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See why thousands of Developers, DevOps Engineers, and Database Administrators (DBA’s) choose ScaleGrid over Azure DatabaseAmazon RDS and DigitalOcean for MySQL. Compare MySQL DBaaS providers to find the best fit for your infrastructure and get back to developing your applications.

Overview

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Performance Benchmark

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Bring Your Own Cloud (AWS and Azure)

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

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

SSH Access To The Underlying Machine

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

Yes No No No
No

Plugin Extension Support for MySQL

Install custom plugins to accommodate your needs with no restrictions

Yes 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

On-Premise DBaaS Support

Manage databases on-premise or in a private cloud

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

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

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 Yes

With dynamic read replica creations

Yes
No

MySQL Replication Technology

Replication model for MySQL

MySQL Asynchronous and Semi-synchronous

Asynchronous

Asynchronous & Custom Synchronous

Asynchronous

Supports MySQL Group Replication

Backup

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Extra Cost for Backups

Pay an additional per GB monthly fee for each backup

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 Yes No
No

In-Place Restores

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

Yes No No No
No

Continuous Backup/Point-In-Time Recovery

Restore data to any point in time in the recovery window

Coming soon
Yes Yes Yes
No

Security

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Control Access With Security Groups

Lock down access without having to deal with IP whitelists

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

Support

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24x7 Support, 1 Hour Response SLA

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

Yes 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

Limited

No

Monitoring & Management

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Access to MySQL Server Logs

Access up-to-date server logs

Yes

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

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

MySQL & InnoDB Performance Insights

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

Yes No No No
No

MySQL Configuration Management & Tuning

Customize your MySQL configurations to automate your repetitive tasks

Yes Yes Yes No
No
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