We performed a comparison between Citus Data and SQL Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Relational Databases Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."You can use Citus Data to write complex scripts. I like its version upgrades and disaster recovery as well."
"It's very straightforward to implement the solution. It took us two days to set up everything."
"Its distributed processing capabilities are a standout feature. It requires minimal changes to get up and running if you already have a system on PostgreSQL. Citus can run in its natural state."
"The solution is configurable."
"The performance of the SQL Server is very good."
"It is quite reliable in cluster configurations and has helped me to reduce downtime and improve SLAs."
"Backups hardly get corrupt."
"The solution is user-friendly, is a robust tool and is always reliable to users."
"I have found that SQL Server works very well in the Microsoft Dynamics environment."
"I like that it's a cloud solution, is simple to set up, and is simple to use."
"The product has been on the market for over 25 or 30 years. It's an extremely mature solution."
"More features in monitoring and the reporting could make it better."
"There are many areas of improvement , especially in terms of DDL query routing. Even though it's masterless, DDL queries need to be sent to the coordinator node. Also, setting up a multi-node environment could be more straightforward."
"Citus Data needs to improve its stability. Do not consider this product if you have the budget. It is still developing and has a lot of issues."
"The treatment of database storage could be improved."
"There are certain shortcomings in the scalability of the product, making it an area where improvements are required."
"I would appreciate a dark theme for SQL Server Management Studio and ability to add databases with TDE enabled into availability groups."
"When we run into problems, it's usually during installation, and finding answers to the problem has been a nightmare because the documentation is terrible."
"The security features of the solution could be better."
"Performance could be better. But I don't know if it's a problem with my application or with my database."
"The backup capacity needs to be bigger."
"One thing I don't like about SQL Server is the way they've set up security with users and groups. It just doesn't seem that intuitive to me. Adding some more explanatory information might help some."
Citus Data is ranked 18th in Relational Databases Tools with 3 reviews while SQL Server is ranked 1st in Relational Databases Tools with 260 reviews. Citus Data is rated 8.0, while SQL Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Citus Data writes "Efficiently handles high-traffic scenarios and compatible with PostgreSQL extensions, offering flexibility in database management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SQL Server writes "Easy to use and provides good speed and data recovery". Citus Data is most compared with YugabyteDB, CockroachDB, Amazon Aurora, MySQL and SingleStore, whereas SQL Server is most compared with MariaDB, SAP HANA, Oracle Database, LocalDB and IBM Db2 Database. See our Citus Data vs. SQL Server report.
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