MariaDB Alternatives

MariaDB is described as 'Backward compatible, drop-in replacement of the MySQL® Database Server. It includes all major open source storage engines' and is a very popular relational database in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to MariaDB for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best MariaDB alternative is SQLite, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MariaDB are PostgreSQL, MySQL Community Edition, MongoDB and Microsoft SQL Server.

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  1. IBM DB2 icon
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    DB2 offers industry leading performance, scale, and reliability on your choice of platform from Linux to z/OS. DB2 supports storing XML and relational data and offers SQL PL and PL/SQL procedural languages.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Triplit icon
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    A full-stack, syncing database that runs on both server and client. Pluggable storage (indexeddb, sqlite, durable objects), syncs over websockets, and works with your favorite framework (React, Solid, Vue, Svelte).

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  3. FerretDB icon
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    FerretDB (formerly MangoDB) is an open-source proxy, which converts MongoDB wire protocol queries to SQL, and uses PostgreSQL as a database engine.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. A complete cloud-first data platform that includes a multi-model transactional data management engine, an application development platform, and interoperability engine, and an open analytics platform.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. YDB icon
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    YDB is an open source Distributed SQL Database that combines high availability and scalability with strong consistency and ACID transactions.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  6. Clustrix icon
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    Clustrix is the leading scale-out SQL database engineered for the cloud. With Clustrix, you can scale transaction throughput, run real-time analytics, and simplify operations.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Azure Cosmos DB is a NoSQL document database service designed from the ground up to natively support JSON and JavaScript directly inside the database engine. It’s the right solution for web and mobile applications when predictable throughput, low latency, and flexible query are...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Amazon Redshift uses SQL to analyze structured and semi-structured data across data warehouses, operational databases, and data lakes, using AWS-designed hardware and machine learning to deliver the best price performance at any scale.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  9. VoltDB icon
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    VoltDB is a blazingly fast NewSQL database system. It is specifically designed to run on modern scale-out architectures - fast, inexpensive servers connected via high-speed data networks.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Pigsty icon
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    A battery-included, local-first, open-source PostgreSQL RDS alternative.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. The MySQL-compatible serverless database platform.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  12. CUBRID Database icon
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    CUBRID is a comprehensive GPL/BSD open source relational database management system highly optimized for Web Applications. CUBRID is being developed in C/C++. Includes native HA, online hot backup, and other features. JDBC, PHP, ODBC/.NET, Ruby & Python APIs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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