MariaDB vs MySQL

MySQL is the more common of the two in our index: it runs on 10,386 websites against 498 for MariaDB, and 247 sites use both. Counts come from real scans, not vendor claims.

MariaDB: 498
MySQL: 10,386

MariaDB

MariaDB is an open-source relational database management system compatible with MySQL.

Indexed sites: 498
Share of Databases: 4%

Well-known sites using it

newrelic.com
docker.com
docker.io
instructure.com
yale.edu
upenn.edu

All 498 sites

MySQL

MySQL is an open-source relational database management system.

Indexed sites: 10,386
Share of Databases: 84%

Well-known sites using it

wordpress.org
zoom.us
bit.ly
gravatar.com
tumblr.com
hosting24.com

All 10,386 sites

Used together

247 sites run both MariaDB and MySQL. That is 50% of the sites using MariaDB, the smaller of the two.

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