We performed a comparison between CockroachDB and MariaDB 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."I use CockroachDB to test big data samples and to create the best structure for databases. We have four users and required 10 people for deployment and maintenance."
"CockroachDB is highly reliable."
"The tool's most valuable feature is node syncing, which takes only 0.54 milliseconds."
"The best feature of CockroachDB is the ability to keep the nodes in different locations."
"The subset of SQL that my client is using is completely supported."
"The product has valuable security features."
"The initial setup and deployment are simple."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its resiliency features and the geo-partitioning capabilities."
"It is very simple to install, and the commands are exactly the same as MySQL."
"I would say that for most use cases it works fine."
"The most valuable feature of MariaDB is that it is open-source and we can easily migrate from other databases, such as Oracle to MariaDB."
"One of the great features of MariaDB is its scalability. It's easy to handle even with large databases."
"It's open source."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it is an open-source product and offers its users great online community support."
"The solution runs very quickly. It's not slow at all."
"The most valuable feature is that it uses multiple cores, which is better than some of the other databases."
"CockroachDB needs to improve store processes."
"The initial setup and pricing could be improved."
"The platform could be more extensible."
"The product must improve its disaster recovery features."
"I find the serverless offer a bit confusing."
"The closer they can make CockroachDB to being completely compatible with Postgres, the better. It's almost compatible, but not completely. If it was, it would be nice to just be able to use Postgres libraries without any fiddling."
"Cockroach does not support all types of protocols. I need to improve it myself to support a CouchDB on my network."
"We are looking for more features to support distributed high availability and geo-partitioning."
"Could have more integration with user platforms."
"It doesn't have the same level of maturity metrics as Postgres."
"The GUI could be improved a bit. The user interface needs to be improved."
"When we have had issues with accidental computer shutdown or a power outage, our MariaDB database was corrupted."
"It does not have tools for debugging procedures and functions."
"There is room for improvement in terms of security."
"The PL/SQL performance is slow if you have big batch jobs running overnight."
"Maria DB has to improve from a management perspective."
CockroachDB is ranked 10th in Relational Databases Tools with 10 reviews while MariaDB is ranked 5th in Relational Databases Tools with 52 reviews. CockroachDB is rated 8.0, while MariaDB is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of CockroachDB writes "Open source with extensive documentation and a University for training". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MariaDB writes "Easy to deploy, cost-effective, and integrates seamlessly with other products". CockroachDB is most compared with Oracle Database, MySQL, Citus Data, Amazon Aurora and SingleStore, whereas MariaDB is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL and IBM Db2 Database. See our CockroachDB vs. MariaDB report.
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