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.
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"It is a scalable solution. It easily scales up and scales down."
"There is the need for a robust IDE for MongoDB. The existing PHP admin console doesn't meet the client's requirements effectively."
"MariaDB is stable and the initial setup is straightforward."
"It is a stable solution."
"MariaDB has a straightforward initial setup with easy-to-understand documentation."
"Easy to use and available in most environments."
"MariaDB performs well as the backend database for our cloud-based telephony solution."
"The solution provides complete support in terms of the SQL dialect and behaves nicely when it comes to transactions."
"It has completely met our needs. It works, and it is robust. We haven't had any problems with what PostgreSQL does for us and the way it does it. That's why we've been using it for so long. We understand it, and it does the job."
"The built-in code procedural language is the most valuable. It has a built-in layer for code procedures. Its installation is very easy and quick, and it is free. It is also stable, and its performance is also good."
"With the database, you can provide a multi-component at the same service with the same performance, scalability, or all those things."
"Postgres has some functions called JSONB aggregators or other aggregators, which are quite useful."
"The most valuable feature is the performance."
"We are able to create many different types of jobs and items with this solution making it one of the most valuable features."
"The most valuable features are the price, stability, it is scalable and is used by our clients in small business environments, and it is a simple product to use."
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"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 product needs more features and more functionality. It's imperative that it supports more platforms, and supports more operating systems."
"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."
"The GUI could be improved a bit. The user interface needs to be improved."
"MariaDB could be improved by adding more automation."
"The dashboard and pricing need improvement."
"I would like to see a better user interface which would make the tool less complex."
"It would be great if the solution offered even more integration capabilities."
"The solution could improve the integration."
"They need to have a better graphical interface. There is a tool called pgAdmin 4 that they use, which is free. It is written in Java, and it is slow. They need to have a better product that is similar to Toad for Oracle, but, of course, it is hard to get something that's really great and free. Other than that, it is great."
"I'm not really able to customize it."
"There are some products out there that have a slightly different method of implementation for the SQL language. Some of those are slightly better in some areas, and PostgreSQL is slightly better in some areas. I would probably like to match all of those products together. It is just down to the functionality. For example, Oracle has a number of options within SQL that are outside of what you would class as the SQL standard. PostgreSQL misses some of those, but PostgreSQL does other things that are better than what Oracle does. I would like to merge those two products so that there is a certain amount of functionality in a single product."
"As PostgreSQL is an open-source product, you do have to do a bit more configuration and management yourself."
"PostgreSQL is a stable system, but from a security point of view, it still needs improvement."
"Integration with other platforms could be improved."
MariaDB is ranked 4th in Open Source Databases with 53 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, Chroma and SQLite. See our MariaDB vs. PostgreSQL report.
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