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# Cons of MariaDB

**Still growing community.** Albeit MariaDB has a substantial open-source contribution, its community is yet to grow. Since this database management system was established not so long ago, the number of professionals is relatively small.

**Gaps between MySQL and MariaDB update versions.** Though the MariaDB team is constantly merging its code with that of MySQL, it’s already not that simple to keep them in line. Given the currently existing differences between MariaDB 10.4 and MySQL 8.0, further deviations are yet to come. 

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Additionally, MySQL engineers introduce some native features to the code that are only available to commercial MySQL users. This can create compatibility issues or migration problems from MariaDB back to MySQL.