Overall experience was okay, but often frustrating.

Cloudflare slowed down my sites and caused problems.

Also it has some free tools/apps which you can integrate them inside your website without uploading or pasting files & codes.

It is an amazing tool I would recommend to everyone working on websites who needs a good cache system.

Sometimes I come across websites that use Cloudflare, and when I see this error, it brings back bad memories.

Both work wonders in improving your website speed, which Google rewards with better positioning, and customers reward with longer retention. The best part - basic features are free to use.

A quality Content Delivery Network CDN at super affordable prices.

Overall, my favorite feature are the email alerts for when a domain's nameservers no longer point to Cloudflare. That allows us to provide invaluable customer service for our own clients.

The analytics in Cloudflare is not satisfying as it does not show data in detail. Traffic records that the Cloudflare supply is very inadequate.

I loved the fact that it was free. I loved the fact that they solved a problem for me with GoDaddy making things super difficult (as they do).

Cloudflare is the CDN I like and use for many websites I own, create or manage. Free or low cost, it is effective and reliable.

Inability to change CDN IPs without removing the domain and adding it again.

I dislike how confusing the pricing is. I wish it was more transparent.

Great WAF, nice bot mitigation and education. Good for cloud-first companies.

Increased security and greater availability, awesome service for personal projects and enterprise products alike.

We found Cloudflare to be the best, in terms of ease of setup, zero cost and realized almost instant improvement in page load times.

Adds quality to website responsiveness. Great and responsive customer support.

This is a very basic and necessary feature. To upload custom SSL you need to purchase an enterprise plan with a $200/month rental, which is quite costly.

Extremely simple to use with very robust architecture that makes this 100% reliable. Databases run very smoothly and I am happy with the level of security.

Thanks to its popularity, it has great documentation and provides a fairly standard database management experience.

Ease of use in installation and administration. Great tools are built for MySQL (MySQL Workbench being a great one).

Some error messages are so weird then the actual problem. It gives sense of insecurity at some points.

I am pretty happy with this great piece of software which make database handling pretty easy.

Excellent value for its (free) price. Low footprint makes it perfect for lower end / virtualized systems.

Overall, I would say that our experience with MySQL has been good since it has been reliable and solid for hosting our data.

I like how this software works, the ability to use it for the back end to websites like joomla and wordpress. The way it stores data is amazing.

It is very strong on data integrity with rich features of the transactional database to enforce full data integrity.

There is no way to stop a query in the Admin tool. Instead, you have to kill the MySQL process to stop the query.

It's a great tool to build SQL databases on and especially their WorkBench platform, which does a fantastic job of simplifying the process.

MYSQL is already integrated with Cpanel and other utilities like it, there's no real alternative and its pretty good.

SQL Error messages do not show exactly where an error occurred in a given statement which can be confusing.

Some errors thrown by the server are very unclear and it's difficult to debug the SQL query.

MySQL is excellent relational-database system, it is feature rich and has great community support. It can be relied on from the smallest to the largest projects.

Syntax took some learning, syntax errors sometimes unclear as to what the error actually is.

During the backup process, the database is blocked. Can’t stop the running query, have to kill the process.

It is most popular RDBMS and provides a great stability and performance. It has  many Database engines which provide great feature for different types of databases.

The best is that's an open source, reliable, cost-effective, and easy to manage.

Great integration with PHP and most languages. Great community support.

Easy to install and integrate it with your frontend. Best suit for a light mobile app or web application.

It has the best community. We resolved our all issues very easily.

The software is easy to use and quite intuitive, even for new users. Saving query-snippets for future use is super helpful, saving you time from writing commonly-used queries from scratch each time.

What I really like about MySQL is that the performance is great, also it is very popular and many companies use it.

I like the rock solid reliability that mysql offers. I also like that it has quick start capability, high availability and on-demand scalability.

Easy to use with tech stacks like LAMP. It is easy to interact with and it allows seamless importing/exporting of SQL Databases.

It is free for non-commercial use and the community development for MySQL has been great. Any questions and doubts will already be solved on stackoverflow.

You don't have any type of support, which may be bad if your intention is to use it in a critical application.

Ease of use, regular scheduled backups, great customer support. In addition, it is secure and is the standard for relational databases.

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Cloudflare is a cloud-based web performance and security tool, which helps firms in the public and private sectors with protection and speed acceleration of websites applications and other internet services against hackers.


Designed for businesses of all sizes, the platform provides solutions for professional websites, portfolios, blogs, small to midsize e-commerce companies, and businesses requiring enterprise-grade security and network performance.


Cloudflare’s comprises mainly of a Content Delivery Network (CDN), which helps boost performance of internet applications and mobile experiences. Internet properties provided by software routes all traffic through its secure global network enabling improved customer engagement. Other services include SQL injection protection, web application firewall, load balancing, Argo smart routing, local storage caching, rocket loader and cross-site scripting. Cloudflare uses Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), which ensures the link between website information and web server. Software comes with free version for individuals and monthly subscriptions for professionals.



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Web-Application Security

DDoS Protection

Access Controls/Permissions

SSL Security

Threat Response

Firewalls

Encryption

Anomaly/Malware Detection

Alerts/Notifications

Spam Blocker

Reporting/Analytics

Load Balancing

Vulnerability Scanning

Threat Intelligence

Website Analytics

Content Management

Compliance Management

Performance Metrics

Data Security

Video Archiving

Cloud Application Security

Application Management

Diagnostic Tools

Real-Time Monitoring

Endpoint Protection

Activity Monitoring

ML Algorithm Library

Model Training

Data Management

Cloudflare does not charge on the basis of bandwidth usage, instead charges on features. 

Free Plan offers basic performance and security alongside free SSL and analytics.

Pro Plan at $20/month provides advanced performance and security tools including image optimization and a Web Application Firewall.

Business Plan at $200/month includes advanced DDOS Attack protection, dynamic content compression, custom WAF rules, prioritized support and custom SSL certificates.

Enterprise Plans are bespoke to customer requirements with set-up consultation, a dedicated solution Engineer, phone support and multi-user access.

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MySQL is a scalable database management system, which enables organizations to securely record, update and manage data in compliance with GDPR, PCI, HIPPA and various regulatory standards. Features include data masking, audit, de-identification, real-time monitoring, provisioning, patching and authentication. 

The ACID-compliant solution comes with a query analyzer, which helps developers gain visibility into query activities and execution, identify problematic queries and filter out specific issues such as full table scans and bad indexes. Using MySQL Workbench, professionals can perform database modeling, develop queries, configure servers, migrate databases and automate backup and recovery. Administrators can use the Enterprise Firewall, its intrusion detection feature to block SQL injection attacks and prevent data loss. 

MySQL also helps developers set up custom warning thresholds for collected metrics and track configuration changes. It is available both as open-source and on annual subscriptions. 

MySQL Products include:

MySQL HeatWave, our fully managed database service, for OLTP, OLAP, & ML workloads.

MySQL Enterprise Edition for delivering business-critical, enterprise database applications.

MySQL Enterprise Edition for ISVs, OEMs and VARs who want a proven, low cost, embedded database.

MySQL Benefits include:

Ease of use: Developers can install MySQL in minutes, and the database is easy to manage.

Reliability: MySQL is one of the most mature and widely used databases. It has been tested in a wide variety of scenarios for more than 25 years, including by many of the world’s largest companies. Organizations depend on MySQL to run business-critical applications because of its reliability.

Scalability: MySQL scales to meet the demands of the most accessed applications. MySQL’s native replication architecture enables organizations such as Facebook to scale applications to support billions of users.

Performance: MySQL HeatWave is faster and less expensive than other database services, as demonstrated by multiple standard industry benchmarks, including TPC-H, TPC-DS, and CH-benCHmark.

High availability: MySQL delivers a complete set of native, fully integrated replication technologies for high availability and disaster recovery. For business-critical applications, and to meet service-level agreement commitments, customers can achieve Recovery point objective = 0 (zero data loss) and Recovery time objective = seconds (automatic failover)

Security: Data security entails protection and compliance with industry and government regulations, including the European Union General Data Protection Regulation, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Security Technical Implementation Guides. MySQL Enterprise Edition provides advanced security features, including authentication/ authorization, transparent data encryption, auditing, data masking, and a database firewall.

Flexibility: The MySQL Document Store gives users maximum flexibility in developing traditional SQL and NoSQL schema-free database applications. Developers can mix and match relational data and JSON documents in the same database and application.

User Management

Data Storage Management

Authentication

Built-In Database

Data Recovery

Audit Management

Relational Database Management

Automatic Backup

Monitoring

Data Migration

Backup and Recovery

Secure Data Storage

Data Replication

Data Dictionary Management

Network Monitoring

IP Filtering

Audit Planning

Application-Level Analysis

Dashboard

Performance Monitoring

Real-Time Analytics

Status Tracking

Customizable Reports

Activity Tracking

Change Management

Policy Management

Risk Assessment

Risk Analysis

Assessment Management

Audit Trail

Configurable Workflow

Security Auditing

Dashboard Creation

Real Time Data

Issue Management

Risk Alerts

Role-Based Permissions

Real-Time Notifications

Asset Tracking

Activity Dashboard

Reporting & Statistics

Data Visualization

Customizable Templates

Alerts/Escalation

Real Time Reporting

Incident Management

Archiving & Retention

Third-Party Integrations

Document Storage

Database Support

Data Synchronization

Data Extraction

Customizable Fields

Data Capture and Transfer

Full Text Search

Data Import/Export

NOSQL Database Management

Custom Development

Mobile Access

Data Connectors

Data Virtualization

Ad hoc Query

Workflow Management

Performance Analysis

Multiple Programming Languages Supported

Drag & Drop

Database Conversion

Data Mapping

Search/Filter

Performance Management

Multitenancy

Anomaly Detection

Query Analysis

Transaction Monitoring

Resource Management

Event Logs

Remote Monitoring & Management

Uptime Reporting

Server Monitoring

Capacity Management

Resource Optimization

Configuration Management

Visual Analytics

Predictive Analytics

Historical Trend Analysis

Issue Tracking

Prioritization

Troubleshooting

Capacity Planning

MySQL offers a free trial for new users, after which the software is available across 4 commercial editions. Pricing and functionality are outlined below.

MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition Subscription (1-4 socket server): starts at $10,000 per year
MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition Subscription (5+ socket server): starts at $20,000 per year
MySQL Enterprise Edition Subscription (1-4 socket server): starts at $5,000 per year
MySQL Enterprise Edition Subscription (5+ socket server): starts at $10,000 per year
MySQL Standard Edition Subscription (1-4 socket server): starts at $2,000 per year
MySQL Standard Edition Subscription (5+ socket server): starts at $4,000 per year
MySQL Classic Edition (only available for ISVs/OEMs)

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