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Pros
"I am totally satisfied with MySQL.""For sure, the solution is very stable.""The solution has been very easy to scale so far.""MySQL is an open-source product and has good community support. If you encounter any problem, you can easily ask other members of the community to help. They help you a lot. On top of being free, MySQL is a cross-platform database, meaning it can work on both Windows and Linux. It is very good for us.""The initial setup is easy.""For starters, it's free, which is always nice, and it's also pretty straightforward to use. It's a nice conventional database.""The most valuable feature of MySQL is its reliability and performance.""One of the best features is this solution is easy to use."

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"Valuable features for us include the compression, speed, fast response time, and easy object maintenance.""It is very robust for ad hoc DW queries and its columnar compression is unique and valuable.""The primary benefit of SAP IQ is its ability to limit the expansion of the costly SAP HANA database, which has limited storage capacity. This necessitates a form of data management that involves moving data from SAP HANA to SAP NLS, which is essentially archiving. This allows us to retain access to the data via a link whenever it is required.""Unbeatable speed and compression with a colummn-structured relational database.""The column-based technologies (basically all the database for ITP) are used for SAP IQ. It is used as a column-based solution.""Columnar storage allows high compression, high load rates and high query performance."

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"The most valuable feature is compatibility with the Oracle database.""Tibero uses Hyper-Threading architecture, which is incredibly fast.""Tibero is very easy to setup and maintain.""Tibero is a relational database management system, which supports disaster recovery, active cluster, active storage, etc."

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Cons
"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 more integrations of the solution with other platforms and improve the support on different data types.""The full-text search feature must be improved.""I feel that some tools which make it easier to create queries or make it easier for other functions would be really interesting to see.""Scalability could be improved.""It requires a training platform.""This solution needs to be improved when it comes to working with desktop applications on the developer side.""Even for the best database, we always want the database to perform much better, so we wish MySQL would be much better, in terms of performance."

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"The solution works best when combined with other SAP solutions. If the environment has other systems other options might be better.""The room for improvement would be the marketing of the product, because this product is much better than advertised.""I think the universe should be part of the Sybase IQ tool set.""Concurrency and functional error messaging.""The organization who owns the product does not support it well and appears not to be doing significant development for the future.""Multiplex is very problematic. There are consistency problems in the metadata, meaning it is possible to lose metadata consistency. You should make sure you have healthy backups."

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"In PL/SQL code, there is a scope of improvement. We expect more PL/SQL packages should be included in the next release.""The knowledge base is quite small and should be expanded."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "When you know the setup will continue to grow, make sure you have the paid support."
  • "​Enterprise editions and support are definitely needed for the heavy users who need direct support. ​"
  • "MySQL Enterprise Support is not cheap, though might still be cheaper than Oracle or SQL Server. They may not have local support depending on where you’re based, but there are many smaller agencies out there that will readily provide support. You’ll need to spend some time looking around."
  • "Can range from free to quite expensive, depending on the environments and requirements, so better to really set goals ahead of setting it up."
  • "I am using the Community Edition, which is available free of charge."
  • "This is an open-source product that can be used free of charge."
  • "It's an open-source database management system that can be used free of charge."
  • "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."
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  • "Evaluate all options; check to see if you need expensive add-ons."
  • "Negotiate based on the features required."
  • "Negotiation is very important."
  • "The only costs after standard licensing fees are for add-ons and upgrades."
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  • "The overall costs are very low compared to Oracle."
  • "The price of Tibero is cheaper than that of Oracle."
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    Sybase IQ
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    Overview

    MySQL is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) owned by Oracle. Before Oracle acquired the product, it was completely free for users. After the merge, the solution started offering paid services with more features, alongside a free version. MySQL can easily integrate with a wide variety of programming languages, which makes it one of the most flexible and reliable products among its competitors. This cost-effective solution helps users deliver high-performance and scalable database applications through several products. They include:

    • MySQL HeatWave: This is an in-memory query accelerator for MySQL. It is a parallel, columnar, hybrid query-processing engine with algorithms for distributed query processing. This database service is used for transactions, analytics, and machine learning (ML). It offers simplified, secure real-time analytics. It can be deployed on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Amazon AWS, Azure, and users' data centers.

    • My SQL Enterprise Edition: This edition of the solution includes the most comprehensive set of advanced features, technical support, and management tools. The combination functions achieves security, scalability, reliability, and uptime, while reducing risk, cost, and complexity, in managing MySQL applications.

    • MySQL Standard Edition: This edition utilizes industrial-strength performance and reliability to help users deliver high-performance and scalable Open Transaction Processing (OLTP) applications.

    • MySQL Classic Edition: This is an embedded database for independent software vendors (ISVs), original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and value-added resellers (VARs), that are developing applications using the MyISAM storage engine.

    • MySQL Community Edition: This is the free version of the product, which is supported by a large active community of open-source developers.

    • MySQL Cluster CGE: This is a distributed database that combines linear scalability and high availability. It offers in-memory real-time access across partitioned and distributed databases.

    • MySQL Embedded: This product offers MySQL as an embedded database and is most widely used by ISVs, OEMs, and VARs. It is utilized for making applications, hardware, and appliances more competitive by bringing them to market faster while lowering their cost of goods sold (COGs).

    My SQL Features

    The characteristics of each MySQL edition differ depending on what it offers and what clients it is catered towards. But the main features of the product include the following:

    • Internals and portability: These capabilities allow MySQL to work on multiple platforms and provide transactional and non-transactional storage engines. This set of features is tested with Purify, Vilgrind, and a broad range of different compilers.

    • Data types: Due to the flexibility of the data types feature of MySQL, the product is compatible with a very wide variety of data types, including fixed-length and variable-length string types.

    • Statements and functions: This feature allows MySQL full operator and function support. It supports a wide variety of functions and allows users to refer to tables from different databases in the same statement.

    • Security: The security features of MySQL provide users with a flexible privileged password system that enables host-based verification. The product offers encryption of all password traffic when users connect to a server.

    • Scalability and limits: MySQL supports large databases with up to approximately 50 million records and up to 64 indexes per table.

    • Connectivity: The connectivity features of the product allow clients to connect to MySQL using several protocols, providing them with freedom of choice in terms of which ones to use.

    • Localization: Through this feature, the product offers availability to users in many languages. The server time zone can be changed dynamically and allows clients to specify their own time zone for their convenience.

    • Clients and tools: The product includes several client and utility programs among its capabilities.

    MySQL Benefits

    MySQL brings many benefits to organizations that use it for their data. The most common ones include:

    • Due to its initial open-source nature, MySQL is an easy to understand and beginner-friendly product.

    • The solution still supports an open-source version as well, which means users can download, use, and modify it based on their requirements.

    • MySQL ensures the consistency of data by storing it efficiently and minimizing redundancy.

    • This is considered one of the fastest solutions on the market, a fact which is backed by many benchmark tests.

    • MySQL is very flexible and supports a large number of embedded applications.

    • The solution is compatible with many operating systems.

    • This product offers clients the option to roll back transactions, as well as commit, and crash recovery.

    Reviews from Real Users

    According to a database engineer at a retailer with more than 10,000 employees, MySQL is a great open-source product that offers great scalability and compatibility.

    Yong S., a solutions specialist, system integration, appreciates this product because it has different licensing options and is easy to set up.

    SAP® IQ software delivers speed and power for extreme-scale enterprise data warehousing and analytics. Its column-oriented, grid-based massively parallel processing (MPP) architecture and patented data compression and indexing technologies enable companies to exploit the value of huge amounts of data at the speed of business.

    Tibero by TmaxSoft bridges the gap between legacy relational databases and the new paradigm of running workloads in virtualized data centers and the Cloud, allowing enterprises to fully leverage their investment by embracing a simple, true utilization licensing model.

    Sample Customers
    Facebook, Tumblr, Scholastic, MTV Networks, Wikipedia, Verizon Wireless, Sage Group, Glassfish Open Message Queue, and RightNow Technologies.
    ASR Group, Citrix, State of Indiana, PocketCard Co. Ltd.
    NSPK, Indian Financial Technology & Allied Services (IFTAS), fonePaisa Payment Solutions
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company22%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    University10%
    Comms Service Provider9%
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    Computer Software Company16%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Manufacturing Company6%
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    Financial Services Firm55%
    Healthcare Company9%
    Insurance Company9%
    Manufacturing Company9%
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    Financial Services Firm38%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Government4%
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    Government18%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Company Size
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    Small Business45%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise37%
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    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise59%
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise67%
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    Small Business11%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise80%
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise64%
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