | Normalization is present in RDBMS. |
| 3. | DBMS does not support distributed database. | RDBMS support distributed database. |
| 4. | The Software and Hardware requirements are low. | The Software and Hardware requirements are higher. |
| 5. | DBMS support a Single User. | RDBMS support a Multiple User. |
| 6. | Individual access of data elements. | Multiple data elements are accessible together. |
| 7. | No connection between data. | Data in the form of a table are linked together. |
| 8. | There is only low security while handling data. | It features multiple layers of security while handling data. |
| 9. | Examples of DBMS is file, systems, XML, etc. | Examples of RDBMS are mysql, Sql server, oracle, etc. |