We performed a comparison between MariaDB and SQL Server based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: MariaDB is the winner when it comes to ease of use, initial setup and price. SQL Server comes out on top when it comes to performance, scalability, and support.
"The solution is very easy to implement."
"The most valuable feature is that it uses multiple cores, which is better than some of the other databases."
"The most valuable feature of MariaDB is the power it provides. It is a powerful solution."
"There is the need for a robust IDE for MongoDB. The existing PHP admin console doesn't meet the client's requirements effectively."
"From a customer perspective, MariaDB is a good choice for cluster configuration. It's also easy to operate and cheap."
"MariaDB can solve things better than MySQL. Maria DB has better performance than MySQL."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is a relational database, which is fairly reliable...It is a stable solution."
"MariaDB is easy to install and is stable and scalable."
"From a security perspective, we have no complaints."
"SSAS is the most interesting feature to organize the data and let the users play with it."
"I have seen that this is a very stable product."
"The ability to see tables, reviews, and custom script options is good."
"It is quite reliable in cluster configurations and has helped me to reduce downtime and improve SLAs."
"It works fine in terms of performance and stability."
"SQL Server has good performance. It is one of the best features."
"The installation is pretty straightforward."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements in the scalability and redundancy features."
"The interface should be more user-friendly. It should be able to connect directly to the database and Interact with it without having to use commands. It needs better integration."
"In future releases, mainly the addition of security features would be beneficial for MariaDB."
"The license should be cheaper and closer to that offered by MySQL, Oracle and other products."
"I would like to see a better user interface which would make the tool less complex."
"The maintenance and performance could be a bit better."
"I’m not sure if it can scale."
"I am editing."
"The interface integration could be better."
"As a software developer, it can be hard to do something in Oracle that is SQL Server specific, and vice-versa, sometimes."
"We pay a license fee, it could always be cheaper."
"I would like to see more integration with other platforms."
"From a DB administrator perspective, I would like to see more space requirements and space capacity history, so that we are able to see which DBs are growing, and by how much per day or week."
"SQL Server needs to improve in performance and monitoring because there are no specific monitoring solutions to detect and analyze events for issues in the database. You have to use another monitoring solution. If Microsoft could provide an update to this solution or provide a monitoring solution specifically for SQL Server, it would be very valuable."
"We have no vision. We don't know when or how we have been hacked."
"Due to the fact that I'm dealing with the product more as a data analyst, the SQL Server management studio is really relatively primitive compared to other more advanced tools."
MariaDB is ranked 5th in Relational Databases Tools with 52 reviews while SQL Server is ranked 1st in Relational Databases Tools with 260 reviews. MariaDB is rated 8.2, while SQL Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of MariaDB writes "Easy to deploy, cost-effective, and integrates seamlessly with other products". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SQL Server writes "Easy to use and provides good speed and data recovery". MariaDB is most compared with Oracle Database, Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Percona Server, whereas SQL Server is most compared with SAP HANA, Oracle Database, LocalDB, IBM Db2 Database and Teradata. See our MariaDB vs. SQL Server report.
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