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 stable solution."
"It is a scalable solution. It easily scales up and scales down."
"MariaDB is scalable."
"There is the need for a robust IDE for MongoDB. The existing PHP admin console doesn't meet the client's requirements effectively."
"From the user's perspective, the performance of the columnar queries is very good in terms of the database when comparing it to the Oracle, and MySQL."
"The documentation is quite straightforward."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it is a cloud-based tool, so it is pretty fast."
"The most valuable feature of MariaDB is the power it provides. It is a powerful solution."
"The solution provides complete support in terms of the SQL dialect and behaves nicely when it comes to transactions."
"We managed to reduce the storage space needed to 10% of the original size, without affecting data integrity, and we significantly improved the performance."
"The PostgreSQL database is similar to the SQL Server but has a slightly different technology that has similar resources as well. If the customer has the confidence using SQL Server, they will be fairly comfortable using this solution."
"It is easy to use."
"It is very useful for both structured and unstructured data. You can store unstructured and structured data in PostgreSQL. It is easy to use. You can easily manage things through PostgreSQL Admin. It is cost-effective. Its on-premise version is free. It is agnostic of on-premise or cloud. You can install it on the cloud or on-premises. It is available with all clouds, and you can also install it on desktop or Windows Servers."
"The solution is quite stable."
"I like that you can move any relational database from Oracle to PostgreSQL. I also like that it's pretty stable."
"Clustering will be the number 1 feature. It is also open-source so it is free. It can also be clustered, to allow fault tolerance."
"It doesn't have the same level of maturity metrics as Postgres."
"It does not have tools for debugging procedures and functions."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements in the scalability and redundancy features."
"Integration with AWS could be improved."
"It would be good if they can maybe improve the mass import in the database. Currently, for importing a large number of data, we create a CSV file and upload all the things in the system. The system does not activate them by default. We have to do this manually. This may be due to the version we are using, but this is something we would like to see improved."
"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."
"Data continuity could be improved."
"The performance could be a bit better."
"When you get a large number of records in a database and start doing various queries, it can adversely impact the performance of the live running systems. That's an area we continue to look at and mean to improve, but it is not only because of PostgreSQL. It is also because of the way the schemas are put together, and certain events are triggered. So, it is because of both parties."
"Sometimes, the views create problems. If you don't have the view, sometimes what happens is you need to have the drivers properly set up for PostgreSQL."
"As PostgreSQL is an open-source product, you do have to do a bit more configuration and management yourself."
"I had some issues when I integrated with the Jupyter Notebook."
"It could be more secure."
"The price could be better."
"I have noticed that user and access management should be improved."
"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."
MariaDB is ranked 4th in Open Source Databases with 52 reviews while PostgreSQL is ranked 2nd in Open Source Databases with 123 reviews. MariaDB is rated 8.2, while PostgreSQL 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 PostgreSQL writes " Real-time data capture optimizes database performance but Views create problems". 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 Chroma. See our MariaDB vs. PostgreSQL report.
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