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Overview

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Bring Your Own Cloud (AWS and Azure)

Deploy deployments of all sizes in your own AWS and Azure account

Must host through their plans
Azure only
AWS only
DigitalOcean only

Must host through their plans

MySQL Super User Access

Keep full super user administrative control over your MySQL deployments

 Yes No No No No
No

SSH Access To The Underlying Machine

Keep root access to the underlying machines, and install custom software agents

 Yes No No No No
No

Plugin Extension Support for MySQL

Install custom plugins to accommodate your needs with no restrictions

 Yes No No No No
No

Local SSD Disk Support on AWS or DigitalOcean

Use local SSD disks for high disk read/write performance

 Yes No No No No
No

On-Premise DBaaS Support

Manage databases on-premise or in a private cloud

 No No No No
No

Single Console Management for Multiple Databases

Support for MongoDB® Database, Redis™, MySQL, and PostgreSQL

 Yes

MongoDB® Database, Redis™, MySQL, PostgreSQL

 Yes

MongoDB® Database, Redis™, MySQL, PostgreSQL

 Yes

Redis™, MySQL, PostgreSQL

 Yes

MySQL, PostgreSQL

 Yes

MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis™
Yes

MongoDB® Database, Redis™, MySQL, PostgreSQL

Fully Customizable RAM, Disk Size & Instance Type

Customize RAM, disk size, IOPS and instance type at any size for free

 Yes No No

Custom Azure instance types and premium disks not supported

 Yes No
No

Custom Read Replica Set Configurations

Customize your replica set size as per your needs
Coming soon
 No No Yes

With dynamic read replica creations

 Yes
No

MySQL Replication Technology

Replication model for MySQL

MySQL Asynchronous and Semi-synchronous

Supports MySQL Group Replication

Asynchronous

Asynchronous & Custom Synchronous

Asynchronous

Supports MySQL Group Replication

Backup

 ScaleGrid Compose Azure Database Amazon RDS DigitalOcean MySQL

Extra Cost for Backups

Pay an additional per GB monthly fee for each backup

 No No

Free up to the limit of provisioned storage

Free up to the limit of provisioned storage

 No
No

Custom Schedule For Backups

Set a custom schedule to automatically backup your data

 Yes No No Yes No
No

In-Place Restores

Restore your data to the server from which it was backed up

 Yes No No No No
No

Continuous Backup/Point-In-Time Recovery

Restore data to any point in time in the recovery window
Coming soon
 No Yes Yes Yes
No

Security

 ScaleGrid Compose Azure Database Amazon RDS DigitalOcean MySQL

Control Access With Security Groups

Lock down access without having to deal with IP whitelists

Only on Compose Enterprise plans

 No Yes No

Only on Compose Enterprise plans

Encryption at Rest

Disk encryption to protect your stored data against potential attacks
AWS & Azure
 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes

Support

 ScaleGrid Compose Azure Database Amazon RDS DigitalOcean MySQL

24x7 Support, 1 Hour Response SLA

24x7 support from database experts included free in your MySQL hosting plan

 Yes

Only on Compose Enterprise plans

 No

Only basic support included free

 No

Only on Compose Enterprise plans

Performance Debugging Support & Proactive Monitoring

Get help debugging performance issues stay proactive with customizable monitoring alerts

 Yes No No No

Limited
No

Monitoring & Management

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Access to MySQL Server Logs

Access up-to-date server logs

 Yes

Once in 24 hours

Once in 24 hours

 Yes

Limited

Once in 24 hours

Monitoring Console with OS & MySQL Metrics

Access a detailed dashboard of all your OS MySQL metrics to monitor deployment performance

 Yes No

Limited, mainly at the OS level

Limited, mainly at the OS level through Cloud-Watch

Limited
No

On-Demand Slow Query Analysis

Generate heatmaps of your slow queries and analyze problem queries across different time ranges

 Yes No No No No
No

MySQL & InnoDB Performance Insights

See how well your MySQL deployments are performing and your InnoDB storage engine

 Yes No No No No
No

MySQL Configuration Management & Tuning

Customize your MySQL configurations to automate your repetitive tasks

 Yes No Yes Yes No
No
Compose comparison based on their Standard plan and features as of 8/15/18
Azure Database comparison based on their Basic plan and features as of 8/15/18
Amazon RDS comparison based on their Basic plan and features as of 8/15/18
DigitalOcean comparison based on their Managed Database plan and features as of 5/28/20
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