MariaDB MaxScale comparisons
MariaDB MaxScale is compared head-to-head with Heimdall Database Proxy, ProxySQL and ShardingSphere-Proxy and more: 7 head-to-heads in Database Proxy Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
MariaDB MaxScale head-to-head
- MariaDB MaxScale vs Heimdall Database Proxy
- MariaDB MaxScale vs ProxySQL
- MariaDB MaxScale vs ShardingSphere-Proxy
- MariaDB MaxScale vs TurbineProxy
- MariaDB MaxScale vs HeliosProxy
- MariaDB MaxScale vs Cloudflare Hyperdrive
- MariaDB MaxScale vs PgDog
MariaDB MaxScale vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment model | Connection pooling | Query routing | Load balancing | Supported databases | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | MariaDB MaxScale | No | Both | Yes | Yes | Yes | MariaDB Server, MySQL-compatible servers, ColumnStore, Enterprise Cluster, MongoDB protocol | 8.6 | |
| 1 | Heimdall Database Proxy | Yes | Both | Yes | Yes | Yes | MySQL, PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS, Oracle, SQL Server, MariaDB, DB2, Greenplum, Redshift | 9.4 | |
| 2 | ProxySQL | Yes | Free | Self-hosted | Yes | Yes | Yes | MySQL protocol, PostgreSQL protocol, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Percona Server for MySQL, ClickHouse | 9.2 |
| 3 | ShardingSphere-Proxy | Yes | Free | Self-hosted | Yes | Yes | Yes | MySQL, PostgreSQL, openGauss, Firebird | 9.0 |
| 4 | TurbineProxy | Yes | Free | Self-hosted | Yes | Yes | Yes | MySQL, PostgreSQL | 8.8 |
| 5 | HeliosProxy | Free | Self-hosted | Yes | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL-compatible databases | 8.7 | |
| 7 | Cloudflare Hyperdrive | Yes | Managed | Yes | PostgreSQL 9.0–17.x; MySQL 5.7–8.x; MariaDB; PostgreSQL- and MySQL-compatible providers | 8.5 | |||
| 8 | PgDog | Yes | Free | Both | Yes | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL | 8.4 |
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