MySQL review | TrustRadius

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our area we have used it on individual desktops to do prototyping when creating an oracle database may be too time consuming or cost prohibitive.

Pros and Cons

Rapid and easy deployment
Easy administration
Small footprint

I would like to see it more closely mimic some Oracle syntax
I would like it to more easily run as a completely in memory solution

Return on Investment

Shortened prototyping times

Alternatives Considered

HSQLDB (Hyper SQL Database) and Apache Derby

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited to smaller solutions with small to medium sized data and less well suited to large data stores.