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LAMP Stack Debian vs MySQL on Ubuntu comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

LAMP Stack Debian
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
36th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
4
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 Debian is 0.1%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. 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 Debian0.1%
Other99.7%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
 

Featured Reviews

FedirPlotnikov - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cloud Engineer at Globant
Long-term hosting with trusted security and compliance has supported diverse web projects
LAMP Stack Debian is one of the standards of website hosting solutions and software. Apache is the lead web service in the Linux world and not only in the Linux world. It has many features, modules, security implementations, and performance capabilities. SSL mode is one of the most valuable features of LAMP Stack Debian that I find of particular importance. mod_security, mod_ssl, and mod_rewrite are all basic components and basic authorization features of LAMP Stack Debian that can help prevent unauthorized access, offering different types of security implementation based on your IP address, different headers, and tokens. I can have a huge variety of options to apply with Apache. LAMP Stack Debian allows my organization to do its work. It allows us to provide development and hosting, and to host company business portals and business websites. The whole workflow and development are tied to this. Business results from using LAMP Stack Debian include actual delivery to market of websites and PHP applications. It is absolutely trusted for the clients and different vendors, making it a well-known standard that makes it easier to proceed with any compliance checks and validations with the clients. It is easy to work with as each component of the market and business understands what this tool is, what its requirements are, and what to expect.
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

"The benefits and positive impact I have seen since starting to work with LAMP Stack Debian include cost-effectiveness, as it is open source and free with no licensing issues to handle, and I appreciate the documentation and resources available."
"LAMP Stack Debian has streamlined our operational overhead because it is highly predictable and universally respected by Linux engineers."
"LAMP Stack Debian has impacted my organization positively because it is easy to set up and there is no cost related to licensing since the entire stack is open-source."
"LAMP Stack Debian is a very solid product, well-known, well-maintained, and very popular."
"MySQL on Ubuntu is the base for most of our applications that are based on Linux, so it is wonderful."
"MySQL on Ubuntu offers very good performance, it is secure, and it is easy to use."
"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 is very simple, easy, and quick to use for people with database expertise."
"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 a pragmatic choice if you are building data-intensive applications such as financial systems or AI pipelines."
"MySQL on Ubuntu has a definite impact on our organization as it improves the scalability level to 70% and the accessibility is very fast to achieve the data on the dashboard, and we provide different types of reports to end users using Power BI which has improved the efficiency of our organization."
"The primary aspect of MySQL on Ubuntu that I appreciate is that it is extremely reliable among the RDBMS that I have used, and another important quality is that it extends with volume very well as most RDBMS don't scale very well, but this one scales very well and has been very reliable and highly available."
 

Cons

"LAMP Stack Debian can be improved by addressing the lack of a built-in caching mechanism."
"LAMP Stack Debian sometimes has concerns about the memory usage or speed, and sometimes competitors like Nginx or Lighttpd have better results in those areas."
"The primary drawback of LAMP Stack Debian's hyper-focus on stability is that the software versions in the stable repository channels for PHP, MySQL, and MariaDB packages can become outdated quickly relative to the fast-moving web ecosystems."
"Regarding areas of LAMP Stack Debian that could be improved or enhanced, while it is very nice as is, one area might be the caching mechanism."
"Performance improvements and security enhancements could be implemented for MySQL on Ubuntu."
"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."
"Sometimes, if the indexing is not done very well, I have noticed slowness, but largely, it has performed pretty well."
"The workbench, GUI-based application for MySQL on Ubuntu, needs improvement."
"I would say that MySQL on Ubuntu can be improved particularly in its scaling capabilities."
"Two points have been knocked off because of practical day-to-day frustrations that we have experienced consistently over time."
"Currently, what happens is that replication setup is complex; if you make the setup but if you want to replicate it, it will be complex."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
51%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Construction Company
24%
University
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Healthcare Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with LAMP Stack Debian?
Regarding areas of LAMP Stack Debian that could be improved or enhanced, while it is very nice as is, one area might be the caching mechanism. It could be beneficial to integrate popular caching to...
What is your primary use case for LAMP Stack Debian?
I use LAMP Stack Debian to serve a web application. We use LAMP Stack Debian as the Linux environment to serve the application and configure the components of the web application by writing custom ...
What advice do you have for others considering LAMP Stack Debian?
I do not know where my company purchased this solution from. I do not think it is a purchased one. You can just integrate those different stacks together in a Linux server. Until now, I have not us...
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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