Why use materialized view instead of a table?

What is Materialized views? Explain its uses.

In general, a view represents a queries result set. When this query result is cached and updated from the base table’s periodically, it is called as a materialized view. It is most commonly used in scenarios where frequent query data needs to be accessed. Unlike a view, materialized view is not virtual. It is typically used in data warehousing. Using materialized view network load is reduced.

Why use materialized view instead of a table?

Materialized views are basically used to increase query performance since it contains results of a query. They should be used for reporting instead of a table for a faster execution.