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MariaDB vs kdb+ comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

kdb+
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
35th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MariaDB
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
8th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
61
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of kdb+ is 0.9%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MariaDB is 3.7%, down from 6.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MariaDB3.7%
kdb+0.9%
Other95.4%
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Featured Reviews

Nitin Garg - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President - Financial Services at Evalueserve
An easy-to-deploy solution that can be used for data ingestion and usage
I work for a fintech company where we create several strategies generally built on finance data, which are like one-time series data. We deal with huge bulk data on a daily basis, and we use kdb+ for data ingestion and usage The most valuable feature of kdb+ is the speed at which it returns the…
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

"The solution returns data quickly, and data retrieval is fast in kdb+."
"The stability of MariaDB is good, it has high availability."
"The most valuable feature is that it uses multiple cores, which is better than some of the other databases."
"What I like best about MariaDB is that it is open-source and reliable."
"One of the great features of MariaDB is its scalability. It's easy to handle even with large databases."
"They provide a high level of technical support."
"There are no problems with MariaDB and it works fine."
"The solution is stable and the performance is good."
"The solution is easy to set up and the implementation is very quick."
 

Cons

"The solution should have a more user-friendly user interface."
"There is room for improvement in terms of security."
"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."
"The configuration could be improved. It should be easier."
"MariaDB doesn't handle long or complex SQL queries quite as well as Oracle Database."
"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."
"Master-master replication is something that needs to be simplified."
"I am editing."
"It should work across all fields like SQLite, as it is the basis of any application, even apps for phones and the like."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It's an open-source solution."
"I rate the product's price a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is high price since there are some support costs involved, even though it isn't an open-source solution."
"This is an open source solution with no licensing fees."
"We pay for a yearly license."
"The product is not expensive."
"My company uses the free version of the solution."
"There is a monthly subscription to use MariaDB."
"I used the open-source version, which is available free of charge."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
44%
Energy/Utilities Company
5%
Comms Service Provider
5%
Construction Company
5%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
University
9%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise26
 

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What do you like most about MariaDB?
The integration with other products is seamless.
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...
 

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