DigitalOcean Managed MySQL comparisons
DigitalOcean Managed MySQL is compared head-to-head with Aiven for MySQL, MySQL HeatWave and Amazon RDS and more: 7 head-to-heads in MySQL Hosting, each with the specs and prices we checked.
DigitalOcean Managed MySQL head-to-head
- DigitalOcean Managed MySQL vs Aiven for MySQL
- DigitalOcean Managed MySQL vs MySQL HeatWave
- DigitalOcean Managed MySQL vs Amazon RDS
- DigitalOcean Managed MySQL vs Cloud SQL for MySQL
- DigitalOcean Managed MySQL vs Azure Database for MySQL
- DigitalOcean Managed MySQL vs Amazon Aurora
- DigitalOcean Managed MySQL vs Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL
DigitalOcean Managed MySQL vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Automated backups | Point-in-time restore | High availability | Scaling mode | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | DigitalOcean Managed MySQL | No | $15.15/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Both | 8.7 |
| 1 | Aiven for MySQL | Yes | $5/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Both | 9.4 |
| 2 | MySQL HeatWave | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Both | 9.3 | |
| 3 | Amazon RDS | No | Yes | 9.1 | ||||
| 4 | Cloud SQL for MySQL | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Both | 9.0 | |
| 5 | Azure Database for MySQL | No | Yes | 8.9 | ||||
| 6 | Amazon Aurora | No | Yes | 8.8 | ||||
| 8 | Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Both | 8.6 |
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