Serving as the "M" in the popular LAMP/WAMP/XAMP, MySQL is an open-source database solution that has been downloaded over 100 million times since its inception. Its product offerings range from enterprise level support packages, complete with full service support, to free downloads of the latest MySQL versions. MySQL Version 5 is the most recent offering, with the alpha version of MySQL 6.0 currently available for testing.

Many of the world's largest and fastest-growing organizations use MySQL to save time and money powering their high-volume Web sites, critical business systems, and packaged software — including industry leaders such as Yahoo!, Alcatel-Lucent, Google, Nokia, YouTube, Wikipedia, and Booking.com.