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IBM solidDB vs SQL Server comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IBM solidDB
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
36th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SQL Server
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
274
Ranking in other categories
Database Management Systems (DBMS) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of IBM solidDB is 1.0%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SQL Server is 10.5%, down from 16.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SQL Server10.5%
IBM solidDB1.0%
Other88.5%
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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.
Peter Larsson - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Warehouse Lead at Resurs Bank AB (publ.)
Ledger and seamless integrations have strengthened trusted analytics and unified workloads
SQL Server's high availability and disaster recovery features work for supporting mission-critical applications, but there is much more to wish for. These features are not quite ready yet, although they do function. However, they could be significantly better. High availability and disaster recovery features should be improved in the next releases. I have noticed that everything could be improved or enhanced in the future, particularly temporal tables and window functions. Sometimes, I believe Microsoft releases features to stay ahead of competitors, but they do not make them feature-rich or feature-complete. They release something to be ahead of leaders and then seem to forget to maintain and upgrade them. I want Microsoft to pay more attention and be more mindful about the things they implement. It is fine to do a first release that works, but you cannot simply abandon it in the following years without service packs and improvements. You must continue to build on features rather than forgetting about them.

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."
"The basic features of the solution are excellent overall."
"The installation was straightforward. We did not have a large installation and it took a couple of weeks to complete."
"I've been using SQL Server for 20 years, and there is nothing that it can't do. It is awesome."
"The solution is easy to set up."
"The solution doesn't have too many surprises and is easy to understand."
"SQL Server has a dynamic resource allocation feature that allows disk and memory usage to scale to meet changing database demands, providing better performance and simplifying software management."
"It's a very stable solution."
"It's a good option for those that have a lot of Microsoft solutions in use."
 

Cons

"Data replication and data distribution between multiple nodes definitely have room for improvement here."
"The solution could be better when it comes to security."
"In my experience, I've found that scalability can be improved."
"The Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition have certain limitations."
"For example, while I was implementing two queries one time, the SQL Server gave me the wrong results."
"The tool's support needs to be improved."
"I would not recommend this solution."
"For Turkey, the licensing costs are too high."
"The SQL Server has a big issue when some systems use Java as a primary software interface."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It's cheaper than Oracle."
"I rate the product’s pricing a six out of ten."
"The licenses are purchased annually."
"I don't need a license for it as I will be migrating to Office 365."
"The areas that need improvement are with regards to the commercial aspect of the solution, the licensing cost could be reduced in order to help customers to adopt it."
"It is expensive in terms of licensing costs and pricing. If you want to scale SQL Server, it is very expensive. We probably have to pay extra for technical support. We also have to pay for the license of Windows on which the SQL Server resides, which is an extra cost."
"The price for the Standard Edition is approximately $3,000 USD per core. Once you include technical support, SQL Server is cheaper than PostgreSQL and MySQL."
"The licensing price could be better, more user-friendly."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
37%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Construction Company
6%
Outsourcing Company
5%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business119
Midsize Enterprise60
Large Enterprise118
 

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Would you say the price of SQL Server is high compared to that of similar products?
SQL Server is fairly priced because it has various editions, depending on the number of users, servers, or core packs you are using. If you compare the product to others in this category, the price...
Has using SQL Server helped your organization in any way?
SQL Server has helped my organization through partitioning to distribute the workload, as it splits them up into smaller pieces so the machines can easily deal with it. However, this comes with a h...
Which authentication mode is best for SQL Server?
My company connects through SQL Server authentication. We have company Windows accounts, but we do not want to connect the two, out of security concerns and to keep things separated for our own pur...
 

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Also Known As

solidDB
Microsoft SQL Server, MSSQL, MS SQL
 

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