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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
29th
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 May 2026, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of SQL Server is 10.7%, down from 17.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tibero is 1.7%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SQL Server10.7%
Tibero1.7%
Other87.6%
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

"It is easy to use and easy to perform a backup."
"SQL Server, as a database, is great, and when it comes to the governmental sector, it is easily dealt with and can handle a big load of data, especially after they added the capability of building a big data cluster from the SQL Server itself."
"SQL Server's performance is fine."
"We design and implement data warehouse solutions with SQL Server 2016 Developer Edition tools, which has given us high levels of productivity, allowed us to use an agile approach to the design and implementation of data warehouse solutions for our customers, and given us a competitive advantage in our market."
"SQL Server is a very good product and we use Microsoft SQL Server software that runs on Windows as most of our clients make use of the Windows operating system."
"I think just having everything in one centralized set of databases where there is easily managed manageable."
"Microsoft has one of the best supports."
"It's a very capable, efficient, price-performant OLAP server."
"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."
"Tibero is a relational database management system, which supports disaster recovery, active cluster, active storage, etc."
"Tibero uses Hyper-Threading architecture, which is incredibly fast."
"Tibero is very easy to setup and maintain."
"Migration from Oracle to Tibero is very easy and it took us about ten minutes."
"The most valuable feature is compatibility with the Oracle database."
"A huge benefit of Tibero is its licensing costs are low."
 

Cons

"It can be better if it enables the use of AI functions."
"As we have faced problems with the solution in both the past and present, I feel it could be more stable."
"The main area of SQL Server that can be improved is the price. The cost is substantial for using the tool."
"The solution could be better when it comes to security."
"The performance degrades when the data is huge."
"I would like to have the option to use fewer processors for certain tasks, thus reducing the licensing fee."
"Due to the fact that I'm dealing with the product more as a data analyst, the SQL Server management studio is really relatively primitive compared to other more advanced tools."
"It would be great if we were able to run it on multiple operating systems and not only stick with Windows."
"In PL/SQL code, there is a scope of improvement. We expect more PL/SQL packages should be included in the next release."
"Manual installation is a bit tricky, but one can get used to it."
"The knowledge base is quite small and should be expanded."
"In PL/SQL code, there is a scope of improvement. We expect more PL/SQL packages should be included in the next release."
"The knowledge base is quite small and should be expanded."
"There could be more user friendly FAQs online and included in the software."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Their options for concurrency and locking are good, as well as their prices."
"It is expensive, especially when you have open-source products that are just about as functional and they're free. They might want to consider re-evaluating their pricing. We purchased it in retail. It was somewhere in the neighborhood of 9,000. There is just the standard licensing fee. If they migrate this product the way they're trying to do everything else, eventually, it is going to be subscription-based, which is going to suck, but that's the way the industry is going, so it is what it is."
"We have an enterprise license, which we consider to be fine."
"It comes with the bundle package that we have. We have Microsoft Volume Licensing, so we don't have to pay for it separately. It is a part of the package."
"The product's price is reasonable."
"There is a license required for this solution."
"We have had to purchase the Enterprise version to the tune of a few hundred thousand dollars, which is just ridiculous."
"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 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
40%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
4%
Comms Service Provider
4%
Government
16%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
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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