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MariaDB: solid DB with nice scaleability and open source sensibility
October 16, 2019

MariaDB: solid DB with nice scaleability and open source sensibility

Jason Smith, DPA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with MariaDB

MariaDB is being used for all our academic computing and research projects at Pomona College where an relational database is needed. The problem that is solves for us is that we can get projects and development up quick on MariaDB without having to have to worry about complex DBA stuff or dealing with expensive licences. Lot's of out online infrastructure uses MariaDB and most anything that is currently on MySQL will be moved to MariaDB.
  • MariaDB does well with PHP or Python (django) in a web environment. Developers are able to work quickly.
  • MariaDB is extremely well documented and has a gigantic support community. If you need ask a question on how to do things you can go to many placces online and find answers quickly.
  • MariaDB is fast! Queries with tens of thousands of rows are quick.
  • MariaDB is highly compatible with Oracle's MySQL. Basically the same thing but more open and with a brighter future.
  • With MariaDB it is so easy to import and export data, and backups are a cinch. This saves me so much time as compared to other RDBMS.
  • I can honestly sat that there is no area where MariaDB needs improvement. Nothing is hard to use, the learning curve is just the nature of the product. I see no missing functionality, add ting things would only be unwanted bloat.
  • MariaDB has saved us tens of thousands of dollars in licensing fees.
  • The ROI is instant.
  • A product like maria makes possible for us to build all types of in house developed softwares.
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 on the same environment with little overhead. One of the best features that MariaDB has is the ability of backup or dump data to standard text sql statements. That was one of the reasons why we choose MariaDb because it makes backups or transferring data a snap.
Well I have never had to use MariaDB for support. However, they get a ten because the support community online is just fantastic. There is always someone there to answer a question. Moreover it is easy to find documentation online. Again, this is often the case with open source software.

Do you think MariaDB Platform delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with MariaDB Platform's feature set?

Yes

Did MariaDB Platform live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of MariaDB Platform go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy MariaDB Platform again?

Yes

MariaDB works well in a web development environment using PHP or Python. We have also used it in a Tomcat environment. I do not see any reason to use any other database such as Oracle, Informix, or any MySQL server. In my opinion they all under perform MariaDB when it comes to performance and ease of administration. MariaDB is very scalable. You can use the same instance for small projects with a few hundred rows or with a few million. MariaDB is powerful and that power can be found in its command line which makes the manipulation of any data easy, especially when the SQL is not of a proprietary nature.