Why MariaDB is better than MySQL

When comparing MariaDB and MySQL, we are comparing different development cultures, features and performance. The patches developed by MariaDB focus on bug fixing and performance. By supporting the features of MySQL, MariaDB implements more improvements and delivers better performance without restrictions on compatibility with MySQL. It also provides more storage engines than MySQL. What makes MariaDB different from MySQL is better testing, fewer bugs and fewer warnings. The goal of MariaDB is to be a drop-in replacement for MySQL, with better developments.

Navicat is a strong and powerful MariaDB administration and development tool. It is graphic database management and development software produced by PremiumSoft CyberTech Ltd. It provides a native environment for MariaDB database management and supports the extra features like new storage engines, microsecond and virtual columns.

It is easy to convert from MySQL to MariaDB, as we need not convert any data and all our old connectors to other languages work unchanged. As of now MariaDB is capable of handling data in terabytes, but more needs to be done for it to handle data in petabytes.