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MariaDB Reviews in September 2026: User Ratings, Pros & Cons
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MariaDB is a solid choice for startups and mid-market companies that need a low-cost relational database. It runs MySQL-compatible code without modification, which matters if you're migrating from MySQL or hiring developers familiar with that ecosystem. Performance is good for typical transactional workloads—users report fast query execution on standard hardware. ...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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Daniel J
08/16/19
"MariaDB experience"
What do you like best about MariaDB? OpenSource environment and Replication options. There is a very good community based around this product and finding answers online is relatively painless. What do you dislike about MariaDB? Lack of enterprise support in a corporate environment. I wish there was more adoption which would lend to more support providers Recommendations to others considering MariaDB: Need to have experience with MySQL and enterprise database experience a plus What problems ...
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Anonymous User
07/11/19
"MariaDB Review"
What do you like best about MariaDB? The first and best part is that is on an Open Source platform, it offers a very good performance and is inexpensive. What do you dislike about MariaDB? It doesn't handle well security, and is not scalable for big companies Recommendations to others considering MariaDB: N/A What problems is MariaDB solving and how is that benefiting you? Is mainly used for test environments.
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Administrator in Financial Services
07/11/19
"MariaDB Review"
What do you like best? The first and best part is that is on an Open Source platform, it offers a very good performance and is inexpensive. What do you dislike? It doesn't handle well security, and is not scalable for big companies Recommendations to others considering the product: N/A What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Is mainly used for test environments.
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User in Computer Networking
07/03/19
"Maria DB Review"
What do you like best? Very easy to use and to deploy, easy of troubleshoot and very reliable What do you dislike? Sometimes it has compatibility issues that are not so easy to solve What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Managing Data Bases on a linux system
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Anonymous User
07/03/19
"Maria DB Review"
What do you like best about MariaDB? Very easy to use and to deploy, easy of troubleshoot and very reliable What do you dislike about MariaDB? Sometimes it has compatibility issues that are not so easy to solve What problems is MariaDB solving and how is that benefiting you? Managing Data Bases on a linux system
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User in Computer Networking
07/01/19
"Used to run a mysql server on raspberrypi servers."
What do you like best? Open software readily available and easy to install. Quick setup and allows work to progress quickly and efficiently with minimal waiting/downtime. What do you dislike? Must be installed in a linux terminal. Lacks GUI interface as far as I'm aware to install in desktop linux environment. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Quick database that integrates easily with a popular database schema.
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Anonymous User
07/01/19
"Used to run a mysql server on raspberrypi servers."
What do you like best about MariaDB? Open software readily available and easy to install. Quick setup and allows work to progress quickly and efficiently with minimal waiting/downtime. What do you dislike about MariaDB? Must be installed in a linux terminal. Lacks GUI interface as far as I'm aware to install in desktop linux environment. What problems is MariaDB solving and how is that benefiting you? Quick database that integrates easily with a popular database schema.
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Conor C
06/26/19
"Very stable with excellent docs and legacy support"
What do you like best about MariaDB? The online docs are excellent, far better than mySQL. What do you dislike about MariaDB? Nothing, when compared to mysql. It is rather retro compared to other RDMS. Recommendations to others considering MariaDB: Switching from mysql is a good idea What problems is MariaDB solving and how is that benefiting you? Multi-tenant hosting without difficulty.
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User in Computer Software
06/26/19
"MariaDB - Review"
What do you like best? MariaDB is a very simple and efficient database for any size of organizations. It's backups are very easy to handle. What do you dislike? The only problem with MariaDB is it's configuration. But there is well defined documentation for What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? MariaDB offers stable and useful services for managing data. It uses simple SQL queries.
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Anonymous User
06/26/19
"MariaDB - Review"
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. What do you dislike about MariaDB? The only problem with MariaDB is it's configuration. But there is well defined documentation for What problems is MariaDB solving and how is that benefiting you? MariaDB offers stable and useful services for managing data. It uses simple SQL queries.
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