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Infobright vs MariaDB

Infobright: Compressed columnar analytics engine on a MySQL front end, now sold by IgniteTech as Infobright AI. MariaDB: Community-led MySQL fork with extra storage engines, built-in Galera and a faster feature cadence.

key differences

  • Infobright is primarily a columnar / OLAP database; MariaDB is relational.
  • Licensing: Infobright is proprietary (Proprietary (Community Edition was GPL until 2016)); MariaDB is open source (copyleft) (GPL-2.0).
  • Horizontal scaling is none in Infobright and addon in MariaDB.
  • Transactions: Infobright offers limited ACID; MariaDB offers full.
  • Only MariaDB has transactions, secondary indexes, full-text search, vector search, geospatial.

choose infobright for

  • +Existing deployments for log and machine-data analytics
  • +Embedded analytics in OEM appliances

best at · OLAP, Warehouse, Observability

choose mariadb for

  • +Drop-in replacement for legacy MySQL deployments
  • +Linux distribution default database for LAMP stacks
  • +Temporal auditing with system-versioned tables
  • +HA clusters with Galera

best at · OLTP, Content, Geo

InfobrightCompressed columnar analytics engine on a MySQL front end, now sold by IgniteTech as Infobright AI.
MariaDBCommunity-led MySQL fork with extra storage engines, built-in Galera and a faster feature cadence.
overview
Primary model
Columnar / OLAP
Relational
Also supports
Relational
Document, Spatial, Vector, Columnar / OLAP
Type
Database engine
Database engine
Status
Active
Active
Developer
IgniteTech (originally Infobright Inc.)
MariaDB Foundation and MariaDB plc
First release
2005
2009
Latest version
–
13.0.2 (Sep 15, 2026)
License
ProprietaryProprietary (Community Edition was GPL until 2016)
Open source (copyleft)GPL-2.0
Free tier
—
✓
popularity
WhichDB Score
4.4
56.2
Rank
#406
#19
GitHub stars
–
8.5K
Stack Overflow questions
–
14.6K
scale & guarantees
Comfortable data size
Medium (≤ 10 TB)
Medium (≤ 10 TB)
Horizontal scaling
None
Addon
Multi-region
None
Read replicas
ACID
Limited
Full
Consistency
Strong
Strong, Eventual
Schema
Strict
Strict
Architecture
Single node, Client server
Single node, Primary replica, Multi primary, Client server
deployment
Self-hosted
✓
✓
Vendor-managed cloud
—
—
Serverless
—
—
Embedded
—
—
Edge
—
—
Clouds
–
AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, DigitalOcean, Akamai
capabilities
Transactions
—
✓
Joins
✓
✓
Secondary indexes
—
✓
Full-text search
—
✓
Vector search
—
✓
Geospatial
—
✓
JSON
—
✓
Change data capture
—
✓
Triggers
—
✓
Stored procedures
—
✓
Materialized views
—
—
TTL / expiry
—
—
Pub/Sub
—
—
Columnar storage
✓
✓
In-memory
—
—
Durable persistence
✓
✓
Compression
✓
✓
Encryption at rest
—
✓
Role-based access
—
✓
Time travel
—
✓
Branching
—
—
Online schema changes
—
✓
Streaming ingest
—
—
Offline sync
—
—
Runs in WebAssembly
—
—
interfaces
Query languages
SQL
SQL, PL/SQL (Oracle mode)
Client languages
C, Java, Python, PHP
C, Java, Python, JavaScript, PHP, Go, C#, Ruby
Best for
OLAP, Warehouse, Observability
OLTP, Content, Geo, Vector search
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Infobright vs MariaDB: FAQ

What is the difference between Infobright and MariaDB?

Infobright: Compressed columnar analytics engine on a MySQL front end, now sold by IgniteTech as Infobright AI. MariaDB: Community-led MySQL fork with extra storage engines, built-in Galera and a faster feature cadence. Infobright is primarily a columnar / OLAP database; MariaDB is relational. Licensing: Infobright is proprietary (Proprietary (Community Edition was GPL until 2016)); MariaDB is open source (copyleft) (GPL-2.0). Horizontal scaling is none in Infobright and addon in MariaDB.

When should I choose Infobright over MariaDB?

Choose Infobright for existing deployments for log and machine-data analytics; and embedded analytics in OEM appliances. Choose MariaDB for drop-in replacement for legacy MySQL deployments, linux distribution default database for LAMP stacks and temporal auditing with system-versioned tables.

Is Infobright or MariaDB more popular?

MariaDB ranks #19 on the WhichDB Score (56.2/100) and Infobright ranks #406 (4.4/100). Popularity is not fit: check the requirements that matter for your project.

Are Infobright and MariaDB open source?

No. Infobright is proprietary, closed-source software. Yes. MariaDB is open source. License: GPL-2.0.