--- title: "MariaDB Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing - 2026" description: "Review of MariaDB Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs." source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/database-management-systems/mariadb-profile/" page_type: "product" language: "en" --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Database Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/database-management-systems/) / MariaDB Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. Overview [Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/database-management-systems/mariadb-profile/reviews/)[Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/database-management-systems/mariadb-profile/alternatives/) # MariaDB Review Custom quote Free version Free trial 1 plan Wondering if MariaDB is right for your organization? Our Database Software selection experts can help you in 15 minutes or less. On this page - Overview - User Interface - Popular Alternatives - Pricing and Plans - Features - Integrations - User Reviews - Popular Comparisons ## Overview MariaDB 4.7 [(72)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/database-management-systems/mariadb-profile/reviews/) Pricing Pricing available upon request ### About MariaDB MariaDB is the database for all, supporting any workload, in any cloud, at any scale. It has the versatility to support transactional, analytical & hybrid workloads as well as relational, JSON & hybrid data models. MariaDB scales from standalone databases & data warehouses to fully distributed SQL for executing millions of TPS & performing interactive, ad hoc analytics on billions of rows. Deploy MariaDB on commodity hardware, on all major public clouds & through MariaDB SkySQL DBaaS. MariaDB is the database for all, supporting any workload, in any cloud, at any scale. Do you work for MariaDB? 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Get a personalized pricing breakdown tailored to your specific needs—no guesswork, no generic estimates. ## MariaDB Features - Popular features found in Database Backup and Recovery Database Conversion Data Connectors Data Migration Data Replication Data Virtualization Multiple Programming Languages Supported Performance Analysis Secure Data Storage - More features of MariaDB Access Controls/Permissions Activity Dashboard API Audit Management Automatic Backup Customizable Fields Customizable Templates Data Capture and Transfer Data Import/Export Data Storage Management Data Visualization Disaster Recovery Document Storage Real-Time Data Real-Time Monitoring Relational Database Management ## MariaDB Integrations Microsoft Power BI Integration rated undefined from -1 review Tableau Integration rated undefined from -1 review ## MariaDB User Reviews ## MariaDB customer ratings - Overall rating: 4.7/5 - Total reviews: 72 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 50 reviews (69%) - 4 stars: 22 reviews (31%) - 3 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.5/5 - Value for money: 4.8/5 - Customer support: 4.2/5 - Functionality: 4.6/5 --- ### DB That makes difficult things easy. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Armando I. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Networking - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered With MariaDB I was able to get transactions above 52,000/sec between selects and filters. Real-time statistics with 3rd party tools allow you to see the correct operation. My implementations are at medium scales. They worked very well without much parameterization and tuning. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros What I appreciate the most about MariaDB is the interoperability it provides with the different DB administration tools, the compatibility, simplicity and robustness when handling large transactions places confidence in the product. I have been using it for 7 years with File Repositories DB. #### Cons When performing dumps and/or migrations, it is usually a little problematic. It is necessary to use the correct parameters to obtain a comprehensive and secure backup for new installations. Experience in this context is required. --- ### Review of mariadb by a developer from Peru - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jhonatan C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered As a Peruvian developer I have used this database manager a lot, not only in software but also in virtual stores, storage of large amounts of information and I have never had problems with this manager #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros I like the functionalities that it has similar to its predecessor, but it is easier to use for new programmers. the great compatibility with mysql is reassuring because you don't need a lot of translator or start from scratch with the database #### Cons The only disadvantage that could arise would be in some case of incompatibility, but since they are very similar services we should not find any such case. --- ### Great product, but MySQL is still the standard - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Justin S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. MariaDB is easy to set up and use, but I worry that its community support isn't where it needs to be in order to be a top contender against MySQL. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros MariaDB has picked up the community-oriented development mindset where MySQL left off since being acquired by Oracle. I've had virtually no problems with stability, and MariaDB seems to be actively developed. #### Cons Unfortunately, the majority of the community still seems to use MySQL, and that will become a problem as MySQL and MariaDB continue to diverge. How many developers will want to support both platforms? It's difficult to say. #### Reasons for switching to MariaDB Oracle tends to ruin everything it touches, and we didn't want to risk being caught using one of its products if a drop-in replacement was available. --- ### A great RDBMS - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall I am happy to use MariaDB as an RDBMS. It fulfills all of my requirements to develop a complete Web Application.Using MariaDB we can create dynamic web applications very easily and quickly as it supports standard SQL language. So no need to learn anything new to work with this. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I mostly like pulling and storing data using standard SQL queries. We can define reference as foreign keys which keep the integrity of data.Also, auto-increment key generation is very helpful. Datetime and timestamp data types are very helpful to sort the records.The limit keyword is also there to pull the data in a pagination manner.Integration of MariaDB is very simple. I have used MariaDB with Java frameworks like Spring, Dropwizard, and Struts 2 and didn't face a single issue regarding its connectivity. #### Cons The only thing is when a table grows much then pulling data using a SELECT query becomes slow than expected. --- ### Review for MariaDB - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Hardware - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I always use MariaDB for mine as well as mine client's project. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is very much faster than MySQL, It can aslo be used to build web application for the clients. It has alot of features amazing functionalities and table and table management. Its 100% compatible and much important it is easy to use. #### Cons The price is bit expensive but free version also alot of work can be done. #### Reasons for choosing MariaDB Its fast and time consuming --- ### Great experience a fast database and without many novelties - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Aníbal M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: July 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Currently I am carrying out a project independently for one of my clients and we have chosen MariaDB as a database, which gives me the advantage of being able to offer a simple and stable service without recharging the price of the licenses, although the time in what I have tried is little. I hope that this software is maintained over time and continues to grow. With MariaDB I have grown personally and professionally #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros MariaDB is something new in the market and at the beginning I was not sure about making the migration, but it has been very easy to use and has shown a lot of stability and speed, I really like it to be OpenSource with the software under the GPL license. This reduces many costs which gives a point in favor when choosing it, I like that it has a large community where there are always people willing to help in any problem, its configuration in the servers is quite simple and with very few resources can have the service operational, I like that the hosting providers have added it at no additional cost, which makes me consider it a lot when I'm going to implement a content manager or an electronic commerce system. New tables are an advantage in INFORMATION_SCHEMA #### Cons Although the community has tried to guarantee 100% compatibility with MySQL the reality is that it is not quite true when migrating to MariaDB it is necessary to change some data types that are not available. I did not like that it is necessary to uninstall MySQL on my development servers in order to install MariaDB. This software is fine for small and medium projects but it is limited when you need a robust database and with many long and frequent queries so for large projects it is not a good option. --- ### Better than MySQL - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Héctor A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Is a complete, with a great community database with a feature set that grows version after version easy to work with most programming languages and truly open source. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is based on MySQL, and has great compatibility with tools based on it, it is OpenSource like MySQL, but the difference is that MariaDB is governed by the [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] of MySQL and not Oracle, Oracle is a Closed Source Database company, If someday they decide to remove the plug on MySQL or making it weaker to sell their products there would be no option to MySQL users, but MariaDB exists now. #### Cons It's missing some statistic tools that PostGreSQL already comes with, they can be added but it might be kind of cumbersome, Tools are not as polished as MySQL Workbench, DBeaver is the best one that I tried but have some issues from time to time. --- ### Best opensource RDBMS solution - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Giuseppe N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros For years now, many hosts have offered MariaDB as RDBMS. DB management and performance are excellent, 90% of the work is done by the correct design of the data structure. #### Cons No problem or defect regarding the use I make of it. --- ### Best optimized database WordPress - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Anton T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Services - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Database optimization, data replication, data management #### Cons Instalation is very hard, especially for beginner --- ### The improved fork of an excellent solution, integrate with a lot of software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Daniel P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros As a fork of another solution you have all the advantages of the old solution but with more actualizations and an improved experience. Easy to connect with a wide variety of DB clients and integrates with a large amount of software- Widely recommended as there are a lot of documentation on the web. --- Showing 1 - 10 of 72 Reviews [See All Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/database-management-systems/mariadb-profile/reviews/) ## MariaDB Popular Comparisons [Microsoft SQL Server vs MariaDB](https://www.softwareadvice.com/database-management-systems/mariadb-profile/vs/microsoft-sql-server/)[MySQL vs MariaDB](https://www.softwareadvice.com/database-management-systems/mariadb-profile/vs/mysql/)[Google Cloud vs MariaDB](https://www.softwareadvice.com/compliance/google-cloud-platform-profile/vs/mariadb/)[Airtable vs MariaDB](https://www.softwareadvice.com/project-management/airtable-profile/vs/mariadb/)[Microsoft Access vs MariaDB](https://www.softwareadvice.com/database-management-systems/mariadb-profile/vs/microsoft-access/)[MongoDB vs MariaDB](https://www.softwareadvice.com/database-management-systems/mariadb-profile/vs/mongodb/)[Oracle Database vs MariaDB](https://www.softwareadvice.com/database-management-systems/mariadb-profile/vs/oracle-database/)[PostgreSQL vs MariaDB](https://www.softwareadvice.com/database-management-systems/mariadb-profile/vs/postgresql/)[DbVisualizer vs MariaDB](https://www.softwareadvice.com/rdbms/dbvisualizer-profile/vs/mariadb/) [Compare All Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/database-management-systems/mariadb-profile/alternatives/) ## Other Top Recommended Database Software [Google Cloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com/compliance/google-cloud-platform-profile/) **4.7** (2329) Recently recommended **0** times [Airtable](https://www.softwareadvice.com/project-management/airtable-profile/) **4.6** (2244) Recently recommended **0** times [MySQL](https://www.softwareadvice.com/machine-learning/mysql-profile/) **4.6** (2099) Recently recommended **0** times [Microsoft SQL Server](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/microsoft-sql-server-profile/) **4.6** (1981) Recently recommended **0** times Stuck Between Options? 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