# Overview of Database Insights on Amazon RDS
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By default, RDS enables Database Insights in Advanced mode, which includes lock diagnostics, execution plan capture, and fleet-level monitoring.

**Important**  
The following topics describe using Database Insights with non-Aurora DB engines. For information about using Database Insights with Amazon Aurora, see [Using Database Insights](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/USER_PerfInsights.html) in the *Amazon Aurora User Guide*.

**Topics**
+ [Database load](USER_PerfInsights.Overview.ActiveSessions.md)
+ [Maximum CPU](USER_PerfInsights.Overview.MaxCPU.md)
+ [Pricing and data retention for Database Insights](USER_PerfInsights.Overview.cost.md)