Comparison

MariaDB vs PlanetScale

On the evidence we track, PlanetScale leads this comparison with a composite score of 67/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

MariaDB full profile →PlanetScale full profile →

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MariaDB50

★PlanetScale67

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	MariaDB	PlanetScaleLeader
Vioscale score	50 / 100low · 43%	67 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	17	1
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	4.7	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=openstack-helm%2Fmariadb&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.99
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	8,144	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	GPL-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	C++	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

MariaDB50 / 100low · 43%

PlanetScale67 / 100medium · 70%

Pricing

Free tier

MariaDB✓

PlanetScale✗

Model

MariaDBopen_source

PlanetScalecommercial

Price level

MariaDBfree

PlanetScalelow

Transparent

MariaDB✓

PlanetScale✓

Integrations

Count

MariaDB17

PlanetScale1

Security

Disclosure policy

MariaDB✓

PlanetScale✓

Gdpr

MariaDB✓

PlanetScale✓

Hipaa

MariaDB–

PlanetScale✓

Pci

MariaDB–

PlanetScale✓

Scorecard

MariaDB4.7

PlanetScale–

Soc2

MariaDB–

PlanetScale✓

Vulnerabilities

MariaDBCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=openstack-helm%2Fmariadb&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

PlanetScale–

Reliability

Sla pct

MariaDB–

PlanetScale99.99

Status page

MariaDB–

PlanetScale✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

MariaDB0

PlanetScale–

Github stars

MariaDB8,144

PlanetScale–

Activity

Commits last 30d

MariaDB100

PlanetScale–

Release

History

MariaDB20 items

PlanetScale–

License

Spdx

MariaDBGPL-2.0

PlanetScale–

Language

Primary

MariaDBC++

PlanetScale–

Market

Availability

MariaDBAvailable worldwide

PlanetScaleAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Relational Databases
Capability	MariaDB	PlanetScale
Core
SQL model	Full SQL	Full SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions	-	-
Highest isolation level	-	-
Consistency
Consistency	Tunable	-
Scale
Horizontal scale	Natively distributed	Sharded
Replication
Replication	Sync	-
Availability
Automatic failover / HA	✓	-
Deployment
Deployment	-	Managed
Serverless / scale-to-zero	-	-
Compatibility
Wire compatibility	MySQL protocol	-
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs	✓	✓
Licensing
Licence class	Copyleft	Proprietary
Data types
JSON / document support	✓	-
Geo / spatial	Native	-

Core

SQL model

MariaDBFull SQL

PlanetScaleFull SQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

MariaDB-

PlanetScale-

Highest isolation level

MariaDB-

PlanetScale-

Consistency

MariaDBTunable

PlanetScale-

Scale

Horizontal scale

MariaDBNatively distributed

PlanetScaleSharded

Replication

MariaDBSync

PlanetScale-

Availability

Automatic failover / HA

MariaDB✓

PlanetScale-

Deployment

MariaDB-

PlanetScaleManaged

Serverless / scale-to-zero

MariaDB-

PlanetScale-

Compatibility

Wire compatibility

MariaDBMySQL protocol

PlanetScale-

Extensibility

Extensions / plugins / UDFs

MariaDB✓

PlanetScale✓

Licensing

Licence class

MariaDBCopyleft

PlanetScaleProprietary

Data types

JSON / document support

MariaDB✓

PlanetScale-

Geo / spatial

MariaDBNative

PlanetScale-

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

PlanetScale

Leader

A cloud database platform offering both Vitess (MySQL-compatible with horizontal sharding) and Postgres databases for high-performance, large-scale workloads.

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 2026-08-14verify ↗

PlanetScale

Leader

from $5/moHybrid

From $5/month for Postgres Single Node. Resource-based pricing with pay-as-you-go for storage overage and egress.

Postgres Single NodeStarting at $5/month
Postgres MetalStarting at $50/month
Postgres HA (PS-5 example)$15/month for PS-5 tier (1/16 vCPU, 512MB RAM, 10GB storage, 3 nodes, 99.99% SLA)
VitessCustom pricing based on cluster size, VTGate configuration, and storage
EnterpriseContact sales

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	MariaDB	PlanetScale
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

MariaDB✗

PlanetScale✓

Windows

MariaDB✓

PlanetScale✗

Linux

MariaDB✓

PlanetScale✗

CLI

MariaDB✗

PlanetScale✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

MariaDB✗

PlanetScale✓

Self-hosted

MariaDB✓

PlanetScale✗

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

PlanetScale

Leader

1 total

Vantage

Independently observed

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