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Comparison

MariaDB vs Percona Server

On the evidence we track, Percona Server leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

MariaDB full profile →Percona Server full profile →
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MariaDB50
★Percona Server60
Score
Vioscale score
MariaDB50 / 100low · 43%updating
Percona Server60 / 100low · 41%updating
Pricing
Free tier
MariaDB✓
Percona Server✓
Model
MariaDBopen_source
Percona Servercommercial
Price level
MariaDBfree
Percona Serverfree
Transparent
MariaDB✓
Percona Server✓
Integrations
Count
MariaDB17
Percona Server–
Security
Disclosure policy
MariaDB✓
Percona Server✓
Gdpr
MariaDB✓
Percona Server–
Scorecard
MariaDB4.7
Percona Server6.2
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
MariaDB–
Percona Server✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
MariaDB0
Percona Server–
Github stars
MariaDB8,144
Percona Server1,271
Activity
Commits last 30d
MariaDB100
Percona Server28
Release
History
MariaDB20 items
Percona Server2 items
License
Spdx
MariaDBGPL-2.0
Percona Server–
Language
Primary
MariaDBC++
Percona ServerC++
Market
Availability
MariaDBAvailable worldwide
Percona Server–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for relational databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
SQL model
MariaDBFull SQL
Percona ServerFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
MariaDB-
Percona ServerFull
Highest isolation level
MariaDB-
Percona ServerSerializable
Consistency
Consistency
MariaDBTunable
Percona ServerStrong
Scale
Horizontal scale
MariaDBNatively distributed
Percona ServerRead replicas
Replication
Replication
MariaDBSync
Percona ServerSync
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
MariaDB✓
Percona Server✓
Deployment
Deployment
MariaDB-
Percona ServerSelf-hosted
Serverless / scale-to-zero
MariaDB-
Percona Server✗
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
MariaDBMySQL protocol
Percona ServerMySQL protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
MariaDB✓
Percona Server✓
Licensing
Licence class
MariaDBCopyleft
Percona ServerCopyleft
Data types
JSON / document support
MariaDB✓
Percona Server✓
Geo / spatial
MariaDBNative
Percona ServerNative

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

MariaDB

A widely deployed open source database that evolved from MySQL while maintaining compatibility, offering advanced SQL capabilities, native vector search, pluggable storage engines, and multi-primary clustering for production workloads.

Independently observed

Percona Server

Leader

A free, fully compatible drop-in replacement for MySQL that delivers improved performance and instrumentation. It is built on MySQL foundations and designed for organizations seeking enhanced reliability and monitoring without switching databases.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

MariaDB

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Percona Server

Leader
Open sourceFree tier

Completely free and open source

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Windows
MariaDB✓
Percona Server–
Linux
MariaDB✓
Percona Server–
Deployment
Self-hosted
MariaDB✓
Percona Server✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

MariaDB

17 total
  • MariaDB Connector/C
  • MariaDB Connector/Node.js
  • MariaDB Connector/ODBC
  • MariaDB Connector/J
  • MariaDB Connector/Python
  • MariaDB Connector/R2DBC
  • MariaDB Connector/C++
  • MySqlConnector for ADO.NET
  • ADO.NET Driver for MySQL
  • ODBC Driver for MySQL
  • JDBC Driver for MySQL
  • Node.js Driver for MySQL
  • C++ Driver for MySQL
  • C Driver for MySQL
  • C API for MySQL
  • PyMySQL
  • mysql-python
Independently observed

Percona Server

Leader

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.