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.
"It is an absolutely stable solution."
"We use MariaDB for identity provider services. Most of the things that we are doing are deployed in the container mode. All such solutions require a database, and MariaDB is easier to use for these kinds of deployments."
"It is a stable solution."
"I am editing."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is a relational database, which is fairly reliable...It is a stable solution."
"MariaDB has a straightforward initial setup with easy-to-understand documentation."
"The performance is very good."
"Great monitoring and performance stability."
"It is the latest technology and pretty powerful in terms of the high availability of the virtual server."
"It's much more friendly in comparison with Oracle."
"Its availability for a secured server is one of its most valuable features. Also its replications - we can manage eight replicas. Their clustering and availability groups are also valuable."
"The solution is very easy to use. It's intuitive and easy to navigate. Overall, it's a straightforward product."
"This solution has proven stability and operational power."
"I use it to fine tune my procedures and functions."
"The most valuable feature would most likely be querying. We query a lot, we use a lot of stored procedures. As for other features, such as replication and all other more fancy features we don't use them the most. I do not know, but perhaps the DBAs would be the best people who know of the features that they use, but as far as how I use it, it's just for querying and running stored procedures. We use the bare minimum features."
"The solution is easy to use, has rich feature sets, and is business-oriented."
"There is room for improvement in terms of security."
"The configuration could be improved. It should be easier."
"The GUI could be improved a bit. The user interface needs to be improved."
"The price could be less expensive."
"MariaDB can improve by adding more features. There are a lot of features, which are available in Oracle, and which are not available in MariaDB. We hope they will introduce the features soon."
"When we have had issues with accidental computer shutdown or a power outage, our MariaDB database was corrupted."
"The dashboard and pricing need improvement."
"Could have more integration with user platforms."
"I would appreciate a dark theme for SQL Server Management Studio and ability to add databases with TDE enabled into availability groups."
"The solution could offer better integration with other solutions - specifically Microsoft."
"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."
"The backup capacity needs to be bigger."
"SQL Server could be improved with cheaper licensing because it's very expensive."
"The solution could improve by having better integration."
"It could be more stable."
"They could improve the solution by allowing more portability between on-premise and the cloud."
MariaDB is ranked 5th in Relational Databases Tools with 53 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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