# MariaDB vs Vitess

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Vitess

| Attribute | MariaDB | Vitess |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 49.8 (43% (low)) | 62.2 (49% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 62 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 235 |
| adoption.github_stars | 8,144 | 21,259 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":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. | Vitess is a MySQL-compatible database that extends scalability through built-in sharding and improves performance via query rewriting, caching, and connection pooling. It provides automatic failure detection and repair for high availability. |
| 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":"self_hosted","horizontal_scale":"sharded","automatic_failover":true,"wire_compatibility":"mysql"}` |
| integrations.count | 17 | - |
| 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"}]` | - |
| language.primary | C++ | Go |
| license.spdx | GPL-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"linux":true,"windows":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://mariadb.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T12:10:34.752Z"}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | open_source | - |
| pricing.price_level | free | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 6 |
| 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"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v24.0.2","date":"2026-06-24T16:26:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v24.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v23.0.5","date":"2026-06-24T15:33:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v23.0.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v24.0.1","date":"2026-05-07T15:33:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v24.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v23.0.4","date":"2026-05-07T14:22:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v23.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v24.0.0","date":"2026-04-30T11:47:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v24.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v24.0.0-rc1","date":"2026-04-14T13:47:37Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v24.0.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v23.0.3","date":"2026-02-27T01:43:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v23.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v22.0.4","date":"2026-02-27T02:52:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v22.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v23.0.2","date":"2026-02-10T21:29:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v23.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v23.0.1","date":"2026-02-04T18:24:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v23.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v22.0.3","date":"2026-02-04T16:47:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v22.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v22.0.2","date":"2025-11-05T17:15:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v22.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v21.0.6","date":"2025-11-05T17:11:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v21.0.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v23.0.0","date":"2025-11-04T14:37:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v23.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v23.0.0-rc2","date":"2025-10-29T14:34:22Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v23.0.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v23.0.0-rc1","date":"2025-10-16T13:40:24Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v23.0.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v22.0.1","date":"2025-06-18T07:48:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v22.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v21.0.5","date":"2025-06-18T09:22:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v21.0.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v20.0.8","date":"2025-06-18T09:31:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v20.0.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v22.0.0","date":"2025-04-29T13:05:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v22.0.0"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 4.7 | 8 |
| 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}` | `{"count":5,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=vitess.io%2Fvitess&per_page=100","last_12m":2,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (Relational Databases)

| Capability | MariaDB | Vitess |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 | - | Self-hosted |
| Serverless / scale-to-zero | - | - |
| **Compatibility** |  |  |
| Wire compatibility | MySQL protocol | MySQL protocol |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| Extensions / plugins / UDFs | ✓ | - |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Copyleft | - |
| **Data types** |  |  |
| JSON / document support | ✓ | - |
| Geo / spatial | Native | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:00:09.425Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*