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 product has been stable and reliable."
"It is an absolutely stable solution."
"From a customer perspective, MariaDB is a good choice for cluster configuration. It's also easy to operate and cheap."
"It's a very easy product to set up."
"The solution is very easy to implement."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is a relational database, which is fairly reliable...It is a stable solution."
"MariaDB can solve things better than MySQL. Maria DB has better performance than MySQL."
"The solution's high availability is its most valuable aspect."
"I have found the whole solution with all its features wonderful."
"SQL Server is quite stable. And now we are using the Lattice 2017 version."
"It is a very user-friendly solution. It is easy to manage the databases and troubleshoot any issue. It is a perfect solution for the volume or transactions that we need to manage."
"The performance of SQL Server is perfect."
"The availability is the most valuable feature. It has high availability. It also has good performance."
"The most valuable features are programmability and reliability."
"It is fairly easy to work with. I like the high-availability options, like mirroring for example, and the high-availability groups."
"SQL Server stands out due to its robust parallel processing capabilities."
"The dashboard and pricing need improvement."
"The solution should do some fine-tuning on maybe the transaction per second so that users can get more than they can on the Microsoft SQL Server."
"It does not have tools for debugging procedures and functions."
"I'd like to see improved materialized views, like the ability to save select queries. This feature is missing in MariaDB compared to other relational databases like Oracle and SQL Server."
"It doesn't have the same level of maturity metrics as Postgres."
"It should work across all fields like SQLite, as it is the basis of any application, even apps for phones and the like."
"The license should be cheaper and closer to that offered by MySQL, Oracle and other products."
"The maintenance and performance could be a bit better."
"SQL Server backups could be better."
"Better integration with other platforms would be an improvement."
"The pricing could be more affordable."
"Only one CPU core can be used. Can’t move a database between servers easily. Can’t use triggers."
"Linux-based editions are not yet proven to be on par with Windows deployments."
"Their datatypes need improvement."
"The upgrades are unstable."
"I would like Microsoft to evolve SQL Server because stateful databases dying are in a way. We would like to find out if it can absorb Hadoop and other similar things. They should make it useful for data mining. Data is evolving forever, and how we store it is also changing constantly. So, SQL Server also needs to change."
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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