Comparison

MariaDB vs YugabyteDB

On the evidence we track, YugabyteDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 59/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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MariaDB50

★YugabyteDB59

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	MariaDB	YugabyteDBLeader
Vioscale score	50 / 100low · 43%	59 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	high
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	17	1
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
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
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%

YugabyteDB59 / 100medium · 71%

Pricing

Free tier

MariaDB✓

YugabyteDB✓

Model

MariaDBopen_source

YugabyteDBcommercial

Price level

MariaDBfree

YugabyteDBhigh

Transparent

MariaDB✓

YugabyteDB✓

Integrations

Count

MariaDB17

YugabyteDB1

Security

Disclosure policy

MariaDB✓

YugabyteDB✓

Gdpr

MariaDB✓

YugabyteDB✓

Iso27001

MariaDB–

YugabyteDB✓

Scorecard

MariaDB4.7

YugabyteDB–

Soc2

MariaDB–

YugabyteDB✓

Vulnerabilities

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

YugabyteDB–

Reliability

Status page

MariaDB–

YugabyteDB✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

MariaDB0

YugabyteDB–

Github stars

MariaDB8,144

YugabyteDB–

Activity

Commits last 30d

MariaDB100

YugabyteDB–

Release

History

MariaDB20 items

YugabyteDB–

License

Spdx

MariaDBGPL-2.0

YugabyteDB–

Language

Primary

MariaDBC++

YugabyteDB–

Market

Availability

MariaDBAvailable worldwide

YugabyteDB–

Capabilities

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

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

Core

SQL model

MariaDBFull SQL

YugabyteDBFull SQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

MariaDB-

YugabyteDBFull

Highest isolation level

MariaDB-

YugabyteDBSerializable

Consistency

MariaDBTunable

YugabyteDBStrong

Scale

Horizontal scale

MariaDBNatively distributed

YugabyteDBNatively distributed

Replication

MariaDBSync

YugabyteDBConsensus (Raft/Paxos)

Availability

Automatic failover / HA

MariaDB✓

YugabyteDB✓

Deployment

MariaDB-

YugabyteDBSelf-hosted

Serverless / scale-to-zero

MariaDB-

YugabyteDB-

Compatibility

Wire compatibility

MariaDBMySQL protocol

YugabyteDBPostgres protocol

Extensibility

Extensions / plugins / UDFs

MariaDB✓

YugabyteDB✓

Licensing

Licence class

MariaDBCopyleft

YugabyteDBPermissive OSS

Data types

JSON / document support

MariaDB✓

YugabyteDB✓

Geo / spatial

MariaDBNative

YugabyteDB-

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

YugabyteDB

Leader

A distributed SQL database designed for mission-critical transactional data, available as open source software or managed cloud services with multi-region and high-availability capabilities.

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 ↗

YugabyteDB

Leader

from $125/moHybridFree tier

From $125/vCPU/month. Free tier available. Storage and data transfer costs additional.

Standard$125/vCPU/month
- PostgreSQL API (YSQL)
- Cassandra API (YCQL)
- Change Data Capture
- Single-region fault tolerance
- PostgreSQL extensions
- +7 more
Professional$167/vCPU/month
- All Standard features
- Multi-region stretched clusters
- Read Replicas
- Row-level geo-partitioning for data residency
- Performance Advisor
- +3 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Professional features
- Customer Managed Keys (CMK) encryption at rest
- Single Sign On via OpenID Connect (OIDC)

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	YugabyteDB
WindowsPlatforms	✓	-
LinuxPlatforms	✓	-
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Windows

MariaDB✓

YugabyteDB–

Linux

MariaDB✓

YugabyteDB–

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

MariaDB✗

YugabyteDB✓

Self-hosted

MariaDB✓

YugabyteDB✓

Hybrid

MariaDB✗

YugabyteDB✓

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

YugabyteDB

Leader

1 total

Arctype SQL Client

Independently observed

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