Database Management System (DBMS) is a software that is used to define, create and maintain a database and provides controlled access to the data. 1.It stores data as file. 2.Data elements need to excess individually. 3. No relationship between data 4.It does not support distributed database. 5. It stores data either in herarchial or navigational form. Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) is an advanced version of a DBMS. 1.It stores data in tabular form. 2.Multiple data can be access at the same time. 3.Data is stored in the form of table which are related to each other. 4.It supports distributed data base. 5.It uses tabular structure to store data.