MariaDB Platform vs. Microsoft SQL Server

MariaDB Platform

76 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft SQL Server

1,630 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
MariaDB Platform	Score9.9 out of 10	N/A	MariaDB is an open-source relational database made by the original developers of MySQL, supported by the MariaDB Foundation and a community of developers. The community states recent additional capabilities as including clustering with Galera Cluster 4, compatibility with Oracle Database, and Temporal Data Tables, allowing one to query the data as it stood at any point in the past.	N/A
Microsoft SQL Server	Score8.8 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database.	$1,418 Per License

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MariaDB Platform

Microsoft SQL Server

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Subscription: $1,418.00
Per License
Enterprise: $13,748.00
Per License

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MariaDB Platform	Microsoft SQL Server
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	MariaDB Platform	Microsoft SQL Server
Considered Both Products	MariaDB Verified User Chose MariaDB Platform MariaDB is perhaps the best open source database server available, combining a wide range of supported platforms, MySQL compatibility, a low footprint, and reasonably high performance. If you have cost constraints, or limited server resources, I recommend MariaDB, particularly … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose MariaDB Platform MS SQL Server is like a BlackBox in many cases. Honestly we did not need advanced functionality that SQL server offers, just a plain DBMS. MariaDB is easier to manage, cross operating system, "lighter" with better performances than SQL server. We went with MariaDB Platform even … Incentivized Helpful? Alex Anwar Aerospace IT Specialist in Corporate at CommunicAVIA Pte Ltd (Airlines/Aviation, 1-10 employees) Chose MariaDB Platform We tried Percona also, but we sometimes having trouble with it and on some cases it having lesser performance than MariaDB. MySQL is the the facto standard, we use this only in scenario that it cannot be replaced by MariaDB. MSSQL is used only if the client ask for Windows … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose MariaDB Platform MariaDB is very similar to MySQL, but MariaDB has more alternative database engines and ideas for the future where MySQL is offers the stable and more mature version (if not stale). Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose MariaDB Platform MariaDB is the clear winner compared to any other database I've used. Reliable, scale-able, affordable--you name the consideration and MariaDB is the winner. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose MariaDB Platform MariaDB is much easier to set up and maintain compared to PostgreSQL makes it much faster to launch our application and relatively easier to upgrade its version so we can make sure the installed version is up to date with the latest patch, which is especially important if we … Incentivized Helpful? Jason Smith, DPA Instructional Technologist in Information Technology at Pomona College (Higher Education, 201-500 employees) Chose MariaDB Platform MariaDB stacks up the the competition just fine. Due to is ture open source nature we do not have to worry about licencing and spending money on nothing. Moreover, MariaDB does everything that we need to get done. We can run data that is a million rows or many smaller projects … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose MariaDB Platform Thanks to MySQL compatibility, everything you've learned while using it can be utilized when using MariaDB. Therefore it's a better choice than MongoDB and MSSQL if you're looking to switch away from MySQL. MariaDB is also a very mature and stable product, unlike MongoDB that … Incentivized Helpful? Anson Abraham Data Lord in Engineering at Envisagenics, Inc. (Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees) Chose MariaDB Platform MariaDB is cheaper than Oracle Database and MSSQL server. MySQL owned by Oracle. So MariaDB has too many forks, but enough people in the community. PostgreSQL has a larger community and better administration. However, it s not like MariaDB w/ Galera. MariaDB is not good for … Incentivized Helpful? Stênio Pereira Filho Senior System Analyst in Information Technology at Universidade de São Paulo (Education Management, 10,001+ employees) Chose MariaDB Platform We know others DB alternatives like MySQL, Microsoft SQLServer, PostgreSQL. We selected MariaDB because it offer advanced features like active-active cluster, with no costs and easy to learn. With MariaDB was easy to migrate ours applications that use MySQL, with no … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose MariaDB Platform MariaDB costs much less than SQL Server to acquire and maintain. In comparison to Cassandra, it gives us operational use and helps in Agile development. Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft Verified User Chose Microsoft SQL Server MS SQL Server is easier to use compared to other RDBMS which really speeds up development time and relatively easier to find a problem when it happens as well. It's also pretty quick to run a query, especially in a large table make it pretty convenient if we need to monitor the … Incentivized Helpful? Andy G Teasdale Analyst - Asset Managment in Information Technology at MoneySuperMarket.com (Utilities, 201-500 employees) Chose Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft is more appropriate for the requirements of this particular organisation due to its ability to handle structured data efficiently and the fact that it is already widely used. Incentivized Helpful?
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User Ratings
	MariaDB Platform	Microsoft SQL Server
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (30 ratings)	7.9 (99 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (6 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (4 ratings)	7.2 (13 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	8.7 (16 ratings)	7.9 (25 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (5 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)