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MySQL on Ubuntu vs Sophos Central comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
3.9
Automation significantly saved time, improved compliance, and reduced costs with increased speed and minimal personnel required.
Sentiment score
7.2
Sophos Central enhances cost savings and efficiency through superior threat detection, seamless integrations, and effective infrastructure management.
The audit trail MySQL provided also meant zero untracked data losses in production.
AI Engineer at a educational organization with 51-200 employees
I have seen a return on investment with MySQL on Ubuntu because I can say that everything we can do here is save money and time, and even we are using a small number of team to handle it.
Senior QA Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
I have indeed seen a return on investment, particularly in time saved, as using MySQL on Ubuntu has proven to be 15 to 20% quicker than building a Postgres database.
Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We returned our investment within the first year.
Supervisor, Infraestructura Information Technology at Refineria Dominicana de Petroleo
After adopting Sophos Central, we can easily integrate with ServiceNow, which means fewer employees, and that translates to money saved.
Senior Security Analyst at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We see a return on investment with Sophos Central because it saves manpower and time.
Senior System Administrator at Vatsin technology solutions pvt ltd
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
4.9
MySQL on Ubuntu offers robust community support, reliable documentation, and paid services, ensuring positive customer service experiences.
Sentiment score
8.2
Sophos Central support is generally effective and responsive, with occasional delays and language barriers, earning ratings of 7-10.
I used AWS support, and they are very quick to respond.
Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Whenever we can, we call the support and they fix the problem right away.
IT Administrator at a university with 51-200 employees
GitHub Copilot provides substantial information that helps when encountering errors.
Erp Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
In my recent experience with a support ticket, the engineer was not very effective and took longer than I expected.
Senior Security Analyst at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
If I call support at any time, they will assign a new engineer according to SLA immediately or within one to three hours.
Project Engineer at IT Solution
I received instant support and remote assistance, and the Sophos team is very cooperative and helped me a lot.
Senior System Administrator at Vatsin technology solutions pvt ltd
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.4
MySQL on Ubuntu efficiently handles increased loads with strong query performance, clustering, and cost-effectiveness, though scaling requires planning.
Sentiment score
7.5
Sophos Central is highly scalable, supporting diverse customer needs, with effortless license additions and strong endpoint management.
When running on EC2 instances, for example, I can scale it from zero to 10,000 machines or even higher.
Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Clustering is useful because that helps with high availability and scalability.
CEO at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
MySQL on Ubuntu provides excellent reliability for scalability needs.
Senior software developer at Simplifyvms
Sophos Central's scalability is excellent because I can add any licenses at any time without needing to create a new console.
Project Engineer at IT Solution
I believe Sophos Central's scalability is good compared to other EDR solutions that we have.
Senior Security Analyst at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
MySQL on Ubuntu delivers stable, reliable performance with consistent uptime, efficiently managing concurrent workflows and diverse automation jobs.
Sentiment score
7.6
Sophos Central is praised for stability, centralized management, and reliability, suitable for diverse business sizes including cloud environments.
MySQL on Ubuntu uses the InnoDB engine, which has ACID properties integrated.
Senior software developer at Simplifyvms
In real-world production use, it has been consistently proven across startups, mid-sized companies, and large organizations as well.
Senior QA Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
MySQL on Ubuntu is stable; both the MySQL component and the Ubuntu component are very stable, popular, and actively maintained.
Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

MySQL on Ubuntu struggles with large JSON data, requires scaling strategies, and needs better security, monitoring, and AI integration.
Sophos Central users want enhanced performance, better integration, improved UI, and comprehensive support for mobile, security, and connectivity issues.
Scaling out is much harder to do. Even though a master-slave setup can help maintain a real-time backup or offload queries, achieving true horizontal scaling with numerous nodes at once can be tricky with MySQL on Ubuntu.
Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
A more self-tuning approach to index optimization and query execution would reduce that burden, particularly for teams that focus more on application logic than database administration.
AI Engineer at a educational organization with 51-200 employees
The only area where I would say I have seen potential for improvement is occasional slowness, but I cannot really attribute it to the product; it could also be the design of the database and the queries.
CEO at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I would add that the logs in Sophos Central should be more detailed. Sometimes, when we're checking the logs, they simply state that a file is blocked, but we can't find out why that is the case.
Senior Security Analyst at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I saw how I can query history from my workstation to do threat intelligence.
Supervisor, Infraestructura Information Technology at Refineria Dominicana de Petroleo
I think Sophos Central could be improved by offering an on-premises option because some users prefer to keep their data locally rather than in the cloud.
Project Engineer at IT Solution
 

Setup Cost

MySQL on Ubuntu is cost-effective, reducing expenses in licensing, setup, maintenance, hardware, and operational costs for enterprises.
Sophos Central pricing is seen as affordable overall but can be costly for additional licenses and lacks flexibility.
Since MySQL on Ubuntu is quite lean, it results in low operational costs, making it favorable from a pricing perspective.
Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We can reduce licensing cost saving with MySQL on Ubuntu because there is no cost.
Senior QA Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
My thoughts on the pricing or licensing with Sophos Central are that it is very good.
Supervisor, Infraestructura Information Technology at Refineria Dominicana de Petroleo
 

Valuable Features

MySQL on Ubuntu offers reliability, performance, scalability, security, easy installation, low resources, and extensive community support for data management.
Sophos Central offers a user-friendly, cloud-based platform with real-time threat detection, centralized management, and comprehensive security features.
It extends with volume very well. Most RDBMS don't scale very well, but this one scales very well and has been very reliable and highly available.
CEO at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
By putting it in MySQL on Ubuntu, even if the node went down, the database would come back up.
Chief Data Strategy and Governance Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Since our EC2 instance is deployed in a virtual private network with MySQL on Ubuntu installed, it is protected from unauthorized access and use, and we have also encrypted the data in MySQL.
Senior Data Engineer at a transportation company with 501-1,000 employees
If it detects malware, it blocks it and then it sends it through to Sophos Central, which then sends me an email notification that one of the workstations picked up an infection or encountered an issue.
Senior IT Consultant at ICTS Group of Companies
Sophos Central has positively impacted my organization because it allows us to utilize Sophos products in a single pane of glass, and with its synchronized security, it helps to protect our environment more effectively by isolating infected devices from the internet.
Project Engineer at IT Solution
Sophos Central is very user-friendly and easy to manage.
Supervisor, Infraestructura Information Technology at Refineria Dominicana de Petroleo
 

Categories and Ranking

MySQL on Ubuntu
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Operating Systems (OS) for Business (18th)
Sophos Central
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
44
Ranking in other categories
AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

MySQL on Ubuntu and Sophos Central aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. MySQL on Ubuntu is designed for Operating Systems (OS) for Business and holds a mindshare of 0.2%.
Sophos Central, on the other hand, focuses on AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms, holds 1.9% mindshare.
Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MySQL on Ubuntu0.2%
Rocky Linux8.2%
Ubuntu Linux8.0%
Other83.6%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Sophos Central1.9%
CrowdStrike Falcon16.4%
Darktrace11.9%
Other69.80000000000001%
AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Fayas Ummer - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Analyst at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Centralized threat blocking has reduced manual monitoring but still needs better exclusions and logs
One way Sophos Central can be improved is in its exclusion capabilities. When we try to exclude legitimate files, we find that it requires a lot of effort, as we cannot simply exclude one file from every detection. Due to the layered approach, it takes time to exclude even one file, indicating that the exclusion process could definitely be enhanced. I would add that the logs in Sophos Central should be more detailed. Sometimes, when we're checking the logs, they simply state that a file is blocked, but we can't find out why that is the case. More detailed logs could significantly improve the log collecting aspect. Areas for improvement in Sophos Central are log collection, exclusion processes, and customer support. Aside from these points, I believe the overall product is great.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
25%
University
11%
Healthcare Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Construction Company
18%
Computer Software Company
11%
Marketing Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business33
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sophos Central?
My thoughts on the pricing or licensing with Sophos Central are that it is very good.
What needs improvement with Sophos Central?
I think Sophos Central could be improved by offering an on-premises option because some users prefer to keep their data locally rather than in the cloud. I think if there were a new licensing model...
What is your primary use case for Sophos Central?
As I am from a service-based company, my main use case for Sophos Central is that I am taking care of all of our security needs. I use Sophos Central to block any website or application. For exampl...
 

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