MySQL Enterprise
# MySQL Enterprise

MySQL Enterprise is a subscription-based service produced by Oracle Corporation and targeted toward the commercial market. Oracle's official support, training and certification focus on MySQL Enterprise.

MySQL Enterprise contains

* MySQL Enterprise Server software, a distribution of the MySQL Server
* MySQL Enterprise Monitor
* MySQL Enterprise Backup
* MySQL Enterprise Audit
* MySQL Enterprise Firewall
* MySQL Workbench Standard Edition
* Production Support

New versions of MySQL Enterprise Server are released monthly as Rapid Updates (MRUs), and quarterly as Service Packs (QSPs).

## Relationship to free or community versions

MySQL Enterprise Edition was created by MySQL AB as a commercial product, available for purchase as a subscription. It has been continued by Sun, and Oracle.

