The database WordPress already runs on
Every WordPress site here sits on MySQL or MariaDB. When the work is a site rather than a product, using the database the platform already speaks is the cheaper answer.
Where MySQL earns its place.
The engine under the CMS
WordPress, WooCommerce and most of the plugin world assume it. Fighting that costs more than it saves.
Indexes that match the queries
Added for the queries the site actually runs, not copied from a tutorial.
Restores that have been tested
A backup nobody has restored is a hope, not a backup.
Hosting you already have
No extra service to pay for, and any host on earth supports it.
Why this, and when not.
Why we choose it
For CMS work it is already there, already tuned by the host, and already understood by whoever maintains the site next.
When we would not
Analytical queries over large tables, or a schema that leans on JSON and strict types. That is Postgres work.
Services built on MySQL.
Need a site with real data behind it?
A 45-minute technical call with the engineer who would lead the build. You leave with a scope sketch either way.