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Head-to-head · MySQL Hosting

DigitalOcean Managed MySQL vs Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 6 checks side by side
Higher score DigitalOcean Managed MySQL #7 in MySQL Hosting 8.7/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit DigitalOcean
Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL #8 in MySQL Hosting 8.6/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Akamai

DigitalOcean Managed MySQL leads on 0 checks, Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL on 1, and 5 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 6 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreDigitalOcean Managed MySQL · 8.7/10

DigitalOcean Managed MySQL scores higher on our rubric for mysql hosting: 8.7 against 8.6 out of 10; our editors rank them #7 and #8.

Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL leads on included storage: 25 GB versus 10 GB.

DigitalOcean Managed MySQL is the better fit for affordable production MySQL clusters. Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL is the better fit for HA MySQL with flexible scaling.

  • DigitalOcean Managed MySQL fits best

    Affordable production MySQL clusters

  • Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL fits best

    HA MySQL with flexible scaling

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Side by side

Feature DigitalOcean Managed MySQL 8.7/10 Visit ↗ Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.7 8.6
Ranking #7 in MySQL Hosting #8 in MySQL Hosting
Best for Affordable production MySQL clusters HA MySQL with flexible scaling
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price $15.15/mo —
Free plan — —
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud Cloud
Platforms Web Web, Linux
Support Tickets, Live chat, Community, Docs Docs · 24/7
Integrations 2 integrations 5 integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features DigitalOcean Managed MySQL 4/4 · Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL 4/4
Automated backups ✓ ✓
Point-in-time restore ✓ ✓
High availability ✓ ✓
Private networking ✓ ✓
Specs
Scaling mode Both Both
Included storage 10 GB 25 GB (best)
Our review
Pros
  • Automated backups include seven-day point-in-time recovery.
  • Standby nodes provide automated failover and high availability.
  • Scaling, replicas, VPC networking, and query insights are included.
  • Three-node high availability with replication and automatic failover
  • Point-in-time recovery and automated daily backups
  • Vertical and horizontal scaling with API, CLI, and Grafana support
Cons
  • There is no free plan.
  • The service is focused on MySQL rather than multiple database engines.
  • Advanced edition pricing is not shown in the listed plans.
  • No free plan for evaluating the service
  • Shared plans use shared CPU rather than dedicated CPU
  • Pricing varies by region and cluster node count
Our verdict

DigitalOcean Managed MySQL is a cloud-hosted service for developers, startups, growing businesses, and enterprises that want DigitalOcean to handle MySQL cluster provisioning and maintenance. Clusters can be managed through a web control…

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Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL provides fully managed MySQL clusters on Akamai Cloud, powered by Aiven. It handles deployment, configuration, updates, backups, replication, availability, and scaling for production applications,…

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  1. DigitalOcean Managed MySQLMySQL Hosting 8.7Paid
  2. Akamai Managed Databases for MySQLMySQL Hosting 8.6Paid

Strengths and trade-offs

  • DigitalOcean Managed MySQL — where it wins

    • Automated backups include seven-day point-in-time recovery.
    • Standby nodes provide automated failover and high availability.
    • Scaling, replicas, VPC networking, and query insights are included.

    Where it doesn't

    • There is no free plan.
    • The service is focused on MySQL rather than multiple database engines.
    • Advanced edition pricing is not shown in the listed plans.

  • Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL — where it wins

    • Three-node high availability with replication and automatic failover
    • Point-in-time recovery and automated daily backups
    • Vertical and horizontal scaling with API, CLI, and Grafana support

    Where it doesn't

    • No free plan for evaluating the service
    • Shared plans use shared CPU rather than dedicated CPU
    • Pricing varies by region and cluster node count

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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