--- title: mSQL Reviews meta\_title: 'mSQL Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 22 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how mSQL works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.3 review\_count: 22 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Database Software url: https://www.g2.com/categories/database-software --- # mSQL Reviews & Product Details Mini SQL (mSQL) is our light-weight SQL Database engine technology. First released in 1994, our database technology has been incorporated into products from companies such as HP, Cisco, Tandem, Cray, EDS, TRW, General Electric, and Real Networks. * * * Seller [Hughes Technologies](https://www.g2.com/sellers/hughes-technologies) Discussions [mSQL Community](https://www.g2.com/products/msql/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![PostgreSQL](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "PostgreSQL") PostgreSQL 4.4/5(684) ](https://www.g2.com/products/postgresql/reviews) [ ![MySQL](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "MySQL") MySQL 4.4/5(1,682) ](https://www.g2.com/products/mysql/reviews) [ ![Oracle Database](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Oracle Database") Oracle Database 4.3/5(1,020) ](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-database/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/msql/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 22 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Sharon A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sharon A.") SA Sharon A. DevOps Engineer Maritime Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/22/2026 "Lightweight Open-Source RDBMS Ideal for Small to Medium Apps" 4/5 What do you like best about mSQL? A lightweight, open-source relational database management system. Very good and reliable for small to medium applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about mSQL? It has poor scalability, and the server is unstable. Development has been discontinued, which makes it unsuitable for modern production use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is mSQL solving and how is that benefiting you? It provides a lightweight, easy-to-deploy relational database for resource-limited environments such as early web apps and embedded systems. This benefits users by enabling rapid setup, keeping overhead to a minimum, and offering simplified, SQL-based data management without the bloat of enterprise alternatives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Nikhil A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Nikhil A.") NA Nikhil A. Staff Software Engineer Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/21/2023 "mSql - your goto relational database" 4.5/5 What do you like best about mSQL? mSQL is open-source software, meaning it is free to use and modify. It is available for all major hosting providers and offers complete cloud-based database solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about mSQL? mSql is write intensive database as read operations are fast, write operations are comparatively slow, which might be a limitation for write-heavy applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is mSQL solving and how is that benefiting you? It is optimized for read-heavy operations, making it fast and efficient for retrieval-heavy applications. And also it is ACID compliant ensuring secure and reliable transactions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Organic ![Verified User in Business Supplies and Equipment](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Business Supplies and Equipment") CB Verified User in Business Supplies and Equipment Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/7/2023 "mSQL is only for determined students" 3.5/5 What do you like best about mSQL? Working with all the lines at the same time is the privilege that took my attention. What it takes is a few lines of code, but it applies to the whole table. In short,it takes short code but powerful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about mSQL? There are several functions which made me really frustrated to learn mSQL, like subqueries. Although it took me some time to get used to, I realised that this obtacle was just not as big as I thought. Furthermore, there is a problem with the server, which is turned off automatically several times a week. Therefore, I have to go controls of the mSQL Server first to switch it on to use mSQL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is mSQL solving and how is that benefiting you? Trends and overall analysis of the business. These two are the main reasons for my use . It is really helpful to clean the data to make powerful visualizations for insights. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Zunair A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Zunair A.") ZA Zunair A. IT System Network Administrator Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/24/2023 "is mysql relational database still a thing ?" 3.5/5 What do you like best about mSQL? Open-source Nature reliability widespread easy to use for Linux Users. cost-effective choice for data management. Comparatively easy to learn for new users in the development field. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about mSQL? certain types of complex queries or heavy loads affect the performance. In some cases, This database performance could degrade compared with other databases. Needs a lot of time to reset a user password. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is mSQL solving and how is that benefiting you? I use this relational database for my application HRMS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Manish P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Manish P.") MP Manish P. Lead UI Product Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/4/2023 "MySql: The Reliable and Versatile Database Solution" 5/5 What do you like best about mSQL? what I like best about MySQL is its combination of performance, scalability, ease of use, community support, and security. It has earned its place as one of the most widely used database systems in the world, serving as a reliable foundation for countless applications and websites Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about mSQL? Complex Configration,Limited Support for Some Data Types, Storage Engine Variability,Limited Built-in Analytics, Lack of Native Full-Text Search, Concurrency Issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is mSQL solving and how is that benefiting you? MySQL's solutions to data management challenges empower developers and organizations to handle data effectively, efficiently, and securely, ultimately benefiting you by simplifying data-related tasks and ensuring the reliability and scalability of your applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Appala Sreekanth C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Appala Sreekanth C.") AC Appala Sreekanth C. AM-Talent Acquisition Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/17/2023 "Experience withMSQL" 4.5/5 What do you like best about mSQL? MSQL is user friendly Query language and very easy to understand and use. It operates well and gives better performance. Compare to competitive products this can be very easy to learn for new users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about mSQL? Nothing to say negative or flaws about the product but very few things are common compare to competitive products. But this is really better compare to market products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is mSQL solving and how is that benefiting you? We can write complex queries with less effort, it means that we can use this language very easy. It's very beneficial to the users to become more productive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Atul S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Atul S.") AS Atul S. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/25/2023 "Data management via mysql" 5/5 What do you like best about mSQL? The free license and simplicity to start. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about mSQL? Handling transaction cause problem. Using mysql with framework like typeorm etc..., cause transaction to be on hault. Resulting in the failure of test case. Several restart the db server is enought to fix this issue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is mSQL solving and how is that benefiting you? We are e commerce platform, with lots of structured data, we need db which can have performant insertion and reading operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![joseph i.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "joseph i.") JI joseph i. Frontend Developer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/10/2023 "It's easy to learn and use" 4/5 What do you like best about mSQL? That it's simple and easy to learn and use new tricks using it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about mSQL? I dislike that it's case sensitive and can't take uppercase letters when creating a table name Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is mSQL solving and how is that benefiting you? It's helping me separate types of inputted languages and reorganise a string to the format I desire with ease Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sunag R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sunag R.") SR Sunag R. Senior Software Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/9/2022 "Review on MySQL" 4.5/5 What do you like best about mSQL? MySQL is open source, and it is easily installed on any OS. The queries for MySQL is easy and can handle large amount of dataset in a structured format. The integration of python with MySQL is also very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about mSQL? I wish that MySQL would hold unstructured data formats too. Since the query writing is simple, it would help in unstructured format also. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is mSQL solving and how is that benefiting you? I have worked with MySQL, python for data storage, and web frameworks like Flask and Django. The response from MySQL to python is superfast, and it helped a lot in web development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 11/25/2023 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Bogireddy G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Bogireddy G.") BG Bogireddy G. Test Automation Eng Analyst Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/15/2022 "I recommend to use SQL for all purposes" 4.5/5 What do you like best about mSQL? I like way the table definetions and primary key and column value selection criteria and mySQL is blazing fast and we can expand the scope beyond the business requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about mSQL? Nothing about features and Oracle corp made mySQL licenced version I donot like above that. There is provision for Json data store . If further release support this that could be wonderful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is mSQL solving and how is that benefiting you? Mostly I will use this for fetching the data stored in databases and tables. Its very easy to store and retrieve and update the data in MySQL databases. That is amazing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 10/7/2023 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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