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MariaDB

FREE

Community-developed MySQL fork with enhanced features

Migrate from MySQL to community-driven alternative seamlessly

VG SCORE
9.5
SELF-HOSTED

Product Details

CompanyMariaDB
HeadquartersRedwood City, California, USA
Founded2009
PricingFree
Free TrialAvailable
DeploymentSelf-Hosted
Learning CurveModerate
Integrations6 available

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PROS & CONS

STRENGTHS

  • Fully compatible with MySQL, allowing easy migration and use of existing tools and knowledge.
  • Includes advanced storage engines like ColumnStore for analytics and Aria for crash-safe temporary tables.
  • Features like window functions and JSON_TABLE offer robust, modern SQL capabilities for complex queries.

WEAKNESSES

  • Smaller ecosystem than MySQL, resulting in fewer third-party tools and integrations being readily available.
  • Some cloud platform managed services offer limited version support or fewer features compared to MySQL.

KEY FEATURES

Galera Cluster

Synchronous multi-master replication for high availability

ColumnStore

Columnar storage engine for analytics workloads

Temporal Tables

System-versioned tables for tracking data changes over time

Thread Pool

Efficient connection handling for high concurrency

WHO IS MariaDB BEST FOR?

MySQL users

Migrate from MySQL to community-driven alternative seamlessly

High availability deployments

Run clustered databases with Galera replication

INTEGRATIONS

MaxScaleHeidiSQLDBeaverSequel ProAdminerGalera

TECHNICAL DETAILS

LEARNING CURVE
MODERATE — FEW HOURS
FREE TRIAL

AVAILABLE

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DOSSIER

COMPANY
MariaDB
HQ
Redwood City, California, USA
FOUNDED
2009
LAST VERIFIED MAR 27, 2026

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