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Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 24 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 3.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: phpMyAdmin ## Commercial Context - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500 - **Deployment & Platforms**: Windows (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Data Import/Export ## Category - [Database Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/18/database-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. [Microsoft SQL Server](https://www.capterra.ca/software/1417/sql-server) — 4.6/5 (1974 reviews) 2. 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Navigating the database with phpMyAdmin is straightforward, thanks to its intuitive interface. The software offers numerous ways to filter and search for specific data, making it easy to locate exactly what you need. Additionally, creating backups is simple, ensuring that if anything goes wrong, you can quickly restore any lost or altered data. phpMyAdmin also supports a variety of database management tasks such as importing and exporting data in multiple formats (including CSV, SQL, and XML), managing user privileges, running SQL queries, and designing tables. The best part is that phpMyAdmin is free. It's incredible that such a feature-rich and useful piece of software is available at no cost, making it accessible to everyone from individuals to professionals. > > **Cons**: phpMyAdmin is less user-friendly compared to some other software, and it does require a bit of time to learn how to navigate and utilize its features effectively. If you are familiar with programming and are quick to learn new software, this learning curve won’t be a big issue. However, for those with limited experience with older and less streamlined software, it may be somewhat challenging to get started. Given that phpMyAdmin is free, the customer service response time is slower compared to paid software. Although there is in-depth documentation and many forums available to find answers, it may still be a bit of a struggle for none tech savvy users. ----- ### "Easy databes management with phpMyAdmin" — 4.0/5 > **Yusuf** | *June 6, 2022* | Program Development | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I love how we can create database and use sql, without coding. -I can create databases very fast and well. -Import and Export options works really good so we can use databases at other platforms. -Integration is really easy. > > **Cons**: I think phpMyAdmin have a weak security, they need to improve it. Interface is so complicated for who is new. ----- ### "Legend MySQL Database Manager" — 5.0/5 > **Mando** | *June 24, 2022* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 2.0/10 > > **Pros**: I use it for a variety of database management tasks, like adding/removing foreign keys, creating, retrieving, updating and deleting (CRUD) data. It has so many features that I am yet to use, but has catered to my needs so far, and my needs are demanding. > > **Cons**: The user interface could be better. It's too basic. The database is slower than some of its competition, and I don't like the fact that it has to reload every time I select a table. I suppose that's the reason it's slow when retrieving data for applications especially. its not user friendly for newbies, especially specialized features like foreign key management, table editing etc. It's a powerful tool that is under-used due to not-so-easily-locatable features, especially for a novice. > > It manages databases well enough, with a learning curve to overcome first. There are features I am only beginning to feel comfortable with, but I guess database management is a skill. ----- ### "phpMyAdmin: A Universal Web GUI for MySQL database management" — 4.0/5 > **Wassim** | *May 3, 2022* | Computer & Network Security | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: I used phyMyAdmin for managing the MySQL database and it was the main interface for sending my DDL and DML SQL statements to MySQL. The web interface is very simple for managing the different aspects of storage components on MySQL from Tables, Views, Triggers, Procedures, etc. Accessing the database user controls and permissions is very simplistic in phpMyAdmin. The GUI streamlines the user access roles and breaks it down to the individual privilege levels on the Table, Database, and Server levels. Moreover it is very easy to manage users from addition, deletion, and modification. Data migration in phpMyAdmin is governed by a simple database export/import mechanism that stores the database schema and data into a text file for a simple data migration procedure. Again creating and updating the database schema and data dictionary objects is fully accessible from phpMyAdmin. This makes the Web interface a universal tool for managing the different aspects of MySQL database management > > **Cons**: My only hardship when using phpMyAdmin is the slow performance especially when Inserting and updating records into the database. This wasn't a database issue as the insert and update statements were executing in milliseconds on the database level but the GUI is taking a lot of time to realize the updates. > > phpMyAdmin is a universal Web GUI for accessing and managing the MySQL database objects and data dictionary. ----- ### "Our only choice for database management" — 5.0/5 > **emin** | *January 3, 2024* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Generally; Easy to install, use and interface. Maybe we are used to it because we have been using it for many years, but it is still easy. export and import work smoothly (except for file limits). We open Phpmyadmin every day without exception. It is always at our fingertips. We use integration with Apache or Xampp. we use xampp integration to start and stop. > > **Cons**: Import data limits can sometimes disrupt our work. but we can edit it from the "ini" file. sometimes we don't have access to the "ini" file and need to use load\_data\_infile. In this case, we need ssh access. On the table creation screen via the interface, the TAB key does not work properly on the screen where the table name, type, length... is written. The tab key navigates all fields and it is necessary to press the tab key 10-15 times to go down to the bottom line. It would be better if "ini" file customizations could be made from the interface > > We actively use it in many areas such as database management, table or field association, export and import, and SQL word tests. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ca/software/1024498/phpmyadmin?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.ca/software/1024498/phpmyadmin) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | ----- ## Structured Data