MySQL vs PolarDB-X
| MySQL | PolarDB-X | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Free trial | Yes | No |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | api, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Windows | Web |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Deployment model | both | both |
| MySQL compatibility | — | Yes |
| Horizontal scaling | — | Yes |
| Multi-region deployment | — | Yes |
| HTAP workloads | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best Distributed SQL Databases. On Specifiction, MySQL scores higher on our published basis.