We performed a comparison between Citus Data 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."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."
"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."
"MariaDB is easy to install and is stable and scalable."
"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."
"A valuable feature is that we can use it for quite a few things, all the things you'd expect from a server—along the lines of Linux's Lightweight Directory."
"Great monitoring and performance stability."
"This solution is user-friendly."
"From a customer perspective, MariaDB is a good choice for cluster configuration. It's also easy to operate and cheap."
"MariaDB is scalable."
"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."
"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."
"More features in monitoring and the reporting could make it better."
"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."
"It should work across all fields like SQLite, as it is the basis of any application, even apps for phones and the like."
"It would be helpful if I could specify multiple drives for the database storage."
"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."
"MariaDB could be improved by adding more automation."
"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's GUI is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"I would like to see a better user interface which would make the tool less complex."
"We'd like more data intelligence."
Citus Data is ranked 18th in Relational Databases Tools with 3 reviews while MariaDB is ranked 5th in Relational Databases Tools with 51 reviews. Citus Data is rated 8.0, while MariaDB is rated 8.2. 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 MariaDB writes "Simultaneously use active server capabilities but lacks the maturity ". Citus Data is most compared with YugabyteDB, CockroachDB, Amazon Aurora, SQL Server and MySQL, whereas MariaDB is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, Firebird SQL and MySQL. See our Citus Data vs. MariaDB report.
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