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Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
UH
Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Opensource DB alternative for MySQL"
3.5/5
What do you like best about MariaDB?

Opensource RDBMS, Highly scalable, highly available, security, supports multi platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

Full-text search is slow, manual activity on backup and restore operations. Less user-friendly while working from Command Line Interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
AC
Verified User in Computer & Network Security
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"My experience with Maria Db"
4/5
What do you like best about MariaDB?

Better than mySql, low latency, integration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

Difficult to move to SQL after adoption. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Pascal L.
Release Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"A great relational Database"
5/5
What do you like best about MariaDB?

MariaDB is proven to be compatible with MySQL database. So it is an easy replacement with a strong community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

There is no company directly selling the product. So if you need support, it might be difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohammed M.
MM
Mohammed M.
Product Development Professional
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"My experience with MariaDB"
4/5
What do you like best about MariaDB?

I like the fact that it is compatible with MySQL out of the box. I could switch between the two at any time. It's very easy to install and maintain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

Scaling the database is difficult like other SQL databases poor support of full text search Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
AI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Next level DB for mid enterprise application"
5/5
What do you like best about MariaDB?

The ease of operations while performing ddl,dml and dcl tasks makes it super smooth. The aggregation functions are also useful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

Utility functions like postgres must be incluced Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

urbansurd S.
US
urbansurd S.
Staff Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"One of the best RDBMS"
5/5
What do you like best about MariaDB?

Mariadb is easy to install, configure and managed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

Nothing, each feature is good and useful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A great relational database to pick"
4.5/5
What do you like best about MariaDB?

it comprises all features of the MySql database and is free to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

I did not find any reason to dislike this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Elizabeth J.
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Elizabeth J.
Software Developer
Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"MariaDB Review"
4/5
Verified User in Telecommunications
AT
Verified User in Telecommunications
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"MariaDB is a reliable database and very easy to use"
4/5
What do you like best about MariaDB?

Why I like the best about this type of database is that is very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

Maybe what I will point out negatively is that Caching is an area or a feature that could use some improvements. Also that when the size increase, it becomes a bit slow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Marius B.
MB
Marius B.
IT Director
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Good"
5/5
What do you like best about MariaDB?

Easy to use, reliable, great documentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MariaDB?

Slow compared to MS SQL on large data sets Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Last activity almost 3 years ago

What is MariaDB used for?

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Francisco Silva
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Last activity over 6 years ago

Improvements in the mechanism of replication

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