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As of March 2025, the mindshare of MySQL in the Open Source Databases category stands at 11.6%, down from 18.4% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
7%
Educational Organization
6%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Retailer
6%
University
6%
Healthcare Company
5%
Media Company
3%
Hospitality Company
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Real Estate/Law Firm
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Insurance Company
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Transportation Company
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Wholesaler/Distributor
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Construction Company
2%
Pharma/Biotech Company
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Legal Firm
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Logistics Company
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Consumer Goods Company
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Muzzamil  Hussain - PeerSpot user
Assistant Vice President at National Bank of Pakistan
Verified user of MySQL
Jan 26, 2025
Product version discussed: latest
Native encryption ensures secure data management with a simple deployment

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the on-premises data encryption facilities. "

Cons

"The data masking functionality should be improved as well as the native encryption functionality in the MySQL database. "
Naresh Kumar - PeerSpot user
Founder & Director at Hiindsight Group
Verified user of MySQL
Jul 30, 2024
Lightweight and is available at a friendly price

Pros

"It is a stable solution."

Cons

"The performance issues in the product can be considered as an area where improvements are required."
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Patryk Golabek - PeerSpot user
CTO at Translucent Computing Inc
Verified user of MySQL
Aug 5, 2020
Good beginner base but it should have better support for backups

Pros

"This specific version of this MySQL has been battle tested for a long time. Any issues are known issues and we pretty much don't have any problems when they're in production. So it's very stable. "

Cons

"In terms of what I'd like to see in the next release, one thing that's always missing is dash boarding. There's no real BI tool for MySQL, like there is in Yellowfin and all the different tools that you get. They all have MySQL connectors, but there's no specific BI tool for MySQL. These open source projects have sprung up, but they're more general purpose."
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Senior Consultant at Tata Consultancy
Verified user of MySQL
Mar 25, 2024
Enables a wide range of features and benefits, including high performance, scalability and security

Pros

"While MySQL offers strong basic functionality."

Cons

"MySQL lacks a feature akin to Oracle's Real Application Clusters, which ensures continuous database availability within the same data center or nearby data centers. "
SurajSachdeva - PeerSpot user
Data Engineer | Developer at Team Computers
Verified user of MySQL
Sep 15, 2024
Structure is well-defined and easy for end users and business stakeholders to read

Pros

"I find MySQL's relational data storage format very useful for data management. Our structure is well-defined and easy for end users and business stakeholders to read. I appreciate the tool's simplicity and ability to integrate with our backend tools. "

Cons

"As for areas that could be improved, the tool is often used as a local database on laptops. But now, we're moving to cloud-based solutions that are more scalable and highly available. I think the tool should offer a cloud database option. This would let users keep a local copy of data if needed, but also have their data available across different regions through a cloud account. "
Prince Raju - PeerSpot user
Lead Data Analyst at Ernst & Young
Verified user of MySQL
Apr 18, 2024
Easy to use, code is easy to write and understand

Pros

"The initial setup is easy."

Cons

"The user interface could be more user friendly. Mainly because most of the times we see black and white digital lines. Something like Python. "
Shivaprasad C S - PeerSpot user
Programmer at Ministry of Interior
Verified user of MySQL
Mar 22, 2024
Provides good indexing and supports multiple data types, but performance needs to be improved

Pros

"I would use MySQL for a medium project, with around 1,00,000 hundred thousand users, because of the indexing and stored procedures."

Cons

"MySQL's performance needs to be improved for enterprise-level applications compared to Oracle and Postgres."
PrinceKumar2 - PeerSpot user
Associate Cloud Engineer at Rishabh Software
Verified user of MySQL
Apr 1, 2024
Provides powerful data querying.

Pros

"MySQL gives us a very user-friendly workspace in which to query the database."

Cons

"We have encountered some performance issues, and the solution takes time for performing complex queries."