# Page 2 | MariaDB Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 2 - Is MariaDB the right Database solution for you? Explore 72 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/132005/MariaDB/reviews --- MariaDB 4.7 (72) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/132005/MariaDB/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 25th, 2026 # Page 2 - Reviews of MariaDB ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 26-50 of 72 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use JC Jhonatan C. Web developer Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Review of mariadb by a developer from Peru" July 7, 2021 4.0 As a Peruvian developer I have used this database manager a lot, not only in software but also in virtual stores, storage of large amounts of information and I have never had problems with this manager Pros I like the functionalities that it has similar to its predecessor, but it is easier to use for new programmers. the great compatibility with mysql is reassuring because you don't need a lot of translator or start from scratch with the database Cons The only disadvantage that could arise would be in some case of incompatibility, but since they are very similar services we should not find any such case. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Technical Lead Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A great RDBMS" February 6, 2023 5.0 Overall I am happy to use MariaDB as an RDBMS. It fulfills all of my requirements to develop a complete Web Application.Using MariaDB we can create dynamic web applications very easily and quickly as it supports standard SQL language. So no need to learn anything new to work with this. Pros I mostly like pulling and storing data using standard SQL queries. We can define reference as foreign keys which keep the integrity of data.Also, auto-increment key generation is very helpful. Datetime and timestamp data types are very helpful to sort the records.The limit keyword is also there to pull the data in a pagination manner.Integration of MariaDB is very simple. I have used MariaDB with Java frameworks like Spring, Dropwizard, and Struts 2 and didn't face a single issue regarding its connectivity. Cons The only thing is when a table grows much then pulling data using a SELECT query becomes slow than expected. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Developer Computer Hardware Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Review for MariaDB" February 3, 2022 5.0 I always use MariaDB for mine as well as mine client's project. Pros It is very much faster than MySQL, It can aslo be used to build web application for the clients. It has alot of features amazing functionalities and table and table management. Its 100% compatible and much important it is easy to use. Cons The price is bit expensive but free version also alot of work can be done. Alternatives considered [MySQL](https://www.capterra.com/p/11482/MySQL/) Reason for choosing MariaDB Its fast and time consuming Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior Quality Assurance Manager Industrial Automation Used the software for: 2+ years ### "90% of your needs covered" February 15, 2023 5.0 Pros There is little you cannot do with it. Almost any database needs are covered by mariadb (formerly mysql) open source dbms. It is very fast, it provides many functions for data manipulation and if installed in good hardware it can take a huge load. Cons There is little to none to be unhappy about mariadb. Maybe we could talk about cluster performance and advanced functions for usage in the cloud, but still it covers 90% of use cases out there. Alternatives considered [MongoDB](https://www.capterra.com/p/127374/MongoDB/)[PostgreSQL](https://www.capterra.com/p/48791/PostgreSQL/) Review Source Armando I. Network Manager Computer Networking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "DB That makes difficult things easy." January 18, 2022 5.0 With MariaDB I was able to get transactions above 52,000/sec between selects and filters. Real-time statistics with 3rd party tools allow you to see the correct operation. My implementations are at medium scales. They worked very well without much parameterization and tuning. Pros What I appreciate the most about MariaDB is the interoperability it provides with the different DB administration tools, the compatibility, simplicity and robustness when handling large transactions places confidence in the product. I have been using it for 7 years with File Repositories DB. Cons When performing dumps and/or migrations, it is usually a little problematic. It is necessary to use the correct parameters to obtain a comprehensive and secure backup for new installations. Experience in this context is required. Review Source MS Maha S. Assistant Professor Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "MariaDB: An open-source alternative to MySQL" July 2, 2023 4.0 Pros The most appealing feature of MariaDB is its open-source license that allows us to use it freely in academia to teach relational database management courses. The setup and deployment are extremely easy and streamlines with a very intuitive phpmyadmin web interface. Before it was integrated with MySQL. After Oracle corporation changed the MySQL open-source license, MariaDb is now a great alternative that would really exceed the expectations in terms of developing and testing RDBMS concepts and models. Cons The performance lags in many cases especially when deploying on Cloud IaaS platforms. Though theses instances are not arising frequently but we believe that MariaDb can go a long way towards improving and becoming a fierce competitor to the big names in the RDBMs arena today. Switched from [MySQL](https://www.capterra.com/p/11482/MySQL/) MariaDb is open-source Review Source Aníbal M. Programador Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great experience a fast database and without many novelties" July 7, 2018 5.0 Currently I am carrying out a project independently for one of my clients and we have chosen MariaDB as a database, which gives me the advantage of being able to offer a simple and stable service without recharging the price of the licenses, although the time in what I have tried is little. I hope that this software is maintained over time and continues to grow. With MariaDB I have grown personally and professionally Pros MariaDB is something new in the market and at the beginning I was not sure about making the migration, but it has been very easy to use and has shown a lot of stability and speed, I really like it to be OpenSource with the software under the GPL license. This reduces many costs which gives a point in favor when choosing it, I like that it has a large community where there are always people willing to help in any problem, its configuration in the servers is quite simple and with very few resources can have the service operational, I like that the hosting providers have added it at no additional cost, which makes me consider it a lot when I'm going to implement a content manager or an electronic commerce system. New tables are an advantage in INFORMATION\_SCHEMA Cons Although the community has tried to guarantee 100% compatibility with MySQL the reality is that it is not quite true when migrating to MariaDB it is necessary to change some data types that are not available. I did not like that it is necessary to uninstall MySQL on my development servers in order to install MariaDB. This software is fine for small and medium projects but it is limited when you need a robust database and with many long and frequent queries so for large projects it is not a good option. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Contest Director Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "MariaDB is fast and stable" September 17, 2018 5.0 It's fast, it's actually free to use even in a cluster, and it works. Hasn't let us down yet! Pros It truly is a drop-in replacement for MySQL. Especially when you alter the table structure of an existing table with millions of rows the lock time goes down from 10s of minutes to 10s of seconds. Setting up a Galera cluster is not trivial, especially starting it the first time, but when it's up and running, it works really well. Cons Starting up a Galera cluster is annoying. The first node needs a manual start. They need to come up with a better way for non-database-people to easily start it up. Also we get many small Galera log files that sometimes just fill up the inodes on the server; why they don't just keep adding to the same log file is a mystery to us. Review Source DF David F. Network Admin Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "MariaDB: Open open source database goodness" July 22, 2021 5.0 Pros MariaDB is 100% compatible with MySQL queries and everything else. A 100% drop in replacement that is guaranteed to stay open source forever. You have a vast ecosystem of support and updates and tools. It just works, and I think that is the best thing you can really say about a piece of software. Install it, configure it, run the updates and it just keeps chugging along without an issue. Cons And now the 1 gripe. Price. The free edition is more then enough for 99.95% of our clients and what they do. When we needed a little bit more, the price was out of control. What we needed could be duplicated in other ways, but to get it "built in" was not worth it. Switched from [MySQL](https://www.capterra.com/p/11482/MySQL/) Oracle bought MySQL and killed open source. Review Source Héctor A. CEO / Lead Architect Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Better than MySQL" May 18, 2020 5.0 Is a complete, with a great community database with a feature set that grows version after version easy to work with most programming languages and truly open source. Pros It is based on MySQL, and has great compatibility with tools based on it, it is OpenSource like MySQL, but the difference is that MariaDB is governed by the \[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\] of MySQL and not Oracle, Oracle is a Closed Source Database company, If someday they decide to remove the plug on MySQL or making it weaker to sell their products there would be no option to MySQL users, but MariaDB exists now. Cons It's missing some statistic tools that PostGreSQL already comes with, they can be added but it might be kind of cumbersome, Tools are not as polished as MySQL Workbench, DBeaver is the best one that I tried but have some issues from time to time. Review Source Giuseppe N. Software Engineer Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best opensource RDBMS solution" June 2, 2022 5.0 Pros For years now, many hosts have offered MariaDB as RDBMS. DB management and performance are excellent, 90% of the work is done by the correct design of the data structure. Cons No problem or defect regarding the use I make of it. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Software engineer's experience using MariaDB." July 16, 2022 5.0 I have used MariaDB in several projects in place of MySQL. Where I needed better performance. Pros It integrates perfectly with applications in various programming languages. It is compatible with MySQL. It is very popular and well-known. Better performance than MySQL. Cons It does not support data masking. Less popular than PostgreSQL or MySQL. Alternatives considered [PostgreSQL](https://www.capterra.com/p/48791/PostgreSQL/) Review Source Anton T. Founder Information Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best optimized database WordPress" January 22, 2023 5.0 Pros Database optimization, data replication, data management Cons Instalation is very hard, especially for beginner Review Source DB Debjit B. Freelancer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "My second best RDBMS software and best opensource software." September 15, 2018 5.0 I love the idea of open-source so as opensource this is my best DB software. I love the idea of it and similarity with mysql as it is a fork of it. If you already used any SQL software/server before then you can find this pice of software your next best thing. This fast and light feature of it is the dealbreaker. VPS with 512MB ram can run mariaDB with 1000's of users which I cant think with Mysql or any other software. Love to see this awesome pice of software success. For support you always have it sorted by someone before and you just need to search. Pros This is an opensource solutions which is a fork of MySql. I love how light it is compared to other softwares. It is reliable, light, much faster alternative. If you know mySQL then it is just the free version of it. Cons I ran into some configuration problem when trying to configure it on my VPS server. It doesn't have lots of tutorials like other, but you can always find a way around of it. You cannot get personalize support for this software like others, because it is a comunity based DB software. Less update and bug fixing sometime make word really hard. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Everyday RDBMS" August 31, 2020 5.0 Being open source you can easily self-host it and you never have to worry about who is looking in your data. Pros It's a great drop-in replacement for MySQL. I have been using in my dev, test and prod sites and never really had any issues other than obvious identified bugs. Cons Sometimes it's slow on merging upstream from MySQL which becomes pain because you can't use the same feature which already exists in MySQL. Review Source ZC Zie C. Responsable Projet et Developpement Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "MariaDB pour vos bases de données" December 11, 2023 4.0 MariaDB est un gestionnaire SGBD, très simple d'utilisation, avec une interface institutif Pros J'utilise MariaDB dans des projets d'applications web et mobile, en tant que gestionnaire de bases de données Cons MariaDB est limité en terme de capacité de stockage de données, donc pas adapté à des projets de grandes capacités Review Source VR Verified Reviewer DevOps Engineer III Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Fast and Easy" October 23, 2018 5.0 We are using it all over the place, when requirements do not push us into one of the big commercial products. Pros This is the relational database systems of choice if you need or want to switch MySQL. There is no client reconfigurationnecessary. It is developed by the open source community and it is broadly supported in all environments. Cons The shrinking of the idx log files is a bit tedious and needs downtime. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Chief Technology Officer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The Preferred Database Solution" December 18, 2019 5.0 MariaDB is easily our preferred data storage solution, and we use it across most of our applications. Pros MariaDB is an excellent, free and open source solution for data storage, with a strong tradition of quality and a high level of support. Cons The renumbering of versions (skipping from 5.5 to 10.0) has left some confusing documentation and version tracking problems. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Data Analytics Manager Logistics and Supply Chain Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good alternative to MySQL" April 15, 2022 4.0 Overall, MariaDB is a good RDBMS alternative to MySQL. It's a drop-in replacement for MySQL with the open-source guarantees which is important for some of our use cases. Pros I like how it's compatible with MySQL. It makes it easy to use for our team which is experienced already with MySQL. Cons I don't have anything I don't like about MariaDB. Switched from [MySQL](https://www.capterra.com/p/11482/MySQL/) We needed a full open-source RDBMS. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Musico I Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "100% free and open source database management" April 28, 2018 5.0 Compatibility with mysql that allows easier use of the application. Open source. Easy to use and safe database management. Pros MariaDB is an alternative to MySql totally free and open source Maintains full compatibility with MySQL, allowing migrations from MySql to MariaDB in a clean and smooth manner When complex queries are received and you have to perform temporary tables, they are cached instead of being written to the disk Being a very dynamic community and open to developers, MariaDB guarantees the fastest appearance of patches, which can solve any security problems MariaDB can be used from most existing management systems for MySQL, such as PhpMyAdmin or HeidiSQL, and is compatible with popular applications such as WordPress, Drupal, and others Cons The migration of a very tested and reliable system such as MySQL. Although absolute compatibility is guaranteed, and a large stable and powerful system, we must assess whether today a complex system is worth passing to MariaDB Review Source Daniel P. Innovation and product developer Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The improved fork of an excellent solution, integrate with a lot of software" February 26, 2018 5.0 Pros As a fork of another solution you have all the advantages of the old solution but with more actualizations and an improved experience. Easy to connect with a wide variety of DB clients and integrates with a large amount of software- Widely recommended as there are a lot of documentation on the web. Review Source eyamir U. Profesora Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "It is an easy-to-use DBMS, and its functions are very helpful when handling the BD" May 2, 2018 5.0 Pros The new system tables, which keep statistics that are of great help for the optimization of the Database. Its new ARIA storage engines that replace MyISAM and XtraDB that replaces InnoDB and are fault-proof, and the PBXT engine: which is a transactional storage engine with a lot of new and beautiful features. On the other hand its speed improvement especially in complex queries when using the Aria storage engine, since Aria caches data from temporary tables in memory, which is a performance against the use of the hard drive. In the replication substantial improvements have been introduced, for example the "group commit for the binary log" that accelerates replication up to twice as much. Its ability to handle more than 200.00 connections. Cons I really have not got something so far that I do not like the driver. For which I recommend its use Review Source JS Justin S. DevOps Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great product, but MySQL is still the standard" April 6, 2021 4.0 MariaDB is easy to set up and use, but I worry that its community support isn't where it needs to be in order to be a top contender against MySQL. Pros MariaDB has picked up the community-oriented development mindset where MySQL left off since being acquired by Oracle. I've had virtually no problems with stability, and MariaDB seems to be actively developed. Cons Unfortunately, the majority of the community still seems to use MySQL, and that will become a problem as MySQL and MariaDB continue to diverge. How many developers will want to support both platforms? It's difficult to say. Switched from [MySQL](https://www.capterra.com/p/11482/MySQL/) Oracle tends to ruin everything it touches, and we didn't want to risk being caught using one of its products if a drop-in replacement was available. Review Source MAA Miguel Alejandro A. Datbase Engineer Computer Networking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Very good database engine, so far a drop in replacement for other engine" June 17, 2019 5.0 This is a very simple to use database engine, and the default engine for many Linux distros. It's a fork of Mysql and so far it's fully compatible, the changes at this point are in the back end, it uses different engines, which gives more options for different types of loads. Pros Is a medium to lightweight database engine, in resource consumption, fast as long as you set it up correctly. Database backups are simple, but no easy to automate. Uses a very standard SQL language. It's very easy to find libraries for this database in any operative system. Cons It does not include a default manager It's all console by default Review Source ME Martin E. Senior Programmer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Powerful, flexible and reliable database platform." September 5, 2018 5.0 I use MariaDB for a wide range of services, and it has become my 'go-to' database platform. It operates well out of the box, and with some configuration has proven to scale well (through load balanced servers). It integrates well in Linux environments, and I rely on it every day to handle millions of requests. Pros I have used MariaDB in small environments, and production environments handling millions of transactions. It has proven very reliable, robust, and I have come to rely on it. Cons Sometimes the configuration can be quite terse, but it is very well documented, and there is always somebody out there who can help! Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.