2019-04-03T00:38:00Z

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MySQL?

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SN
MSP
Top 20
2023-11-27T12:05:03Z
Nov 27, 2023

I rate the pricing a seven or six out of ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.

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Ruhul Amin - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2023-11-24T11:51:11Z
Nov 24, 2023

It is an open source platform. While the free version of MySQL offers comprehensive features, it does come with limitations.

Egzon Maloku - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-08-15T08:24:21Z
Aug 15, 2023

You need to pay upgrade costs every year.

CharlesBrewer - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-04-14T14:33:21Z
Apr 14, 2023

It's free.

Guruprasad Gonjare - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-03-09T21:58:00Z
Mar 9, 2023

The solution’s pricing depends on customer requirements. A license is not required for the community edition.

CG
Real User
Top 20
2023-03-09T21:57:00Z
Mar 9, 2023

I would rate the solution’s pricing a six out of ten. The solution is not cheap but it’s a fair value. The pricing depends on the use cases of our customers. Some of our customers use the community edition which is license free and a good fit for their use cases. However, we encourage our bigger customers to sign up because of the scalability issues. The paid versions get direct technical support from Oracle.

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AB
Real User
Top 10
2023-02-03T12:26:47Z
Feb 3, 2023

The solution is open source so is free.

Kevin Honde - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-12-23T17:57:13Z
Dec 23, 2022

I would rate the pricing of this solution a two, on a scale from one to 10, with one being not expensive and 10 being very expensive.

Anays Micolod - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-05-15T16:53:43Z
May 15, 2022

I use a free version at present.

TB
Real User
2022-03-07T15:14:23Z
Mar 7, 2022

MySQL is very cheap. In fact, it could be free. They also have a yearly licensing option. I don't remember paying for additional costs, aside from the standard licensing fee.

GS
Real User
2021-12-22T18:47:00Z
Dec 22, 2021

We are using the free community version of the solution.

PE
Real User
2021-12-21T10:04:00Z
Dec 21, 2021

MySQL is open source so it's free.

YT
Real User
2021-11-13T05:47:00Z
Nov 13, 2021

Regarding the price, because it's the open source they have different licenses. Even for open source there's a license for the enterprise. I don't think it is expensive. Also for the scalability in the cloud, the price is based on the usage, such as, how much data you transfer.

KB
Real User
2021-10-28T13:59:39Z
Oct 28, 2021

We are using the free community edition of MySQL.

SJ
Real User
2021-10-21T11:36:36Z
Oct 21, 2021

You do need a license in order to use MySQL.

Ertugrul Akbas - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2021-05-25T10:19:00Z
May 25, 2021

MySQL is released under an open-source license, so you have nothing to pay to use it.

DB
Real User
2021-05-16T02:09:50Z
May 16, 2021

It's cheaper than other solutions.

PN
Real User
2021-04-13T10:26:45Z
Apr 13, 2021

It is open source. We prefer it for POCs because it saves the license cost.

KopanoRamaphoi - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2021-04-10T09:00:02Z
Apr 10, 2021

There is a license needed for this solution.

MW
Real User
Top 5
2021-03-23T13:47:58Z
Mar 23, 2021

We've never bought a commercial license. We just use the open-source community edition.

KV
Real User
2021-03-19T20:40:39Z
Mar 19, 2021

I am not paying, but I am not sure about the exact licensing requirements.

Ahmed-Ramy - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2022-03-02T13:41:37Z
Mar 2, 2022

The solution is open-source. We don't pay for it. There are options to get professional support from Oracle and, for that, the pricing really comes up, therefore, it's not competitive anymore. For that reason, it might be even wiser to get Oracle Database than get MySQL and pay for the premium support.

PA
Real User
2022-01-26T20:18:41Z
Jan 26, 2022

We are using the licensed version of MySQL.

2021-12-22T00:03:00Z
Dec 22, 2021

MySQL is free open-source software. This is the most valuable aspect for any company.

LK
Real User
2021-11-26T10:33:37Z
Nov 26, 2021

We are using the free version of MySQL. We prefer paying for a yearly license.

VC
Real User
2021-11-08T14:34:50Z
Nov 8, 2021

While I was not involved in those projects over the past year, we do have a couple of clients who choose to use the paid, enterprise version of the solution and who take full advantage of it.

JI
Real User
2021-11-01T23:16:15Z
Nov 1, 2021

The price of the licensing should be cheaper. We pay a yearly subscription fee.

AM
Real User
2021-10-29T13:08:07Z
Oct 29, 2021

We get the standard packages, but mostly MySQL is freeware. You pay for a license to get the upgrades. We pay for an enterprise license if that is required, but that's not in every case. It depends.

CN
Real User
2021-10-20T14:26:25Z
Oct 20, 2021

We're using the open-source version right now, which is free. I do see some value in some of the more enterprise functions. We're using the open-source version right now, and I was interested in the MySQL Enterprise version really for the tools that they provide, but we decided not to make the purchase.

ZG
Real User
Top 20
2021-08-25T17:13:12Z
Aug 25, 2021

There is no licensing fee.

SA
Real User
2021-07-29T07:19:31Z
Jul 29, 2021

The solution does not come with a licensing fee.

AR
Real User
2021-07-07T09:12:10Z
Jul 7, 2021

The solution is open-source and free to use. We have the community edition. We don't have to pay to use it right now.

RP
Real User
2021-06-17T12:25:51Z
Jun 17, 2021

There is not a license required for this solution.

DM
Real User
2021-06-10T14:50:44Z
Jun 10, 2021

We use the community edition. There is no cost involved, no licensing fees.

AV
Real User
Top 20
2021-05-23T07:11:24Z
May 23, 2021

There is a license for this solution. A lot of the time the solution gets bundled with other hardware or software purchases.

CL
Real User
2021-05-05T15:07:02Z
May 5, 2021

For the on-premise version, no license is required.

Kevin Honde - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2021-04-07T12:58:09Z
Apr 7, 2021

The solution is absolutely free to use. It's one of the reasons we've chosen it.

IR
Real User
2021-04-01T09:01:00Z
Apr 1, 2021

MySQL is free.

AM
Real User
ExpertModerator
2021-04-01T08:52:49Z
Apr 1, 2021

I have never used the enterprise level of MySQL. I use the open-source free community version. I am sure that the Enterprise version of MySQL is cheaper than Microsoft SQL Server, or IBM and Oracle. It's cheaper than other tools.

VR
Real User
2021-03-05T01:35:55Z
Mar 5, 2021

It is open-source.

HC
Real User
2021-02-21T12:32:07Z
Feb 21, 2021

It has a community version.

PJ
Real User
2020-12-10T15:09:54Z
Dec 10, 2020

There is a licensing cost because we are going for a proprietary product. There are some other versions for which there is no licensing cost.

AC
Real User
ExpertModerator
2020-11-10T16:11:00Z
Nov 10, 2020

Pricing depends on the size of your business. For an individual to SME sized business the MySQL solution should be adequate for your needs. Setup costs are minimal.

RS
Real User
2020-10-24T05:45:39Z
Oct 24, 2020

This product has a good price point.

AG
Real User
2020-10-20T04:19:00Z
Oct 20, 2020

In terms of license cost, I think the one that we are selling for MySQL is not a perpetual license like we are selling for the Oracle database. The Oracle database license we are selling is on a perpetual basis. MySQL has that too, but for MySQL we are selling only the support. That means that the subscription we are selling for one year consists of software support for MySQL. That's the difference between Oracle and MySQL.

GG
Real User
2020-10-19T09:33:24Z
Oct 19, 2020

Microsoft licensing for SQL Server is probably ten times more expensive. I used to work for the government, and I remember when we were looking into upgrading to the enterprise version of SQL Server 2019, the licensing was going to cost 350,000. To get the equivalent in the cloud, it was going to be about four grand to get the same processing power and everything else. With MySQL, it was going to be about 300 for the same licensing. Cost-wise, for sure, there is a huge difference. Would you prefer to pay 300 a month or 3,000 to have the same amount of data resources? You might lose a few options that you need, but it isn't worth the price difference.

LM
Consultant
2020-10-04T06:40:27Z
Oct 4, 2020

It's an open-source database management system that can be used free of charge.

AR
Real User
2020-09-27T04:10:15Z
Sep 27, 2020

This is an open-source product that can be used free of charge.

DY
Real User
2020-08-13T08:33:00Z
Aug 13, 2020

I am using the Community Edition, which is available free of charge.

NM
Real User
2020-06-28T08:51:00Z
Jun 28, 2020

I am not sure, what the licensing costs are for the solution. From my experience, there is no straightforward cost. You can get that cost from the Oracle website about the Oracle MySQL licensing costs, however, it's not a straightforward price code for everyone. If you are an existing customer, you can negotiate and you can get a better quote. The pricing on the website may be for new customers. That said, you can still negotiate. The same is true for Percona and MariaDB as well.

Patryk Golabek - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2020-03-05T08:39:00Z
Mar 5, 2020

So we jumped from version 5.6 to 5.7. That's not the latest version. The latest version is 5.8. We didn't move to eight for the simple reason that there's lots of code-based on 5.7 and there's no incentive for us to change right now. So a lot in the industry have not migrated to version eight yet. Oracle is having difficulty committing people to actually go with that version right now. MySQL has been battle-tested for years and years. So people were comfortable from 5.6 to 5.7. It wasn't just a minor change, it was actually a major change in terms of the databases. Now, once Oracle started managing MySQL, they didn't do a good enough job. That's when MariaDB was invented when they jumped from version five to eight. There wasn't enough confidence in that. Because there's so much time invested in it. Because MySQL is not just MySQL, they give it in a cluster mode, when you have huge databases with lots of master-slave nodes. So it's just not a trigger for a DBA to move to a new version that hasn't been battle-tested like their 5.7. So 5.7 is a good database. That's 1418 right now or something like that. I think that's the one we use in production. So for most DBAs it's difficult for them to change. Also with Google and Amazon, you can choose not to go back for 5.7. It is very easy to create a fully scalable solution with 5.7. So, there's no incentive for people to actually switch.

it_user1282806 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2020-02-13T07:50:55Z
Feb 13, 2020

The solution doesn't cost anything to use. It's absolutely free.

JohnMitchell - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2020-02-10T07:39:01Z
Feb 10, 2020

We use the community edition of the solution.

it_user3405 - PeerSpot reviewer
Reseller
2019-04-03T00:38:00Z
Apr 3, 2019

I would suggest testing MariaDB before jumping in. This will give the user the ability to test the DB before using it. It is very easy to set up. MariaDB is free, and licensing is based on GNU.

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