MySQL
The world's most popular open source database
★ 4.5
The world's most popular open-source relational database. Powers WordPress, Facebook, and PlanetScale. Known for speed, reliability, and ease of use.
free
Pricing
Yes
Self-Hostable
Features
- ✓ ACID compliant (InnoDB)
- ✓ Replication (master-slave, group)
- ✓ Partitioning support
- ✓ JSON data type support
- ✓ Full-text search
- ✓ Stored procedures and triggers
- ✓ Multiple storage engines
- ✓ High availability options
Pros
- + Extremely well-documented
- + Huge ecosystem and community
- + Easy to learn and use
- + Fast read performance
- + LAMP stack standard
Cons
- − Oracle ownership concerns
- − Less feature-rich than PostgreSQL
- − Replication can be complex
- − Some prefer MariaDB fork