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Egzon Maloku - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Pantheon ERP Implementer & Head of Accounting at Datalab
Real User
Aug 16, 2023
Includes a feature for automation but license needs to be cheaper
Pros and Cons
  • "I like MySQL's feature that helps to automate things."
  • "The solution is expensive."

What is our primary use case?

We use MySQL to manage business intelligence reports by linking them with Oracle database and Power BI. 

What is most valuable?

I like MySQL's feature that helps to automate things. 

What needs improvement?

The solution is expensive. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the product for five years. 

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate MySQL's stability a ten out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

My company has two users for the solution. 

How are customer service and support?

We have not contacted support until now. We have an onboarding manual. 

How was the initial setup?

The tool's installation is not complex but you need to have experience to set it up. You need to download the solution and pay for it. The installation can be done within an hour. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

You need to pay upgrade costs every year. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate MySQL a nine out of ten. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Officer IT data processing at Stanbic Bank Ghana, Ltd.
Real User
May 11, 2023
Good stability and easy initial setup process
Pros and Cons
  • "It is a scalable solution."
  • "It requires a training platform."

What is our primary use case?

We have used the solution to manage database administration and custom attributes.

What is most valuable?

The solution has all the essential features. We can manipulate bulk data, clean up data, divide it into compartments, and optimize it.

What needs improvement?

There should be a training platform for the solution without the complexities of owning a server partition in our system.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the solution's stability a ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution. We have 1200 solution users in our organization.

How was the initial setup?

The solution's initial setup was straightforward.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution as a ten. I advise others to have durable resources to handle the operations of MySQL systems.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Marco Ismael González Rangel - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at Teravision Technologies
Real User
May 5, 2023
Useful auto-scaling, helpful support, and reliable
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of MySQL is auto-scaling."
  • "The GUI could improve to make MySQL better."

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of MySQL is auto-scaling.

What needs improvement?

The GUI could improve to make MySQL better.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using MySQL for approximately four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of MySQL is good.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

MySQL can scale well.

How are customer service and support?

I have used the support and level three support is great.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of MySQL was straightforward.

What was our ROI?

We have not seen a return on investment.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price of the solution is good because we have a good partner.

What other advice do I have?

The solution is good at scaling.

I rate MySQL a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Milton Palacin - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at SBS
Real User
Mar 22, 2023
Good tech support; great activity performance
Pros and Cons
  • "The feature I found most valuable is activity performance."
  • "This solution needs to be improved when it comes to working with desktop applications on the developer side."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case for this solution is a home database of payments.

What is most valuable?

The feature I found most valuable is activity performance.

What needs improvement?

This solution needs to be improved when it comes to working with desktop applications on the developer side.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have about 15 years of experience with MySQL.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

My impression of the stability of this solution is that it is quite good.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

My impression of the scalability of this solution is that it is standard. However, scalability depends on enterprise size and legacy product compatibility.

How are customer service and support?

My impression is that their technical support is good.

How was the initial setup?

My impression is that the initial setup is pretty standard. Some parts of it can be difficult. We had a tough time with the administration and database.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I would rate this solution an eight, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Waqar Malik - PeerSpot reviewer
System Analyst at National University of Sciences and Technology
Real User
Top 20
Mar 16, 2023
There are no costs involved in its use
Pros and Cons
  • "The tool is open-source and there is no cost involved in its use."
  • "I would like to see some improvements in the solution’s integration aspects."

What is our primary use case?

We use MySQL for storing data on the web server. It is a competitor of Apache. The solution can also be used for analytics, warehousing, and Big Data.

What is most valuable?

The tool is open-source and there is no cost involved in its use.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see some improvements in the solution’s integration aspects.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using MySQL for ten years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have optimized and stabilized the solution over a period of eight to six months.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

There are around 60 plus users for the tool in our company.

How was the initial setup?

There is a 25 member team involved in the tool’s maintenance and deployment.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the solution a seven out of ten. The solution’s users have the liberty of custom management. We can implement the solution in Azure, which is Microsoft’s advanced version.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Tapas Karmakar - PeerSpot reviewer
Oracle Technology Artchitect and Specialist at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 5
Jan 12, 2023
Valuable IO segregation and CGE with a straightforward setup
Pros and Cons
  • "The IO segregation in CGE is valuable."
  • "The auto-tuning and NDB cluster has some limitations regarding foreign keys."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for NDB and CG clusters.

How has it helped my organization?

The solution has made it easier for us to support our clients in India for a government technology project relating to CG clusters.

What is most valuable?

The IO segregation in CGE is valuable.

What needs improvement?

The auto-tuning and NDB cluster has some limitations regarding foreign keys. For example, when creating a partition with shared architecture data, the foreign keys do not work properly. Additionally, whenever we are working with this solution, as our projects are carried out globally, the size of the database is getting used fast. In case of replication and data access with two multiple sites or nodes to become a cluster, you need two separate data storage for accessing the same data from the two nodes. Hence, this consumes a lot of storage space.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using the solution for five years and we are currently using version 8.0.31.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable, but I can configure this product with two nodes in case of a rack, but it is impossible in any of the databases. Therefore, I rate it a seven out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

We do not have experience with customer service and support.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward and it took less than twenty minutes. I rate it a nine out of ten.

What about the implementation team?

One person is required for deployment.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution an eight out of ten. The solution is good but auto-tuning and the NDB cluster can be improved.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. MSP
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Anays Micolod - PeerSpot reviewer
Programmeuse Python 3 at Université Grenoble Alpes
Real User
May 25, 2022
Has easy access to data, is easy to grasp, and has good documentation
Pros and Cons
  • "The easy access to the data and the ability to sort the data with multiple methods are very valuable features."
  • "Sometimes, I get lost in the toggles and buttons, and a better visual design would be nice. The layout is not user-friendly or efficient."

What is our primary use case?

I'm using it to create a small database for a project that I'm working on.

What is most valuable?

The easy access to the data and the ability to sort the data with multiple methods are very valuable features.

It's quite easy to grasp and is really well documented, which are huge plus points.

What needs improvement?

Sometimes, I get lost in the toggles and buttons, and a better visual design would be nice. The layout is not user-friendly or efficient.

I would like to be able to sort the data easily without having to do a request to get the table out of the database into the web page. At present, I can't do it directly inside MySQL; I have to do a request and print out my request into a web page.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is really good. I haven't had any issues with it.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is good.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy.

I learned to use it in class, and the setup was quite fast because the teacher really helped us to gain access and take the first few steps. The setup took a few hours at most.

What about the implementation team?

I installed it myself.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I use a free version at present.

What other advice do I have?

Plan how the data will be constructed. I had to delete an entire database and start over because I didn't organize it properly. That was a huge block.

I would rate MySQL at eight on a scale from one to ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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reviewer1788699 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Real User
Mar 11, 2022
Fully scalable relational database management system with good stability; setting it up was easy and straightforward
Pros and Cons
  • "Fully scalable and stable SQL-based RDBMS, with a straightforward and easy setup."
  • "Even for the best database, we always want the database to perform much better, so we wish MySQL would be much better, in terms of performance."

What is our primary use case?

We're using MySQL for data warehousing and logging.

What needs improvement?

Even for the best database, we always want the database to perform much better, so we wish MySQL would be much better, in terms of performance. When they release a new version, they mostly concentrate on scalability and performance.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using MySQL for seven years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of MySQL is good.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

MySQL is a fully scalable product.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of MySQL was easy and straightforward. You can complete the initial setup for this product within a few hours.

What about the implementation team?

It was the technical team who did the setup for MySQL. We had two or three engineers who took care of the deployment and maintenance of this product.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

MySQL is very cheap. In fact, it could be free. They also have a yearly licensing option. I don't remember paying for additional costs, aside from the standard licensing fee.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I evaluated Oracle Database.

What other advice do I have?

I'm using the Enterprise version of MySQL.

MySQL is a good database. We are using it, and we'll continue to use it.

I've never contacted the technical support team for MySQL. I have no complaints.

I can recommend MySQL to others who plan to start implementing it.

We don't ask for new features on a database. When we take a database, we take it because of fixed features, e.g. its current features. It's not an application. It's a database. We are fine with whatever features MySQL offers now. We never really thought about whether we want more features on this product.

I'm rating MySQL an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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