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MySQL vs Qdrant comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.1
MySQL is valued for its cost-effectiveness, reliability, and ability to enhance productivity and efficiency, offering significant ROI.
Sentiment score
5.1
Qdrant reduces costs and enhances productivity with efficient integration, open-source benefits, and improved pipeline processing, despite database issues.
I have seen a return on investment with MySQL, as it allows us to manage with fewer employees, focusing on business logic rather than database management.
Software Developer at Apptom
Thanks to Qdrant's open-source nature, our initial licensing and setup costs were nearly zero, allowing for swift testing and launch of our RAG prototype.
Automation Engineer at a educational organization with 11-50 employees
The time saved is substantial, with nearly three weeks or more for projects deployed with Qdrant Cloud in no-code platforms.
Lead Ai Tech And Tech Automation Engineer at a individual & family service with 11-50 employees
I have seen a significant return on investment from using Qdrant because it is very easy to integrate and highly efficient, saving a lot of time in my day-to-day operations, which ultimately saves money as well.
Product Engineer at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
MySQL users often rely on community resources, with mixed reviews on Oracle's pricey support, turning to internal teams or forums.
Sentiment score
4.3
Qdrant's open-source nature fosters effective community-driven support, with well-rated online resources addressing most user queries efficiently.
I would rate the documentation and online support a 10 out of 10.
Student at a university with 10,001+ employees
We have no issues and usually receive timely responses.
Assistant Vice President at National Bank of Pakistan
It's open source, so we house it on our server.
Chief Ai Scientist at Predictive Systems
The documentation provided by Qdrant covers most queries effectively.
Lead Ai Tech And Tech Automation Engineer at a individual & family service with 11-50 employees
I rate the technical support of Qdrant as a nine because I think we have never reached out to them directly, but Qdrant has good support available online, and I can get answers from forums.
Co Founder & CEO at SaYukth Private Limited
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.7
MySQL is user-friendly and scalable for small to medium applications, but larger enterprises may need clustering or commercial upgrades.
Sentiment score
5.3
Qdrant offers efficient scalability and performance, effectively managing increased workloads and easily integrating with custom database services.
Meeting scalability requirements through cloud computing is an expensive affair.
Technical Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
MySQL's scalability is currently adequate, as we have increased operations from ten thousand to twelve thousand devices, and it is working fine for us.
Software Developer at Apptom
In the recruiting agency project, the reliance on the vector database has expanded from storing hundreds of resumes to thousands.
Lead Ai Tech And Tech Automation Engineer at a individual & family service with 11-50 employees
When Qdrant is deployed in Docker, it scales really fast, and you can assign multiple CPUs to enhance performance.
Analyst at Synergy Connect
Qdrant handles growing workloads and data volumes well for me, which was a significant reason for my shift from other popular alternatives to Qdrant.
Product Engineer at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Users find MySQL stable and reliable, performing well across environments despite occasional challenges with larger tables.
Sentiment score
7.8
Qdrant is praised for stability and ease of use, with minor update needs and efficient file lock system.
We face certain integration issues, especially when we integrate the database with security solutions like IBM QRadar.
Assistant Vice President at National Bank of Pakistan
From my experience, MySQL was pretty stable.
Student at a university with 10,001+ employees
You need to patch Qdrant as soon as patches are released.
Co Founder & CEO at SaYukth Private Limited
It is easy to use whether on LangChain or on its own.
Product Engineer at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Qdrant is stable, except for the limitation concerning the termination of inactive clouds after a week.
Lead Ai Tech And Tech Automation Engineer at a individual & family service with 11-50 employees
 

Room For Improvement

MySQL requires better scalability, improved cluster support, enhanced documentation, and more robust security, monitoring, and integration features.
Qdrant could improve with UI updates, better integration, simplified setup, enhanced clustering, and support for analytics and image vectorization.
It could be more beneficial if MySQL can enhance its data masking functionality in the same way it has improved data encryption.
Assistant Vice President at National Bank of Pakistan
Oracle could improve on scalability.
Technical Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The load balancer, MySQL LB, which is used to connect to the application, lacks clear documentation.
SR AVP–Presales Cloud & Platform Management Services at Path Infotech ltd
Fast large-scale filtering operations could be implemented, such as automatic index suggestions, adaptive query planning, and smart indexing of metadata fields, which would make Qdrant even more efficient.
Product Engineer at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
While it has clustering functionality, it is not easy to set up, and not everyone can configure the clustering, so there is room for improvement in the clustering configuration.
Co Founder & CEO at SaYukth Private Limited
Incorporating embedding features directly in Qdrant Cloud would eliminate the need to depend on external solutions.
Lead Ai Tech And Tech Automation Engineer at a individual & family service with 11-50 employees
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers find MySQL pricing flexible, with free and paid options, offering cost-effective solutions and scalability considerations.
Qdrant's open-source model minimizes setup costs, though developer time and paid plans can increase expenses; Supabase offers savings.
Oracle has different components, so if you need security, you have to procure a different license, but here everything is inbuilt and it's not costly.
SR AVP–Presales Cloud & Platform Management Services at Path Infotech ltd
Using Qdrant is free.
Chief Ai Scientist at Predictive Systems
Regarding pricing, setup costs, and licensing, since I am using only the free tier of Qdrant Cloud, there are no setup costs involved.
Lead Ai Tech And Tech Automation Engineer at a individual & family service with 11-50 employees
Licensing posed no issues, as Qdrant is open-source software with no upfront fees.
Automation Engineer at a educational organization with 11-50 employees
 

Valuable Features

MySQL is prized for ease, performance, cost-effectiveness, open-source support, platform compatibility, reliability, security, scalability, and documentation.
Qdrant excels with hybrid search, cost-efficient cloud, Python support, high-speed queries, and no-code deployment for user satisfaction.
With Oracle, we have to buy another solution for encryption and masking, but MySQL supports native encryption, which enhances our return on investment.
Assistant Vice President at National Bank of Pakistan
The main feature we utilize in MySQL is the view, and I can say that it is the most valuable feature for our needs.
Software Developer at Apptom
MySQL contributes to improved system reliability, faster application performance, and higher developer productivity.
Senior Engineer at Airy Software Technologies Private Limited
The ability of Qdrant to handle high-dimensional vectors for my AI projects is pretty fast, and I think it's the best we have used so far.
Chief Ai Scientist at Predictive Systems
An accuracy boost was definitely observed from 45 to 50% using Faiss to around 85 to 95% using Qdrant, and the users are really happy as they are getting suggested really good schemes that would take a lot of time to find.
Analyst at Synergy Connect
Qdrant supports high-dimension vectors and cosine similarity, which any vector database should have, and it is pretty fast.
CTO at HoneyComb AI
 

Categories and Ranking

MySQL
Ranking in Open Source Databases
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
152
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (4th)
Qdrant
Ranking in Open Source Databases
8th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Vector Databases (4th), AI Data Analysis (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Open Source Databases category, the mindshare of MySQL is 12.3%, up from 9.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Qdrant is 4.4%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Open Source Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MySQL12.3%
Qdrant4.4%
Other83.3%
Open Source Databases
 

Featured Reviews

Prabir Kumar Kundu - PeerSpot reviewer
SR AVP–Presales Cloud & Platform Management Services at Path Infotech ltd
Offers robust security and availability with impressive replication capabilities
Regarding their documentation and interface, there is room for improvement. Documentation is definitely required when running multiple databases on a cluster system. The load balancer, MySQL LB, which is used to connect to the application, lacks clear documentation. When there are multiple application servers connecting to the MySQL cluster and going through the MySQL load balancer, the documentation is not user-friendly. It's there, but only technical persons with deep knowledge of the MySQL database can implement it. Most of the community users or ISVs who use MySQL don't have many technical persons or DBA experts, so they face some challenges for the high availability of connecting high available databases from high available applications. That documentation should be simplified.
Chirag Morajkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Ai Tech And Tech Automation Engineer at a individual & family service with 11-50 employees
Building accurate no-code resume screeners has saved weeks in document search workflows
I see room for improvement in Qdrant based on what another platform called Weaviate offers. Qdrant provides an excellent vector database with a solid searching method. However, it could elevate its offering by integrating embedding features. Currently, for the workflow automation I build, I rely on other platforms for embedding, so incorporating this feature directly in Qdrant Cloud would eliminate the need to depend on external solutions. A pain point I have encountered was the inactive expiration of the cloud created for certain projects. If the cloud is not used for a week, it gets terminated, which is frustrating. I think increasing that inactivity window in the free tier would be beneficial, as I have faced limitations due to this seven-day inactivity rule, requiring me to reset up the cloud after its termination.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business74
Midsize Enterprise34
Large Enterprise64
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
 

Questions from the Community

Why are MySQL connections encrypted and what is the biggest benefit of this?
MySQL encrypts connections to protect your data and the biggest benefit from this is that nobody can corrupt it. If you move information over a network without encryption, you are endangering it, m...
Considering that there is a free version of MySQL, would you invest in one of the paid editions?
I may be considered a MySQL veteran since I have been using it since before Oracle bought it and created paid versions. So back in my day, it was all free, it was open-source and the best among sim...
What is one thing you would improve with MySQL?
One thing I would improve related to MySQL is not within the product itself, but with the guides to it. Before, when it was free, everyone was on their own, seeking tutorials and how-to videos onli...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qdrant?
Licensing posed no issues, as Qdrant is open-source software with no upfront fees. Initially, the setup cost was low since we utilized a self-hosted model on a small cloud VM. However, as we added ...
What needs improvement with Qdrant?
The UI can be a bit better, but that is just my own personal opinion. Qdrant is pretty good overall, but it can be improved. For example, the UI could be better, and it has pretty much very generic...
What is your primary use case for Qdrant?
I have been designing vector databases, so I use Qdrant mostly to explore how the engineers at Qdrant have built the whole vector database, specifically the multi-vector system. In terms of usage, ...
 

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