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SQL Server vs Tibero comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

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 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)
Tibero
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
31st
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
8.7
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of SQL Server is 10.5%, down from 16.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tibero is 1.6%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SQL Server10.5%
Tibero1.6%
Other87.9%
Relational Databases Tools
 

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.
CL
Consultant at TechData BIMA JSC
A stable and cost-effective tool that is fully compatible with Oracle
We are a solution provider and Tibero is one of the database products that we implement for our customers. All applications for Oracle work with Tibero and don't need to be customized The most valuable feature is compatibility with the Oracle database. If you have knowledge of Oracle then you…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The technical support is good."
"The stability of SQL Server is very important for us because we provide services for banks."
"The solution is great for creating backups."
"The most valuable feature is easy installation. It was very easy to install."
"SQL Server is quite stable. And now we are using the Lattice 2017 version."
"It is a simple query language. It is consistent across all versions. If you start with an older version, move to the newer version. The same code will still work."
"The solution is very intuitive and easy to use."
"The most valuable features of this solution are easy queries and straightforward programming for beginners."
"It is incredibly fast, much faster than Oracle in terms of compiling and processing speeds, very reliable and secure, never crashes or gets overloaded, the true data never gets falsified or corrupted, it is very easy to port your projects over, and it is considerably cheaper than any other software on the market."
"Tibero has the mission to deliver reliable performance with a lower ownership cost."
"The most valuable feature is compatibility with the Oracle database."
"Tibero uses Hyper-Threading architecture, which is incredibly fast."
"A huge benefit of Tibero is its licensing costs are low."
"Tibero is a relational database management system, which supports disaster recovery, active cluster, active storage, etc."
"Migration from Oracle to Tibero is very easy and it took us about ten minutes."
"Tibero is very easy to setup and maintain."
 

Cons

"SQL Server doesn't have proper bitmap indexing, a proper columnar database version, or proper implementation of materialized views."
"Third-party services from Redgate should be built-in to it, like SQL Search."
"The backup capacity needs to be bigger."
"The scalability and the high availability feature can be expanded or improved. Currently, there is a limitation on scalability. A feature similar to the Oracle Diagnostic feature can be included to provide a better user experience."
"SQL Server consumes a lot of resources. You need to keep an eye on the number of resources involved."
"They can build more performance-tuning tools in it. They can also make the stuff a little more user-friendly and provide the ability to schedule jobs. They can perhaps also streamline it a little bit so that it is not so resource-intensive, which would be helpful. SQL Server has a tendency to consume all the memory you allow it to. If you are not careful, you can basically break your server. I would like to see it having a smaller footprint in terms of system resource consumption. They might want to consider re-evaluating their pricing. It is expensive."
"I find the solution not to be scalable."
"The price of SQL Server could be reduced, the license is expensive."
"The knowledge base is quite small and should be expanded."
"There could be more user friendly FAQs online and included in the software."
"Manual installation is a bit tricky, but one can get used to it."
"In PL/SQL code, there is a scope of improvement. We expect more PL/SQL packages should be included in the next release."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"SQL Server offers three versions. You can get a free trial for 30 days."
"Although it comes with a cost, using the most recent version is highly advisable, since it would ensure a certain measure of bug fixes and stability. The sole issue would involve the cost, as this is expensive."
"The SQL server is affordable. I rate the pricing a five out of ten."
"We are on an annual enterprise license for the solution and the cost of the license could be reduced."
"There is no licensing cost for SQL Server."
"Depending upon your usage, you can use the pay-as-you-go model for a short period of time. For longer projects, we can opt for one-year or a three-year license."
"We pay approximately $12,000 USD per month for both the server and the license."
"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 price of Tibero is cheaper than that of Oracle."
"The overall costs are very low compared to Oracle."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
37%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Construction Company
6%
Outsourcing Company
5%
Government
17%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business119
Midsize Enterprise60
Large Enterprise118
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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...
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Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Microsoft SQL Server, MSSQL, MS SQL
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Overview

 

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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