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What is MySQL?

MySQL is a popular open-source relational and embedded database, now owned by Oracle.

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Useful data storage management system

Rating: 8 out of 10
March 18, 2025
Vetted ReviewVerified User
Effectively MySQL is an electronic filing cabinet for data management. It organizes data in the same way one would in a filing cabinet. It is very useful and easy to use. We f...
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Consultant
MySQL5 years of experience

MySQL

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 11, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I am using MySQL in various business applications (line of business internal) which aim for high availability and performance. MySQL workbench is also being used to organize t...
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Professional
MySQL5 years of experience

Mysql - A developers delight

Rating: 10 out of 10
September 11, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
As a RDBMS Transaction DB. We use it to store:- 1. User Profile 2. Transaction Data 3. Final Report related Data 4. Product Information And Veriety of other information can b...
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Alok Pabalkar
Team Lead - Research & Development
Co-Founder & CTO
Mini Venture Lab Private Limited
MySQL15 years of experience

Reliable and easy to use database

Rating: 9 out of 10
November 20, 2023
Vetted ReviewVerified User
It is solving the problem of efficient processing of a decent amount of data sets. Before that, all data was stored in an Excel sheet, which was difficult to manage, and the c...
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Verified user
Director
MySQL2 years of experience

MySQL - reliable, scalable and cost effective

Rating: 9 out of 10
August 11, 2023
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use MySQL primarily for the backend database to our corporate intranet. In this case, it powers all the apps that run on this web-based system, including user details (matc...
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Calum Morrison
Manager - Information Technology
IT Manager
Window Supply Company Ltd
MySQL15 years of experience
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What is MySQL?

MySQL is a popular open-source relational and embedded database, now owned by Oracle.

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What is MySQL?
MySQL is one of the most popular database software options for businesses of all sizes. The software is open source, and highly customizable, so users can set up an instance that meets their needs.
While MySQL is a specific product, NoSQL is a type of database that includes a number of available products. Whether a NoSQL (nonrelational database) product or using MySQL (relational database) is right for you greatly depends on the data you are storing, queries, and flexibility.

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MySQL is a popular open-source relational and embedded database, now owned by Oracle.

Microsoft Access, Google Cloud SQL, and Amazon Redshift are common alternatives for MySQL.

Reviewers rate Usability and Oracle University Experience highest, with a score of 8.5.

The most common users of MySQL are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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MySQL, your SQL, everybody's SQL!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
February 14, 2018
JR
Joseph R. Sweeney
Senior Analyst
The TJX Companies, Inc. (Information Services, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
MySQL
2 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
MySQL proved to be an extremely useful tool for my previous company when it came to database management and training those employees unfamiliar with it. We were not a database management heavy team, and we were also not integrating all of our database sources properly before introducing MySQL. MySQL provided the means by which we could easily incorporate many of the features that other database management systems use but were also able to test it out with its low cost (aka, free) and flexibility.
Pros
  • Ease of use since this is basically a sort of "starter" tool to get database management going.
  • Low cost - Instead of going in semi-blind and spending a lot of money on a BI solution that you are not sure about, you can try the Community version of MySQL and see if it fits your needs.
  • Data tool integration is phenomenal and allows for companies to expand their databases into other programs that provide more robust capabilities as well as handling more data as the company grows.
Cons
  • Independently, MySQL can be tough to use with large datasets. It becomes increasingly slower with the more data you are working with. So unless you are using another database management tool, it can take a while.
  • Before the recent upgrades, MySQL took a while to integrate features such as JSON into it. The responsiveness needs to be much quicker to keep up with the increasing demand.
Likelihood to Recommend
MySQL is fantastic for those who just want to dip their toes in the water, as well as those Olympic style swimmers who are much more advanced. It is extremely flexible and there is a ton of support out there due to its increased popularity as a BI tool. I would definitely recommend using another BI tool that could integrate several MySQL databases together to avoid any lag times with reporting.

MySQL is my SQL

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
September 26, 2019
GS
Govind Sankar
Specialist Master
Deloitte (Computer & Network Security, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
MySQL
6 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Used as a Relational data store across the organization.
Pros
  • Quick processing.
  • Proven reliability.
  • Ease and flexibility of use.
Cons
  • Adding web hooks.
  • Support for CHECK constraints.
  • Hot Standby/Streaming Replication.
Likelihood to Recommend
MySQL is the first choice for those web-based projects which require a database merely for data transactions.
MySQL will start underperforming once it is stressed with heavy loads or complex queries.

MySQL is MySQL, none of your SQL

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
October 26, 2018
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We have an internal portal to store the monitoring of live systems. Data from those tools are stored in MySQL and then projected over our internal monitoring dashboard.
Pros
  • Ease of language
  • Dynamic in terms of different data types
  • Efficient for pulling large data
  • Integration with other tools is easy
Cons
  • Easy to write queries
  • Integration is easy with other systems
  • It’s highly scalable
Likelihood to Recommend
Easy to integrate the data for monitoring real user interaction, pulling from other log monitoring tools and saving to MySQL is easy and efficient. Storing and rendering geographic information is not as easy as should have been.

MySQL - After using it and addressing your issues using MySQL, You will definitely say as "Yes , It's *MY* SQL "

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
July 09, 2022
Verified User
Manager in Engineering
Real Estate Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
MySQL
8 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
My Organisation holds legacy infrastructure, and to make it compatible with other systems, we used MySQL as a barrier, and the solution worked well for us. Moreover, being open-source, it is more financially compatible and has many customized solutions in MySQL.
Pros
  • Barrier for legacy Infrastructure.
  • Open source.
  • Unlimited Customised solutions.
Cons
  • MySQL Cloud should be more reliable and better.
  • We should get some more ETL Featured syntaxes.
Likelihood to Recommend
We do have an interaction between Linux and Windows systems. MySQL played a vital role in connecting across different platforms. MySQL Cannot support huge data and doesn't have many debugging features.

MySQL for the common consultant

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
February 19, 2016
AE
Andy Erickson
Senior Consultant
Navigant (Utilities, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
MySQL
5 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use MySQL as the back end database for our field studies as part of a WAMP server. Most of the company uses other products, but the full package nature and free development tools make MySQL a natural for this work.
Pros
  • The SQL commands for MySQL tend to be simple and easy to complete.
  • I like being able to get the columns from the table with 'SHOW COLUMNS FROM tablename'.
  • MySQL allows us to publish as many websites as needed without licencing issues.
  • And of course the price is right!
Cons
  • SQL Server seems to have many more reporting options, SSMS allows for imports and exports to other office products out of the box.
  • Since the rest of the organization uses other database products, I am on my own for support and upgrading.
Likelihood to Recommend
MySQL allows you to create and drop tables pretty simply from several tools, the SQL code is fairly standard across the industry, although some commands exist in MySQL and not in other languages. It is a relatively straight forward process to upgrade to the latest, most secure version. The lines between SQL choices are getting more blurred as time goes by, features are available with each brand of SQL. Apparently, it might be easier to spin up something like Couchbase than MySQL for quick prototyping.
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