We performed a comparison between Citus Data and MariaDB based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Relational Databases Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's very straightforward to implement the solution. It took us two days to set up everything."
"Its distributed processing capabilities are a standout feature. It requires minimal changes to get up and running if you already have a system on PostgreSQL. Citus can run in its natural state."
"You can use Citus Data to write complex scripts. I like its version upgrades and disaster recovery as well."
"MariaDB is easy to install and is stable and scalable."
"The most valuable feature of MariaDB is the replication mode."
"MariaDB is a fast and flexible tool."
"The most valuable feature is that it uses multiple cores, which is better than some of the other databases."
"It's easy to set up."
"MariaDB performs well as the backend database for our cloud-based telephony solution."
"For non-production purposes. I'm just using it for my personal project, so it works quite well. I haven't faced any errors yet."
"The solution runs very quickly. It's not slow at all."
"Citus Data needs to improve its stability. Do not consider this product if you have the budget. It is still developing and has a lot of issues."
"There are many areas of improvement , especially in terms of DDL query routing. Even though it's masterless, DDL queries need to be sent to the coordinator node. Also, setting up a multi-node environment could be more straightforward."
"More features in monitoring and the reporting could make it better."
"Lacks time series data and additional driving support would be helpful."
"Integration with AWS could be improved."
"The difficult part related to the product stems not from the tool itself but is related to learning how to implement the product in the right way without creating any wrong configuration that could cause security issues or performance issues."
"Replication could be better, and it's not so simple. It would be better if they had a replication server. It would make things a lot easier. You need to have that replication server, but not in the same server farm. Then there will be a bit of latency between both because you should have one in one city and another one in a different city. That kind of solution should be more baked into every single database today. Mirroring the database in a live environment where any record written on the production server replicates instantly across the fiber on the other server wasn't easy. Many people don't even bother with that, and they just run one server."
"I would like to see more compatibility going forward. This would help if there is a need to change databases."
"It doesn't have the same level of maturity metrics as Postgres."
"The price could be less expensive."
"It would be helpful if I could specify multiple drives for the database storage."
Citus Data is ranked 18th in Relational Databases Tools with 3 reviews while MariaDB is ranked 5th in Relational Databases Tools with 51 reviews. Citus Data is rated 8.0, while MariaDB is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Citus Data writes "Efficiently handles high-traffic scenarios and compatible with PostgreSQL extensions, offering flexibility in database management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MariaDB writes "Simultaneously use active server capabilities but lacks the maturity ". Citus Data is most compared with CockroachDB, YugabyteDB, Amazon Aurora, SQL Server and MySQL, whereas MariaDB is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL and MySQL. See our Citus Data vs. MariaDB report.
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