MySQL vs Pgpool-II

MySQL

9.0 #1 in Database Software

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Pgpool-II

5.8 #10 in Database Proxy Software

About Pgpool-II
MySQLPgpool-II
Free planYesYes
Free trialYesNo
Paid from—Free
Open sourceNoNo
Platformsapi, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, WindowsLinux, self-hosted
Free planYesYes
Deployment modelbothself-hosted
Connection pooling—Yes
Query routing—Yes
Load balancing—Yes
Automatic failover—Yes
Supported databases—PostgreSQL

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