Global cloud hosting provider supports the continued development and adoption of open-source MariaDB

MariaDB Foundation is pleased to welcome ScalaHosting as a Gold Sponsor, strengthening the relationship between the MariaDB community and one of the hosting industry’s established cloud infrastructure providers.

ScalaHosting provides managed cloud VPS, web hosting and high-availability hosting services to customers around the world. Its platforms support MariaDB as a database option for websites, applications and online businesses, giving developers and organisations access to open-source database technology within professionally managed hosting environments.

Through its Gold sponsorship, ScalaHosting is investing in the independent, community-led development and long-term continuity of MariaDB Server. 

“Hosting providers play an essential role in turning open-source software into something millions of organisations can use,” said Anna Widenius, CEO of MariaDB Foundation. “ScalaHosting combines extensive hosting experience with a strong focus on managed infrastructure and customer support. Their Gold sponsorship helps us strengthen MariaDB adoption at one of its most important entry points: the environments where websites and applications are actually built and operated.”

MariaDB is widely used across web hosting, content management, e-commerce and application infrastructure. Hosting providers therefore have a direct influence on which database technologies are readily available to developers, agencies and growing businesses.

ScalaHosting supports MariaDB across its hosting portfolio and provides customers with managed infrastructure, database administration capabilities and round-the-clock technical support. Its SPanel hosting control platform also includes tools for managing database services and MariaDB databases.

“Reliability is the core promise of managed hosting, and MariaDB has been a dependable foundation for our platform for years. It is the default database on every SPanel server we run, and it powers our high-availability clusters through Galera and MaxScale. Sponsoring MariaDB Foundation is a natural step for us: we depend on MariaDB Server every day, and we want to support the open, community-driven development that keeps it strong.”said Vlad Georgiev, co-founder at ScalaHosting. 

The sponsorship reflects a shared interest in making reliable open-source infrastructure broadly available. MariaDB Foundation and ScalaHosting will explore opportunities around MariaDB education, hosting guidance, technical content and greater visibility for MariaDB within managed hosting environments.

ScalaHosting will also join MariaDB Foundation’s growing network of technology companies that contribute to the health of the MariaDB ecosystem through engineering cooperation, integrations, community initiatives and financial support.

About ScalaHosting

ScalaHosting is a cloud hosting provider offering managed cloud VPS, self-managed infrastructure, web hosting and custom cluster solutions. The company operates a global hosting network and develops SPanel, its hosting management platform for cloud servers and websites.

MariaDB Foundation is the global non-profit organisation responsible for the stewardship of MariaDB Server. The Foundation supports the open-source project, coordinates community development, protects the continuity and openness of MariaDB Server, and works with organisations across the technology ecosystem to increase its adoption.

MariaDB Foundation sponsorship enables continued investment in engineering, releases, security, documentation, community infrastructure and the wider ecosystem surrounding MariaDB Server.