--- title: Postgres vs MariaDB | daily.dev description: Postgres and MariaDB are both open-source relational databases but serve different use cases. Postgres offers a richer type system (JSONB, arrays, geometric... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/postgres-vs-mariadb-sp1u6ijeb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Postgres vs MariaDB | daily.dev og:description: Postgres and MariaDB are both open-source relational databases but serve different use cases. Postgres offers a richer type system (JSONB, arrays, geometric... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/postgres-vs-mariadb-sp1u6ijeb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Sp1u6ijeB.png og:image:alt: Postgres vs MariaDB og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Postgres vs MariaDB **[Tinybird](https://daily.dev/sources/tinybird)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Postgres and MariaDB are both open-source relational databases but serve different use cases. Postgres offers a richer type system (JSONB, arrays, geometric types), stronger SQL standards compliance, and a deep extension ecosystem (PostGIS, pgvector, Citus). MariaDB excels at MySQL wire-protocol compatibility, Galera multi-master replication, and optional ColumnStore analytics. Both are row-oriented OLTP databases that struggle with large-scale analytical queries. The post compares architecture, replication, JSON handling, and performance, then recommends offloading OLAP workloads to ClickHouse via CDC (logical replication for Postgres, binary log for MariaDB). Tinybird is presented as a managed ClickHouse layer that integrates with either database for sub-second analytical query latency. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [ClickHouse vs PostgreSQL: Choosing the Right Database for Analytics](https://daily.dev/posts/clickhouse-vs-postgresql-choosing-the-right-database-for-analytics-ckxz2ek9o) · BigData Boutique blog · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Postgres vs Oracle](https://daily.dev/posts/postgres-vs-oracle-bthsrf1sf) · Tinybird · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Postgres vs ClickHouse is the wrong question. 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