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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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Reliable and easy to use database

9 out of 10
November 20, 2023
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, …
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MySQL database WinForms CRUD Demo. (CREATE,READ,SELECT,UPDATE,DELETE) | C#

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MySQL Enterprise Edition [Newer Version Available]

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C# MySQL database WinForms CRUD Demo. (CREATE,READ,SELECT,UPDATE,DELETE)

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Product Details

What is MySQL?

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

MySQL Videos

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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Frequently Asked Questions

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 highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of MySQL are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Ben Williams | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MySQL is currently being used to compile and back up data being generated by our OCR software. It is specifically used within our team for this purpose and means we have a stable, scalable and structured environment for the data.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MySQL is being used as the underlying database for all our applications and sites. There are multiple deployments across hundreds of environments and are managed and supported by a small team. The primary problem it addresses is cost, as it can be used free of cost, though there are some drawbacks to using a free system.
Gabriel Samaroo | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use MySQL as our primary relational database that powers all of our applications. As a company that needs to store and process large amounts of data, having a reliable database technology to build our data warehouse on top of is very important. The entire engineering team at my company uses MySQL when building applications, as well as to report on data necessary to drive the business.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MySQL is a best of class open-source database. We have used it across numerous applications both internal and customer facing. It supports standard SQL and is a great starting point for application development. In most of the companies I've worked for and with, MySQL is a central building block across the entire enterprise.
Jeff Peterson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We currently use MySQL as the primary database for our business application, our internal projects, and sales and marketing tools.

It is used to house user data, subscription data, sales leads, and usage information from across our organization.
November 19, 2018

You get so much for $0.00

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MySQL is used by all teams across the organisation. It is the primary tool for database communications. My team primarily uses it to manage database connections, define user access and privilege, and to set up new tools to pull data from our database. It is fairly easy to use, and seems like the obvious choice of tool.
Kenneth Hess | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
MySQL is used for various data-backed applications. We use it across the organization for multiple projects, R&D, and in production. The biggest problems it solves for us is its ease of use, no cost for the GA version, and its long feature list. The fact that it has no cost is a big boost for us. We can deploy it at will and on VMs over and over again. We can also port the data to production systems without any changes or hassles. MySQL is a big problem solver for us.
November 06, 2018

MySQL Review

Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use MySQL in AWS as a replacement for DynamoDB. We feel MySQL is pretty simple, lightweight and is suitable for our need. It is being used by several teams in the organization. It depends on the teams themselves to decide which database is best to use. It has been great so far.
October 24, 2018

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Tuan Anh Nguyen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
My group is the performance engineering group for Data Domain. In particular, we provide the infrastructure for other teams to do the performance analysis. We have thousands of machines in our infrastructure on different cloud vendors. When they run the performance, we collect the logs, and write the performance data to MySQL. Then the analysts will query and look at the performance data.

SQL queries are formulated to perform a wide range of tasks, including maintaining and analyzing structured data. Though the use of MySQL could vary from one person to other, as well as business requirements, some of the common applications include:
  • Defines database user privileges
  • Add, edit or delete data records
  • Connecting or joining data records that comes from multiple tables
  • Editing or creating the data dictionary of definitions
  • Locking or manipulating data tables

This standard tool helps users to manage a variety of functionalities, such as record management, quality control and data analysis. With MySQL, you can easily complete all communications with or within the databases.
October 24, 2018

Want to know why MySQL?

Sudha Govindaraju | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MySQL was used by the IT department at the place I worked before. We used it mainly to add, access or manage any data in our student database. I worked at a center where students would come in and take their tests online. Whenever there were any issues with a student's test, it was always easy for us to use MySQL to retrieve his data from the database and resolve the issue.
October 22, 2018

Reliability for free

Benard Mutua | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
MySQL is a great software that comes in really handy when trying to solve where the data in a project should be stored on different bespoke systems. The high availability mastered in the creation of this software database is very good and is a great addition to our company's solutions.
August 08, 2018

Great simplicity

benjamin nzoka | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MySQL is a great database that is used to store data from the users of our applications. It is very reliable and fast, and does not have any downtime. The software engineering department recommends to use MySQL as it is simple to implement and get started.
Joseph R. Sweeney | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MySQL is being used by my organization as a teaching resource for database classes. Since it is a free download for the students, it makes MySQL an easy choice to use. It is used to teach the basics of database design and implementation, to formulate SQL statements for creation and data manipulation. I use the command line client to show hands-on the SQL statements from the lectures and from the students to them the results of various combinations of functions and functionality.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MySQL is currently used in a specific department which was an acquisition several years ago. It addresses large data storage issues and exports which have historically plagued the business after acquisition. It has helped us to effectively organize large amounts of data at a higher than average speed in comparison to other SQL platforms. Additionally, its mass data manipulations are a feature we’ve never had before but are relishing for data upgrades.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
MySQL is being used for smaller projects across our organization. Some of these projects are use to enhance or facilitate functionality of our main products, while others are stand alone products that are just gaining ground. All of our new products are being built using MySQL.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's being used by our analyst relations department and helps us to organize / look up our contacts. It's made our lives easier to keep our lists under control and quickly accessed. There isn't any other reason to move to a different platform as this does everything we want it to do.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are using MySQL across our entire organization. We use it store student attendance and billing. We use it to charge other school districts for students who are served here. It has reliably stored our student attendance and performed billing duties since 2008. It is cost effective and very flexible. It also produced mailing address labels for postal mail sent to the homes of the student population.
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