Is MariaDB or Sage Intacct better?

Neither clearly leads. MariaDB starts at Free and Sage Intacct at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, MariaDB or Sage Intacct?

MariaDB has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for MariaDB and $29/month for Sage Intacct.

Does MariaDB or Sage Intacct run on more platforms?

MariaDB runs on Linux, Unix, Windows, macOS. Sage Intacct runs on Web, Api.

Can I use MariaDB for free?

Yes. MariaDB has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Sage Intacct starts at $29/month.

What is MariaDB best used for?

MariaDB is most often used for transaction processing, data storage, application backend, reporting. Of those, transaction processing and data storage are not what Sage Intacct is typically brought in for.

What can MariaDB do that Sage Intacct cannot?

MariaDB covers MySQL Compatibility, Aria Storage Engine, ColumnStore, Galera Cluster. Sage Intacct covers General ledger, Accounts payable, Accounts receivable, Cash management.

Database & Data Management · head to head

MariaDB vs Sage Intacct

MariaDB

Database & Data Management

The open source relational database for the enterprise

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Sage Intacct

Payroll & Benefits

Best-in-class cloud financial management software

From: $29/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only MariaDB has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: MariaDB jSON support using text fields rather than native binary type; lacks MySQL's JSON syntax and functions; Sage Intacct listed on UK G-Cloud at £10,775 per instance per year for Sage Intacct Financial Management & Reporting, via reseller X3 Consulting Ltd
They diverge on capability: MariaDB covers MySQL Compatibility, Sage Intacct covers General ledger.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which MariaDB and Sage Intacct actually diverge.

Attributes where MariaDB and Sage Intacct differ
Attribute	MariaDB	Sage Intacct
Starting price	Free	$29/month
Pricing model	Unknown	subscription
Free tier	Yes	No
Platforms	Linux, Unix, Windows, macOS	Web, Api
Category	Database & Data Management	Payroll & Benefits
Founded	2009	1981

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in MariaDB

MySQL Compatibility
Aria Storage Engine
ColumnStore
Galera Cluster
MaxScale
Spider Engine
Temporal Tables
phpMyAdmin

Only in Sage Intacct

General ledger
Accounts payable
Accounts receivable
Cash management
Multi-entity consolidation
Salesforce
ADP
Expensify

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

MariaDB

Transaction processingnot Sage Intacct
Data storagenot Sage Intacct
Application backendnot Sage Intacct
Reportingnot Sage Intacct
Data analyticsnot Sage Intacct

Sage Intacct

Financial reportingnot MariaDB
Multi-entity managementnot MariaDB

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

MariaDB

JSON support using text fields rather than native binary type; lacks MySQL's JSON syntax and functions
Galera Cluster maximum performance limited to the slowest node in cluster
InnoDB tables limited to 1,017 columns and 64 secondary indexes
Transaction size limits in Galera (128K rows and 2GB by default)
Less strict SQL type checking than PostgreSQL; allows implicit conversions

Sage Intacct

Listed on UK G-Cloud at £10,775 per instance per year for Sage Intacct Financial Management & Reporting, via reseller X3 Consulting Ltd

Pricing, plan by plan

MariaDB

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the MariaDB review.

Sage Intacct

$29/month

Core$400/month
- Core financials
- Reporting
- Cash management

Which should you pick?

Choose MariaDB if

You need mysql compatibility.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Linux, Unix, Windows, macOS.
You also want aria storage engine.

MariaDB review

Choose Sage Intacct if

You need general ledger.
You work on Web, Api.
You also want accounts payable.

Sage Intacct review

Questions people ask

Is MariaDB or Sage Intacct better?: Neither clearly leads. MariaDB starts at Free and Sage Intacct at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, MariaDB or Sage Intacct?: MariaDB has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for MariaDB and $29/month for Sage Intacct.
Does MariaDB or Sage Intacct run on more platforms?: MariaDB runs on Linux, Unix, Windows, macOS. Sage Intacct runs on Web, Api.
Can I use MariaDB for free?: Yes. MariaDB has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Sage Intacct starts at $29/month.
What is MariaDB best used for?: MariaDB is most often used for transaction processing, data storage, application backend, reporting. Of those, transaction processing and data storage are not what Sage Intacct is typically brought in for.
What can MariaDB do that Sage Intacct cannot?: MariaDB covers MySQL Compatibility, Aria Storage Engine, ColumnStore, Galera Cluster. Sage Intacct covers General ledger, Accounts payable, Accounts receivable, Cash management.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

MariaDB: Is MariaDB completely free and open source?

Yes. MariaDB Server is licensed under GPLv2 and guaranteed to remain perpetually free and open source, independent of any commercial entities.

Source

MariaDB: Is MariaDB backward compatible with MySQL?

Yes. MariaDB was designed as a drop-in replacement for MySQL. Every application, driver, and configuration that worked with MySQL works with MariaDB without code changes.

Source

MariaDB: What are the storage engine options in MariaDB?

MariaDB supports multiple storage engines including InnoDB (transactional, default), Aria (crash-safe, good for read-heavy workloads), and MyISAM. The Aria engine is faster than InnoDB for certain read-heavy queries and full table scans.

Source

MariaDB: How much does MariaDB cost?

MariaDB Community Server is completely free to download and use. MariaDB offers paid enterprise support and managed cloud services for organizations needing professional support.

Source

MariaDB: Does MariaDB support native JSON storage?

MariaDB stores JSON using text fields (the JSON type is an alias for LONGTEXT), not as a native binary type like MySQL does. JSON support exists but is less sophisticated than MySQL's JSON functions and syntax.

Source

MariaDB: What scaling options does MariaDB provide?

MariaDB supports both scaling up (more cores, memory, storage) and scaling out (read replication, Galera Cluster with multi-node replication). However, Galera Cluster performance cannot exceed the slowest node in the cluster.

Source

MariaDB vs Sage Intacct

MariaDB

Sage Intacct

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in MariaDB

Only in Sage Intacct

What people use each for

MariaDB

Sage Intacct

Where each one falls short

MariaDB

Sage Intacct

Pricing, plan by plan

MariaDB

Sage Intacct

Which should you pick?

Choose MariaDB if

Choose Sage Intacct if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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