SQL stands for Structured Query Language. It’s a standard language for accessing and manipulating databases. MySQL is a database management system, like SQL Server, Oracle, Informix, Postgres ...

Microsoft SQL Server vs. MySQL: Similarities Both Microsoft and MySQL are relational database platforms, so they have several similarities.

Opinion: Not to pick on MySQL or anything, but does it really makes sense to compare it to the light versions of proprietary databases? I thought not, but MySQL users say I'm all wet.

The MySQL Workbench GUI is cross-platform, open source, and incredibly easy to use.