Help Guides
Check our docs to learn how to setup your MySQL deployment, and automate your management in the cloud.
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Fully managed MySQL hosting with high availability, dedicated servers, and superuser control on the #1 Multi-Cloud Amazon RDS alternative.
The Only MySQL Service You Can Customize & Control
Easily deploy, monitor, provision, and scale your MySQL clusters in the cloud with one easy-to-use management console. See why ScaleGrid is the #1 database hosting and management provider:
Multi-Cloud Support
Improve your cloud reliability with multi-cloud support for MySQL on Azure and AWS.
Superuser Database Access
The only DBaaS that lets you keep full superuser admin control over your MySQL deployments.
SSH Access To The Machine
Keep full SSH root access to the underlying machines, and install custom software agents.
No Vendor Lock-In
Easily migrate your data at any time with fully accessible and compatible database management.
Plugin Support
Install custom plugins to accommodate your needs with no restrictions.
Use Any Instance Type
Use any instance type to match your workload, and use with Local SSD: EC2: I3.x, C5d.x, Azure: L4.x
Advanced MySQL Performance Monitoring
Access the best MySQL monitoring tools, reports, and alerts to optimize your deployment performance:
Host & Manage MySQL In the Cloud or On-Premise
Access the Best MySQL Database Management Features
Reserved Instances
Reserved Instances
Save up to 40% on long-term MySQL hosting costs with Azure or AWS Reserved Instances through our Bring Your Own Cloud plan.
Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery
Easily recover your MySQL data in a disastrous event with automatic failovers to an available datacenter region.
High Performance Clusters
High Performance Clusters
Use special high performance SSD-based deployments on Azure or AWS for high read and write MySQL deployment throughput.
Disk Encryption & Backup
Disk Encryption & Backup
Encrypt MySQL "data at rest" using volume encryption, and enable the encryption of your backups.
Free 24/7 Support
Free 24/7 Support
Get round-the-clock support from our SQL expert team of MySQL database engineers with 1-hour SLA response.
Create Databases & Users
Create Databases & Users
Create new MySQL databases and users in seconds from the easy-to-use creation wizard.
Slow Query Analysis
Slow Query Analysis
Generate heat maps of your MySQL slow queries on-demand or through a custom schedule to identify queries that need indexes.
Dynamic Scaling
Dynamic Scaling
Dynamically scale the CPU, memory, and disk size (IOPS) of your MySQL Azure or AWS servers with zero downtime.
Monitoring Console
Monitoring Console
Monitor all of your MySQL and operating system (OS) metrics, and define custom alerts on any metric.
Security Groups
Security Groups
Lock down access with Azure or AWS Security Groups at the protocol and port access level to protect your database from the internet.
Free Backups
Free Backups
Get free backups in our Dedicated Hosting plan, and automate through a backup schedule or perform anytime on-demand.
High Availability
High Availability
Automate failovers to slave servers using industry standard high availability (HA) frameworks for MySQL on Azure or AWS.
Virtual Private Clouds
Virtual Private Clouds
Deploy MySQL in private clouds, Azure VNET or AWS VPC, and link to your on-premise IT infrastructure for hybrid cloud deployments.
Managed Upgrades
Managed Upgrades
Get fully managed upgrades to the MySQL version of your choice on your own schedule.
Custom Alerts
Custom Alerts
Setup real-time alerts on your MySQL, InnoDB, replication and OS metrics, and customize your thresholds and notifications.
OS Patching
OS Patching
Keep your deployments protected from security vulnerabilities with fully managed OS patching on a monthly and on-demand basis.
Log Rotations
Log Rotations
Keep your data size in check with monthly and on-demand log rotations performed by our expert team of MySQL engineers.
One-Click Restores
One-Click Restores
Restore MySQL backups with a single click, and automate all the steps to get your system up and running.
Manage Firewall Rules
Manage Firewall Rules
Create and manage enterprise-grade MySQL firewall rules to protect your deployments against cybersecurity attacks.
Enable SSL
Enable SSL
Enable SSL-based access, encrypt your data "at rest" for compliance, and setup fully encrypted backups.
Setup MySQL Hosting in Minutes
- Select your cloud, VM size and MySQL version.
- Customize your master-slave configuration.
- Enable SSL and disk encryption.
- Configure firewalls for your MySQL deployment.
Create a Free MySQL Cluster
Develop, Manage & Optimize Your MySQL Deployments Faster
Get 100% maintenance-free MySQL hosting operations, so your database administrators (DBAs) can focus on database development and optimizing your application performance:
- 84% Faster Query Analysis
- 95% Faster No Downtime Scaling
- 79% Faster MySQL Version Upgrades
Three Different MySQL DBaaS Plans For Every Scenario
Bring Your Own Cloud
Host your MySQL instances through your own cloud account.
Bring your Azure or AWS accounts
Use your Azure or AWS credits
Azure VNET and AWS VPC support
Buy Reserved Instances
Lock down access using Security Groups
Host with us through Azure or AWS
All-inclusive machine, disk, and network costs
Dedicated Hosting
Host your MySQL instances through your ScaleGrid account.
Bring your Azure or AWS accounts
Use your Azure or AWS credits
Azure VNET and AWS VPC support
Buy Reserved Instances
Lock down access using IP whitelists
Host with us through Azure or AWS
All-inclusive machine, disk, and network costs
On-Premise Software
Automate your MySQL management on your own on-premise servers.
Host MySQL on-premise
Database management software installed on your servers
Private solution control
Leverage hybrid clouds
Lock down access using IP whitelists
Host with us through Azure or AWS
All inclusive machine, disk and network costs
Want to see it in action? Check out our MySQL DBaaS demos to explore the platform
Tour The MySQL ConsoleMySQL Cloud Pricing
Affordable MySQL hosting pricing for every size organization:
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- IOPS:
- Disk (GB):
- Instance Type:
Frequently Asked Questions
What is MySQL?
MySQL is a relational database management system, and the world's most popular open source database. With its proven performance, reliability and ease-of-use, MySQL has become the leading database choice for web-based applications, used by high profile web properties including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Yahoo! and many more.
What are the top MySQL use cases?
MySQL is well known for its exceptional specialization of OLTP (online transaction processing) transactions, and is also commonly used in social networks, ecommerce websites, SaaS (software-as-a-service) applications, and government applications. Most website servers in the world today are run on MySQL.
What are the advantages of MySQL?
As an open source technology, MySQL is free to use with no licensing costs. It is commonly known for being the most secure and reliable database management system, along with flexible, on-demand scalability, high performance, high availability, and transactional support ideal for production environments.
What is managed MySQL hosting?
A fully managed MySQL hosting service is more than just hosting - it handles all of your time-consuming management, monitoring, and maintenance operations with free 24/7 support so you can focus on your product. This allows your team to automate backups, customize cluster configurations, and analyze slow queries so they can improve your application performance.
Where should I host MySQL?
It's best practice to host MySQL through the same cloud service provider you use for your website or application hosting, and setup your master MySQL server in the same region to avoid latency issues between your database and application. Azure is the go-to cloud provider for organizations running on a Microsoft infrastructure, and AWS is commonly used by organizations leveraging Amazon products. Both AWS and Azure are available through ScaleGrid MySQL hosting.
Why do you need MySQL hosting?
Websites and applications providing dynamic content, or collecting information from their users require databases to store, retrieve, and collect their data. In order for this data to be accessible, you have to host your database through a server. MySQL hosting is a great option because it's a free open source database and can easily be hosted in the cloud on high performing dedicated servers.
Resources to Help You at Every Stage
Learn how to optimize the performance of your MySQL deployments
Tutorials
Get up to date on the latest MySQL best practices, and learn how to implement for your deployments
Explore NowCustomer Stories
Hear from our users how they were able to optimize their production deployments with fully managed DBaaS.
Explore NowTrend Reports
See the latest trends from the MySQL community, including cloud usage, SQL vs. NoSQL and migration trends.
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