Azure Database for MySQL vs. Azure Database for PostgreSQL vs. ESF Database Migration Toolkit vs. PostgreSQL Data Access Components Comparison Chart

Focus on application development with Azure Database for MySQL, which is cost-effective and easy to set up, operate, and scale. Enjoy advanced security, high availability, and a service-level agreement (SLA) of up to 99.99 percent. Fully managed MySQL, compatible with the latest community editions, provides maximum flexibility for database operations. Intelligent performance recommendations provide custom analysis and suggestions for MySQL database optimization. Simplified development experience and tight interoperability with Azure App Service and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Enterprise-grade security and compliance, and enhanced security capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Identity. Easily build or migrate your workloads to Azure Database for MySQL. Set up, manage, and automate the maintenance of your MySQL database server, including routine updates, backups, and security. Build with the latest MySQL tools, drivers, and programming languages.

It dramatically cuts the effort, cost, and risk of migrating to/from any of the following database formats: Oracle, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, IBM DB2, IBM Informix, InterSystems Caché, Teradata, Visual Foxpro, SQLite, FireBird, InterBase, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Paradox, Lotus, dBase, CSV/Text and transfer any ODBC DSN data source to them. This software can help you quickly migrate a variety of data, structures and objects, saving you a lot of time and money. It will automatically migrate all table structures, data, schemas(Oracle, SQL Server 2000 or higher, PostgreSQL, IBM DB2 and so), LOBs(Large Text/Binary Objects), primary/foreign keys, indexes, auto-increment(serial), comments and default values and more. You can migrate data between two different character sets(e.g.: UTF8, CP1250 etc.) and the software automatically convert different data encodings. You can also change the field name/data type/nullable/precision/numscale or filter data when migrating.