# MariaDB: how AI models rank it, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge labels across 1 categories by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/mariadb/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Managed relational databases | 0% | 70 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "can be self-hosted on affordable cloud instances, though this requires more operational overhead" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Managed databases)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Managed relational databases: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 70 of 82.

## In its own words

What MariaDB's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Open Source Database (RDBMS) for the Enterprise (https://mariadb.com/)
- For: Enterprise (https://mariadb.com/)
- Price stated: MariaDB product and services pricing. Feature comparison of paid MariaDB Enterprise subscription vs. community server with over 30 comparison points. (https://mariadb.com/pricing)
- Starting price: 0 (https://mariadb.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: free download of Community Server; Try Free (https://mariadb.com/)
- Certifications: ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting: AWS, GCP, Azure, 40+ regions
- Customers named: DBS, Nokia, Virgin Media O2, CCV, Copart, Dompé, Esade, Flightradar24

## What it publishes

Every page mariadb.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 11495 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 1024 pages, 17 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-23
- case study: 19 pages, 3 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-11
- webinar or virtual event: 163 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-12-05
- conference or event: 98 pages, 10 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-22
- report or ebook: 57 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-01
- comparison: 21 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-02
- template or tool: 275 pages, 19 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-29
- glossary or explainer: 34 pages, 7 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-25
- news or press: 694 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-21
- Recent: 2026-09-29 template or tool: Worklog https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/product-development/server-development/tools/worklog
- Recent: 2026-09-28 template or tool: Migrator https://mariadb.com/docs/release-notes/tools/migrator
- Recent: 2026-09-28 template or tool: All releases https://mariadb.com/docs/release-notes/tools/migrator/all-releases
- Recent: 2026-09-28 template or tool: 1.5.0 https://mariadb.com/docs/release-notes/tools/migrator/1.5.0
- Recent: 2026-09-25 glossary or explainer: What is mariadb 112 https://mariadb.com/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/11.2/what-is-mariadb-112
- Recent: 2026-09-25 template or tool: Introduction https://mariadb.com/docs/tools/mariadb-enterprise-operator/introduction

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.