Advantages
Flexibility
The DBMS is easily customizable to individual needs and features of a particular site. There are many additional extensions or plugins for it, it’s easily installed on hostings.
Versatility
My SQL runs on operating systems of the Windows, Linux, Unix, Solaris. The DBMS also has API for C and C++, PHP, Python, Ruby, Java, and others.
Free access and open source
MySQL is completely free open-source software that anyone can use.
Choice of engines
MySQL has two types of engines (a software module with which the DBMS creates, reads, and updates data in the database): transactional and non-transactional. MySQL supports 8 engines in total.
High safety
MySQL has built-in security tools that support the management of users and their privileges.
MySQL Alternatives
PostgreSQL
What is PostgreSQL?
PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS), the most advanced open-source database management system in the world.
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Clickhouse
What is Clickhouse?
ClickHouse is an open-source columnar relational DBMS from Yandex for fast processing of analytical SQL queries on structured big data in real time.
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