Compare MariaDB and MaxDB 
Featured Products
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (41.0% of reviews)
Enterprise (57.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
MariaDB
Star Rating
(225)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (41.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about MariaDBMaxDB
Star Rating
(14)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (57.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about MaxDBMariaDB vs MaxDB
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found MariaDB easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers preferred doing business with MaxDB overall.
- Reviewers felt that MariaDB meets the needs of their business better than MaxDB.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that MaxDB is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of MaxDB over MariaDB.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
MariaDB
No pricing availableMaxDB
No pricing availableFree Trial
MariaDB
Free Trial is available
MaxDB
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.9
182
7.9
8
Ease of Use
8.9
184
8.8
8
Ease of Setup
8.8
114
8.6
7
Ease of Admin
8.4
109
8.3
7
Quality of Support
7.9
141
8.3
7
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.1
87
8.3
7
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
175
10.0
5
Features by Category
Management
9.2
28
8.7
5
9.2
28
8.3
5
8.5
25
8.7
5
8.4
22
Not enough data
Support
8.6
26
Not enough data
8.9
28
Not enough data
8.5
23
Not enough data
8.9
22
8.0
5
Security
8.7
27
8.3
5
9.0
27
Not enough data
8.8
22
Not enough data
8.7
23
Not enough data
Performance
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.6
22
Not enough data
8.6
23
Not enough data
8.4
20
Not enough data
8.5
27
8.3
5
Database Features
9.0
152
Not enough data
9.1
155
8.0
5
9.2
155
7.7
5
8.6
147
8.3
5
8.6
150
Not enough data
8.7
150
7.3
5
9.0
154
Not enough data
Storage
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
Availability
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
Performance
9.0
8
Not enough data
Security
9.4
8
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
Support
9.7
5
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
MariaDB and MaxDB are categorized as Relational Databases
Unique Categories
MariaDB is categorized as Columnar Databases and AWS Marketplace
MaxDB has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
MariaDB
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
MaxDB
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
25.8%
Computer Software
20.3%
Internet
5.1%
Telecommunications
5.1%
Computer & Network Security
3.7%
Other
40.1%
Information Technology and Services
21.4%
E-Learning
14.3%
Utilities
7.1%
Retail
7.1%
Real Estate
7.1%
Other
42.9%
Alternatives
Discussions
What is MariaDB used for?
1 Comment
KK
It is a fork of MySQL used for data warehouse, e-com services and usage for similar kind of data manipulation tasks. Read more
What is MariaDB server?
1 Comment
NC
MariaDB server is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) that is compatible with MySQL. I'm pretty sure it was a fork of MySQLs...Read more
MaxDB has no discussions with answers
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