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MySQL on Ubuntu vs TiDB Cloud 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

MySQL on Ubuntu
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Operating Systems (OS) for Business (13th)
TiDB Cloud
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

MySQL on Ubuntu and TiDB Cloud 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%.
TiDB Cloud, on the other hand, focuses on Database as a Service (DBaaS), holds 2.3% mindshare.
Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MySQL on Ubuntu0.2%
Rocky Linux9.0%
Ubuntu Linux8.2%
Other82.6%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
Database as a Service (DBaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TiDB Cloud2.3%
Amazon RDS11.8%
MongoDB Atlas11.3%
Other74.6%
Database as a Service (DBaaS)
 

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.
Ece Ece - PeerSpot reviewer
Software developer at Student
Hybrid workloads have powered real-time analytics and simplified scaling for critical services
TiDB Cloud offers horizontal scalability. You can scale TiDB Cloud simply by adding more nodes with no manual sharding. That is a significant advantage over traditional MySQL setups. It also supports MySQL compatibility, as it supports the MySQL protocol and syntax. It has hybrid transactional and analytical processing for real-time analytics on data, so no separate data warehouse is needed. It supports ACID transactions and high availability. Another feature of TiDB Cloud is the cloud-native design. It works smoothly with modern infrastructures such as elastic scaling, container-ready orchestration, and microservice architecture. It separates the SQL layer from the storage layer for independent scaling and a flexible architecture. It is an enterprise-grade design. TiDB Cloud has positively impacted my organization, especially where massive scale and real-time analytics were needed. It powers core cloud services. We have used HTAP workloads, what we call STAP workloads, or the cloud-managed service. My job was to handle the cloud network for financial data.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"MySQL on Ubuntu is the base for most of our applications that are based on Linux, so it is wonderful."
"MySQL on Ubuntu is very simple, easy, and quick to use for people with database expertise."
"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."
"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, and the improved application performance is notable with fast query searches and superior indexing properties."
"I appreciate MySQL on Ubuntu for its relational tables which are faster to read, contributing to the performance in simple applications."
"MySQL on Ubuntu offers very good performance, it is secure, and it is easy to use."
"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, and the improved application performance is notable with fast query searches and superior indexing properties."
"I appreciate MySQL on Ubuntu for its relational tables which are faster to read, contributing to the performance in simple applications."
"TiDB selections are fast, and it handles collections and solutions well. Vertical and horizontal scaling are also good features."
"TiDB Cloud has a broader scope that offers multiple services. It can be compared to major cloud providers like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and GCP."
"There are cost savings because of TiDB Cloud; we save a lot of money on hardware, we need fewer employees for maintenance, and we have less downtime which helps our business be much more successful."
"TiDB Cloud stands out because it combines traditional SQL reliability with modern distributed scaling."
"The ability to reuse information across documents helps my team as it saves time and reduces errors because we do not have to rewrite the same information anymore."
 

Cons

"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."
"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."
"MySQL on Ubuntu can be improved because it has limited analytics query capabilities rather than other competitors."
"Sometimes, if the indexing is not done very well, I have noticed slowness, but largely, it has performed pretty well."
"I would say that MySQL on Ubuntu can be improved particularly in its scaling capabilities."
"Setting up MySQL on Ubuntu is 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."
"TiDB Cloud can be improved, particularly because the interface is very old."
"On a scale of one to ten, I would rate the customer support for TiDB Cloud at about a six."
"If you are using a product managed by a cloud provider, such as AWS or Google Cloud, you benefit from various management tools."
"There should be the ability to replicate auto-increment sequences from the production environment to the disaster recovery environment."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
28%
Healthcare Company
11%
University
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Construction Company
25%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Educational Organization
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise6
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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?
I have not noticed any specific improvements in my projects since starting with MySQL on Ubuntu, as I am using it at a beginner level, so I don't know what improvements are needed. However, I find ...
What is your primary use case for MySQL on Ubuntu?
My main use case for MySQL on Ubuntu is for most of my projects. I use it for my college project when I need to maintain a database. I choose MySQL on Ubuntu because Ubuntu is supportive of Linux, ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TiDB Cloud?
The pricing for TiDB Cloud depends heavily on how you deploy it. Organizations usually evaluate costs based on scalability needs. The main pricing models are that TiDB Cloud itself is free, and you...
What needs improvement with TiDB Cloud?
I have not really noticed any areas where TiDB Cloud could be improved or faced any challenges.
What is your primary use case for TiDB Cloud?
In production, we use the cloud, but in other environments like development and integration, we use self-managed. We store quite a lot of data on TiDB Cloud because it is a scalable database that s...
 

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