What is MySQL?
It is feature-rich RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) formerly built by MySQL AB and is presently be in possession of Oracle corporation. MySQL keeps the record of data in tables assembled into a database. It makes use of SQL (Structured Query Language) for accessing data and managing commands like Select, Insert, Update, and Delete.
Besides, it allows storing all related info in different tables. However, the procedure of the JOIN operation lets you compare it, execute questions across different tables, and lead to minimizing the data duplication chances.
Coming to its compatibility, it works well with almost all operating systems, including Windows, Apple, Linux, UNIX, etc. Apart from that, a wide range of storage engines is also supported by MySQL such as Merge, Blackhole, Memory, InnoDV, CSV, to name a few.
What is MongoDB?
Developed by 10gen, MongoDB is a well-liked document-oriented database. It helps in creating and storing documents in Binary JSON, BSON file format, as a result, it supports all JS types of data. The database is always applied for projects relating to Node.js.
Apart from this, JSON allows the transferring of all the data between web apps and servers using a format that can be easily read by a human. MongoDB can be considered as a better option in terms of offering greater reliability and efficiency when comes to storage speed and capacity.
On top of that, it allows the employment of dynamic schemas that abolish the requirement of pre-defining the structure such as value types and fields.
