MariaDB Pricing
The tool is open-source.
View full review »MariaDB is available for free.
I rate the product's price a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is high price since there are some support costs involved, even though it isn't an open-source solution.
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MariaDB
August 2025

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I have found the price of commercial MariaDB to be pretty steep, although not as high as Oracle. Customers often prefer the Community Edition because it's free.
View full review »It is free of charge. I didn't use the paid version.
View full review »The cost is quite good. You can have the open source, free version, which has adequate capacity. Compared to Oracle, MariaDB has a more flexible policy and less officials. Oracle is too big of an organization, and they do certain things that leave a sour taste in our mouth. Dealing with a smaller company is sometimes better, especially for smaller systems.
I would rate the licensing cost as nine out of 10.
View full review »Price-wise, the product is affordable. The product is not expensive.
My company uses the free version of the solution.
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Sahul Hameed
Senior Data Engineer at Nike
It is an open-source solution.
View full review »MariaDB is relatively cheap. It is very cost-effective.
View full review »It's an open-source solution that only charges for a server database.
I rate the solution's pricing an eight or nine out of ten, where one is expensive, and ten is cheap.
View full review »MariaDB is an open-source software, meaning I don't need to pay for the product.
I always use the free version.
View full review »MariaDB is a free-to-use solution.
View full review »We use the open source edition which doesn't require licensing. We don't offer the enterprise edition, because if we're taking the customer off Oracle, for the additional benefits, we have to optimize the cost. If we have a customer with budget constraints, it's saving hundreds of thousands of dollars, sometimes millions, if we use MariaDB instead of Oracle.
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Eric Espino
IT Manager at Melones Oil Terminal
This product is open-source and free to use.
View full review »The solution is free, but if you want the enterprise version you will need to pay for some licenses but the cost is less than other solutions, such as Oracle.
View full review »It's a free solution. It's completely open-source. We do not have to pay anything.
View full review »We use the community version of MariaDB. We don't have an enterprise license.
View full review »While there is an enterprise version, we are using the free version of the solution.
View full review »I can't speak to the exact pricing.
The cost of licensing is dependent on the projects. We have many types of licensing. We have a subscription and we also have some like lesson sheets that we buy. After, we just pay for the maintenance.
There are no costs associated with this solution. It is a free and open source software although one can opt for a paid support from MariaDB
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Maria Nunzia Galdi
Technical Staff at UNIFI-HOME-imse01.mc_rsh
We use the solution's free version.
View full review »I haven't used the licensing model for MariaDB, but I would prefer to use it since I am familiar with the platform and find it easy to work with. I wouldn't want to switch to a different database management system.
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Dinh Tran
Developer at Greenglobal
The solution is open-source, therefore, it has no license.
View full review »There is a monthly subscription to use MariaDB.
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Lawrence Katuruza
Systems Administrator at Dairibord
We pay for a yearly license. We don't currently have plans to increase the number of users in the foreseeable future, but we will do so if we need to.
View full review »We don't use a license, however, it is possible to pay for a yearly license if necessary.
View full review »We are using the community version of the solution.
View full review »The licensing cost is approximately $4000.00 per year and the licensing is based on the software and the number of posts that you make.
View full review »This is an open-source product, which can be used free of charge.
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DEEPEN DHULLA
Director & CTO at TechnoInfotech
I used the open-source version, which is available free of charge.
View full review »It's an open-source solution.
View full review »The price of this solution represents a very good compromise between the cost and what it offers.
View full review »Most of our customers will not consider MySQL/MariaDB if they need to pay for a license. Unfortunately, it is still an Oracle dominated market. Normally, the community version is well accepted because no license cost is involved.
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Siddhika Rane
Talent Acquisition Specialist at Nine A Business Connect
I used the free version. I didn't purchase it.
View full review »MySQL is under a license for Oracle, which means that it is free and cheaper than other systems and databases.
When it comes to MariaDB, it should have a more cost-effective license.
View full review »MariaDB is open-source and self-hosted.
View full review »This is an open source solution with no licensing fees.
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MariaDB
August 2025

Learn what your peers think about MariaDB. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: August 2025.
865,576 professionals have used our research since 2012.