We performed a comparison between EDB Postgres Advanced Server and MySQL based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Open Source Databases solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It gives us a solid, less expensive alternative to deploying with Oracle."
"The low cost and functionality allows us to save money on smaller database projects."
"I like that EDB Postgres Advanced Server scales well. A valuable feature of the solution is multi-tenancy support. It also supports JSONB."
"I rate EDB Postgres Advanced Server's stability an eight out of ten."
"I like MySQL because of its community."
"The way that MySQL has improved my organization is that it comes free and also works fine on the technical side."
"The speed is very good."
"It is pretty simple to use and I don't have anything really bad to say about it."
"The solution has been very easy to scale so far."
"The solution is very simple. It's easy to use. That's the most important feature."
"The solution is a small application and is very easy to deploy."
"The solution is free to use, which is its most valuable aspect."
"An area for improvement in EDB Postgres Advanced Server is JSONB querying. It would be nice to have even stronger JSONB support from the solution."
"The system is aging and not keeping up with the performance of new, enhanced database models."
"The security is not very robust and the product would be much more useful with more security options."
"I have faced performance issues in the community edition."
"Rather than going in-depth about the technical features, which a technical person can directly tell, I would say that MySQL should be able to adapt to the next framework. The 5G framework means an unstructured framework. So if MySQL becomes smoother and more adaptable, it'll be easier."
"The documentation is pretty weak and should be improved."
"In the next release, I would like to see the scalability features improved to allow you to configure it and reduce the complexity with the configuration, making it easier for the end-user to scale. Make it as simple as it can be."
"Clusters are hard to perform so we use no SQL alternates like MongoDB."
"MySQL's performance requires attention. For optimal performance, one should review and sometimes revise the code, particularly when using server-side scripting."
"The tool needs to improve table visualization."
"The user interface could be more user friendly. Mainly because most of the times we see black and white digital lines. Something like Python."
"Could use some additional JSON query support in the solution."
EDB Postgres Advanced Server is ranked 6th in Open Source Databases with 6 reviews while MySQL is ranked 1st in Open Source Databases with 142 reviews. EDB Postgres Advanced Server is rated 8.0, while MySQL is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of EDB Postgres Advanced Server writes "Scales well; works in both development and production environments and has multi-tenancy and JSONB support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MySQL writes "Good beginner base but it should have better support for backups". EDB Postgres Advanced Server is most compared with PostgreSQL, Percona Server, YugabyteDB and MariaDB, whereas MySQL is most compared with Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Teradata and SQL Server. See our EDB Postgres Advanced Server vs. MySQL report.
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