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EDB Postgres Advanced Server vs MySQL comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

EDB Postgres Advanced Server
Ranking in Open Source Databases
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MySQL
Ranking in Open Source Databases
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
148
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Open Source Databases category, the mindshare of EDB Postgres Advanced Server is 3.2%, down from 5.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MySQL is 12.1%, down from 18.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Open Source Databases
 

Featured Reviews

Munirathnakumar Si - PeerSpot reviewer
Though user-friendly, it fails to offer a mobile application to users
The product currently fails to offer a mobile application. In the future, I want the solution to offer a mobile application, especially since you can access the services via mobile phone with all the service providers like AWS and others. A mobile application provided by the product can help a user to see the status whenever needed.
Muzzamil  Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
Native encryption ensures secure data management with a simple deployment
The most valuable feature is the on-premises data encryption facilities. By default, we can provide encryption, and this feature in MySQL is why we prefer it over other databases. The native encryption in MySQL encourages us to use this database model more frequently compared to Oracle and other databases. With Oracle, we have to buy another solution for encryption and masking, but MySQL supports native encryption, which enhances our return on investment. It perfectly supports our ROI, and we have no issues with its functionality.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The number of indices available in Postgres is remarkable."
"The product is user-friendly."
"I rate EDB Postgres Advanced Server's stability an eight out of ten."
"The low cost and functionality allows us to save money on smaller database projects."
"Postgres is highly compatible with many software and programming languages. Its compatibility is excellent, covering nearly everything related to data engineering or migration."
"The feature of vector database management for AI is quite interesting and impactful."
"It gives us a solid, less expensive alternative to deploying with Oracle."
"I like that EDB Postgres Advanced Server scales well. A valuable feature of the solution is multi-tenancy support. It also supports JSONB."
"The most valuable feature is the on-premises data encryption facilities."
"I like MySQL's feature that helps to automate things."
"I am totally satisfied with MySQL."
"MySQL is a scalable tool. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...The solution's technical support is good. I rate the technical support a nine out of ten."
"MySQL is a popular database platform for businesses because it is extremely easy to use."
"It is pretty simple to use and I don't have anything really bad to say about it."
"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."
"The feature I found most valuable is activity performance."
 

Cons

"The security is not very robust and the product would be much more useful with more security options."
"The product currently fails to offer a mobile application."
"The system is aging and not keeping up with the performance of new, enhanced database models."
"I would like to see improvements in the performance, especially in large-scale operations, as it currently cannot match Oracle's performance."
"I have faced performance issues in the community edition."
"An area for improvement in EDB Postgres Advanced Server is JSONB querying. It would be nice to have even stronger JSONB support from the solution."
"There aren't specific new features we wish to add."
"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."
"Oracle should start putting in some of the enterprise features in the standard feature. There are some key features that should be part of the standard."
"I am looking for the Temporal SQL feature, which basically means that there is complete history for each table. This feature is currently available in MariaDB. PostgreSQL has something called a foreign-data wrapper, which is another way to access external data from inside. MySQL could have a similar feature."
"It does not stand out regarding scalability. When the company size increases, the user base having actual experience with (very) large MySQL solutions is reduced."
"In MySQL, we need to define every table beforehand."
"It is not as powerful as SQL Server. It can be more powerful. It is not scalable and has certain limitations, which is not the case with SQL Server."
"There are some issues with compatibility with Java environments that need to be improved. When Oracle bought this solution there were some driver changes that caused some issues with operations."
"MySQL tutorials and guides could be improved. Often they are too complex for someone with no database experience to understand."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an open-source product."
"The product is either free with community support or very inexpensive with a small yearly fee for paid support."
"EDB Postgres Advanced Server is open source, so I don't pay for licensing."
"I have been working on the community edition."
"Pricing is significantly lower than competing products."
"We pay a yearly subscription fee."
"We are using the free version of MySQL. We prefer paying for a yearly license."
"It's an open-source database management system that can be used free of charge."
"We are using the free community version of the solution."
"MySQL is very cheap. It could be free. It also has a yearly licensing option."
"I rate the solution's pricing as four out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive. For our basic needs, it's quite affordable. However, the cost increases when we need to scale up or require high availability. Our developer team of about 600 people uses MySQL without much issue. The pricing becomes more of a concern on the business side, as we have more end users and need constant database availability and scaling. In those cases, the solution gets a bit more expensive, even though it provides good value for the business."
"When you know the setup will continue to grow, make sure you have the paid support."
"MySQL is cheaper than Microsoft SQL Server."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about EDB Postgres Advanced Server?
I rate EDB Postgres Advanced Server's stability an eight out of ten.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for EDB Postgres Advanced Server?
EDB Postgres Advanced Server offers both processor-based and user-based licensing options. The cost is reasonable, particularly for middle and lower-tier customers, but there are hiccups when deali...
What needs improvement with EDB Postgres Advanced Server?
It was challenging to think of improvements for Postgres. We did not choose to extend or add new features to Postgres since it already meets our needs so well. There aren't specific new features we...
Why are MySQL connections encrypted and what is the biggest benefit of this?
MySQL encrypts connections to protect your data and the biggest benefit from this is that nobody can corrupt it. If you move information over a network without encryption, you are endangering it, m...
Considering that there is a free version of MySQL, would you invest in one of the paid editions?
I may be considered a MySQL veteran since I have been using it since before Oracle bought it and created paid versions. So back in my day, it was all free, it was open-source and the best among sim...
What is one thing you would improve with MySQL?
One thing I would improve related to MySQL is not within the product itself, but with the guides to it. Before, when it was free, everyone was on their own, seeking tutorials and how-to videos onli...
 

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