MySQL ROI

Patryk Golabek - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Translucent Computing Inc

Since we’re running it ourselves, it's our own flavor of MySQL, for dev, and QA, staging, production environments, that cost is basically a part of their running between this cluster. So I can't give you a fixed cost, but I can give you the cost of the entire cluster. There are many nodes in a cluster, and there's many different parts continuously running it. So to fully utilize the cluster, we put everything in it and just try to maximum each node.

So you can have a MySQL database beside a Java Microservice and Angular applications on the same node, and using the same kind of resources. So it would be difficult for me to kind of break it down. Obviously I'll do a deep dive, and I'll look at it, in terms of, what percentage of the CPU is being used by MySQL.

Now when it comes to the Cloud versions, obviously there's a fixed cost with that. So for example, one of the clients uses our database, they chose to go with the extra large version of the ECQ's, and there's a price for that. And you can just get a price quickly, and there's a whole chart of pricing there.

So that's based on clients and their comfort level. We can tell them exactly what performance we're requiring here, and then say, what is the minimal thing we need here, in terms of CPU resources and connections? So that's what you really need for just a cloud version of it. Once we define that, then we tell the client, this is what you really need. You can get away with a smaller version of the virtual machine by using something bigger. To be comfortable they decide to do it. So I'm dealing with the pricing, and the pricing is transparent.

I have all the separate pricing for the databases as well. And from that, you can figure out what the cost is.

There's no licensing fees here because it's open source. So the only fees are really just for using the Cloud resources, even if you go with managed or non-managed, you're still using the Cloud resources. You can be more frugal if you're running it yourself, versus what Google or Amazon will do for you. It'll be a little more pricey to go with them, but because it's a  managed solution, you do have that peace of mind, because they're managing it for you. You just connect with it and just talk with it.

But in our cases, we deploy it, we manage it, we back it up, we do all that stuff. So there's more work that we have to do, but a lot of time we eat up the cost because it's not an expensive thing to do. So it can be more cost effective running within the Coud, than in a non-managed version, self-hosted version. 

At the end of the day, Google and Amazon are still making money, because it doesn't matter if you're running it yourself or it's managed, it's still using the Cloud. It's the same CPU and same RAM. 

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Alireza-Nikseresht - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Shiraz University

My company must have seen some benefit with the solution’s use.

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Philippe Liénard - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at csm

I  have seen value and impact from using MySQL

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MySQL
March 2024
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SG
Works

Its free open source availability provides good ROI. MySQL commercial version cost is higher than other open source databases. 

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Marco Ismael González Rangel - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at Teravision Technologies

We have not seen a return on investment.

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Ismail Yushaw - PeerSpot reviewer
Supervisor at GGoC1

In the past, the product was free for users, which ensured that users could experience a high return on investment from the use of the solution. I don't know the licensing models attached to the solution currently, but the return on investment is very high if you use it for a very limited amount of time.

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AC
IT Consultant at Woohoogeeks

ROI is not applicable, as MySQL is open source and is free, so you could say it is only the investment of implementing the database in your environment.

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JK
Data Analyst at KPMG East Africa

The tool is easy to manage and saves us time. It has much less complications.

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Anand Viswanath - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Unimity Solutions

We are continuing to use the tool because it's been cost-effective. It's producing revenue for us. It's a beneficial solution.

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it_user578346 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Business Technology at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Not applicable.

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it_user3405 - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

60% ROI (There are DLs — direct labor costs and overhead costs, but once it is set up, we image the configuration and deploy our designs in docker).

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it_user130032 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
it_user359547 - PeerSpot reviewer
Expert Advisor at a mining and metals company with 51-200 employees

We installed it under another now-obsolete license form (free on Linux).

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it_user244500 - PeerSpot reviewer
Constructor of the computer systems at a security firm with 51-200 employees

I believe it is hard to calculate for hardware.

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it_user677721 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Technician at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
it_user285990 - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Operations Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

It takes about six months, but this does depend on its associated product and usage.

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MySQL
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