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MySQL vs Tibero comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

MySQL
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
152
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (1st)
Tibero
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
30th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
8.7
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of MySQL is 6.2%, down from 7.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tibero is 1.6%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MySQL6.2%
Tibero1.6%
Other92.2%
Relational Databases Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Varuns Ug - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Developer at NIT
Reliable transactions have supported secure payments, refunds, and bookings at high volumes
Regarding MySQL improvements, a pain point is horizontal scalability. MySQL scales very well vertically and can support read replicas, but as a system grows significantly, sharding and distributed data management can become complex compared to databases that are designed to scale horizontally from the beginning. This is one of the areas where I think MySQL should work more. Another area is handling very large analytic workloads. MySQL is excellent for transactional systems, but for large-scale analytics or reporting, specialized analytic databases may sometimes be a better fit. Apart from that, one area is performance troubleshooting. As the database grows, diagnosing things such as slow queries, lock contention, and deadlocks becomes complex.
CL
Consultant at TechData BIMA JSC
A stable and cost-effective tool that is fully compatible with Oracle
We are a solution provider and Tibero is one of the database products that we implement for our customers. All applications for Oracle work with Tibero and don't need to be customized The most valuable feature is compatibility with the Oracle database. If you have knowledge of Oracle then you…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"MySQL is a good choice for startups and beginners."
"MySQL has cross-platform support for multiple operating systems. The backups on a Linux machine can be restored on a Windows machine, and vice versa."
"MySQL is an easy-to-use solution that provides stability, reliability, flexibility, performance, security, and high availability."
"It is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the on-premises data encryption facilities."
"The one interesting thing about this product is that it is open source. It comes from an open source product. MySQL has been positioned as open source, but it also provides support."
"The performance is great, as this is a lightweight product that is not demanding on the resources, which is what I think gives it the edge."
"I would recommend the solution to those interested in using the free, stable version of the solution which incurs no licensing costs."
"It is incredibly fast, much faster than Oracle in terms of compiling and processing speeds, very reliable and secure, never crashes or gets overloaded, the true data never gets falsified or corrupted, it is very easy to port your projects over, and it is considerably cheaper than any other software on the market."
"Tibero is a relational database management system, which supports disaster recovery, active cluster, active storage, etc."
"A huge benefit of Tibero is its licensing costs are low."
"Tibero is very easy to setup and maintain."
"Migration from Oracle to Tibero is very easy and it took us about ten minutes."
"Tibero has the mission to deliver reliable performance with a lower ownership cost."
"The most valuable feature is compatibility with the Oracle database."
"Tibero uses Hyper-Threading architecture, which is incredibly fast."
 

Cons

"If it had something similar to Microsoft’s DTS engine then it would be the best database system out there."
"The auto-tuning and NDB cluster has some limitations regarding foreign keys."
"It should have some code analytical functions. It can also have a monitoring tool."
"DELETE and UPDATE statements that use a LIMIT clause without an ORDER BY are non deterministic."
"The version of the product with free licensing does not offer stellar scalability support."
"Scalability: In large databases, they become slow."
"I would like to have the ability to cancel a query in SQL Developer."
"I would rate the technical support as a five out of 10."
"The knowledge base is quite small and should be expanded."
"There could be more user friendly FAQs online and included in the software."
"In PL/SQL code, there is a scope of improvement. We expect more PL/SQL packages should be included in the next release."
"Manual installation is a bit tricky, but one can get used to it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I use the open-source free community version."
"I don't pay for a license."
"The solution’s pricing depends on customer requirements. A license is not required for the community edition."
"I rate the solution's pricing as four out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive. For our basic needs, it's quite affordable. However, the cost increases when we need to scale up or require high availability. Our developer team of about 600 people uses MySQL without much issue. The pricing becomes more of a concern on the business side, as we have more end users and need constant database availability and scaling. In those cases, the solution gets a bit more expensive, even though it provides good value for the business."
"We are using the free community version of the solution."
"When you know the setup will continue to grow, make sure you have the paid support."
"MySQL is a cheap solution."
"The tool is open source."
"The price of Tibero is cheaper than that of Oracle."
"The overall costs are very low compared to Oracle."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Government
17%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business74
Midsize Enterprise34
Large Enterprise63
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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...
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