Exasol and MariaDB Form Strategic Partnership to Deliver High-Performance Analytics Solution

Exasol AG, a global technology company providing high-performance analytics solutions, has entered into a strategic partnership with MariaDB plc to expand market reach and accelerate international growth. The collaboration provides Exasol with direct access to MariaDB's extensive open-source user base, which includes more than one billion software downloads, significantly increasing visibility and commercial reach particularly in the strategically important U.S. market.

The partnership involves integrating the Exasol Analytics Engine into the MariaDB Enterprise Platform, creating a joint solution called MariaDB Exa (Powered by Exasol). This integration enables high-performance analytics directly on operational data by combining MariaDB's transactional database platform with Exasol's analytics technology. The solution delivers real-time insights from operational to petabyte-scale AI data without requiring data movement to separate analytics systems.

Joerg Tewes, CEO of Exasol, emphasized the significance of the partnership, stating that the Exasol Analytics Engine is purpose-built to handle demanding data workloads at an unmatched price-performance ratio. Independent benchmarks validate that the technology performs up to 20 times faster than leading cloud competitors. The integration into the MariaDB Enterprise Platform creates new opportunities to bring powerful analytics capabilities directly to MariaDB customers through a truly converged database solution.

MariaDB Exa is specifically engineered for extreme scale, complex queries, and high performance on multi-terabyte datasets. When combined with MariaDB MaxScale available at https://mariadb.com/products/skysql/maxscale/, the solution uses a multi-node high availability architecture to deliver query results 20 times faster than traditional OLTP databases. This tiered approach ensures every MariaDB customer has the appropriate analytical solution to maximize performance and efficiency across their entire data infrastructure.

Rohit de Souza, CEO of MariaDB plc, highlighted the growing need for modern systems that are fast, flexible, and cost-effective as organizations scale their AI initiatives and associated data. MariaDB Exa allows organizations to extract real-time insights from large operational datasets effectively and gain immediate value from transactional information without the complexity of moving data to separate analytics systems.

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 accessible through https://mariadb.com/products/skysql/. This strategic partnership represents a significant advancement in database technology convergence, addressing the increasing demand for integrated solutions that can handle both transactional and analytical workloads while supporting the performance requirements of generative AI, real-time dashboards, and complex data science applications.

The collaboration between Exasol and MariaDB is expected to create long-term growth potential and generate positive business momentum for both companies as they continue to scale internationally. By leveraging MariaDB's extensive market presence and Exasol's high-performance analytics technology, the partnership aims to provide organizations with a comprehensive database solution that maintains data governance while delivering exceptional performance and cost efficiency across diverse deployment environments.