We performed a comparison between MariaDB vs PostgreSQL based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Both solutions are easy to deploy, have good features, an open-source version, good support, and a proven ROI. Which solution you choose will depend on what suits your company’s specific needs and requirements best.
"It is a scalable solution. It easily scales up and scales down."
"MariaDB is stable and the initial setup is straightforward."
"There is the need for a robust IDE for MongoDB. The existing PHP admin console doesn't meet the client's requirements effectively."
"The solution's high availability is its most valuable aspect."
"It is an absolutely stable solution."
"For non-production purposes. I'm just using it for my personal project, so it works quite well. I haven't faced any errors yet."
"It's open source."
"I haven't faced any technical issues with the product, and it works fine."
"The solution is open-source and free to use."
"The most valuable features are the price, stability, it is scalable and is used by our clients in small business environments, and it is a simple product to use."
"The product is quite flexible."
"The solution is scalable, it is very good."
"It is very simple to manage."
"It has completely met our needs. It works, and it is robust. We haven't had any problems with what PostgreSQL does for us and the way it does it. That's why we've been using it for so long. We understand it, and it does the job."
"The built-in code procedural language is the most valuable. It has a built-in layer for code procedures. Its installation is very easy and quick, and it is free. It is also stable, and its performance is also good."
"PostgreSQL has complete SQL dialects and is useful for writing sophisticated and complex queries. We have experience with Oracle database. My partner is experienced in DDA and he writes sophisticated SQL queries. The solution helps to get the job done in the best possible way. In today’s age, most developers do not have strong SQL knowledge or language command. They find it difficult to write even a SQL statement. These developers write cool queries which perform badly on the database end. As DBAs, we constantly urge the developers not to write bad queries, help them learn more, and write placebo commands."
"The stability could always continue to be improved upon."
"We'd like more data intelligence."
"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."
"Lacks time series data and additional driving support would be helpful."
"The PL/SQL performance is slow if you have big batch jobs running overnight."
"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."
"MariaDB doesn't handle long or complex SQL queries quite as well as Oracle Database."
"MariaDB could be improved by adding more automation."
"The interface climate could be better."
"If it was free to use, it would be the perfect solution."
"It is possible that in the newer version this has been addressed, but I would like the deployment in microservices architecture could be improved."
"There are some products out there that have a slightly different method of implementation for the SQL language. Some of those are slightly better in some areas, and PostgreSQL is slightly better in some areas. I would probably like to match all of those products together. It is just down to the functionality. For example, Oracle has a number of options within SQL that are outside of what you would class as the SQL standard. PostgreSQL misses some of those, but PostgreSQL does other things that are better than what Oracle does. I would like to merge those two products so that there is a certain amount of functionality in a single product."
"It would be great if the solution offered even more integration capabilities."
"The interface could be much better."
"I find it difficult to get connectors on the tool. For example, .NET has only one free provider in PostgreSQL. I need to pay the provider if I need something more sophisticated features. Other languages like PHP and Java have good community support. We need community support for .NET."
"PostgreSQL could improve by adding data warehousing tools."
MariaDB is ranked 3rd in Open Source Databases with 51 reviews while PostgreSQL is ranked 2nd in Open Source Databases with 120 reviews. MariaDB is rated 8.2, while PostgreSQL is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of MariaDB writes "Simultaneously use active server capabilities but lacks the maturity ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of PostgreSQL writes " A scalable and stable database for transactional purposes". MariaDB is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, Firebird SQL, MySQL and Percona Server, whereas PostgreSQL is most compared with Firebird SQL, EDB Postgres Advanced Server, MySQL, SQLite and YugabyteDB. See our MariaDB vs. PostgreSQL report.
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