We performed a comparison between MySQL and Percona Server 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."The main advantage is the very large user base. This enables users to fix about any issue by answering any question."
"The initial setup for the SQL database is not complex and it even integrates into the platform. You set up the recipe and then just follow the runbook, the build book. Then it works as long as you follow the procedures."
"The solution is a small application and is very easy to deploy."
"We are completely comfortable with the database’s performance and it is a mature product. My organization was looking for an open-source database for our smaller customers like the community edition. For bigger customers, we can scale into commercial and supported editions."
"One of the best features is this solution is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of MySQL is its reliability and performance."
"I like MySQL because of its community."
"Support for enterprise-grade features like clustering, master-slave replication, even Sharding (to some extent) which is an advanced feature."
"We find the product mostly stable."
"The availability of tools could be improved in the MySQL open-source platform. They can provide more analytical tools. I haven't had any particularly difficult issues to troubleshoot on MySQL, but in the past, on Microsoft SQL Server, I had to troubleshoot some difficult issues, and better tools were in place to see what was going on in real-time on the server. So, that's the bit that is lacking on the MySQL open-source platform."
"The user interface could be more user friendly. Mainly because most of the times we see black and white digital lines. Something like Python."
"MySQL needs improvements on its diagnostic features."
"MySQL could introduce more indexing strategies."
"MySQL's performance requires attention. For optimal performance, one should review and sometimes revise the code, particularly when using server-side scripting."
"When it comes to supporting big data, there is space to improve upon the database engines that are supported by MySQL."
"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."
"The solution is expensive."
"If Percona had flashback capabilities, it would be ideal."
MySQL is ranked 1st in Open Source Databases with 142 reviews while Percona Server is ranked 9th in Open Source Databases with 2 reviews. MySQL is rated 8.2, while Percona Server is rated 7.6. 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 Percona Server writes "Open-source and free to use with a good community". MySQL is most compared with Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Teradata and IBM Db2 Database, whereas Percona Server is most compared with MariaDB, EDB Postgres Advanced Server, PostgreSQL and Oracle MySQL Cloud Service. See our MySQL vs. Percona Server report.
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