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ScaleGrid vs. DigitalOcean MySQL

Compare DigitalOcean Managed Databases vs. ScaleGrid to see who has the best MySQL hosting on DigitalOcean.

Compare Features

See how ScaleGrid stacks up against DigitalOcean Managed Databases for MySQL in key database management features, automation tools, configurability and control:

Overview	ScaleGrid MySQL	DigitalOcean MySQL
Supported MySQL Versions Deploy MySQL on the version of your choice with no forced upgrades	5.6.x, 5.7.x, 8.0.x	8.0.x	8.0.x
MySQL Super User Access Keep full super user administrative control over your MySQL deployments	Yes	No	No
Performance Benchmark See how ScaleGrid improves throughput across balanced workload scenarios	-	ScaleGrid performs up to 46% better. See results	ScaleGrid performs up to 46% better. See results

Overview

ScaleGrid MySQL

DigitalOcean MySQL

Supported MySQL Versions

5.6.x, 5.7.x, 8.0.x

8.0.x

MySQL Super User Access

Yes

Performance Benchmark

-

ScaleGrid performs up to 46% better.
See results

Replication	ScaleGrid MySQL	DigitalOcean MySQL
MySQL Replication Options Customize your MySQL synchronization type for your deployment needs	Semisynchronous & Asynchronous	Asynchronous	Asynchronous
Offsite Replica Support Securely replicate your MySQL data to a remote site	Yes	No	No
Binlog Server Support Reduce the replication load on your master with binlog server support	Yes	No	No

Replication

ScaleGrid MySQL

DigitalOcean MySQL

MySQL Replication Options

Semisynchronous & Asynchronous

Asynchronous

Offsite Replica Support

Yes

Binlog Server Support

Yes

Admin & Management	ScaleGrid MySQL	DigitalOcean MySQL
On-Demand Slow Query Analysis Generate heatmaps of your slow queries and analyze problem queries across different time ranges	Yes	No	No
MySQL Configuration Management & Tuning Customize your MySQL configurations through interactive console	Yes	No	No
Online Index Addition Create Indexes on your master-slave nodes in a rolling fashion without impacting database performance	Yes	No	No
Online DDL Alter table operations on your master-slave nodes in a rolling fashion without impacting database performance	Yes	No	No
Monthly Reports on Database Usage Get monthly reports sent right to your inbox on your MySQL usage	Yes	No	No
Software Updates On demand or scheduled updates for OS patches or database version upgrades	Yes	Yes	Yes
Data Import Automate the import of your MySQL data during migration	Yes	No	No
Follower Clusters Periodically import of data from one cluster to another to support your dev/test and analytic cluster needs	Yes	No	No

Infrastructure	ScaleGrid MySQL	DigitalOcean MySQL
High Availability Easily distribute your MySQL deployment to improve your application uptime	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cross-Region Availability Easily handle entire region outages with cross-region support	Yes	Only for read replicas	Only for read replicas
On-Demand Scaling Scale your MySQL deployment on demand with minimal downtime	Yes	Yes	Yes
Read Replicas Setup read-only slave nodes in your deployment	Yes	Yes	Yes
Move Nodes Across Regions Adjust your node configuration across regions with zero downtime	No	Yes	Yes
Cloning Easily clone your data to a new MySQL server instance	Coming soon	Yes	Yes

Security	ScaleGrid MySQL	DigitalOcean MySQL
Encryption in Transit Encrypt your MySQL data with SSL support	Yes	Yes	Yes
Encryption at Rest Leverage disk encryption to protect your stored data against potential attacks	No	Yes	Yes
Firewalls Create firewall rules to lock down access to the intended clients	Yes	Yes	Yes
Audit Logs Log all your server activity for security and compliance purposes	Coming soon	No	No

Monitoring & Alerts	ScaleGrid MySQL	DigitalOcean MySQL
OS Metrics Monitor key OS metrics, including CPU, memory and network data	Yes	Yes	Yes
Enhanced MySQL Metrics Monitor advanced MySQL metrics, connections, handles and table stats	Yes	No	No
InnoDB Performance Metrics Monitor key InnoDB metrics, including I/O, row operations and buffer pool metrics	Yes	No	No
Custom Alerts Get alerts on all of your key MySQL metrics via text, email, PagerDuty, Opsgenie and Slack	Yes	Yes	Yes

Support	ScaleGrid MySQL	DigitalOcean MySQL
24/7 Support Get 24/7 support from MySQL database experts	Yes	Yes	Yes

Support

ScaleGrid MySQL

DigitalOcean MySQL

24/7 Support

Yes

Backup	ScaleGrid MySQL	DigitalOcean MySQL
Scheduled & On-Demand Backups Automate your MySQL backups through a schedule or before application events	Yes	No	No
Continuous Backup/Point-In-Time Recovery Restore data to any point in time in the recovery window	Coming soon	Yes	Yes
Selective Restores Review the contents of an old backup and retrieve required rows	Yes	Yes	Yes

Backup

ScaleGrid MySQL

DigitalOcean MySQL

Scheduled & On-Demand Backups

Yes

Continuous Backup/Point-In-Time Recovery

Coming soon

Yes

Selective Restores

Yes

DigitalOcean comparison based on their Managed Databases plan and features as of 5/28/20

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Compare Performance

Compare ScaleGrid MySQL vs. DigitalOcean Managed Databases performance across workload types.

Throughput

We measure MySQL throughput in terms of queries per second (QPS). Compare the throughput average across write-intensive, balanced workloads and read-intensive scenarios for a medium sized deployment with 8GB of RAM.

ScaleGrid averages almost 40% higher throughput over DigitalOcean for MySQL across workload types when compared over 150 client threads.

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Latency

We measure MySQL latency in 95th Percentile latency (ms) across write-intensive, balanced workloads and read-intensive workloads for a medium sized deployment with 8GB of RAM.

ScaleGrid averages almost 30% lower latency over DigitalOcean for MySQL for the same deployment configurations when compared over 150 client threads.

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Compare Performance

ScaleGrid’s Dedicated Hosting plans are 100% all- inclusive so there are no surprises in your monthly billing.

DigitalOcean Managed Databases pricing for MySQL is also all-inclusive, but requires a minimum monthly spend of $500 to qualify for their Business Support.

ScaleGrid for MySQL offers the same pricing as DigitalOcean Managed Databases for RAM with an average of 30% more storage across DBaaS plan sizes. Compare plans and pricing across 1, 2 and 3 data-bearing node configurations

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