Azure Database for MySQL vs PostgreSQL

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Azure Database for MySQL

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Pros of Azure Database for MySQL
Pros of PostgreSQL
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    • 763
      Relational database
    • 510
      High availability
    • 439
      Enterprise class database
    • 383
      Sql
    • 304
      Sql + nosql
    • 173
      Great community
    • 147
      Easy to setup
    • 131
      Heroku
    • 130
      Secure by default
    • 113
      Postgis
    • 50
      Supports Key-Value
    • 48
      Great JSON support
    • 34
      Cross platform
    • 33
      Extensible
    • 28
      Replication
    • 26
      Triggers
    • 23
      Multiversion concurrency control
    • 23
      Rollback
    • 21
      Open source
    • 18
      Heroku Add-on
    • 17
      Stable, Simple and Good Performance
    • 15
      Powerful
    • 13
      Lets be serious, what other SQL DB would you go for?
    • 11
      Good documentation
    • 9
      Scalable
    • 8
      Free
    • 8
      Reliable
    • 8
      Intelligent optimizer
    • 7
      Transactional DDL
    • 7
      Modern
    • 6
      One stop solution for all things sql no matter the os
    • 5
      Relational database with MVCC
    • 5
      Faster Development
    • 4
      Full-Text Search
    • 4
      Developer friendly
    • 3
      Excellent source code
    • 3
      Free version
    • 3
      Great DB for Transactional system or Application
    • 3
      Relational datanbase
    • 3
      search
    • 3
      Open-source
    • 2
      Text
    • 2
      Full-text
    • 1
      Can handle up to petabytes worth of size
    • 1
      Composability
    • 1
      Multiple procedural languages supported
    • 0
      Native

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    Cons of Azure Database for MySQL
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      • 10
        Table/index bloatings

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      What is Azure Database for MySQL?

      Azure Database for MySQL provides a managed database service for app development and deployment that allows you to stand up a MySQL database in minutes and scale on the fly – on the cloud you trust most.

      What is PostgreSQL?

      PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions.

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      What are some alternatives to Azure Database for MySQL and PostgreSQL?
      Azure SQL Database
      It is the intelligent, scalable, cloud database service that provides the broadest SQL Server engine compatibility and up to a 212% return on investment. It is a database service that can quickly and efficiently scale to meet demand, is automatically highly available, and supports a variety of third party software.
      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.
      PostgreSQL
      PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions.
      MongoDB
      MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.
      Redis
      Redis is an open source (BSD licensed), in-memory data structure store, used as a database, cache, and message broker. Redis provides data structures such as strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets with range queries, bitmaps, hyperloglogs, geospatial indexes, and streams.
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