Why developers like ClearDB

What is ClearDB?

ClearDB uses a combination of advanced replication techniques, advanced cluster technology, and layered web services to provide you with a MySQL database that is "smarter" than usual.

ClearDB is a tool in the SQL Database as a Service category of a tech stack.

Who uses ClearDB?

Companies

8 companies reportedly use ClearDB in their tech stacks, including Salesforce, Skype, and Web Site - MovieLaLa.com.

Salesforce

Skype

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DigiQuatics

NavalhApp

HRR12-Trex

Siban

Developers

19 developers on StackShare have stated that they use ClearDB.

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Spring Boot Stack

Web Stack

Controll

Personal Skills

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Eventmask

My Stack

ClearDB Integrations

Heroku, Microsoft Azure, Pivotal Web Services (PWS), Xplenty, and AppFog are some of the popular tools that integrate with ClearDB. Here's a list of all 5 tools that integrate with ClearDB.

Heroku

Microsoft Azure

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Xplenty

AppFog

Pros of ClearDB

Cloud SQL

Heroku

Fast

Great Backup

Easy to use

Scalability

Great Support

Geographic redundancy

Master / master replication

Decisions about ClearDB

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose ClearDB in their tech stack.

Sujith Kattathara Bhaskaran

Founder at GigsBoard · Jan 25, 2022 | 4 upvotes · 32.5K views

Needs advice

AWS Fargate

Heroku

and

Microsoft Azure

Heroku is unable to handle payment issues arising due to Indian Reserve Bank's decision to stop recurring card payments. I am using the following Heroku services:

Web Dyno
Worker Dyno (Scheduler)
Cron To Go (Queue)
ClearDB (MySQL)
Heroku Redis (Queue Driver)

I have to migrate my Apache/ PHP/ Laravel/ HTML/ CSS/ jQuery/ MySQL application hosted on Heroku to a new provider. My current options visible are:

AWS Fargate
AWS Beanstalk
Quovery
Microsoft Azure
Laravel Vapor
Laravel Forge

Does anyone have any guidance on which of the above options (or any other option not identified above) is recommended for migrating away from Heroku? and why?

Cesare Mannino

Jun 28, 2021 | 7 upvotes · 128K views

Needs advice

ClearDB

and

DigitalOcean Managed Databases

Hi, I'm a beginner at using MySQL, I currently deployed my crud app on Heroku using the ClearDB add-on. I didn't see that coming, but the increased value of the primary key instead of being 1 is set to 10, and I cannot find a way to change it. Now I`m considering switching and deploying the full app and MySql to DigitalOcean any advice on that? Will I get the same issue? Thanks in advance!

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ClearDB's Features

Global Multi-Master Design- ClearDB uses geo-distributed MySQL database configurations for the ultimate in database availability, survivability, and performance. Even if whole cloud regions go offline, your database will stay online.
Completely Fault Tolerant- ClearDB is the only cloud database in the market today that offers true multi-regional read/write mirroring with 100% uptime, even if networks or disks fail.
Native MySQL- Our clusters use native MySQL so that you don't have to worry about re-tuning your applications to work with ClearDB.
Fast, Reliable Support- We have expert database and systems engineers working round the clock to ensure that your database is available, reliable, and secure.
Ultra Secure- We use a combination of 256 bit SSL encryption and client certificates directly in MySQL to secure connections.

ClearDB Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to ClearDB?

MySQL

The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.

Heroku Postgres

Heroku Postgres provides a SQL database-as-a-service that lets you focus on building your application instead of messing around with database management.

Firebase

Firebase is a cloud service designed to power real-time, collaborative applications. Simply add the Firebase library to your application to gain access to a shared data structure; any changes you make to that data are automatically synchronized with the Firebase cloud and with other clients within milliseconds.

Amazon RDS

Amazon RDS gives you access to the capabilities of a familiar MySQL, Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server database engine. This means that the code, applications, and tools you already use today with your existing databases can be used with Amazon RDS. Amazon RDS automatically patches the database software and backs up your database, storing the backups for a user-defined retention period and enabling point-in-time recovery. You benefit from the flexibility of being able to scale the compute resources or storage capacity associated with your Database Instance (DB Instance) via a single API call.

Amazon Aurora

Amazon Aurora is a MySQL-compatible, relational database engine that combines the speed and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. Amazon Aurora provides up to five times better performance than MySQL at a price point one tenth that of a commercial database while delivering similar performance and availability.

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