Oracle MySQL Cloud Service vs PostgreSQL comparison

Oracle MySQL Cloud Service

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Oracle MySQL Cloud Service and PostgreSQL based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Open Source Databases solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Oracle MySQL Cloud Service vs. PostgreSQL Report (Updated: January 2025).

Oracle MySQL Cloud Service vs. PostgreSQL

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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

Oracle MySQL Cloud Service

Ranking in Open Source Databases

7th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

8.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Relational Databases Tools (11th)

PostgreSQL

Ranking in Open Source Databases

2nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

125

Ranking in other categories

Vector Databases (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Open Source Databases category, the mindshare of Oracle MySQL Cloud Service is 0.4%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PostgreSQL is 20.4%, down from 23.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Raghuram K M

Chief Technology Officer at Prognosys Medical Systems

Ideal, stable, good support and it helps with the developer console

I have used MongoDB, MySQL, and Oracle. MongoDB is entirely different. It's a NoSQL platform database, so it's totally different. It is a little bit hard to work with. The way it is organized and structured is different. But between Microsoft Azure MySQL and Oracle, they are pretty similar. * Cost: Microsoft is not a preferred platform. Their licensing is very complex and expensive. Oracle is much better. * AI: In terms of data analytics and AI, Microsoft is better. Certain complex transformations are easier to do in MSSQL. So, if you have to analyze data from a lot of different data sources, it becomes much easier. However, the usage of the particular product depends on the project. Personally, I would like to work on MySQL. But in certain cases where the application scale is very large, and custom models from certain regions of the globe prefer Microsoft, then we have to go with MSSQL. But technically, there is not much difference.

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AdityaSharma3

Vice President Business at Techmagnate: Digital Marketing Agency

Transaction processes are fast and good replication capability

Use cases include querying data warehouses and databases to fetch data for clients already working on PostgreSQL. We also use Postgres for building reports It's a transactional database, so we use Postgres for most of our reporting. That's where it's helping. The query speed is fast, and the…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The scalability of the database is absolutely guaranteed by the new features."

"The access to a suite of management and administration tools that simplify tasks such as database provisioning, configuration, and monitoring."

"The solution's performance is good."

"The product is good for tuning."

"It's easy to use."

"The most valuable feature is the data aggregation function."

"The solution overall is very, very good. It's got good integration with other databases and adds new features often."

"The product is easy to learn."

More Oracle MySQL Cloud Service pros

"The product is quite flexible."

"The solution provides complete support in terms of the SQL dialect and behaves nicely when it comes to transactions."

"It is very scalable and comes with a bonus: no licensing issues as you scale with your databases."

"It is a pretty comprehensive database system. Its performance is good, and it does what it is supposed to do. It also integrates very well."

"What I like is that it's quite powerful in terms of performance."

"It is very useful for both structured and unstructured data. You can store unstructured and structured data in PostgreSQL. It is easy to use. You can easily manage things through PostgreSQL Admin. It is cost-effective. Its on-premise version is free. It is agnostic of on-premise or cloud. You can install it on the cloud or on-premises. It is available with all clouds, and you can also install it on desktop or Windows Servers."

"PostgreSQL makes it very adaptable to several descriptions of a record. Instead of having several tables or several relations for one entity, I can adapt this entity. It can be a multiform entity. For example, here in Mexico, a company and a person can be sold to us as a physical entity or a physical person."

"It's a transactional database, so we use Postgres for most of our reporting. That's where it's helping."

Cons

"The product has many bugs."

"There could be improvements, particularly in Firebird, where the indexing is limited to just a single B-tree index, leading to poor performance for large-scale queries."

"The technical support is in need of improvement."

"There could be more courses where the people could learn more easily how to use the tool."

"Integrating business intelligence or NLP solutions would help us save time and would prevent us from having to take a deep dive. Data problems seem to multiply on the system when you interact with it. Automation would save a lot of man-hours."

"The user interface is not simple."

"The solution should offer memory management."

"The support is not that great. They're not really supporting directly anymore and relying on experts to figure out technical issues."

More Oracle MySQL Cloud Service cons

"It is possible that in the newer version this has been addressed, but I would like the deployment in microservices architecture could be improved."

"Postgres should focus on building a stronger knowledge base. They also need to expand their integration capabilities, so more tools and resources are available to manage it."

"The pricing could be better."

"It still needs to be more mature and have some backup feature. We are normally dealing with Oracle's data, and we have very strong online tools to back up the data and do other things. PostgreSQL still needs to do more in this area as well as in the high availability area. There are many external tools that you can use for PostgreSQL's high availability, but there is no embedded tool within PostgreSQL for high availability. It could have a feature similar to Oracle for working on a distributed system. It can have some scripts to improve the monitoring and some tools to do performance analysis. We have a workaround for most of such requirements except for the support for a distributed system, which is very difficult to have. This area should be included in the core of the database itself."

"We have to set up event API, which takes a lot of events from the user."

"Integration with other platforms could be improved."

"The interface climate could be better."

"The solution could improve the integration."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an open-source product."

"While the core solution itself is not exorbitant, the support services are associated with a significant maintenance fee, often ranging from twenty to thirty percent."

"The solution’s paid plans are expensive."

"The product is free since it is an open-source tool."

"The product is expensive."

"Oracle has a better licensing model compared to its competitors."

"The license is expensive."

"PostgreSQL is open-source, so if capable admins are available then the setup cost can be $0."

"This solution can offer a cheaper choice for customers since it is open-source."

"PostgreSQL is a free and open-source database."

"It is open-source. If you use it on-premise, it is free. It also has enterprise or commercial versions. If you go for the cloud version, there will be a cost, but it is lower than Oracle or Microsoft."

"The tool is cheaply priced compared to other RDBMS providers in the market."

"Affordable solution."

"There is an annual license."

"We use the open-source version of PostgreSQL and not the enterprise edition."

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

16%

University

14%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle MySQL Cloud Service?

Oracle MySQL Cloud Service handles data easily.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle MySQL Cloud Service?

I have only used the community edition and do not have experience with the enterprise edition or its pricing.

What needs improvement with Oracle MySQL Cloud Service?

There could be improvements, particularly in Firebird, where the indexing is limited to just a single B-tree index, leading to poor performance for large-scale queries.

How does Firebird SQL compare with PostgreSQL?

PostgreSQL was designed in a way that provides you with not only a high degree of flexibility but also offers you a cheap and easy-to-use solution. It gives you the ability to redesign and audit yo...

What do you like most about PostgreSQL?

It's a transactional database, so we use Postgres for most of our reporting. That's where it's helping.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PostgreSQL?

The tool is free of cost. For now, it's not about making money. But once we perfect it, we can offer it to customers willing to pay for support and other services. Most of my deployments are free.

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Overview

Oracle MySQL Cloud Service delivers a secure, cost-effective and enterprise-grade MySQL database service. Built on MySQL Enterprise Edition and powered by the Oracle Cloud, it provides a simple, automated, integrated and enterprise ready MySQL cloud service, enabling organizations to increase business agility and reduce costs.

PostgreSQL is a versatile and reliable database management system commonly used for web development, data analysis, and building scalable databases.

It offers advanced features like indexing, replication, and transaction management. Users appreciate its flexibility, performance, and ability to handle large amounts of data efficiently. Its robustness, scalability, and support for complex queries make it highly valuable.

Additionally, PostgreSQL's extensibility, flexibility, community support, and frequent updates contribute to its ongoing improvement and stability.

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Oracle MySQL Cloud Service vs. PostgreSQL