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Amazon Linux vs MariaDB on CentOS comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Linux
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
13th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
44
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MariaDB on CentOS
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
21st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.0
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Operating Systems (OS) for Business category, the mindshare of Amazon Linux is 1.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MariaDB on CentOS is 0.2%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon Linux1.2%
MariaDB on CentOS0.2%
Other98.6%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
 

Featured Reviews

SAURAB K GANGURDE - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior AWS Consultant at Quantum Integrators
“Amazon Linux delivers automated security updates— including live kernel patching in AL2023—ensuring protected workloads with minimal manual effort and zero-downtime patching.”
One improvement for Amazon Linux would be stronger support for running it outside AWS. Although Amazon provides local VM images for VirtualBox and VMware, they are intended mainly for development and testing. Unlike Ubuntu, Debian, or Red Hat, Amazon Linux is not designed or fully supported as a production OS in on-prem or hybrid environments. Expanding official support outside AWS would offer more flexibility for teams that maintain mixed infrastructure. Another area for improvement is the community ecosystem. Compared to Ubuntu or Red Hat, Amazon Linux has a smaller community and fewer third-party resources or tutorials. A larger ecosystem would make troubleshooting and adoption easier. Finally, improving backward compatibility between Amazon Linux 2 and Amazon Linux 2023—especially around package management (DNF vs yum) and updated toolchains—would simplify upgrades for teams managing large fleets.
DM
Performance Testing And A PM Expert at ADM
Performance tests have been streamlined for analysis while query tuning still needs improvement
The technical support or community support for MariaDB on CentOS is bad. There is a main problem with all the companies that sell this kind of tool and services. The first level of support is the first one you reach. When you begin to have a more difficult problem, there is no one available because sometimes you need to update the call and recall on it. This is not good because when we have some big problem on the database, we need to have a database administrator, not a person who reads instructions on the screen. It is always the same problem. My rating is two.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Amazon Linux has impacted my organization positively by simplifying the workflow where we manage our EKS nodes."
"Amazon Linux is really easy to use, and almost all of the packages and third-party applications are available just one command away, with security kernel patches released very quickly compared to other distributions."
"Amazon Linux provides a secure, stable, and high-performance environment that is optimized for the AWS ecosystem itself."
"Amazon Linux has positively impacted my organization as we have set up production microservices requiring integration with Amazon Linux and AWS cloud workloads, providing us with peace of mind since we don't need to worry about security issues."
"There is no additional licensing cost for Amazon Linux, so my organization sees 20% to 40% better performance when migrating from a paid distribution such as RHEL."
"Amazon Linux has positively impacted my organization because we are able to host our applications, mainly Kubernetes applications, our servers, and testing environments, while also being able to get lower cost servers."
"Amazon Linux has positively impacted my organization by helping us to automate things on a large scale, so it was really helpful."
"Amazon Linux is lightweight and is a beginner-friendly tool that provides a good, smooth experience at a beginner level."
"With 10 years of experience with the product, I think the biggest advantage is that it is easier to maintain than Oracle."
"MariaDB on CentOS has positively impacted our organization in several ways."
"MariaDB on CentOS is effective in handling large data volumes; I have installed approximately 10,000 devices and it is working well."
"MariaDB on CentOS is a very good SQL database that is open source, meaning no license cost for users."
"MariaDB on CentOS is almost identical to MySQL, and the experience is very similar."
"MariaDB on CentOS is faster than Oracle."
"MariaDB on CentOS has positively impacted my organization by providing more features compared to Oracle MySQL, particularly in terms of performance, advantages, and implemented features, leading to migrations from Oracle MySQL to MariaDB on CentOS."
 

Cons

"I have honestly never had any problems with Amazon Linux, aside from disk space issues."
"In terms of improvements, the one thing I would say which I wish Amazon Linux was better at is that sometimes I find that I need to compile my own software because some dependencies are not within Amazon Linux."
"I would love it if Amazon could provide fleet management of their operating system for updates and configuration, as that's an area I would need more attention to."
"Sometimes, command arguments are difficult to remember and challenging for beginners because at a beginner level, I may not understand the proper meaning or the necessary Linux commands."
"While Amazon Linux worked very well overall for us, there could be a few areas for improvement."
"Amazon last provided some security patches that were not very fast, which was one reason I did not rate it higher, along with a few things, such as some particular versions of Python that are not readily available in Amazon Linux."
"Amazon Linux can be improved because currently it does not provide much longer session durations and sometimes it does not provide some of the tools I want to be included."
"I think Amazon Linux can be improved by making things more easy to use and user-friendly, as the features are very inherited and in hierarchical dynamics."
"Many functionalities are not available in MariaDB on CentOS, so those aspects needed to be rewritten, particularly Oracle proprietary features."
"One of the things that is not ideal is that the version which is default is sometimes older than the very latest."
"The technical support or community support for MariaDB on CentOS is bad."
"I think MariaDB on CentOS needs improvements in some memory-level implementations within the operating system, as I have noticed issues related to memory orientation, such as out-of-memory problems."
"You can always improve a product, and the area that is very sensitive in MariaDB on CentOS is the release and the backward compatibility."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
12%
Educational Organization
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
39%
Transportation Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
University
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise19
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon Linux?
I believe there is no need to improve Amazon Linux. It is definitely working in a very progressive and highly scalable way.
What is your primary use case for Amazon Linux?
My use case for Amazon Linux includes web and application hosting, microservices, container, database management, and virtual desktop services. I use Amazon Linux as a lightweight base image for Do...
What advice do you have for others considering Amazon Linux?
I will provide a rating of eight for Amazon Linux. I am using a long-term support version of Amazon Linux, so there is no need for any other features. Amazon Linux provides different types of servi...
What is your primary use case for MariaDB on CentOS?
I always use MariaDB on CentOS for performance testing, as my main job is to analyze all the issues after the load test. Performance testing is the central use case.
What advice do you have for others considering MariaDB on CentOS?
I am working with some testing tools today, and it is always the same tools. The big ones are LoadRunner and NeoLoad, and for APM I use Dynatrace. I also work with Grafana, but LoadRunner is my pri...
 

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