Difference between MariaDB and MySQL

Difference between MariaDB and MySQL

MariaDB: 

MariaDB is a relational Database Management System. It is an open-source database management system. It is a drop-in replacement for the MySQL database server. It is a commercially supported fork of MySQL. The primal developers of MySQL develop it.

MySQL:

MySQL is also a relational database management system. Data is stored in the form of the tables. It is an open-source database, Developed and managed by the oracle corporation. The name is the compound of the name of the co-founder- Michael Widenius's daughter "My" and the SQL the acronym of Structured Query Language. MySQL as a database system is also used on the web. 

Sr. NoParameterMariaDBMySQL
 1Initial Release DateIt was initially released on 29th October 2009.It was initially released on 23rd May 1995.
 2Users of the database  Large organizations are using MariaDB, including Linux distributions and many more. Some companies using MariaDB are Google, RedHat, Fedora, Wikipedia, CentOS, and archlinuxSince it was released, it has gained a lot of followers and trust. Some of the companies that use MySQL are NASA, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, YouTube, WeChat, Netflix, Tesla, GitHub, and many more.
 3Deployment of the Databases  MariaDB is Written in languages - C, C++, Perl, and Bash. It provides binaries for Linux, Solaris, Microsoft Windows, OS X, and many more. You can download MariaDB from the official page - https://downloads.mariadb.org/  MySQL is written in C and C++. It provides binaries for Windows, Linux, IRIX, Novell Netware, NetBSD, and many more. You can download MySQL from https://www.mysql.com/downloads/
 4Number of forksIt has 868 forksIt has 1600forks
 5Replication Available  MariaDB allows us for the master to master replication and also provides master to slave replication. GaleraCluster is used for multi-masterMySQL allows replication as one-way asynchronous where the server is represented as master and other sare slaves.    
 6New Features and Enhancements It consists of newer features like extensions involving the JSON and KILL statement The newer features provided by MariaDB are not present in MySQL
 7Access to Propriety codeIt does not provide  right to access the propriety content ,also is a closed sourceMySQL provides access to the  proprietary code in its Enterprise Edition.
 8Data maskingData masking is not provided in MariaDBData masking is provided in MySQL
 9Replacement for each otherMariaDB also provides drop in replacement to MySQLMySQL cannot be utilized as replacement to MariaDB
 10Plugins available  It provides AWS key management pluginsIt also provides several plugins but they are only accessible in Enterprise edition
 11Current Developing and managing organizations  The enterprise is managed by MariaDB corporation AB, but the community server is managed by MariaDB Foundations. Ongoing development is currently open to the public where the public can submit patches for MariaDB, and the authorities decide.  MySQL is under one of the largest organization Oracle. Development and management us continued by the same organization.              
 12Storage EngineIt provides 12 new storage engines missing in MySQL like Aria, XtraDB, and many more.The options for storage are less in MySQL than MariaDB.
 13Databases Open source and proprietary  It is fully open-sourced; There are frequent releases of versions of MariaDB. The development is still in progress; this process also includes public thoughts. Public can also provide patches which can be taken into consideration and appended in the repository. We can also say that community participates in the development of MariaDBIt is managed by one of the largest organizations called oracle. It is also open-source software and is also available under various proprietary licenses.  
 14Larger connection pool  MariaDB provides an advanced thread pool which makes it faster and supports connections more than 200,000  MySQL doesn’t support 200,000 connections.

Conclusion:

MariaDB is the better alternative for MySQL as it also provides better and improved performance. It is a lightweight form of MySQL with more flexible features than SQL. It has agile patches and is a more stable open-source future. While MySQL has the corporate support of the biggest commercial database vendor and is in the market for over 26 years, and has gained a lot of trust from the customers. Many developers are working hard towards making it the best.