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MySQL - Database Management Software

MySQL Reviews in May 2025: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

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MySQL Reviews & Ratings

4.4

Very Good

Based on 428 reviews

Rating Distribution

Excellent

(318)

Very Good

(98)

Good

(10)

Poor

(1)

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Expert's Review

MySQL stands out as a top choice for small to medium-level businesses due to its open-source nature and ease of use. Users appreciate its quick installation process and intuitive interface, making it a preferred option for database management. MySQL's support for spatial data and functions adds a layer of efficiency, especially for geographical calculations. Its ...Read more

MySQL pros and cons

  • Easy to use with quick installation and user-friendly interface.

  • Provides excellent performance and scalability for relational database management.

  • Supports spatial data and functions, enhancing geographical calculations.

  • Open source nature with industry-level security and community support.

  • Limited support for marketplace apps and connectors, restricting advanced functionalities.

  • Richness of features and customizations can be complex without proper support.

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Andrew M

09/05/19

5 out of 5

MySQL is the easiest DBMS to learn

What do you like best? MySQL syntax is easy to to work with. Even a newbie can read and understand what the syntax does. MySQL DBMS usually come with an interactive user interface for managing your database and the system reflects the right syntax for every operation on the database your make via the user interface What do you dislike? Error messages in MySQL syntax are rare but difficult to catch sometimes. For instance the interpreter always says there is an error near a certain ...

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Relvin G

09/05/19

3.5 out of 5

Create and manage easy SQL databases

What do you like best? It has all the power of SQL with a easy to use graphic interface to help you manage your databases. It is very easy to set up and hit the ground running. What do you dislike? Nothing to dislike about this software at this time. it does what its supposed to. Recommendations to others considering the product: Try MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL and also NoSQL options and see which one suits you best. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits ...

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User in Hospital & Health Care

09/05/19

4 out of 5

MySQL - Easy to implement database

What do you like best? + This is a completely free solution. + It works excellent, with most Linux systems it is even installed from the beginning. + Compatible with PHPMyAdmin solution, so we can save a database by using the interface. + Enables millions of records to be stored. + Thanks to good optimization it can also be used on less efficient servers. + MySQL is easy to configure and install the solution. + Very stable solution is unlikely that our database will be ...

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Consultant in Utilities

09/04/19

5 out of 5

MySQL and why I like it

What do you like best? It is one of the easiest SQL RDBMSs that one can use and it still free and can be downloaded which is a very big advantage for us who have to work on s string budget from the management. What do you dislike? The only problem is that it is part of the LAMP technology and therefore one has to be adept at operations in LINUX., Apache, PHP programming language. All of which I only know as given by the Company hands on training Recommendations to others considering ...

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User in Industrial Automation

09/04/19

5 out of 5

Easy to use open source software

What do you like best? Easy to use, open source, support is very good What do you dislike? Functionality tends to be heavily dependent on add ons, stability issue What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? The database is not fully SQL compliant, due to this its relative dearth of functionality is frustrating

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User in Information Technology and Services

09/04/19

5 out of 5

Mysql-An Excellent open source database

What do you like best? Mysql is great open source platform with high performance, and it works fast with commands, easy setup with any front end apps, it works great in integration with frond end php apps with framework like codeignitor, mysql is best database for medium as well as large web apps What do you dislike? Mysql lacks in looks and not a great user friendly platform, the performance is quite slow with very huge database, the rendering time is more, the memory consumption on ...

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Aaron L

09/03/19

4 out of 5

Standard Web Development Database

What do you like best? Easy to utilise and available on almost every single web hosting provider. The best part is that all the major cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Google and Azure has fully managed solutions for MySQL What do you dislike? Lousy feature updates and development from Oracle. Postgresql has taken over it Recommendations to others considering the product: Take a look at AWS Aurora or RDS What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have ...

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User in Information Technology and Services

09/02/19

5 out of 5

MySQL : Amazing relational database

What do you like best? I was also scared to use databases until I came across MySQL which has made me love database and it's functionalitites. It's price and ease make it stand out from others. What do you dislike? Till now, I am enjoying using MySQL. There is nothing I can say that I didn't like. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? I have created a site whose data is stored in tables using MySQL.

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User in Computer Software

08/31/19

5 out of 5

MySQL is good and lightweight data base management system server

What do you like best? First of all it's lightweight, easy to install, creating database is an easy process with MySQL, easy to use What do you dislike? Nothing to dislike, no negative side and didn't find any lag Recommendations to others considering the product: If you are looking for a lightweight data base management server, go for it, it's way to use and a complete solution for database What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? We ...

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vinney m

08/30/19

5 out of 5

Simple and easy to work on relationa database

What do you like best? MySQL can be deployed on different system environments i.e on cloud, web, mac operating system, windows operating systems and even Linux. It is very easy to set up and also to use. It can be also manipulated via command line or and graphical interface which make is easy to create and manipulate databases. It also comes with tone of features my favorite of them all being access control and management, backup,recovery and data replication and migration. What ...

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