Can I use SQL Express in production?

Is SQL Server Express free for commercial use?

SQL Server Express may only be used at no charge for development and testing, as well as for “micro workloads” such as mobile or web apps with minimal relational database requirements. The free license does not apply to instances running on virtual machines. There are two versions of SQL Server Express.

What are the limitations of SQL Express?

Express edition limitations Microsoft SQL Server Express has a 10 GB maximum database size and other important limits. High load scenarios are not supported by Express. Symptoms can include database connection errors. Express has a "LocalDB" preset.

What can I do with SQL Express?

SQL Server Express is the free version of Microsoft's acclaimed SQL Server relational database management system. It is used for small scale applications and development, and is ideal for desktop, web, and mobile applications.

Is SQL Server Express good enough?

In general, I would say it is fine. If you can get a copy of Developer, I would recommend that route, but a great majority of your work can be done in Express. Express has basic Reporting, with Advanced Services. If you go beyond the basic Reporting in the product, you will have to move up.