# MariaDB vs PlanetScale

**Leader by Vioscale score:** PlanetScale

| Attribute | MariaDB | PlanetScale |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 49.8 (43% (low)) | 67.3 (70% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 8,144 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A cloud database platform offering both Vitess (MySQL-compatible with horizontal sharding) and Postgres databases for high-performance, large-scale workloads. |
| features.capabilities | `{"sql_model":"full_sql","consistency":"tunable","geo_spatial":"native","replication":"sync","extensibility":true,"json_document":true,"license_class":"copyleft","horizontal_scale":"distributed_native","automatic_failover":true,"wire_compatibility":"mysql"}` | `{"sql_model":"full_sql","deployment":"managed","extensibility":true,"license_class":"proprietary","horizontal_scale":"sharded"}` |
| integrations.count | 17 | 1 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"MariaDB Connector/C"},{"name":"MariaDB Connector/Node.js"},{"name":"MariaDB Connector/ODBC"},{"name":"MariaDB Connector/J"},{"name":"MariaDB Connector/Python"},{"name":"MariaDB Connector/R2DBC"},{"name":"MariaDB Connector/C++"},{"name":"MySqlConnector for ADO.NET"},{"name":"ADO.NET Driver for MySQL"},{"name":"ODBC Driver for MySQL"},{"name":"JDBC Driver for MySQL"},{"name":"Node.js Driver for MySQL"},{"name":"C++ Driver for MySQL"},{"name":"C Driver for MySQL"},{"name":"C API for MySQL"},{"name":"PyMySQL"},{"name":"mysql-python"}]` | `[{"name":"Vantage"}]` |
| language.primary | C++ | - |
| license.spdx | GPL-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://mariadb.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T12:10:34.752Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Postgres Single Node","summary":"Starting at $5/month","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Development and low-traffic production workloads","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Postgres Metal","summary":"Starting at $50/month","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"High-performance local NVMe storage with unlimited IOPS","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Postgres HA (PS-5 example)","summary":"$15/month for PS-5 tier (1/16 vCPU, 512MB RAM, 10GB storage, 3 nodes, 99.99% SLA)","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":15,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"High availability with 1 primary + 2 replicas across 3 availability zones","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"egress":"100 GB/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Vitess","summary":"Custom pricing based on cluster size, VTGate configuration, and storage","description":"MySQL-compatible with horizontal sharding for massive scale","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","description":"All features with upgraded support, migration assistance, and bring-your-own-cloud deployment","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Egress bandwidth","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.06,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Storage (network-attached, beyond 10GB free)"},{"name":"Additional development branch hours"},{"name":"SSO"}],"summary":"From $5/month for Postgres Single Node. Resource-based pricing with pay-as-you-go for storage overage and egress.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://planetscale.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T12:42:46.087Z","startingPrice":{"amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-12.3.3","date":"2026-08-24T22:31:19Z","type":"stable","version":"mariadb-12.3.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-11.8.9","date":"2026-08-24T22:30:45Z","type":"stable","version":"mariadb-11.8.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-11.4.13","date":"2026-08-24T22:30:23Z","type":"stable","version":"mariadb-11.4.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-10.11.19","date":"2026-08-24T22:27:58Z","type":"stable","version":"mariadb-10.11.19"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-10.6.28","date":"2026-08-13T18:00:31Z","type":"stable","version":"mariadb-10.6.28"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-13.0.1","date":"2026-05-29T19:32:21Z","type":"prerelease","version":"mariadb-13.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-12.3.2","date":"2026-05-28T19:32:07Z","type":"stable","version":"mariadb-12.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-11.8.8","date":"2026-05-27T18:25:31Z","type":"stable","version":"mariadb-11.8.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-11.4.12","date":"2026-05-27T18:24:55Z","type":"stable","version":"mariadb-11.4.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-10.6.27","date":"2026-05-27T18:23:42Z","type":"stable","version":"mariadb-10.6.27"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-10.11.18","date":"2026-05-27T18:24:20Z","type":"stable","version":"mariadb-10.11.18"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-11.8.7b","date":"2026-05-18T16:20:36Z","type":"stable","version":"mariadb-11.8.7b"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-11.4.11b","date":"2026-05-18T16:19:48Z","type":"stable","version":"mariadb-11.4.11b"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-10.6.26","date":"2026-05-18T16:17:25Z","type":"stable","version":"mariadb-10.6.26"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-10.11.17","date":"2026-05-18T16:18:44Z","type":"stable","version":"mariadb-10.11.17"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-12.2.2","date":"2026-02-12T19:39:07Z","type":"stable","version":"mariadb-12.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-12.3.1","date":"2026-02-12T19:39:55Z","type":"prerelease","version":"mariadb-12.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-11.8.6","date":"2026-02-04T22:03:31Z","type":"stable","version":"mariadb-11.8.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-11.4.10","date":"2026-02-04T22:02:54Z","type":"stable","version":"mariadb-11.4.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-10.6.25","date":"2026-02-04T22:01:34Z","type":"stable","version":"mariadb-10.6.25"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 4.7 | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=openstack-helm%2Fmariadb&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (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 | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:55:49.906Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*