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EDB Postgres vs MySQL

On the evidence we track, MySQL leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

EDB Postgres full profile →MySQL full profile →
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EDB Postgres36
★MySQL65
Score
vioscaleAI score
EDB Postgres36 / 100medium · 72%
MySQL65 / 100medium · 53%
Pricing
Free tier
EDB Postgres✓
MySQL✓
Model
EDB Postgresopen_source
MySQLopen_source
Price level
EDB Postgresfree
MySQLfree
Transparent
EDB Postgres–
MySQL✗
Integrations
Count
EDB Postgres10
MySQL–
Security
Disclosure policy
EDB Postgres✓
MySQL–
Gdpr
EDB Postgres✓
MySQL–
Scorecard
EDB Postgres2.5
MySQL5.1
Soc2
EDB Postgres✓
MySQL–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
EDB Postgres99.999
MySQL–
Status page
EDB Postgres✓
MySQL–
Adoption
Dependent repos
EDB Postgres1
MySQL664
Github stars
EDB Postgres67
MySQL12,441
Stackoverflow questions
EDB Postgres–
MySQL230,000
Activity
Commits last 30d
EDB Postgres0
MySQL100
Release
Cadence days
EDB Postgres20
MySQL90
History
EDB Postgres20 items
MySQL–
License
Spdx
EDB Postgres–
MySQLGPL-2.0
Language
Primary
EDB PostgresPython
MySQLC++
Market
Availability
EDB Postgres–
MySQLAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
EDB Postgres5 items
MySQL8 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for relational databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
SQL model
EDB PostgresFull SQL
MySQLFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
EDB PostgresFull
MySQLFull
Highest isolation level
EDB PostgresSerializable
MySQLSerializable
Consistency
Consistency
EDB PostgresStrong
MySQLStrong
Scale
Horizontal scale
EDB PostgresNatively distributed
MySQLNatively distributed
Replication
Replication
EDB PostgresAsync
MySQLAsync
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
EDB Postgres✓
MySQL✓
Deployment
Deployment
EDB PostgresSelf-hosted
MySQLSelf-hosted
Serverless / scale-to-zero
EDB Postgres✗
MySQL✓
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
EDB PostgresPostgres protocol
MySQLMySQL protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
EDB Postgres✓
MySQL✓
Licensing
Licence class
EDB PostgresPermissive OSS
MySQLCopyleft
Data types
JSON / document support
EDB Postgres✓
MySQL✓
Geo / spatial
EDB Postgres-
MySQL-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

EDB Postgres

An open-source command-line tool that automates the provisioning of cloud resources and deployment of PostgreSQL, EDB Postgres Advanced Server, and enterprise infrastructure including high availability, backup and recovery, monitoring, and connection pooling.

Independently observed

MySQL

Leader

MySQL is an open-source SQL database server. MySQL Cluster extends it with real-time transaction processing capabilities for distributed deployments.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

EDB Postgres

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

MySQL

Leader
Open sourceFree tier

Community edition free; Enterprise/Standard/Classic editions require contacting sales

  • MySQL Community ServerFree
  • MySQL Enterprise EditionContact sales
  • MySQL Standard EditionContact sales
  • MySQL Classic EditionContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
EDB Postgres✗
MySQL✓
macOS
EDB Postgres✓
MySQL✗
Windows
EDB Postgres✓
MySQL✗
Linux
EDB Postgres✓
MySQL✗
CLI
EDB Postgres✓
MySQL✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
EDB Postgres✓
MySQL✗
Self-hosted
EDB Postgres✓
MySQL✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

EDB Postgres

24 total
  • JDBC Connectors
  • MongoDB
  • Cassandra
  • Hadoop
  • HBASE
  • MySQL
  • Amazon S3
  • Parquet
  • Apache Spark
  • PEM (Postgres Enterprise Manager)
  • xDB Replication Server
  • EFM (EDB Failover Manager)
  • Backup and Recovery Tool
  • HARP
  • ETCD
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • PostgreSQL
  • EDB Postgres Advanced Server
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • PEM
  • EFM
Independently observed

MySQL

Leader

Not documented yet.

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EDB Postgres or MySQL: which one depends on you

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