Ceramic capacitors have lower ESR and due to this they offer lower leak currents than the electrolytic capacitors. tip: Try to use ceramic capacitors to your battery-powered designs. Lowe ESR also means that ceramic capacitors have better transients response so they can provide current (more easily) during a transient.
The reliability of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) with Ni internal electrodes has been studied trom the viewpoint of partial oxygen pressure ( PO2) during firing. It is shown that the load-life time of the insulation resistance (1R) was prolonged by firing under low P o 2 annealing after firing, and the addition of dopants.
In contrast, aluminum electrolytic and especially tantalum vs. ceramic capacitor have a tendency to turn into little rocket motors or explode if even a minor reverse voltage is applied to them, or their ratings are even slightly exceeded. Other advantages of this type of capacitor:
Electrolytics are 'bulk' capacitors, used for high values to hold up DC buses. Their parasistics make them unsuitable for filtering high frequencies. You use film and ceramic capacitors to supplement them. Both are lower capacitance, but significantly better at handling high frequencies.
Generally ceramics are more accurate (capacitance tolerance), good thermal (temperature) stability,can handle higher ripple currents, Lower losses (Low ESR). It depends on the application. for ex, Buck converters input capacitors needs to be ceramic,because input current contains more spikes, these caps reliable, damage cases are low.
Ceramics have DC-offset problems. Some circuits and chips are unstable with low ESR caps (like ceramic). For example, many older voltage regulators won't work with ceramic-only capacitor on outputs. Electrolytics are 'bulk' capacitors, used for high values to hold up DC buses. Their parasistics make them unsuitable for filtering high frequencies.