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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    MySQL

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AMySQL is a popular open-source relational and embedded database, now owned by Oracle.N/A

    Percussion CMS

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/APercussion Software's content management system is used by higher education, government agencies, and business organizations - SMB to Enterprise. Marketers use Percussion CMS to create, publish, and share multi-channel content.N/A
    Pricing
    MySQLPercussion CMS
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MySQLPercussion CMS
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    MySQLPercussion CMS
    Considered Both Products
    Oracle
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    Percussion Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    49 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    51 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    51 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    MySQLPercussion CMS
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of MySQL and Percussion CMS
    Feature
    MySQL
    -
    Ratings
    Percussion CMS
    3.0
    1 Ratings
    93% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of MySQL and Percussion CMS
    Feature
    MySQL
    -
    Ratings
    Percussion CMS
    3.0
    1 Ratings
    89% below category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of MySQL and Percussion CMS
    Feature
    MySQL
    -
    Ratings
    Percussion CMS
    1.6
    1 Ratings
    130% below category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of MySQL and Percussion CMS
    Feature
    MySQL
    -
    Ratings
    Percussion CMS
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    155% below category average
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
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    PostgreSQL
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    SQLite
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MySQLPercussion CMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (146 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (18 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MySQLPercussion CMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oracle
    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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    Percussion Software
    Best suited for large organizations where everyone knows how to deal with Java in an increasingly Java unfriendly world. Said organization should be willing to pay a huge price for a piece of dinosaur technology
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    Pros
    Oracle
    • 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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    Percussion Software
    • Separate CMS environment publishes to remote server environment - great for security
    • Highly scalable
    • Full scale workflow allows for custom routing, approving, etc..
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    Cons
    Oracle
    • 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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    Percussion Software
    • One word: JAVA! We don't live in the 1990's anymore! An AJAX/DHTML environment seems a long time coming.
    • Horrible end-user experience, learning curve. Our end users' inability to easily use the archaic, Java-based interface, means they send the web developer their content requests. This creates a huge bottleneck and completely defeats the purpose of a CMS.
    • Image mangement and integration with content is aweful and time consuming. An image processing tool called ImedImage was developed for Percussion at one point, and left completely stagnant with very little support.
    • Implementation is extremely complicated, given the complexity of the system. Sure, scalability is a good thing, but there is very little out-of-the box function. Don't expect to implement a site as quickly as with other CMS platforms.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Percussion Software
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Oracle
    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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    Percussion Software
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Percussion Software
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Oracle
    1. Estimate your data size. 2. Test, test, and test.
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    Percussion Software
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Oracle
    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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    Percussion Software
    No contest. I can't wait to get off of Percussion CMS.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Percussion Software
    • We are locked into Percussion CMS simply due to the expense and complexity of migrating to another solution (and the lack of time and budget to do so). I long for the day when I am no longer required to support Percussion CMS, to say the least.
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