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MySQL

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★★★★½4.4(1,668 reviews)

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The world's most popular open-source relational database management system. Reliable, fast, and widely supported by every hosting platform and cloud provider.

Overview

MySQL remains the world's most popular open-source relational database, powering millions of web applications with reliable performance, though PostgreSQL has overtaken it for new projects requiring advanced features.

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Pros

  • +Ubiquitous support and hosting
  • +Massive community and resources
  • +Proven at scale (Facebook, Twitter)
  • +Free and open-source

Cons

  • -Less feature-rich than PostgreSQL
  • -Oracle ownership concerns
  • -Limited window functions (older versions)
  • -No native JSONB like Postgres
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