MariaDB Reviews & Product Details

MariaDB frees companies from the costs, constraints and complexity of proprietary databases, enabling them to reinvest in what matters most – rapidly developing innovative, customer-facing applications. MariaDB uses pluggable, purpose-built storage engines to support workloads that previously required a variety of specialized databases. With complexity and constraints eliminated, enterprises can now depend on a single complete database for all their needs, whether on commodity hardware or their cloud of choice. Deployed in minutes for transactional or analytical use cases, MariaDB delivers unmatched operational agility without sacrificing key enterprise features including real ACID compliance and full SQL. Trusted by organizations such as Deutsche Bank, DBS Bank, Nasdaq, Red Hat, ServiceNow, Verizon and Walgreens – MariaDB meets the same core requirements as proprietary databases at a fraction of the cost. No wonder it’s the fastest growing open source database. Real business relies on MariaDB™.

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German, English, French, Korean

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Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/26/2019

"MariaDB - Review"

4.5/5

What do you like best about MariaDB?

MariaDB is a very simple and efficient database for any size of organizations. It's backups are very easy to handle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

The only problem with MariaDB is it's configuration. But there is well defined documentation for Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/8/2019

"Inexpensive and reliable database for projects"

4.5/5

What do you like best about MariaDB?

It is open source and reliable enough for my projects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

I like everything. So far it is perfect for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Medical Devices

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/28/2019

"Senior Software engineer"

4.5/5

What do you like best about MariaDB?

Flexibility of connection pools with shared memory or sockets. I also like the fact that MariaDB follows closely behind MySQL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

There is nothing I dislike. I like all of it. It is free, and open source. What is not to like? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering MariaDB:

Look at the advantages and disadvantages between this and other databases to see if it works for your organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MariaDB solving and how is that benefiting you?

This is a great relational database that can be used for anything where data relates to it. It is fast, user friendly, and has a large amount of use and followers. The documentation is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Philippe L.

Principal Consultant

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/3/2019

"Early adopter that is in for the long haul"

5/5

What do you like best about MariaDB?

Blazing (and crash resistant) speed with Aria, safe transactions with standard MySQL syntax. Stable, predictable, growing set of features that satisfies every DB storage need. The ability to deploy delayed replication with relative ease is a bonus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

Clustering side of the software can be very tedious to set up, and we've instead gone with a Master-Slave-Slave setup to ensure integrity Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering MariaDB:

Run, don't walk, to this solution. Very easy to deploy, very easy to administer, blazing speed, and safeguards to ensure data integrity are all key reasons to choose this over the competition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MariaDB solving and how is that benefiting you?

Storage of millions of records per day from an aggressive statistical data collection approach. Tens of millions of data points stored and queried each day. all on standard IBM server hardware with reasonable amounts of RAM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nina B.

Sr. Manager, Product, Customer Resiliency

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/26/2019

"Easy to use sql database"

4/5

What do you like best about MariaDB?

I like the support AWS provides for it and that it’s hosted in the cloud vs my server. Easy to integrate with other aws services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

Nothing really, it’s been a great experience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abhishek D.

Software Developer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/9/2019

"MariaDB - Deserves a try"

3.5/5

What do you like best about MariaDB?

I have tried Maria DB once when we were working on a POC, it looked like a good database that sufficed all our needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

When we started using it it fulfilled all our needs but we have not tried it in depth to find out things we do not like Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Conor C.

Admin

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/26/2019

"Very stable with excellent docs and legacy support"

4.5/5

What do you like best about MariaDB?

The online docs are excellent, far better than mySQL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

Nothing, when compared to mysql. It is rather retro compared to other RDMS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Games

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/31/2019

"Using MariaDB as a MySQL replacement"

5/5

What do you like best about MariaDB?

I like that I can use all of the standard toolsets that work with MySQL, and they are interoperable which makes the life of an admin and user much easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

I find it confusing that some features only exist in MySQL vs MariaDB, as it makes the decision to use it difficult if you ever wish to migrate between the pieces of software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering MariaDB:

You do not really need to worry much about compatibility issues if you are already using MySQL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MariaDB solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use this for our internal databases (intranet) in order to run certain pieces of open source software which require a database. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/23/2018

"MariaDB review"

4.5/5

What do you like best about MariaDB?

Great open source DB with plenty of documentation. We use MariaDB exclusively for all our web projects. It uses mainly standard SQL statements, is easy to install, configure, and is well supported in terms of security updates. The price is also great (ie, free!). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

There isn't much although if I had to say one thing it would for a better GUI interface to view/edit/delete data. MySQLAdmin could use an interface update, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering MariaDB:

Highly recommended open source, scalable database. It uses mainly standard SQL statements, is easy to install, configure, and is well supported in terms of security updates. The price is also great (ie, free!). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MariaDB solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use MariaDB exclusively as the data store to all of our web/CMS projects. It is relatively stable and easy to set up. It uses mainly standard SQL statements, is easy to install, configure, and is well supported in terms of security updates. Can't be the cost (free) of this product!!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Robert G.

FOSS Implementation Specialist

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/3/2019

"Great product for a wide range of database uses."

4.5/5

What do you like best about MariaDB?

The commitment to open source model and the continued development of innovative features and integrations. The Galera synchronous cluster and Node.js MariaDB Connector are two recent ones that come to mind. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

I wish they would finish the Aria DB engines features to make it on par with the InnoDB engine. I wish they would incorporate either the MyDumper or mysqlpump parallel backup tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering MariaDB:

If you have a need of MySQL compatible DB server, I would highly recommend using MariaDB for stability as well as range of features and integrations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MariaDB solving and how is that benefiting you?

There are several different products and professional sites in use that utilize MariaDB. DB performance is a definite benefit. Many application cross compatibility is another. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.