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SQL Server vs YugabyteDB Aeon comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

SQL Server
Ranking in Database Management Systems (DBMS)
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
275
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (1st)
YugabyteDB Aeon
Ranking in Database Management Systems (DBMS)
15th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Database Management Systems (DBMS) category, the mindshare of SQL Server is 12.9%, down from 23.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of YugabyteDB Aeon is 0.2%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Management Systems (DBMS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SQL Server12.9%
YugabyteDB Aeon0.2%
Other86.9%
Database Management Systems (DBMS)
 

Featured Reviews

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.
HA
Software Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Building RAG workflows with simple cluster setup has improved my data exploration
The documentation for YugabyteDB Aeon needs to be improved. It does not come across as beginner-friendly documentation. If someone from a different field were to use YugabyteDB Aeon, they would find it difficult to get started. Other than that, it is really good; the system is good, and the architecture and features are really good. I do not know how large the YugabyteDB Aeon community is because I have not heard of it or come across any community posts. I do not think any other features need to be improved. An important issue I faced while using YugabyteDB Aeon was that it needs to follow a sequence like one, two, three, four, and so on, but YugabyteDB Aeon does not follow this pattern in a certain aspect.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's a very good solution and I've been pretty happy with its capabilities."
"The performance is reliable."
"From a security perspective, we have no complaints."
"The MSBI features SSAS, SSIS as well as SSRS together has enabled us to build a data warehouse for our Enterprise with Business Intelligence reports around the data."
"The solution offers very good performance and is pretty reliable; the stability is excellent, there are no bugs or glitches, and it doesn't crash or freeze."
"SQL Server is widely used and it's simple. You cannot do without Microsoft if you want to manage IT for a business customer."
"It's great that the nodes are synchronized so if you lose one it automatically moves to another."
"I have contacted technical support, and overall my experience with technical support was okay."
"YugabyteDB Aeon has positively impacted my organization by reducing our downtime and effort when the server goes down since we only need to restart it and ensure all utilities are up, and with YugabyteDB Aeon, we do not need to go through that restarting process; we just need to route the traffic to different nodes and distributed clusters in our cloud-native environment."
"Other than that, it is really good; the system is good, and the architecture and features are really good."
"The best features YugabyteDB Aeon offers are that it is a fully managed YugabyteDB service that allows running a YugabyteDB cluster in a multi-cloud environment."
 

Cons

"Its support for JSON should be improved. It does support JSON, but the support is not good enough currently. They should also improve the way indexes work. Its performance can also be improved because sometimes it becomes very slow for certain table designs. It cannot have more than a certain amount of data. As compared to other databases, its capability to handle large volumes of data is not very good."
"The solution is expensive. The licensing costs are high."
"SQL Server could improve by enhancing the integration abilities, adding more inbuilt data security features, and simplifying the maintenance."
"The solution could have additional security."
"The enterprise-level license agreement is very complicated."
"SQL Server could improve by increase the performance, it cannot handle large amounts of data. I did not find any additional features compared to others solutions."
"They need to improve their support. It should be faster."
"The scalability could be better."
"The documentation for YugabyteDB Aeon needs to be improved. It does not come across as beginner-friendly documentation."
"Regarding needed improvements, I think the UI part could be more user interactive."
"In my experience, YugabyteDB Aeon is not as stable as the customer requires."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a license required for servers and for the POS we use the free version. The free version allows you to have tables and a total database size of approximately 10 GB, which is enough for our requirements."
"For licensing, we pay yearly. The licensing is very expensive, and it should be cheaper."
"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
"There is a license required for the use of SQL Server and we are on an annual subscription."
"The product is expensive."
"SQL Server is a cost-effective solution for a small database."
"To scale the solution there are additional costs."
"The price of SQL Server could be better in the African market. The licensing model needs to be improved, it is confusing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
37%
Construction Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Outsourcing Company
6%
Construction Company
36%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Transportation Company
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business119
Midsize Enterprise60
Large Enterprise119
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Questions from the Community

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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for YugabyteDB Aeon?
I do not know about the experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for YugabyteDB Aeon because it will be managed by the account department.
What needs improvement with YugabyteDB Aeon?
I cannot tell you how YugabyteDB Aeon can be improved because I do not have extensive expertise or experience with it, but it is definitely a great tool to explore and enhance. Regarding needed imp...
What is your primary use case for YugabyteDB Aeon?
My main use case for YugabyteDB Aeon revolves around problems we face with traditional databases like MSSQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL because YugabyteDB Aeon gives us the flexibility when we need mult...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Microsoft SQL Server, MSSQL, MS SQL
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Sample Customers

Microsoft SQL Server is used by businesses in every industry, including Great Western Bank, Aviva, the Volvo Car Corporation, BMW, Samsung, Principality Building Society, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario.
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