Azure Database Migration Service vs. Azure Database for MySQL vs. MySQL Migration Toolkit vs. Oracle MySQL HeatWave Comparison Chart

Easily migrate your data, schema, and objects from multiple sources to the cloud at scale. Azure Database Migration Service is a tool that helps you simplify, guide, and automate your database migration to Azure. Migrate your database and server objects, including user accounts, agent jobs, and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages all at once. Migrate your data to Azure from the most common database management systems. Whether you’re moving from an on-premises database or another cloud, Database Migration Service supports key migration scenarios such as SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB. Save time and effort by automating your move to Azure with PowerShell. Database Migration Service works with PowerShell cmdlets to automatically migrate a list of databases. Supports Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB migration to Azure from on-premises and other clouds.

MySQL Migration Toolkit is a software pack to convert any data source to MySQL and vice versa. The product has high performance because it does not use ODBC or any other middleware software. Command line support allows to script, automation and scheduling the conversion process. MySQL Migration Toolkit allows users to do the indirect conversion and get more control over the process. Following this way, the program converts data into a local MySQL dump file instead of moving it to MySQL server directly. This dump file contains MySQL statements to create all tables and to fill them with the data. Click here to learn how to import dump file into MySQL database. Once you stored conversion settings into your profile you can run the program in Quick Launch mode. Just launch Windows Explorer and double-click on the profile description file with left mouse button. It will launch the appropriate conversion process loading necessary settings from the specified profile.