We performed a comparison between MySQL and Percona Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Oracle, PostgreSQL, MariaDB and others in Open Source Databases."It is very easy to install and has all basic database features."
"For sure, the solution is very stable."
"I would use MySQL for a medium project, with around 1,00,000 hundred thousand users, because of the indexing and stored procedures."
"The most valuable feature of MySQL is the informative error outputs of command line interface."
"The relations in the database, the dynamic workflow, and the ability to connect with all columns. It's useful for e-commerce."
"It creates a unified view of the entire architecture and performance factor, helping to manage the network more easily."
"The solution is easy to use."
"It is easy to use."
"We find the product mostly stable."
"I would rate the stability a seven out of ten. It does break down a little at times."
"We have encountered some performance issues, and the solution takes time for performing complex queries."
"MySQL lacks a feature akin to Oracle's Real Application Clusters, which ensures continuous database availability within the same data center or nearby data centers."
"The GUI could improve in MySQL."
"In terms of what I'd like to see in the next release, one thing that's always missing is dash boarding. There's no real BI tool for MySQL, like there is in Yellowfin and all the different tools that you get. They all have MySQL connectors, but there's no specific BI tool for MySQL. These open source projects have sprung up, but they're more general purpose."
"Scalability could be improved."
"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 analytics features are in need of improvement."
"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 8th 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.
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