Features
Provisioned instantly
Create a MariaDB database in one click from the dashboard - ready in seconds.
Daily backups
On paid plans your data is backed up every day and kept 3 to 30 days, so a bad migration is never the end of the story.
Private networking
Your apps reach the database over an internal network - no public exposure, zero latency.
Connection string injected
DATABASE_URL is set on your app automatically when you connect it.
How it works
- 01Create itPick MariaDB from the dashboard. Your database is provisioned in seconds.
- 02Connect your appLink it to a project and
DATABASE_URLis set automatically, over the private network. - 03RelaxBackups run every day on paid plans. Turn on public access to connect from your own machine (Hobby and up).
# Databases → New → MariaDB→ Provisioning MariaDB→ Linking DATABASE_URL✓ Ready # Connect it to a project✓ DATABASE_URL set on my-app
Supported
- MariaDB
- PHP
- Laravel
- Python
Specifications
- Storage
- 500 MB Free · 2 GB Hobby · 5 GB Pro · 20 GB Team
- Backups
- Daily, kept 3 days (Hobby), 7 (Pro) or 30 (Team)
- Networking
- Private network with an internal hostname
- Public access
- Hobby, Pro and Team: connect from your own machine
- Admin panel
- Included on Pro and Team
Updated 1 November 2026
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MariaDB is the drop-in MySQL fork many teams prefer for licensing and defaults. The operations are still yours on your own box. DockHosting runs it managed - provisioned in seconds, backed up daily on paid plans, reached over the private network.
| Feature | DockHosting | self-hosted MariaDB |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | Create MariaDB in the dashboard - ready in seconds | Install, configure and secure it on a server yourself (hours) |
| Backups | Daily automatic backups on paid plans, kept 3 to 30 days | Backup scripts you schedule, store and test yourself |
| Upgrades & patches | Platform applies release and security updates | apt/yum upgrades on production when you remember |
| Access from apps | Private-network connection string injected as DATABASE_URL | Open ports, firewalls and your own access policies |
| Storage | 500 MB free, up to 20 GB on Team - no disk to resize | A disk you size, watch and grow yourself |
| Cost | Included in the $0-$19/mo plans (1 on Free, up to 15 on Team) | VPS + storage + the engineering time to run it |
The bottom lineYou keep the MySQL compatibility you need and hand the backups, patching and networking to the platform like every other database here.
Everything you need to know before you create your first MariaDB database.
Yes. The Free plan includes 1 managed database with 500 MB of storage, no credit card needed. Hobby ($4/mo) gives you 2 databases and 2 GB, Pro ($9/mo) 6 and 5 GB, Team ($19/mo) 15 and 20 GB.