Safer alternatives
Higher-scoring alternatives to MySQL
Scored against the same Balanced rubric as MySQL. We compare services in the same category — Developer — and surface those that out-score MySQL overall.
Comparing against
MySQL
https://mysql.com
Fair
Raw score 52
Tied 268th · 37th percentile
In Developer: Tied 32nd · 27th percentile
MariaDB
https://mariadb.org
StrongRaw score 76+24 vs source
Aliyun
https://aliyun.com/
StrongRaw score 74+22 vs source
1st · 100th percentile
Datadog
https://datadoghq.com/
StrongRaw score 73+21 vs source
Tied 2nd · 98th percentile
ThemeForest
https://themeforest.net/
StrongRaw score 73+21 vs source
Tied 2nd · 98th percentile
Cloudinary
https://cloudinary.com/
StrongRaw score 70+18 vs source
Tied 4th · 93rd percentile