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MariaDB - Database Management Software

MariaDB Reviews in June 2025: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

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MariaDB Reviews & Ratings

4.3

Very Good

Based on 243 ratings & 287 reviews

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Excellent

(186)

Very Good

(94)

Good

(6)

Poor

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Expert's Review

MariaDB emerges as a favored choice for businesses, especially startups and mid-scale operations, seeking an efficient and cost-effective open-source database solution. Users praise MariaDB for its seamless integration with various frameworks and ease of use, making it an optimal choice for relational database needs. Its compatibility with MySQL, fast ...Read more

MariaDB pros and cons

  • Provides excellent speed and performance with advanced features like transaction management and SQL support.

  • Integrates with various frameworks and applications, ensuring ease of use and broad compatibility.

  • Open-source nature saves on licensing costs and supports a strong user community for assistance.

  • Offers a broad range of data management features like encryption, backup/restore tools, and high availability clustering.

  • May have limited options for additional apps and connectors in the Marketplace, affecting advanced functionalities.

  • Some users find the queries and insertions in MariaDB can lead to deadlocks, causing performance issues.

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Anonymous User

03/16/19

4 out of 5

"MriaDB: Simple RDMS solution"

What do you like best about MariaDB? If you are coming from MySQL background as most of us does, MariaDB is the best tool you want to work with. What do you dislike about MariaDB? lack of documentation of this software compared to MySQL. What problems is MariaDB solving and how is that benefiting you? We used it with Dev environment of our web applications.

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Tom P

03/09/19

4 out of 5

"MariaDB"

What do you like best about MariaDB? MariaDB is a solid backbone to a lot of custom apps we host. The development is open and performance is faster than MySQL What do you dislike about MariaDB? Not all OS's support MariaDB. There are better DB's out there What problems is MariaDB solving and how is that benefiting you? Hosting custom DB's and is used on a lot of appliances like Synology

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Anonymous User

03/07/19

5 out of 5

"Using for more than 10 years"

What do you like best about MariaDB? Its super fast for magento! Its optimzed for our solutions. What do you dislike about MariaDB? Still wondering why they changed the name to mariadb... What problems is MariaDB solving and how is that benefiting you? Ecommerce solutions like magento

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Paul Z

03/07/19

5 out of 5

"Using for more than 10 years"

What do you like best? Its super fast for magento! Its optimzed for our solutions. What do you dislike? Still wondering why they changed the name to mariadb... What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Ecommerce solutions like magento

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Krishna P

03/06/19

4 out of 5

"Good alternative"

What do you like best about MariaDB? Few features like algility is better than mysql What do you dislike about MariaDB? Still doesn't have that flexibility as MySQL in queries Recommendations to others considering MariaDB: Provide more custom query and real-time database What problems is MariaDB solving and how is that benefiting you? Intregrated with Java and to he true it performed well

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User in Information Technology and Services

03/06/19

3.5 out of 5

"Simple database for small applications"

What do you like best? Its simple to install and use obviously you need to have the right business case to use this. Do not put your mission critical systems on it. If the transactions are light then this can be a great open source technology. But dont put anything on it that you cant afford to rebuild or loose. What do you dislike? There is still a lack of commercial support. it has lot of catching up to do with commercial options What problems are you solving with the product? What ...

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Anonymous User

03/06/19

3.5 out of 5

"Simple database for small applications"

What do you like best about MariaDB? Its simple to install and use obviously you need to have the right business case to use this. Do not put your mission critical systems on it. If the transactions are light then this can be a great open source technology. But dont put anything on it that you cant afford to rebuild or loose. What do you dislike about MariaDB? There is still a lack of commercial support. it has lot of catching up to do with commercial options What problems is MariaDB ...

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User in Computer Software

03/01/19

4 out of 5

"MariaDB review"

What do you like best? what i like the most is the simplicity of use. it respect the relational DB rules What do you dislike? what i dislike the most is that relational rules are limited versus no sql What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? we solved many probleme related to web apps

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Administrator in Consumer Goods

03/01/19

4 out of 5

"IT admin "

What do you like best? Very easy to install on the server and works well What do you dislike? There is nothing I dislike about this software What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Database

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Anonymous User

03/01/19

4 out of 5

"IT admin "

What do you like best about MariaDB? Very easy to install on the server and works well What do you dislike about MariaDB? There is nothing I dislike about this software What problems is MariaDB solving and how is that benefiting you? Database

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