Shopware Hosting with MariaDB
Compare Shopware hosting providers with MariaDB database support. The recommended database engine for Shopware 6 with optimal query performance.
13 providers supporting this technology
maxcluster
🇩🇪Paderborn, Germany
Premium managed hosting built specifically for Shopware, with expert-level support, auto-scaling, and high-performance infrastructure.
from €99/mo
Upsun
Formerly Platform.sh
🇫🇷Paris, France
Formerly Platform.sh. Modern PaaS with native Shopware support, Git-driven deployments, instant cloning, and enterprise-grade infrastructure.
from €50/mo
Mittwald
🇩🇪Espelkamp, Germany
Agency-focused managed hosting platform with Shopware expertise, project management features, and multi-client capabilities.
from €15/mo
Profihost
🇩🇪Hanover, Germany
German managed hosting provider with deep Shopware expertise, offering tailored server setups and hands-on migration support.
from €59/mo
Timme Hosting
🇩🇪Lüneburg, Germany
Developer-friendly managed hosting from northern Germany with strong Shopware optimization and competitive pricing.
from €29/mo
Cloudways
🇲🇹Msida, Malta
Managed cloud hosting platform that simplifies deployment on major cloud providers — a middle ground between DIY cloud and fully managed hosting.
from €14/mo
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
🇺🇸Seattle, USA
The world's largest cloud platform — unlimited scalability for Shopware, but requires significant DevOps expertise to configure and manage.
from €20/mo
jweiland.net
🇩🇪Leutkirch, Germany
Small German hosting specialist with strong Shopware and TYPO3 expertise — personal service and tailored server configurations.
from €39/mo
plusserver
🇩🇪Cologne, Germany
German managed cloud provider with strong compliance capabilities — enterprise-grade hosting for Shopware projects with regulatory requirements.
from €200/mo
Rackspace Technology
🇺🇸San Antonio, USA
Enterprise managed cloud provider offering high-touch support and multi-cloud management — for large Shopware deployments with compliance needs.
from €500/mo
IONOS
🇩🇪Montabaur, Germany
Major German hosting provider offering a wide range from shared hosting to dedicated servers, with Shopware-compatible managed plans.
from €8/mo
dogado
🇩🇪Dortmund, Germany
German hosting group offering managed server solutions with Shopware-compatible configurations and strong SMB focus.
from €15/mo
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MariaDB is the recommended database engine for Shopware 6 and the default choice for most professional Shopware hosting environments. As a drop-in replacement for MySQL with enhanced performance features, MariaDB offers better query optimization, improved storage engines, and faster replication — all directly benefiting your store's responsiveness.
Shopware's database-intensive operations — product catalog queries, cart calculations, order processing, and admin panel operations — all benefit from MariaDB's thread pool management and query cache improvements. For stores with complex product structures, variants, and custom fields, the database layer is often the primary performance bottleneck that MariaDB helps address.
When selecting a hosting provider, look for MariaDB 10.6 or higher with InnoDB as the default storage engine. Providers offering dedicated database instances (rather than shared database servers) deliver more consistent performance. Automated backups, point-in-time recovery, and monitoring dashboards are additional quality indicators for database management.