Compare Confluent and MariaDB - Jul 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Jul 09, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Confluent or MariaDB?

MariaDB is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Confluent, and MariaDB is rated higher (87/100) than Confluent (82/100). MariaDB offers users more features (3) than Confluent (0).

Looking for the right Database Management solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Confluent Vs. MariaDB foundation

Confluent: Confluent is a stream data platform powered by Apache Kafka and is founded by the team that built Kafka at LinkedIn. The founders went through the process of fully instrumenting everything that happens in a company and making it available as real-time Kafka feeds to all data systems like Hadoop, Search, Newsfeed and so on. At LinkedIn, this platfor...

MariaDB foundation: The MariaDB Foundation is non-stock not-for-profit and incorporated in Delaware. It has developed the mariaDB database based on popular database outsource MySQL. MariaDB is actually a drop-in replacement for MySQL.

Who is more expensive? Confluent or MariaDB?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Database Management software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Confluent and MariaDB.

Confluent price starts at $1.50 per hour , On a scale between 1 to 10 Confluent is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Database Management software. MariaDB price starts at $500 per license , When comparing MariaDB to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Database Management software cost.

Bottom line: Confluent cost is around the same cost of MariaDB.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Confluent Vs. MariaDB based on some of the most important and required Database Management features.

Confluent: We are still working to collect the list of features for Confluent.

MariaDB: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Target customer size

Confluent's typical customers include: SMBs, and MariaDB's target customer size include: Medium and large size businesses.

Confluent

ITQlick rating
(4.1/5)

starts at $1.50 per hour

Confluent is a growing cloud-based Marketing software, it is designed to support small and medium size business. Confluent received a rating of 4.1 from ITQlick team. The software cost is considered affordable ...

Categories: Marketing, Digital Advertising.

MariaDB

ITQlick rating
(3.4/5)

starts at $500 per license

MariaDB is a growing cloud-based System software, it is designed to support medium and large size business. MariaDB received a rating of 3.4 from ITQlick team. The software cost is considered average (2.6/5) w...

Categories: Database Management.

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Confluent: 0 Features

We are working to collect the list of features

MariaDB: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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Confluent
ITQlick rating
4.1/5
Score
82/100
Pricing
4.4/10
License pricing
$1.50 per hour
Functionality
3
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MariaDB
ITQlick rating
3.4/5
Score
87/100
Pricing
5.2/10
License pricing
$500 per license
Functionality
4
Aerospike
ITQlick rating
3.2/5
Score
85/100
Pricing
6.2/10
License pricing
$172.57 per month
Functionality
5
SAP HANA
ITQlick rating
2.8/5
Score
82/100
Pricing
9.6/10
License pricing
$38802.30 per license
Functionality
21
ReGraph
ITQlick rating
5/5
Score
82/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
9

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.