MySQL Reviews

We are doing POCs for our clients in our testing lab, and if a POC is working fine, then we give it for the production release. 

It has a lot of features. The RDBMS, consistency, and multi-user features are valuable.

We want high availability and replication features, which are currently missing in this solution. It would be great if they can provide an in-built replication feature, similar to Oracle RAC, in MySQL.

I have been using this solution for the last two years.

It is a stable RDBMS. There is no doubt about that.

We have been using it for POCs. It has been consistent for a hundred users. Currently, we have three groups that use this, and each group has 20 users.

I have not contacted their technical support.

It is open source. We prefer it for POCs because it saves the license cost.

I would rate MySQL an eight out of ten.

I started an Azure account and this is when I tried testing different databases, non-relational databases, and relational databases, using this solution.

The solution is easy to use.

There should be more tools to manage the on-premises version and more automation features.

The solution is able to be scaled but it depends on your Microsoft configuration. I would recommend this solution for small businesses.

The installation was fast, it took approximately five minutes.

I did the deployment of the solution myself.

There is a license needed for this solution.

I rate MySQL an eight out of ten.

We use MySQL as a light database engine to provide database service to our web application. 

Almost all of our software engineers use MySQL.

We want to continue using MySQL but it merged with Oracle and the scalage changed. After they merged, we tried MariaDB. 

For two years, we tried MongoDB and prepared for application migration; all because the scalability changed when MySQL merged with Oracle. 

This solution is very easy to use. It's stable and very quick. MySQL is a light database. It's not very complex. It's easy to develop, easy to maintain, and easy to back up and restore. 

Our software team has been using MySQL for more than eight years.

It's hard to say if MySQL is scalable as we've never tried to scale it. 

We have never had to contact support. 

We installed MySQL Database on our server. It took roughly 12 to 13 minutes to install it. 

Installation was done by our software team's engineers — seven to eight of them.

We've never bought a commercial license. We just use the open-source community edition. 

We evaluated other databases and products, including EnterpriseDB and PostgreSQL. The latter was scalable, but it wasn't easy to use. MySQL is much easier to use and install. Before MySQL merged with Oracle, our software engineers were very satisfied.

We recommend MySQL to our customers and other partners. The only problem relates to the business strategy from Oracle. For this reason, most MySQL users are considering migrating to MariaDB.

Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of nine. We're very satisfied with MySQL. If we could scale-out further, I would give it a ten. We need a database cluster or a scalable database solution for our future applications.

I'm currently using MySQL for the contact center database, and it is in the cloud. I have also used it in other projects for database and CRM, and it was on-premises. I have used it in 20 projects.

It is easy to use. It is simple to implement, which makes it suitable for our projects because we have deadlines. MySQL is also open-source, which is another plus point.

Its performance should be better. When we use big data, it is slow in performance. We should be able to use mirroring for improved performance.

I have been using MySQL for nine years.

It is very flexible. It could be because I'm familiar with MySQL.

I have never contacted the technical support of MySQL. If I have a problem, I find the solution from Stack Overflow.

Its initial setup is easy. I only need a maximum of one hour for the installation of MySQL.

It is open-source.

I would rate MySQL a nine out of ten.

We are an asset management product company. Our product is deployed on the cloud and the backend database for it is MySQL.

The technical support should be more knowledgeable and available worldwide.

We have been using MySQL for the past five to six years.

So far, it has been pretty stable and I haven't had any problems. We plan to continue using it in the future.

MySQL is very scalable, so I don't expect any challenges.

We have a contract with a third-party for support. So far, it has been working fine for us and I don't see any challenges. That said, having worldwide support is something that would be an improvement.

Prior to MySQL, we did not use another database for this purpose. We built our core product directly on top of MySQL.

The initial setup seemed pretty decent, so I don't see any challenge in that regard.

Our in-house DBA team installed it. We have one DBA and one junior.

This is a good product and I recommend it to others.

We use it as a data store and from that perspective, we get everything we need. We don't have any complaints about features such as analytics, reports, or dashboards.

I would rate this solution a six out of ten.

We are interfacing it with MicroStrategy. There are ODBC connections. We have 10 to 12 users in our company.

We are assessing the possibilities of moving to the cloud. We are not yet sure if we are going to move to the cloud.

The replication feature is the most valuable. We are replicating our servers.

It should have some code analytical functions. It can also have a monitoring tool.

I have been using MySQL for ten years.

It is stable. We are not dealing with a huge database. Our database is not more than 1 TB, so we didn't find any problem.

I haven't seen a need for scalability.

Their technical support is good.

The initial setup is easy. We are using it on Linux, and our server is on CentOS.

I would recommend this solution. I would rate MySQL a nine out of ten. I find it almost perfect.

I like MySQL because of its community.

MySQL doesn't have the auto-clustering and database clustering features that other competitors provide. They can include these features.

I have been using MySQL for about two years. 

It is stable.

It is really easy to scale. We have around 20 to 40 users who use it regularly.

I never interacted with their technical support. If there is any problem in my project, I just look for it on Stack Overflow and fix it easily. It also comes with good documentation.

It is easy to install. The deployment duration depends upon your internet connection. If you have a good internet connection, the deployment would be faster.

I would recommend this product if someone is new to the IT world.

I would rate MySQL an eight out of ten.

MySQL gives us all of the critical features that we need in a database, but without the costs.

The most valuable feature is that we can implement clustered solutions.

I would like to have features that allow us to jump between the cloud and our on-premises system.

I have been using MySQL for about 20 years.

MySQL is a very stable product.

I know that it is scalable, and in fact, that is why we chose it. We always have it in mind that in some number of years, you have to scale the solution to something different in terms of architecture.

As it is now, our databases are not big. They are critical, but not large in size. We are not dealing with Big Data.

We have never contacted Oracle for MySQL support.

The documentation that is available is enough for my needs.

This was the first database solution that we used. I have used other database products such as Oracle, for example. Oracle comes at a heavy cost.

This is an open-source product that can be used free of charge.

This is the product that was proposed to us and we implemented it.

MySQL is a product that I can strongly recommend. However, it is important for you to have the in-house knowledge to support it. Some level of in-house expertise is necessary, otherwise, you will have to rely only on external opinions. In my opinion, that's not good. Sometimes they have good intentions but don't understand the reality.

I cannot give MySQL a perfect rating because we don't use all of the features. That said, I can tell you that I am totally satisfied with it. It's a very stable product and it's something that is not difficult to deal with.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.