We performed a comparison between MariaDB and MySQL based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Open Source Databases solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I haven't faced any technical issues with the product, and it works fine."
"The speed and functionality are the most valuable features."
"MariaDB can solve things better than MySQL. Maria DB has better performance than MySQL."
"Installation is straightforward."
"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."
"I am editing."
"It is a scalable solution. It easily scales up and scales down."
"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 initial setup was easy. I work in an agile way, which means coding and deploying quickly."
"The most valuable features are that it's free and the documentation is good."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is its ubiquity. MySQL is everywhere, so if I need to find a developer to do things to it that I don't know, it's very easy to find someone who has expertise in it."
"It has a lot of features. The RDBMS, consistency, and multi-user features are valuable."
"Apart from the features that are in the enterprise part, we find the database to be valuable. The connectors and the backup features are valuable as well. We use the basic database. We don't really use the extra features. Our clients like the security features in the database."
"It is pretty simple to use and I don't have anything really bad to say about it."
"The fact that it is free is what appeals to me the most."
"It was easy to install."
"It does not have tools for debugging procedures and functions."
"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."
"An improvement would be scaling it up to the levels of Oracle, especially when it comes to resilience, so that we can do higher transactions for two databases or power our operation."
"I’m not sure if it can scale."
"In future releases, mainly the addition of security features would be beneficial for MariaDB."
"Data continuity could be improved."
"MariaDB's GUI is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"It's not very stable. It needs improvement."
"The workbench could be improved. In particular, error messages can be improved, which are horrific and completely unhelpful. I'd like to see improved parsing of errors. When you write SQL and it crashes, it usually is something completely irrelevant and not helpful. I've started to use GPT 3.5 for finding out how to do things. I got to do something a bit different, and that I found to be very useful. If there was some way to tie it into one of the new AI tools, that would probably be a good idea."
"I find the Microsoft solution a bit better. But mostly in terms of the UI layout, I would say. I just find it a little bit more efficient."
"It would be helpful if there were a graphical user interface to administer, configure, and tune it."
"Oracle should start putting in some of the enterprise features in the standard feature. There are some key features that should be part of the standard."
"It requires a training platform."
"MySQL's performance requires attention. For optimal performance, one should review and sometimes revise the code, particularly when using server-side scripting."
"I would like to improve the solution’s pricing for licenses."
"The solution could improve by having better performance and security."
MariaDB is ranked 3rd in Open Source Databases with 30 reviews while MySQL is ranked 1st in Open Source Databases with 24 reviews. MariaDB is rated 8.0, while MySQL is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of MariaDB writes "Allows for fetching data from multiple correlated or related databases in a single query, user-friendly and easy to handle". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MySQL writes "A tool that offers an easy setup phase along with exceptional stability". MariaDB is most compared with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle Database, Firebird SQL and Percona Server, whereas MySQL is most compared with Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL, Teradata, SQL Server and Oracle Database. See our MariaDB vs. MySQL report.
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