MySQL

How often 10 AI models recommend MySQL, what they say about it, and who they recommend instead, on the 1 buying question where it came up.

Mention rate

74%of all answers on this question

Best standing

#6of 40 on Best databases for web apps

Buying questions

1where any model named it

Never named it

0of 10 models

Which models recommend it

Share of each model's answers that named it, at any position · The black tick marks the panel average

1. Nemotron 3 Ultra80%
2. Claude Haiku 5.575%
3. GPT-6 Luna75%
4. Gemini 4 Argon75%
5. GLM-5.375%
6. Kimi K375%
7. MiniMax M375%
8. Mistral Large 475%
9. Qwen 3.8 Flash67%
10. DeepSeek V4 Pro67%

Tracked since October 25, 2026. Each time the panel answers these questions again, the change shows here.

What the models say

Each model's one-line reason for recommending it, from its first answer

Best databases for web apps 10

• Claude Haiku 5.5Widely adopted, mature, easy to host, and well supported across web frameworks.
• GPT-6 LunaMature, widely hosted relational database with a large ecosystem and dependable performance.
• Gemini 4 ArgonBattle-tested relational performance with massive community support and effortless hosting everywhere.
• Qwen 3.8 FlashUbiquitous hosting support, proven, easy to hire for and operate.
• DeepSeek V4 ProProven workhorse for web apps, massive adoption, and simple setup.
• GLM-5.3Ubiquitous, fast, well understood; huge hosting and talent ecosystem.
• Kimi K3Battle-tested, simple to operate, and ubiquitous hosting support for web apps.
• MiniMax M3Ubiquitous, well-supported, and reliable for typical web workloads.
• Mistral Large 4Widely adopted, reliable relational database with strong community and hosting support.
• Nemotron 3 UltraBattle-tested relational database at scale

Against the competition

Each question's products ranked by the share of all answers that named them, MySQL highlighted.

Best databases for web apps

40 products named in 118 answers across 4 wordings

Contested

1. 1Redis86%
2. 2PostgreSQL77%
3. 3Supabase76%
4. 4MongoDB75%
5. 5Amazon DynamoDB75%
6. ⋯
7. 6MySQL74%

Mention rate by model and question

Share of each model's answers on the question that named it · Hover a cell for the count

Question	Claude Haiku 5.5	GPT-6 Luna	Gemini 4 Argon	Qwen 3.8 Flash	DeepSeek V4 Pro	GLM-5.3	Kimi K3	MiniMax M3	Mistral Large 4	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Best databases for web apps	75	75	75	67	67	75	75	75	75	80

Does the wording matter?

Share of answers that named it under each way of asking the question · Hover a cell for the exact wording

Question	List request	Buyer asking for advice	Search query	Worth paying for?
Best databases for web apps	100	93	100

Head to head

Against the products named most often on the same questions

MySQL vs RedisMySQL vs PostgreSQLMySQL vs SupabaseMySQL vs MongoDBMySQL vs Amazon DynamoDBMySQL vs SQLite

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