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."MariaDB is stable and the initial setup is straightforward."
"For non-production purposes. I'm just using it for my personal project, so it works quite well. I haven't faced any errors yet."
"The most valuable feature of MariaDB is that it is open-source and we can easily migrate from other databases, such as Oracle to MariaDB."
"There is the need for a robust IDE for MongoDB. The existing PHP admin console doesn't meet the client's requirements effectively."
"This solution is user-friendly."
"I haven't faced any technical issues with the product, and it works fine."
"The performance is very good."
"I am editing."
"It is easy to use."
"The initial setup for the SQL database is not complex and it even integrates into the platform. You set up the recipe and then just follow the runbook, the build book. Then it works as long as you follow the procedures."
"It has a remote access feature to manage the database from a remote location. This enables in-work collaboration."
"Compared to other databases, MySQL is cheaper and we were using the community edition which was free of cost. ML is fully integrated with the database in HeatWave. It has also many other features. MySQL is a far better solution in terms of pricing."
"Fully scalable and stable SQL-based RDBMS, with a straightforward and easy setup."
"It has a lot of features. The RDBMS, consistency, and multi-user features are valuable."
"The deployment process is pretty fast."
"MySQL is an easy-to-use solution that provides stability, reliability, flexibility, performance, security, and high availability."
"Master-master replication is something that needs to be simplified."
"One feedback I can quickly provide is the need for a robust IDE for MongoDB. The existing PHP admin console doesn't meet the client's requirements effectively."
"It would be helpful if I could specify multiple drives for the database storage."
"The PL/SQL performance is slow if you have big batch jobs running overnight."
"MariaDB's GUI is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"We'd like more data intelligence."
"It should work across all fields like SQLite, as it is the basis of any application, even apps for phones and the like."
"MariaDB should provide HA and archive logging... I haven't had the opportunity to use the features provided by the solution since I don't know how to see them."
"I would like to see some improvements in the solution’s integration aspects."
"Sometimes, I get lost in the toggles and buttons, and a better visual design would be nice. The layout is not user-friendly or efficient."
"When I run into issues, I really have to research how to fix them."
"MySQL lacks a feature akin to Oracle's Real Application Clusters, which ensures continuous database availability within the same data center or nearby data centers."
"The licensing cost of the solution is expensive, which MySQL needs to consider improving."
"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."
"We have encountered some performance issues, and the solution takes time for performing complex queries."
"I feel that some tools which make it easier to create queries or make it easier for other functions would be really interesting to see."
MariaDB is ranked 4th in Open Source Databases with 52 reviews while MySQL is ranked 1st in Open Source Databases with 142 reviews. MariaDB is rated 8.2, while MySQL is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of MariaDB writes "Simultaneously use active server capabilities but lacks the maturity ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MySQL writes "Good beginner base but it should have better support for backups". MariaDB is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL and Percona Server, whereas MySQL is most compared with Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL, Teradata, SAP HANA and SQL Server. See our MariaDB vs. MySQL report.
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