Is MySQL Community Edition free?

Is MySQL Community Edition free for commercial use?

1. it is free of charge to use MySQL Community Edition in my in-house commercial usage, regardless how I use MySQL as database to store data; 2. it is free of charge to allow me to recruit a company to develop applications by any programming language and take MySQL Community Edition as database.

Which edition of MySQL is free?

MySQL Community Edition is the freely downloadable version of the world's most popular open source database. It is available under the GPL license and is supported by a huge and active community of open source developers.

Is MySQL free of cost?

MySQL can be used without cost if an application is locally developed and not used commercially. It is only when the resulting solution is to be sold to customers that the question of licensing comes into play.

How much does MySQL cost?

NamePriceMySQL Enterprise Edition$5,000MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition$10,000MySQL Standard Edition$2,000