Category Archives: Sponsors
We are very pleased to welcome ProxySQL as a Silver Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation.
ProxySQL is the leading proxy for MySQL and has recently focused on supporting more and more of MariaDB, both with the Proxy and with other open-source projects ProxySQL is stewarding, like dbdeployer and orchestrator.
I had the chance to interview René Cannaò, CEO of ProxySQL.
Why is it important for ProxySQL to sponsor an organization like the MariaDB Foundation?
ProxySQL was born within the MySQL ecosystem, and MariaDB has always been an important part of it.
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We are pleased to welcome DBaasNow as a Silver Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation.
As the MariaDB ecosystem continues to expand across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments, the need for consistent, reliable, and scalable database operations has never been more important. DBaasNow brings a strong focus to this space with its database operations control plane, designed to standardize and automate database lifecycle management across diverse infrastructures.
Simplifying Operations Across Mixed Database Environments
Many organizations today operate MariaDB alongside other database technologies. Managing these environments efficiently is often challenging, particularly in governance, automation, and operational consistency.
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We’re excited to welcome TidesDB as a Silver Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation.
TidesDB’s sponsorship directly supports our mission to strengthen the MariaDB ecosystem and accelerate innovation through open, community-driven collaboration. Their commitment reflects a shared belief that open source databases thrive when strong technology and strong communities grow together.
Beyond sponsorship, TidesDB is contributing meaningful technology to the ecosystem through a new pluggable storage engine for MariaDB, designed for modern hardware. This integration expands the range of workloads MariaDB can serve while giving users and developers more choice, performance options, and flexibility.
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We are pleased to welcome Sylvain Arbaudie as a sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation.
Sylvain Arbaudie is an independent consultant with extensive experience helping organisations design reliable, scalable data infrastructures. Having worked primarily with commercial systems early in his career, Sylvain has witnessed how open source has matured into a powerful foundation for innovation, technological sovereignty, and long-term freedom—often surpassing proprietary alternatives in robustness and adaptability.
Among relational databases he has followed—MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB—Sylvain sees MariaDB as standing apart through its clarity of design, integrated ecosystem, and enterprise-grade reliability. These qualities make it a strong choice for organisations of all sizes, from individual founders to global enterprises.
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The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to welcome HammerDB as a Silver Sponsor.
HammerDB is the industry-standard open-source database benchmark, widely used across the database, cloud, and hardware ecosystem to evaluate mission-critical performance, scalability, and real-world workload behaviour. Its transparent and reproducible workloads are trusted by practitioners and vendors alike when validating performance claims, comparing configurations, and understanding database behaviour under load.
HammerDB is developed independently and hosted by the TPC Council as part of the TPC-OSS program, providing a neutral and credible reference point for performance evaluation.
HammerDB has long supported MariaDB and is frequently used by the community to test new releases, investigate performance regressions, and build confidence in production deployments.
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We are delighted to welcome QUAPE, a Singapore-based leader in high-performance hosting and IT infrastructure, as a Silver Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation.
Founded in 2006, QUAPE provides enterprise-grade hosting solutions for businesses across Asia and beyond — from dedicated servers and VPS platforms to cybersecurity and custom software development. Their long-standing focus on reliability, speed, and scalable infrastructure mirrors the values we uphold within the MariaDB ecosystem.
One of the core responsibilities of the Foundation is to maintain and advance the MariaDB buildbot infrastructure: the continuous integration system that tests every change, validates every platform, and keeps MariaDB Server stable for millions of users worldwide.
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Mirror, mirror on the wall — what do you measure when you measure us all?
Is it skill, or is it voice?
Is it code, or is it conversation?
DB-Engines is not a looking glass of perfection, but a mirror of perception — reflecting the chorus of those who search, speak, teach, compare, and build. And like every enchanted mirror, it shows not only what is, but what the world believes it sees.
MariaDB today stands firmly among the world’s top relational databases.
Not by inheritance, and not by illusion, but by the millions who use it, trust it, and shape it.
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We’re delighted to welcome Redgate as a new Silver Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation.
Redgate is well known across the database world for software solutions which reliably solve the challenges of database management – enabling secure, scalable and AI-ready databases. Their products support database DevOps, monitoring, and compliance across many technologies – and we’re proud to see MariaDB added to that ecosystem.
At MariaDB Foundation, our mission is to ensure the continuity and openness of MariaDB as a community-developed database. Every new sponsor strengthens that mission – not only financially, but by deepening collaboration across the broader database landscape.
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