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IBM solidDB vs MariaDB comparison

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Categories and Ranking

IBM solidDB
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
39th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MariaDB
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
15th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of IBM solidDB is 1.4%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MariaDB is 3.2%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MariaDB3.2%
IBM solidDB1.4%
Other95.4%
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Featured Reviews

it_user722241 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
​No other solution came close to this product's speed and tech support is on a really high level
If you need local DB cache with extreme speed, then go for it, if you need something to work as a distributed cloud database, then solidDB would not be the right decision. With our Telco experience, we help with suggestions for new features and improvements of existing ones for new versions of solidDB. Also, in our labs, we do some pre-alpha testing to help them to complete some new features in the right way.
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Architect at LTIMindtree
Cloud deployment has improved security and performance but still needs richer query features
MariaDB is easy to install. Performance of MariaDB has improved with the query optimizer. We use MariaDB's data-at-rest encryption. Encryption is available in MariaDB, so we are secure for transmitting data without concern about moving over networks. Query optimization in MariaDB is better than Oracle. We use advanced replication for MariaDB. Role-based access is available in MariaDB, which is a good feature. The technical support of MariaDB is very helpful. They came and tuned our queries with one-to-one assistance.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Memory cache DB and carrier grade high availability, best fit to Telco demands."
"It has worked very well for us so far."
"The most valuable feature of MariaDB is the replication mode."
"It's easy to set up."
"The stability of MariaDB is good, it has high availability."
"The product has been stable and reliable."
"MariaDB can solve things better than MySQL, and MariaDB has better performance than MySQL."
"With MariaDB, you can use it as a column store database, which means you replicate your transactional data as columnar data and then you can use it as a sort-of business intelligence, and it's a very easy product to set up."
"One of the great features of MariaDB is its scalability. It's easy to handle even with large databases."
 

Cons

"Data replication and data distribution between multiple nodes definitely have room for improvement here."
"The scaling for database online transactions needs improvement."
"One feedback I can quickly provide is the need for a robust IDE for MongoDB. The existing PHP admin console doesn't meet the client's requirements effectively."
"It requires enterprise integration improvements from the security, and audit perspective (AD integration etc.). Also, existing integration into BI tools is not present."
"The performance could be a bit better."
"The customer service and support are okay. But the response time is slow. Moreover, the material is not available freely."
"I'd like to see improved materialized views, like the ability to save select queries. This feature is missing in MariaDB compared to other relational databases like Oracle and SQL Server."
"I’m not sure if it can scale, so I’m not sure how it would fare for significant companies."
"The stability could always continue to be improved upon."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"This is an open source solution with no licensing fees."
"This is an open-source product, which can be used free of charge."
"MariaDB is available for free."
"It is an open-source solution."
"There is a monthly subscription to use MariaDB."
"We pay for a yearly license."
"We use the solution's free version."
"The cost is quite good. You can have the open source, free version, which has adequate capacity."
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Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
University
9%
 

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Small Business28
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise26
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MariaDB?
MariaDB is in the pricey range, especially for huge databases handling terabytes of data. The cost depends on the volume of data and different features enabled during configuration, such as backup ...
What needs improvement with MariaDB?
The key area where MariaDB could be improved is its native GUI tooling; while the command-line interface works perfectly fine, the built-in visual tools for administration, management, and query de...
What is your primary use case for MariaDB?
My main use case for MariaDB was web applications, and I have been using MariaDB for just about a year now as I was in the development team. A specific web application where I used MariaDB is a hea...
 

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