We performed a comparison between Exasol and MySQL based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Relational Databases Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can quickly scale the solution as it works on an MPP system."
"It is easy to scale."
"Performance is a top priority, and it excels in this aspect."
"We mainly chose Exasol for its performance reasons."
"The most valuable feature of Exasol is its speed."
"The solution is hands-off; you set it up insert your data and it self tunes queries."
"The speed is very good compared to other databases, like SQL Server or Oracle."
"Its speed is great."
"The solution is a small application and is very easy to deploy."
"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."
"It is very easy to install and has all basic database features."
"This specific version of this MySQL has been battle tested for a long time. Any issues are known issues and we pretty much don't have any problems when they're in production. So it's very stable."
"Setup is easy. MySQL of various flavours has community editions to easily test, deploy, and run."
"It is a scalable solution."
"Table partitioning is most valuable. It is easy to use."
"We use the basic features of MySQL. The interface that allows us to see the parameters of the server is good."
"The only area where we found it could improve was in custom role creation and security, and it was difficult to work with."
"They don't talk very well to with other products when it comes to connectivity. Integration is lacking."
"You have to install Exasol drivers, and it's not easy to find or implement a driver into different systems."
"It's not cloud-native so many maintenance operations require downtime."
"Lacks a cloud-based platform."
"It would be beneficial if the updates would occur more often."
"There are limited resources available to help me resolve the issue with Exasol."
"They should improve the security features for MPP processing."
"In the next release, I would like to see the scalability features improved to allow you to configure it and reduce the complexity with the configuration, making it easier for the end-user to scale. Make it as simple as it can be."
"MySQL's performance needs to be improved for enterprise-level applications compared to Oracle and Postgres."
"The full-text search feature must be improved."
"It does not stand out regarding scalability. When the company size increases, the user base having actual experience with (very) large MySQL solutions is reduced."
"On the database side, it should be really lightweight, and the data structure should be like MongoDB."
"The technical support should be more knowledgeable and available worldwide."
"The licensing cost of the solution is expensive, which MySQL needs to consider improving."
"The auto-tuning and NDB cluster has some limitations regarding foreign keys."
Exasol is ranked 12th in Relational Databases Tools with 8 reviews while MySQL is ranked 4th in Relational Databases Tools with 142 reviews. Exasol is rated 8.0, while MySQL is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Exasol writes "Fast query processing and easy-to-store all the data". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MySQL writes "Good beginner base but it should have better support for backups". Exasol is most compared with SAP HANA, SQL Server, Vertica, Oracle Database In-Memory and Oracle Database, whereas MySQL is most compared with Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Teradata and SQL Server. See our Exasol vs. MySQL report.
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