MySQL

“MySQL is free to use under the GNU license so most of the open-source, non-profit organizations can use it for free, it is easy to adapt and implement, and most cost savings compare with other SQL... … Best cost savings.”

“The free version has all the function needed to work with a database for a website, so an enterprise license cost was not needed(emergency use needed earlier this year).”

“As it is an open source solution through community solution, we can use it in a multitude of projects without cost license The acquisition by Oracle makes you need to contract support for the...”

“Concurrency on very large applications Having a vendor to support can be expensive Not shared disk for HA makes it more expensive and complex. … It offers a low cost alternative to the expensive established vendors who charge very high licensing fees.”

“It is a great relational database choice and is free of license cost. … I would say MySQL is good for small companies who can not afford an Oracle license cost.”

“Low Cost - Free Easy to install and maintain Free support and communities, as well There is a lot of people who knows it, and can support. … It is perfectly suited for a company, that has a limited budget to pay for a database engine, and needs all of the capabilities of a paid service.”

“It is a freely available S/W and easy to manage budget, but there are possibilities to spend cost for additional technical support. … It’s available for free but provides a lot of functionality even for a free database engine.”

“Medium to High Negative ROI (for growing systems) for scaling limitations Negative ROI due to hidden operational costs to backups, replication lag, failover setups.”

“Rest all the big brand databases incure high licensing cost giving almost the same value that MySQL is giving being an open source database. … For developing and testing purposes, we can extensively use it without thinking about cost as its free to download As it's lightweight, we don't have to worry much about resources like CPU, memory,...”

“Being with huge cloud migration projects, one of the tops concerns is the cost of using the right database engine for the right application to run in a cost-efficient way. … Cost constraints Web based applications deployments Small to mid-enterprise projects.”

“Positive ROI due to reducing licensing cost for use internally.”