In this series, Aisha is comparing the many different facets of these two open source, freely available RDBMS products.

Aisha Bukar in MySQL

MySQL vs PostgreSQL – String Datatypes

A very common task in creating a database is to store string data. For example, words, paragraph(s) or even documents….

20 March 2025 22 min read

Aisha Bukar in MySQL

MySQL vs. PostgreSQL: Character Sets and Collations

When working with strings in a database system, you need to ensure that the data is stored, sorted, and compared…

17 March 2025 18 min read

Aisha Bukar in Databases

MySQL vs PostgreSQL: Numeric Datatype Comparison

When you think of how to store data in a database, you think of data types. A data type represents…

15 November 2024 18 min read

Aisha Bukar in MySQL

MySQL vs PostgreSQL: Which Open-Source Database is right for you?

When I joined a growing startup company as a backend developer, we were at crossroads choosing between MySQL and PostgreSQL…

12 August 2024 12 min read