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IBM solidDB vs MariaDB comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IBM solidDB
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
35th
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
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
61
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of IBM solidDB is 1.0%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MariaDB is 3.5%, down from 6.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MariaDB3.5%
IBM solidDB1.0%
Other95.5%
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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.
AB
Co-Founder at Vsigma IT Labs Pvt Ltd
Has supported web application data needs but requires design adjustments to manage complex queries efficiently
Complex queries in MariaDB where the query needs to parse thousands of lines or data values face some performance issues. For small and medium-size volume, it is pretty good. If it goes beyond certain data and complex queries, we see performance issues. We tried the advanced replication feature between different regions, replicating data specifically residing on MariaDB to two different regions of MariaDB data, and there were some technical snags in terms of slowness and longer processing time. Point-in-time recovery in MariaDB is good for small databases. When data volume increases beyond 5 GB or 10 GB per day or runs into double-digit GBs, we found some performance issues. For data below 10 GB, it works fine. Performance is the primary focus area for MariaDB, particularly during transactions or complex query jobs where slow performance is observed. MariaDB is scalable and easy to scale.

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 is a scalable solution. It easily scales up and scales down."
"They provide a high level of technical support."
"I would say that for most use cases it works fine."
"MariaDB can solve things better than MySQL, and MariaDB has better performance than MySQL."
"There are no problems with MariaDB and it works fine."
"The most valuable feature is that it uses multiple cores, which is better than some of the other databases."
"The most valuable feature of MariaDB is that it is open-source and we can easily migrate from other databases, such as Oracle to MariaDB."
"It has worked very well for us so far."
 

Cons

"Data replication and data distribution between multiple nodes definitely have room for improvement here."
"There is room for improvement in terms of security."
"It would be good to have tools for debugging procedures and functions."
"It would be good if they can maybe improve the mass import in the database. Currently, for importing a large number of data, we create a CSV file and upload all the things in the system. The system does not activate them by default. We have to do this manually. This may be due to the version we are using, but this is something we would like to see improved."
"The configuration could be improved. It should be easier."
"The GUI could be improved a bit. The user interface needs to be improved."
"The solution can improve by having support for more integration. However, at this time it is working well for us."
"The scaling for database online transactions needs improvement."
"The only potential area for improvement could be the pricing model, which might benefit from being more flexible or a bit cheaper."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"My company uses the free version of the solution."
"It's an open-source solution."
"MariaDB is an open-source software, meaning I don't need to pay for the product."
"The price of this solution represents a very good compromise between the cost and what it offers."
"It is an open-source solution."
"This is an open-source product, which can be used free of charge."
"The cost is quite good. You can have the open source, free version, which has adequate capacity."
"MariaDB is open-source and self-hosted."
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Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
University
8%
 

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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?
Sometimes, complex queries that were supported in Oracle are not available in MariaDB. Advanced indexing is not available. Oracle is very advanced compared to MariaDB, and those advanced features a...
What is your primary use case for MariaDB?
My client has been using MariaDB for the last four years. We are using MariaDB in the cloud.
 

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