Comparison

MariaDB vs TiDB

On the evidence we track, TiDB 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 →TiDB full profile →

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MariaDB50

★TiDB60

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	MariaDB	TiDBLeader
Vioscale score	50 / 100low · 43%updating	60 / 100medium · 61%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	17	4
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
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	-

Score

Vioscale score

MariaDB50 / 100low · 43%updating

TiDB60 / 100medium · 61%updating

Pricing

Free tier

MariaDB✓

TiDB✓

Model

MariaDBopen_source

TiDBfreemium

Price level

MariaDBfree

TiDBlow

Transparent

MariaDB✓

TiDB✗

Integrations

Count

MariaDB17

TiDB4

Security

Disclosure policy

MariaDB✓

TiDB–

Gdpr

MariaDB✓

TiDB✓

Pci

MariaDB–

TiDB✓

Scorecard

MariaDB4.7

TiDB–

Soc2

MariaDB–

TiDB✓

Vulnerabilities

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

TiDB–

Reliability

Sla pct

MariaDB–

TiDB99.99

Status page

MariaDB–

TiDB✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

MariaDB0

TiDB–

Github stars

MariaDB8,144

TiDB–

Activity

Commits last 30d

MariaDB100

TiDB–

Release

History

MariaDB20 items

TiDB–

License

Spdx

MariaDBGPL-2.0

TiDB–

Language

Primary

MariaDBC++

TiDB–

Market

Availability

MariaDBAvailable worldwide

TiDB–

Capabilities

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

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

Core

SQL model

MariaDBFull SQL

TiDBFull SQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

MariaDB-

TiDBFull

Highest isolation level

MariaDB-

TiDB-

Consistency

MariaDBTunable

TiDB-

Scale

Horizontal scale

MariaDBNatively distributed

TiDBNatively distributed

Replication

MariaDBSync

TiDB-

Availability

Automatic failover / HA

MariaDB✓

TiDB-

Deployment

MariaDB-

TiDB-

Serverless / scale-to-zero

MariaDB-

TiDB-

Compatibility

Wire compatibility

MariaDBMySQL protocol

TiDBMySQL protocol

Extensibility

Extensions / plugins / UDFs

MariaDB✓

TiDB-

Licensing

Licence class

MariaDBCopyleft

TiDBPermissive OSS

Data types

JSON / document support

MariaDB✓

TiDB-

Geo / spatial

MariaDBNative

TiDB-

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

TiDB

Leader

An open-source distributed SQL database trusted by innovators to power transactional, AI, and other modern applications.

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 ↗

TiDB

Leader

HybridFree tier

TiDB Cloud StarterFree
TiDB Cloud DedicatedContact sales

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

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	TiDB
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

MariaDB✗

TiDB✓

Windows

MariaDB✓

TiDB✗

Linux

MariaDB✓

TiDB✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

MariaDB✗

TiDB✓

Self-hosted

MariaDB✓

TiDB✓

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

TiDB

Leader

4 total

Cursor
JDBC
mysql-connector-python
MySQL

Independently observed

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