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LAMP Stack CentOS vs MySQL on Ubuntu comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

LAMP Stack CentOS
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
38th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
2.7
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MySQL on Ubuntu
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
21st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Operating Systems (OS) for Business category, the mindshare of LAMP Stack CentOS is 0.2%. The mindshare of MySQL on Ubuntu is 0.2%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MySQL on Ubuntu0.2%
LAMP Stack CentOS0.2%
Other99.6%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
 

Featured Reviews

FedirPlotnikov - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cloud Engineer at Globant
Reliable hosting stack has supported long-term PHP website and application development
In my opinion, the best features LAMP Stack CentOS offers include a reliable and predictable solution for hosting PHP applications. The stability of the solutions and the CentOS and Red Hat release policy make it predictable for me, which ensures that I always have a tested and stable version in the official repositories. LAMP Stack CentOS has impacted my organization positively as it was the main stack for the development and hosting of the developed solutions for some of the companies. This impacted my teams and business outcomes as the whole business was based on the ability to release PHP-based applications, so it is basically one of the core services for the business.
Pranay Jain - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior software developer at Simplifyvms
Reliable data platform has improved uptime and reduced infrastructure and licensing costs
MySQL on Ubuntu is an open-source relational database management system that stores data in tables and columns. It is free, open-source, and very stable for servers with easy installation for our production application. MySQL on Ubuntu demonstrates excellent stability and works very effectively with our Node.js backend. It is memory and disk efficient while providing regular security and bug updates. From an organizational perspective, MySQL on Ubuntu offers significant advantages. The cost is excellent since it is open-source with no licensing fees. The reliability it provides is outstanding with minimal crashes and exceptional stability. The improved application performance is notable with fast query searches and superior indexing properties. MySQL on Ubuntu saves considerable time and reduces operational costs through decreased database licensing fees as an open-source solution. We achieve a thirty to sixty percent reduction in infrastructure costs. System uptime is excellent in our stable Linux environment, reaching 99.9 percent uptime. Application performance improvements are substantial, delivering twenty-five to forty percent faster API responses when queries are optimized according to our needs.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"LAMP Stack CentOS builds client trust that we can get our projects live in no time and builds credibility for the organization."
"LAMP Stack CentOS has positively impacted my organization by providing a standard, zero-license, licensing-free gateway into the Red Hat enterprise ecosystem."
"LAMP Stack CentOS has impacted my organization positively as it was the main stack for the development and hosting of the developed solutions for some of the companies."
"MySQL on Ubuntu is a great platform to deploy your data as it integrates well with services for ETL, analytics, or even machine learning platforms, and we have not encountered a single downtime while achieving high scalability, availability, and strong data security within our VPC."
"MySQL on Ubuntu has positively impacted my organization by enabling me to use a database that is very easy to use, quick to set up, and inexpensive; this database provides business value because every web application nowadays needs some type of database, so for those that require SQL databases, MySQL on Ubuntu is a great way to do it."
"MySQL on Ubuntu is the base for most of our applications that are based on Linux, so it is wonderful."
"MySQL on Ubuntu is a pragmatic choice if you are building data-intensive applications such as financial systems or AI pipelines."
"MySQL on Ubuntu combination handles it in a very efficient way."
"MySQL on Ubuntu is very simple, easy, and quick to use for people with database expertise."
"I appreciate MySQL on Ubuntu for its relational tables which are faster to read, contributing to the performance in simple applications."
"The best features MySQL on Ubuntu offers me include reliability, as I can use it from anywhere, and scalability as a free and open source tool."
 

Cons

"The performance of LAMP Stack CentOS when handling high-traffic websites or demanding workloads might require us to set up some load balancing."
"LAMP Stack CentOS can be improved by tracking the CVEs and releasing fixes as fast as possible."
"The bigger area for improvement for LAMP Stack CentOS is overall ecosystem lifecycle predictability."
"Sometimes, if the indexing is not done very well, I have noticed slowness, but largely, it has performed pretty well."
"Two points have been knocked off because of practical day-to-day frustrations that we have experienced consistently over time."
"Integration is always important regarding operating systems and these types of products, so being able to integrate and export or import from JSON structures is very critical."
"I cannot answer regarding improvements. As I said, I am not watching, and I don't know what is in between the application and the database."
"Horizontal scaling presented challenges, as MySQL's sharding is not as seamless as some newer databases."
"Despite some issues such as security concerns when changing passwords which compromised the database, it remains a very good database engine."
"Setting up MySQL on Ubuntu is complex."
"MySQL on Ubuntu can be improved because it has limited analytics query capabilities rather than other competitors."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
56%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Transportation Company
7%
Construction Company
24%
University
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Healthcare Company
10%
 

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MySQL on Ubuntu?
Regarding pricing and licensing, I use the free tier, so I don't know much about pricing.
What needs improvement with MySQL on Ubuntu?
Several pain points regarding MySQL on Ubuntu come to mind. First, its handling of large JSON documents was sometimes cumbersome. We stored structured financial data and occasionally had to denorma...
What is your primary use case for MySQL on Ubuntu?
MySQL on Ubuntu served as the primary storage and management system for structured financial data extracted from documents in our financial mapping system. We stored trial balances, entries, accoun...
 

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