We performed a comparison between EDB Postgres Advanced Server and MySQL based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Open Source Databases solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It gives us a solid, less expensive alternative to deploying with Oracle."
"I rate EDB Postgres Advanced Server's stability an eight out of ten."
"I like that EDB Postgres Advanced Server scales well. A valuable feature of the solution is multi-tenancy support. It also supports JSONB."
"The low cost and functionality allows us to save money on smaller database projects."
"It is free, which is probably its most valuable feature. It is a pretty full-featured relational database. It really does everything we need it to do."
"Like other databases, it has a rich set of functions, such as stored procedures and its own procedural language, which is akin to Oracle SQL. It also has trigger and cursor commands you would expect with a good database language."
"What I really like about MySQL is the opportunity to search for information and organize it any way I like."
"A good traditional database that supports JSON."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is its ubiquity. MySQL is everywhere, so if I need to find a developer to do things to it that I don't know, it's very easy to find someone who has expertise in it."
"The initial setup was pretty straightforward. I would have worked with our IT team in terms of the initial setup."
"The one interesting thing about this product is that it is open source. It comes from an open source product. MySQL has been positioned as open source, but it also provides support."
"Table partitioning is most valuable. It is easy to use."
"I have faced performance issues in the community edition."
"An area for improvement in EDB Postgres Advanced Server is JSONB querying. It would be nice to have even stronger JSONB support from the solution."
"The system is aging and not keeping up with the performance of new, enhanced database models."
"The security is not very robust and the product would be much more useful with more security options."
"The product is a little bit complex and it is difficult to find sufficient documentation."
"The solution could have better integration and security features."
"The manuals or documentation could be better."
"When working with a cluster wide, I have to use the MySQL cluster version."
"It would be helpful if there were a graphical user interface to administer, configure, and tune it."
"I would like to have features that allow us to jump between the cloud and our on-premises system."
"Its performance should be better. When we use big data, it is slow in performance. We should be able to use mirroring for improved performance."
"MySQL needs improvements on its diagnostic features."
EDB Postgres Advanced Server is ranked 6th in Open Source Databases with 6 reviews while MySQL is ranked 1st in Open Source Databases with 142 reviews. EDB Postgres Advanced Server is rated 8.0, while MySQL is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of EDB Postgres Advanced Server writes "Scales well; works in both development and production environments and has multi-tenancy and JSONB support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MySQL writes "Good beginner base but it should have better support for backups". EDB Postgres Advanced Server is most compared with PostgreSQL, Percona Server, YugabyteDB and MariaDB, whereas MySQL is most compared with Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Teradata and SAP HANA. See our EDB Postgres Advanced Server vs. MySQL report.
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