MySQL Reviews

MySQL is open source, highly extensible and scalable, and is available from a web interface via PHPMyAdmin, which is excellent because it's platform independent.In almost all instances that I have used MySQL, it has handled whatever I threw at it and hasn't failed me yet.

It is a community driven project, which means that support is sometimes scarce and hard to find. Also, it really doesn't have an IDE per-se, like MSSQL does.

I use MySQL on a regular basis, specifically whenever I am managing or installing a Wordpress instance. Combined with PHPMyAdmin, MySQL is an excellent database solution for small to medium sized businesses or installations. I would recommend using a better supported database like Oracle or MSSQL for mission critical tasks on an enterprise level, but MySQL is completely capable of performing the same tasks as those other databases.

I do not recall which version I am using. 

Although we do not use it for the main core system, the solution acts as a database which is useful for login applications, data warehousing. 

The solution is so stable. I have encountered no problems. 

The solution could be more secure.

I have been using MySQL for a year. 

The solution is very stable. 

The solution is not scalable at present. 

I do not have experience with technical support. 

Previously, we used Microsoft database.

The solution is easy to install.

I cannot state how long implementation took. 

The solution does not come with a licensing fee. 

I do not know the number of users who are using the solution in my organization. 

I would absolutely recommend this solution to others. 

I rate MySQL as a seven out of ten. 

On-premises

I have used the solution for a database tied to application development.

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.

I have been using the solution for approximately eight years.

There are approximately 300 users using the solution in my organization. 

The solution is a small application and is very easy to deploy.

There is a license for this solution. A lot of the time the solution gets bundled with other hardware or software purchases.

I have plans to continue using the solution in the future.

I rate MySQL a seven out of ten.

On-premises

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.

Private Cloud

Other

I'm a tester, an optimization tester. It's basically when the developers have the back-end in SQL. We go and test it out for them and check that the table updated correctly, and we do something on the front-end.

To give you an example, initially we didn't have a database server as such, and we had to make use of some database. Now we use something where we can share the instances of the database which were created virtually, which is a very good feature, which I felt has improved our organization.

The most important features would be querying, the query language where you have the data definition or data modification language, as well. In some cases, we have to create our own tables for testing purposes. In that case, having SQL Server is much easier compared to what's available.

I feel that some tools which make it easier to create queries or make it easier for other functions would be really interesting to see.

More than five years.

Pretty much since we have our own in-house SQL branch, the administrators are there, so they take care of the stability with the product. As far as I've seen, there really hasn't been much of an issue with stability.

 It's pretty scalable.

I haven't contacted them, so I have no experience with them. We generally have an internal team which would work on it. So our point of contact is an internal team, rather than going to MySQL.

I've used a lot of different solutions. MySQL is one of the top among them. Usability and scalability are some of the reasons we went with MySQL.

It was pretty straightforward. No hassles with the setup. 

Usually the setup is done by the IT admin guys, but it was pretty straightforward. The IT admin guys had to come in and give us the rights to install it.

I'm not sure about pricing, I don't deal with the pricing. It's an organization decision.

There were many options.

No one tool fits the bill for every company. Do a feasibility study, and get to know what is can do before going in and developing.

• Open Source (It’s free)
• One can easily find help on the web

You can easily build data models both on-premise and on the cloud.

The work bench has some bugs that are mostly GUI related.

I have used this solution for three years.

I did not encounter any issues with stability.

I did not encounter any issues with scalability.

I use the community version. There are ample “Open Source” resources on the Internet.

We used Microsoft SQL and Postgres.

I couldn't name just one most valuable feature. You can use it under different cases, but most of the time I needed the database as a part of my project. I think, in one moment you will prefer the InnoDB database, so you can store and execute procedures and roll-backs.

Again, I couldn't name an positive aspect precisely. Maybe, the fact that using MySQL and Java gives it a big portability and, at the same time, short time responses within your product (my case). This could come from the DB side. It also allows for easiness of finding interaction tools with MySQL.

None that I can name. At the moment I worked with MySQL, there was nothing I couldn't do with the product.

I've been using it for four to five years.

There were no issues with the deployment.

It's a pretty stable product for what I needed it to do.

There have been no issues scaling it.

Being a community product, you can find solutions all over the internet. It's not a specific support department.

There was no solution in use previously.

It was quite easy. The product comes with an installer. It can be complicated to configure the MySQL server, but with a little attention, all goes well.

It was done in-house.

It's free.

It helped me within my projects. For a free product, it works very well and it's easy to use and configure.

Don't try the most sophisticated products, that have big names, and cost a ton. Just try this product if you need something cheap and reliable. I don't think it will disappoint, at least not in my case.

• Vertical scalabity on hardware
• Better hardware usage
• Access performance
• Addressing consistency, scalability and performance issues

Storage and searching quickly on data is no longer an issue facing us using Excel.

Hardware scalability and parallel treatment can and will be improved in the next few years.

For 15 years now.

No, there are only strategies applied by a data scale interval (less than 200 go, less than 1 to, and more than 15 to).

Always due to architecture, data storage, and data requesting irrelevant strategies.

High. There is a lot of documentation, a lot of expertise, and a lot of projects in the world.

We switched to a different solution because of data access issues, speed, and consistency.

Don't use the license version. Open source is enough.

There are a lot of alternative to paid features. It's very hard to find support for this feature.

You will have a lot of work, but you will also avoid a lot of issues due to product immaturity on the database market.