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MariaDB pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for MariaDB. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the databases tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, MariaDB pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The MariaDB catalogue entry carries no price, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the MariaDB review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full MariaDB feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- MySQL Compatibility
- Aria Storage Engine
- ColumnStore
- Galera Cluster
- MaxScale
- Spider Engine
- Temporal Tables
Integrations
- phpMyAdmin
- DBeaver
- HeidiSQL
- Prisma
- Sequelize
Platform
- Linux support
- Windows support
- Mac support
- Docker support
People bring MariaDB in for transaction processing, data storage, application backend, reporting, data analytics. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to MariaDB are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Databases
Too few databases tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MariaDB (this page) | Free | - | - | |
| Canary Labs | $3000/year | Per tag band per year | - | vs MariaDB |
| Presto | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs MariaDB |
| Privacera | On request | quote | - | vs MariaDB |
| Dremio | Free, then $0.2/hour | Per Dremio Compute Unit consumed | - | vs MariaDB |
| Solace PubSub+ | Free | quote | - | vs MariaDB |
| StarRocks | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs MariaDB |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the MariaDB badges page.
Before you pay for MariaDB
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
MariaDB runs on linux, unix, windows, macos, and is published by MariaDB Foundation of Espoo, Finland. The full record is on the MariaDB review, and the rest of the category is under best databases tools.
MariaDB pricing questions
- How much does MariaDB cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for MariaDB. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does MariaDB have a free plan?
- Yes, MariaDB is recorded as free, so it can be used without paying.
- Which databases tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 databases tools listed alongside MariaDB have a free tier: Presto, Dremio, Solace PubSub+, StarRocks, EMQX.
- What am I actually paying for with MariaDB?
- The record lists 16 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for transaction processing, data storage, application backend.
- Does MariaDB charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these MariaDB prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare MariaDB against before paying?
- The closest databases tools in this directory are Canary Labs, Presto, Privacera, Dremio. Each has a side-by-side comparison with MariaDB covering price, platforms and features.