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MySQL on Ubuntu vs Wordpress on Amazon Linux 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

MySQL on Ubuntu
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
18th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Wordpress on Amazon Linux
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
34th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Operating Systems (OS) for Business category, the mindshare of MySQL on Ubuntu is 0.1%. The mindshare of Wordpress on Amazon Linux is 0.1%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MySQL on Ubuntu0.1%
Wordpress on Amazon Linux0.1%
Other99.8%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
 

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.
Rusira Sathnindu - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Flexible website and LMS have accelerated launches but performance has needed constant tuning
While Wordpress is all good, one of the main key issues I see is performance. Wordpress is not actually suited for some tasks, especially with our LMS, as admin-side tasks such as adding new courses or changing course content used to take a lot of time, sometimes taking two or three minutes to reload or save simple content. Those kinds of performance lags are things we do not really appreciate. Adding to needed improvements, Wordpress is not a system that is entirely optimized for some of the things that people use it for. Wordpress was meant to be a blogging system, but later optimizations were added, allowing it to be used for anything. The JavaScripts you run on top of Wordpress are causing performance issues. For our website, we had an issue where it would take five to ten seconds to load a very simple page, which is not good when it comes to performance. Performance is actually the number one complaint I have regarding Wordpress, along with the hidden errors that require effort to find.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"MySQL on Ubuntu is very simple, easy, and quick to use for people with database expertise."
"I have saved a significant amount of time because it's faster to create features with machine learning since it's very fast, and so we get the result in a few seconds."
"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."
"I appreciate MySQL on Ubuntu for its relational tables which are faster to read, contributing to the performance in simple applications."
"MySQL on Ubuntu combination handles it in a very efficient way."
"MySQL on Ubuntu is the base for most of our applications that are based on Linux, so it is wonderful."
"Overall, the combination of Wordpress' simplicity and Amazon Linux's robustness makes it a strong solution for managing company websites in a cloud environment."
"With Wordpress, we saved a lot of time and money because if it was not for it, we would have to pay for developers and keep a team of web designers in our pocket to get our websites done."
"Wordpress on Amazon Linux has positively impacted my organization mainly by providing cost savings and enabling fast deployment of customer requirements for websites that need to be hosted with Wordpress on Amazon Linux."
"With Wordpress, we saved a lot of time and money because if it was not for it, we would have to pay for developers and keep a team of web designers in our pocket to get our websites done."
"Having a trusted source and ready-to-deploy Wordpress images has helped my workflow and my clients by speeding up deployment times and eliminating worries about the quality or security of the image."
 

Cons

"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."
"Setting up MySQL on Ubuntu is complex."
"Sometimes, if the indexing is not done very well, I have noticed slowness, but largely, it has performed pretty well."
"MySQL on Ubuntu can be improved because it has limited analytics query capabilities rather than other competitors."
"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."
"Despite some issues such as security concerns when changing passwords which compromised the database, it remains a very good database engine."
"I would say that MySQL on Ubuntu can be improved particularly in its scaling capabilities."
"Performance improvements and security enhancements could be implemented for MySQL on Ubuntu."
"One of the key improvements needed for Wordpress on Amazon Linux is its marketing because I did not know it existed as a product within AWS until I read about it on online forums."
"Wordpress on Amazon Linux is not recommended for beginners because some Linux knowledge is required."
"Performance is actually the number one complaint I have regarding Wordpress, along with the hidden errors that require effort to find."
"Performance is actually the number one complaint I have regarding Wordpress, along with the hidden errors that require effort to find."
"I look forward to more cloud-provided or natively provided images or AMIs featuring Wordpress on Amazon Linux pre-configured within them, as previously I used Bitnami images that were bundled with Wordpress on various operating systems."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
32%
Healthcare Company
11%
University
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
45%
Computer Software Company
14%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
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, setup cost, and licensing, I do not remember the exact price, but I believe Ubuntu is open source, so I can assume that was free. As for MySQL on Ubuntu, I feel that was free as ...
What needs improvement with MySQL on Ubuntu?
I believe there could be improvements for MySQL on Ubuntu, particularly with AI integration in scripting tools such as GitHub Copilot, which provides examples and solutions for errors encountered d...
What is your primary use case for MySQL on Ubuntu?
I have used MySQL on Ubuntu over the years, and I am currently working with some Docker products, but most of my experience with Docker is over Windows, not Linux. Currently, I am not using MySQL o...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Wordpress on Amazon Linux?
With Wordpress, we saved money because we did not have to pay for products such as Framer or Webflow, which charge a ridiculous amount of money.
What needs improvement with Wordpress on Amazon Linux?
Wordpress on Amazon Linux could be improved in several areas. One of the main challenges is performance optimization as sites grow. Wordpress can be resource-intensive when many plugins or high tra...
What is your primary use case for Wordpress on Amazon Linux?
I used Wordpress on Amazon Linux for approximately one year, primarily for building, deploying, and managing websites hosted on AWS. During this time, I worked on setting up Wordpress environments,...
 

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