| Metric | MySQL | Slim SEO | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Performance | 47 | 65 | Slim SEO |
| Accessibility | 88 | 96 | Slim SEO |
| Best Practices | 87 | 99 | Slim SEO |
| SEO | 91 | 92 | Slim SEO |
| Security | 67 | 75 | Slim SEO |
| TTFB | 466ms | 392ms | Slim SEO |
| Composite | 75 | 81 | Slim SEO |
Slim SEO outperforms MySQL in 7 of 7 categories, with a stronger composite score (81 vs 75). MySQL leads in no categories.
MySQL doesn't clearly lead Slim SEO in any category on the sampled sites — pick it based on developer experience, ecosystem, or existing team skills rather than the audit scores.
Choose Slim SEO when your primary concern is server response time and performance. Its audit data shows consistent strength in these areas across the sampled sites.
Scores are medians across 580 audited MySQL sites and 6 audited Slim SEO sites in the BeaverCheck database. Every audit runs the same 100+ checks — Lighthouse performance, security headers, accessibility, SEO, server response time — against a real URL. No vendor input, no sponsorship, no affiliate links. Read the full methodology →
Small sample: one or both technologies have fewer than 10 audited sites. Treat these numbers as directional — medians stabilize around 20–30 audits per side.
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