https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/data/13474/mysql-free-vs-enterprise-editionWhat is the difference in performance or scalability while using MY SQL Free vs Enterprise Edition? Specifically when the number of open connections is high from Appian to the db(&gt;500)en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.appian.com/thread/61558?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 14 Oct 2018 14:12:14 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:444c56ba-e490-4110-9e99-4a1b232b5351nanfakFrom a performance angle, you are far better off with MySql Enterprise than Community. Community does not support sustained performance and scalability with Thread Pools. If you have loads of up to 500 connections, you should go with the Enterprise Edition.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/61092?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:48:36 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:f9a54b43-befb-4a54-b3ec-d9a372c6f632Larry NguyenAccording the the MySQL documentation it appears to be 60x better. They have a graph in the link below that displays the transactions per second in relation to database connections.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.mysql.com/products/enterprise/scalability.html">www.mysql.com/.../scalability.html</a><div style="clear:both;"></div>