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MySQL on Ubuntu vs Zoho One 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
20th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zoho One
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
31st
Average Rating
9.6
Reviews Sentiment
4.7
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Operating Systems (OS) for Business category, the mindshare of MySQL on Ubuntu is 0.3%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoho One is 0.6%, 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 Ubuntu0.3%
Zoho One0.6%
Other99.1%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
 

Featured Reviews

Pranay Jain - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior software engineer 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.
Jatin Rao - PeerSpot reviewer
Zoho Developer at Tarini Consulting
Integration capabilities enhance operational efficiency while limited support impacts overall satisfaction
The most valuable feature in Zoho One is integration. You can either use custom integration using Deluge script, or there is another tool called Zoho Flow, which is similar to Zapier, where you can use it to integrate different applications. You can create webhooks, and you can use different methods to integrate all different things. Integration capability is the field where Zoho One is used mostly. Zoho One uses Zoho Analytics, which is among the top tools in the market for analytics, reporting, and dashboards. When you are using one of the top tools in the market for analytics and have its integration available, you can integrate with any of the Zoho One applications, which includes more than 45 applications, including CRM and Books. This provides you with high analytics capabilities, allowing you to create a report for anything, from anywhere, for any process.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"MySQL on Ubuntu is a pragmatic choice if you are building data-intensive applications such as financial systems or AI pipelines."
"MySQL on Ubuntu is very simple, easy, and quick to use for people with database expertise."
"MySQL on Ubuntu combination handles it in a very efficient way."
"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 the base for most of our applications that are based on Linux, so it is wonderful."
"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."
"Zoho One is fully customizable—in Zoho One, you get more than 45 applications, which include inventory management, accounting management, and CRM, as well as Zoho Creator, which allows you to create custom applications."
"Zoho One is a good application; I think there are a lot of tools that help you to make your work faster, you can automate a lot of operative work, so you can save time in making detailed and operative activities and just focus on the strategic."
 

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."
"MySQL on Ubuntu can be improved because it has limited analytics query capabilities rather than other competitors."
"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."
"Performance improvements and security enhancements could be implemented for MySQL on Ubuntu."
"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."
"Horizontal scaling presented challenges, as MySQL's sharding is not as seamless as some newer databases."
"I would say that MySQL on Ubuntu can be improved particularly in its scaling capabilities."
"Despite some issues such as security concerns when changing passwords which compromised the database, it remains a very good database engine."
"I think that when you are running CRM and at the same time Zoho Analytics, and at the same time Zoho Recruit, the apps get very slow."
"The only area in Zoho One that can be improved is the support."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
24%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
University
9%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise7
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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?
There are several areas where MySQL on Ubuntu can be improved. First, the initial configuration out of the box is not always optimal for production workloads. When MySQL on Ubuntu is first installe...
What is your primary use case for MySQL on Ubuntu?
MySQL on Ubuntu is used mainly for backend database management for our web applications. We handle a fair amount of transactional data, so we need something stable and fast. MySQL on Ubuntu fits th...
What needs improvement with Zoho One?
I think that when you are running CRM and at the same time Zoho Analytics, and at the same time Zoho Recruit, the apps get very slow. So I think Zoho has to improve on that, to ensure that the velo...
What is your primary use case for Zoho One?
Zoho One is a good family of apps in the corporate scenario. I think they have one very important thing: they listen to the user. So the experience is going to improve all the time.
What advice do you have for others considering Zoho One?
I think maybe 20% of the features are used regularly. It depends on the application that I'm using. We use Zoho CRM or Zoho Recruit. I think 20% is the average.I think the pricing for Zoho is good ...
 

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Find out what your peers are saying about MySQL on Ubuntu vs. Zoho One and other solutions. Updated: August 2026.
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