Comparison

MySQL vs YugabyteDB

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.

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★MySQL65

YugabyteDB53

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	MySQLLeader	YugabyteDB
vioscaleAI score	65 / 100medium · 53%	53 / 100low · 18%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	4
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.1	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=homebrew&package_name=mysql&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	664	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	12,441	-
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	230,000	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	90	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	GPL-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	C++	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	8 items	4 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

MySQL65 / 100medium · 53%

YugabyteDB53 / 100low · 18%

Pricing

Free tier

MySQL✓

YugabyteDB✓

Model

MySQLopen_source

YugabyteDBopen_source

Price level

MySQLfree

YugabyteDBfree

Transparent

MySQL✗

YugabyteDB✓

Integrations

Count

MySQL–

YugabyteDB4

Security

Disclosure policy

MySQL–

YugabyteDB✓

Gdpr

MySQL–

YugabyteDB✓

Iso27001

MySQL–

YugabyteDB✓

Scorecard

MySQL5.1

YugabyteDB–

Soc2

MySQL–

YugabyteDB✓

Vulnerabilities

MySQLCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=homebrew&package_name=mysql&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

YugabyteDB–

Reliability

Status page

MySQL–

YugabyteDB✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

MySQL664

YugabyteDB–

Github stars

MySQL12,441

YugabyteDB–

Stackoverflow questions

MySQL230,000

YugabyteDB–

Activity

Commits last 30d

MySQL100

YugabyteDB–

Release

Cadence days

MySQL90

YugabyteDB–

License

Spdx

MySQLGPL-2.0

YugabyteDB–

Language

Primary

MySQLC++

YugabyteDB–

Market

Availability

MySQLAvailable worldwide

YugabyteDB–

Content

Faq

MySQL8 items

YugabyteDB4 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Relational Databases
Capability	MySQL	YugabyteDB
Core
SQL model	Full SQL	Full SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions	Full	Full
Highest isolation level	Serializable	Serializable
Consistency
Consistency	Strong	Strong
Scale
Horizontal scale	Natively distributed	Natively distributed
Replication
Replication	Async	Consensus (Raft/Paxos)
Availability
Automatic failover / HA	✓	✓
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Serverless / scale-to-zero	✓	-
Compatibility
Wire compatibility	MySQL protocol	Postgres protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs	✓	✓
Licensing
Licence class	Copyleft	Permissive OSS
Data types
JSON / document support	✓	✓
Geo / spatial	-	-

Core

SQL model

MySQLFull SQL

YugabyteDBFull SQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

MySQLFull

YugabyteDBFull

Highest isolation level

MySQLSerializable

YugabyteDBSerializable

Consistency

MySQLStrong

YugabyteDBStrong

Scale

Horizontal scale

MySQLNatively distributed

YugabyteDBNatively distributed

Replication

MySQLAsync

YugabyteDBConsensus (Raft/Paxos)

Availability

Automatic failover / HA

MySQL✓

YugabyteDB✓

Deployment

MySQLSelf-hosted

YugabyteDBSelf-hosted

Serverless / scale-to-zero

MySQL✓

YugabyteDB-

Compatibility

Wire compatibility

MySQLMySQL protocol

YugabyteDBPostgres protocol

Extensibility

Extensions / plugins / UDFs

MySQL✓

YugabyteDB✓

Licensing

Licence class

MySQLCopyleft

YugabyteDBPermissive OSS

Data types

JSON / document support

MySQL✓

YugabyteDB✓

Geo / spatial

MySQL-

YugabyteDB-

What each one is

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

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

YugabyteDB

An open-source distributed SQL database designed for cloud-native deployments that provides PostgreSQL compatibility with high performance and horizontal scalability.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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 2026-07-08verify ↗

YugabyteDB

from $125/moHybridFree tier

From $125/vCPU/month. Free tier available. Storage and data transfer costs additional.

Standard$125/vCPU/month
- PostgreSQL API (YSQL)
- Cassandra API (YCQL)
- Change Data Capture
- Single-region fault tolerance
- PostgreSQL extensions
- +7 more
Professional$167/vCPU/month
- All Standard features
- Multi-region stretched clusters
- Read Replicas
- Row-level geo-partitioning for data residency
- Performance Advisor
- +3 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Professional features
- Customer Managed Keys (CMK) encryption at rest
- Single Sign On via OpenID Connect (OIDC)

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	MySQL	YugabyteDB
WebPlatforms	✓	-
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

MySQL✓

YugabyteDB–

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

MySQL✗

YugabyteDB✓

Self-hosted

MySQL✓

YugabyteDB✓

Integrations

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

MySQL

Leader

Not documented yet.

YugabyteDB

5 total

Arctype SQL Client
Debezium
Terraform
Helm
PostgreSQL

Independently observed

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