We performed a comparison between MYSQL and SQL Server based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: SQL Server comes out ahead in this comparison because it is less demanding on resources and can more easily be integrated with other solutions. Some users feel that MySQL requires more maintenance and can be a bit buggy and less stable than SQL Server.
"It's a mature solution that's been around for decades."
"The solution is a small application and is very easy to deploy."
"The solution has been very easy to scale so far."
"This product is a good teaching tool for students who want to learn about networked databases."
"MySQL is easy to use, has fast performance, and it is comfortable for end-user to use. The schema level and structure we are using are very simple and easy to understand. Additionally, packaging tool development is straightforward and the data is presented in a way that is very simple to understand."
"It is easy to use."
"It's a good tool, a good database platform."
"MySQL gives us a very user-friendly workspace in which to query the database."
"It's a flexible solution."
"Its usability is very good. Its performance is satisfactory."
"The installation is really easy."
"If you need to, you can scale the solution very easily."
"We have found there are many useful features such as the solution is continually being upgraded, ETL capabilities for extracting and transformation, and it is very easy to use."
"It is easy to use and easy to perform a backup."
"SQL Server is quite user-friendly. I have experience with Oracle and PostgreSQL, so out of three, I like SQL Server a lot."
"SQL Server's Management Studio is very user friendly. I like their database and the additional features it offers. It's also easy to integrate SQL Server with things like CLR, PowerShell, and command shell"
"Some problems with big table operations, and a struggle to keep the servers responding in peak situations."
"We want high availability and replication features, which are currently missing in this solution. It would be great if they can provide an in-built replication feature, similar to Oracle RAC, in MySQL."
"As an open-source product, there isn't really any technical support available if you get into trouble or have issues."
"If it had something similar to Microsoft’s DTS engine then it would be the best database system out there."
"There should be more tools to manage the on-premises version and more automation features."
"Clusters are hard to perform so we use no SQL alternates like MongoDB."
"It can have better monitoring. In addition, the enterprise manager should be able to cater to more than one virtual machine. Currently, you need one license per server. It seems a bit too much to get one license for one enterprise manager. I hope the enterprise manager for MySQL can accommodate more virtual machines for MySQL."
"The user interface could be more user friendly. Mainly because most of the times we see black and white digital lines. Something like Python."
"I would like to see better integration between their link server and other platforms, such as IBM."
"I would like Microsoft to evolve SQL Server because stateful databases dying are in a way. We would like to find out if it can absorb Hadoop and other similar things. They should make it useful for data mining. Data is evolving forever, and how we store it is also changing constantly. So, SQL Server also needs to change."
"The solution needs to be more secure. It's lacking, compared to, for example, Oracle."
"If this solution could provide an automatic indexing feature it would be very useful."
"The number of concurrent users is too limited and other databases are better than SQL in this regard."
"The performance is not always the best."
"I would like to have the option to use fewer processors for certain tasks, thus reducing the licensing fee."
"The pricing of the product could be better."
MySQL is ranked 4th in Relational Databases Tools with 142 reviews while SQL Server is ranked 1st in Relational Databases Tools with 260 reviews. MySQL is rated 8.2, while SQL Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of MySQL writes "Good beginner base but it should have better support for backups". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SQL Server writes "Easy to use and provides good speed and data recovery". MySQL is most compared with Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Teradata and Oracle Database, whereas SQL Server is most compared with MariaDB, SAP HANA, Oracle Database, LocalDB and Vertica. See our MySQL vs. SQL Server report.
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