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    frends eiPaaS by HiQ

    Score9 out of 10
    N/Afrends enterprise integration platform as a service is a Nordic .Net integration platform. Hybrid, low-code, and intuitive, frends aims to deliver in a fraction of cost and efforts compared to traditional integration solutions. frends platform has a built in version control system in place, to track changes to integrations and to manage the lifecycle of existing integrations. frends fully supports BPA or Business Process Automation, which can be used to create either short or long…N/A

    MySQL

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AMySQL is a popular open-source relational and embedded database, now owned by Oracle.N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsEnterprise Tier: from 1000 €/month Additional enviornments are 600€/m 24/7 SLA and support: from 800 €/month—
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Pre-built connectors7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for real-time and batch integration9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data security features5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring console8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    frends eiPaaS by HiQMySQL
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    9.0
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    8.5
    (146 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    9.0
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    Usability
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    7.9
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    9.0
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    8.0
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    frends eiPaaS by HiQ
    Hybrid Integrations: Organizations operating with a combination of on-premises and cloud applications will find frends particularly valuable. Its hybrid integration capabilities ensure seamless data flow between these diverse environments. Both for scheduled integrations that are triggered regularly or for event and API-based integrations. High volume of simple integrations: the pricing model is not tied to the number of integrations like in many competing products.
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    MySQL is best suited for applications on platform like high-traffic content-driven websites, small-scale web apps, data warehouses which regards light analytical workloads. However its less suited for areas like enterprise data warehouse, OLAP cubes, large-scale reporting, applications requiring flexible or semi-structured data like event logging systems, product configurations, dynamic forms.
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    Pros
    frends eiPaaS by HiQ
    • It has been very stable and reliable over time
    • The developer tools are simple to use
    • It offers out of the box tasks/activities for typical routine tasks
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    • Stable - it just runs, with minimal downtime or errors
    • Fast - well-structured data is quickly written and read
    • Secure - MySQL is easy to keep data secure from people and applications that shouldn't see it
    • Easy to use - SQL is industry standard so no problems with adding, editing and reading data stored in MySQL
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    Cons
    frends eiPaaS by HiQ
    • The recently renewed user interface has not been as clear as the previous version
    • Sometimes the performance or capacity has been at limits with more complex integrations
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    • Learning curve: is big. Newbies will face problems in understanding the platform initially. However, with plenty of online resources, one can easily find solutions to problems and learn on the go.
    • Backup and restore: MySQL is not very seamless. Although the data is never ruptured or missed, the process involved is not very much user-friendly. Maybe, a new command-line interface for only the backup-restore functionality shall be set up again to make this very important step much easier to perform and maintain.
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    Oracle
    For teaching Databases and SQL, I would definitely continue to use MySQL. It provides a good, solid foundation to learn about databases. Also to learn about the SQL language and how it works with the creation, insertion, deletion, updating, and manipulation of data, tables, and databases. This SQL language is a foundation and can be used to learn many other database related concepts.
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    I give MySQL a 9/10 overall because I really like it but I feel like there are a lot of tech people who would hate it if I gave it a 10/10. I've never had any problems with it or reached any of its limitations but I know a few people who have so I can't give it a 10/10 based on those complaints.
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    Oracle
    We have never contacted MySQL enterprise support team for any issues related to MySQL. This is because we have been using primarily the MySQL Server community edition and have been using the MySQL support forums for any questions and practical guidance that we needed before and during the technical implementations. Overall, the support community has been very helpful and allowed us to make the most out of the community edition.
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    Oracle
    1. Estimate your data size. 2. Test, test, and test.
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    Alternatives Considered
    frends eiPaaS by HiQ
    frends does not have as broad functionality but it's lightweight and easy to use and has enough features for most integration needs. For example the frends API Management exists but it does not offer lot of options. frends might not be the choice for the largest enterprises but for small and mid sized organizations it does everything you will probably need. They have also recently improved their training materials to help new developers get on board.
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    MongoDB has a dynamic schema for how data is stored in 'documents' whereas MySQL is more structured with tables, columns, and rows. MongoDB was built for high availability whereas MySQL can be a challenge when it comes to replication of the data and making everything redundant in the event of a DR or outage.
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    Return on Investment
    frends eiPaaS by HiQ
    • Pricing model suites us very well as it is not tied to number of integrations or users. It's much more economic than most well-known competitors
    • The stability of the service is crucial and has served as well. We run hundreds of processes on the platform daily and they are really important for other operations.
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    Oracle
    • As it is an open source solution through community solution, we can use it in a multitude of projects without cost license
    • The acquisition by Oracle makes you need to contract support for the enterprise version
    • If you have knowledge about oracle databases, you can get more out of the enterprise version
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