Exasol and MariaDB Forge Strategic Partnership to Deliver High-Performance Analytics Solution
TL;DR
Exasol's partnership with MariaDB provides access to over one billion users, creating significant competitive advantage in the strategic U.S. market and accelerating international growth.
The Exasol Analytics Engine integrates with MariaDB Enterprise Platform to deliver real-time insights through high-performance analytics directly on operational data with 20x faster query results.
This collaboration enables organizations to extract maximum value from data while maintaining cost control, helping businesses innovate and deliver better customer-facing applications efficiently.
MariaDB Exa combines transactional and analytical capabilities in one solution, processing petabyte-scale AI data 20 times faster than traditional databases for immediate operational insights.
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Exasol AG, a global technology company specializing in high-performance analytics engines, has entered into a strategic partnership with MariaDB plc, the company behind the cloud database platform for GenAI. This collaboration provides Exasol with direct access to MariaDB's extensive open-source user base, which includes more than one billion software downloads, significantly enhancing visibility and commercial reach, particularly in the strategically important U.S. market. The agreement is expected to create long-term growth potential and generate positive business momentum for Exasol as it continues to scale internationally.
Under the partnership, the Exasol Analytics Engine will be integrated into the MariaDB Enterprise Platform and offered as a joint solution named MariaDB Exa (Powered by Exasol). This integration enables high-performance analytics directly on operational data, combining the strengths of MariaDB's transactional database platform with Exasol's analytics technology to deliver real-time insights from operational to petabyte-scale AI data. Joerg Tewes, CEO of Exasol, emphasized that the Exasol Analytics Engine is purpose-built to handle demanding data workloads at an unmatched price-performance ratio, validated by independent benchmarks showing it is up to 20 times faster than leading cloud competitors. He stated, "Integrating this powerhouse engine into the MariaDB Enterprise Platform opens up a whole new opportunity to bring our powerful analytics engine directly to MariaDB customers." Tewes added that MariaDB customers can now deploy a converged database solution supporting GenAI performance requirements, real-time dashboards, and complex data science while maintaining data governance and cost control.
MariaDB Exa is engineered for extreme scale, complex queries, and high performance on multi-terabyte datasets. When combined with MariaDB MaxScale, it uses a multi-node high availability architecture to deliver query results 20 times faster than traditional OLTP databases. This tiered approach ensures MariaDB customers have the right analytical solution to maximize performance and efficiency across their data infrastructure, from real-time operational insights to AI model inference. Rohit de Souza, CEO of MariaDB plc, highlighted the growing need for modern systems as organizations scale AI initiatives and associated data, stating, "MariaDB Exa allows organizations to extract real-time insights from large operational datasets very effectively and get immediate value from transactional information without the complexity of moving the data to a separate analytics system."
The MariaDB Exa solution is available immediately as an add-on option to the MariaDB Enterprise Platform 2026 release, with plans to incorporate the offering into MariaDB Cloud. For more details, visit https://www.mariadb.com and https://www.exasol.com.
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