Azure Database Migration Service vs. Azure Database for MySQL vs. Navicat for MySQL vs. Salesforce Data Loader 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.

Data Loader is a client application for the bulk import or export of data. Use it to insert, update, delete, or export Salesforce records. When importing data, Data Loader reads, extracts, and loads data from comma-separated values (CSV) files or from a database connection. When exporting data, it outputs CSV files. User interface—When you use the user interface, you work interactively to specify the configuration parameters, CSV files used for import and export, and the field mappings that map the field names in your import file with the field names in Salesforce. Drag-and-drop field mapping. Support for all objects, including custom objects.