Percona Server vs PostgreSQL comparison

Percona and PostgreSQL are both solutions in the Open Source Databases category. Percona is ranked #16, while PostgreSQL is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.5. Percona holds a 1.7% mindshare in OSD, compared to PostgreSQL’s 18.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Percona users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of PostgreSQL users who would recommend it.

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96% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

PostgreSQL and Percona Server compete in the relational database management system market. PostgreSQL is often favored for its open-source nature and community support, whereas Percona Server stands out for its performance features, making it suitable for demanding applications.

Features: PostgreSQL provides advanced data types, robust architecture, and extensive extensions, making it highly flexible. Percona Server offers enhanced performance optimization, scalability, and high-load environment capabilities. The focus on flexibility for PostgreSQL contrasts with Percona Server's performance-oriented design.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: PostgreSQL benefits from strong community support with comprehensive documentation and resources. In contrast, Percona Server adopts an enterprise-focused deployment model with professional support and services, highlighting its service-oriented approach.

Pricing and ROI: PostgreSQL's open-source nature leads to lower setup costs and improved ROI due to community contributions. Percona Server requires higher initial investment for its professional support but aims to deliver superior performance benefits and ROI in intensive operations.

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Categories and Ranking

Percona Server

Ranking in Open Source Databases

16th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

PostgreSQL

Ranking in Open Source Databases

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

125

Ranking in other categories

Vector Databases (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Open Source Databases category, the mindshare of Percona Server is 1.7%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PostgreSQL is 18.0%, down from 20.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Umair Hassan

Database Administrator at Systems Limited

Open-source and free to use with a good community

I would love to see the flashback in Percona MySQL or even in Percona PostgreSQL. It's available in Oracle, the flashback. In Oracle, there's the utility of a flashback. It stores all the information in the tables for a few days. That way, if I accidentally delete my records from the table or I need to check the value of a column or row two days back, I can. If Percona had flashback capabilities, it would be ideal. I would love to see training be easier to find. I had some complications finding the training that Percona provides. It is not displayed on the website. For example, if I want to train myself via a Percona expert through virtual files or through recorded videos or something like that, it's really difficult to find any sort of course. You have to email them first, and they will ask you whether it is for yourself or it is for the corporate sector. The course content should just be readily available and not hidden.

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PavithrarajShetty

Software Architect at Tetherfi

Offers simplicity and is cheaply priced

I haven't gone through the scalability aspect since I was using MySQL Server. I haven't worked to a high level in PostgreSQL, but with MySQL Server, I have managed clustering and partitioning. I think I haven't put much focus on PostgreSQL, so I am not sure how it behaves or how it works.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"We find the product mostly stable."

"The tool is user-friendly."

"The initial setup is quick and easy."

"It is easy to use."

"The product is very similar to the SQL Server."

"The built-in code procedural language is the most valuable. It has a built-in layer for code procedures. Its installation is very easy and quick, and it is free. It is also stable, and its performance is also good."

"The solution provides complete support in terms of the SQL dialect and behaves nicely when it comes to transactions."

"The most valuable features are the price, stability, it is scalable and is used by our clients in small business environments, and it is a simple product to use."

"It is easy to install and easy to manage. There is no license on it, so it is free. There is high compatibility with Oracle, and there are many tools for the migration of data from Oracle to Postgre."

Cons

"If Percona had flashback capabilities, it would be ideal."

"It would be good to have machine learning functionality in this solution, similar to Microsoft SQL Server and other solutions. Machine learning capability for a basic level or a common user would be useful. It can also have good reporting capabilities."

"I had some issues when I integrated with the Jupyter Notebook."

"It could be more secure."

"I find it difficult to get connectors on the tool. For example, .NET has only one free provider in PostgreSQL. I need to pay the provider if I need something more sophisticated features. Other languages like PHP and Java have good community support. We need community support for .NET."

"PostgreSQL could improve by being more user-friendly. In SQL Server they have a studio where you can easily do management but not in this solution."

"It still needs to be more mature and have some backup feature. We are normally dealing with Oracle's data, and we have very strong online tools to back up the data and do other things. PostgreSQL still needs to do more in this area as well as in the high availability area. There are many external tools that you can use for PostgreSQL's high availability, but there is no embedded tool within PostgreSQL for high availability. It could have a feature similar to Oracle for working on a distributed system. It can have some scripts to improve the monitoring and some tools to do performance analysis. We have a workaround for most of such requirements except for the support for a distributed system, which is very difficult to have. This area should be included in the core of the database itself."

"It needs more integration."

"There are some products out there that have a slightly different method of implementation for the SQL language. Some of those are slightly better in some areas, and PostgreSQL is slightly better in some areas. I would probably like to match all of those products together. It is just down to the functionality. For example, Oracle has a number of options within SQL that are outside of what you would class as the SQL standard. PostgreSQL misses some of those, but PostgreSQL does other things that are better than what Oracle does. I would like to merge those two products so that there is a certain amount of functionality in a single product."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It could be much cheaper. If you would like to build an application on Amazon today, PostgreSQL is the standard database with Redshift. If you want other databases, you can add them, but PostgreSQL is the basis of everything. It's a question of money, that's it."

"PostgreSQL is open-source, so if capable admins are available then the setup cost can be $0."

"It is open source. There is no licensing."

"There is an annual license."

"Our company pays for it. There are free versions available, but for advanced features, you obviously have to pay."

"We do not pay for licensing."

"The need for our customers to pay for licences is contingent on their projects and budgets."

"It is open-source. If you use it on-premise, it is free. It also has enterprise or commercial versions. If you go for the cloud version, there will be a cost, but it is lower than Oracle or Microsoft."

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Computer Software Company

24%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Educational Organization

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Comms Service Provider

10%

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The tool is free of cost. For now, it's not about making money. But once we perfect it, we can offer it to customers willing to pay for support and other services. Most of my deployments are free.

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Overview

Percona Server for MySQL is a free, fully compatible, enhanced, open source drop-in replacement for MySQL that provides good performance, scalability and instrumentation. With over 3,000,000 downloads, Percona Server for MySQL's self-tuning algorithms and support for extremely high-performance hardware delivers excellent performance and reliability.

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PostgreSQL is a versatile and reliable database management system commonly used for web development, data analysis, and building scalable databases.

It offers advanced features like indexing, replication, and transaction management. Users appreciate its flexibility, performance, and ability to handle large amounts of data efficiently. Its robustness, scalability, and support for complex queries make it highly valuable.

Additionally, PostgreSQL's extensibility, flexibility, community support, and frequent updates contribute to its ongoing improvement and stability.

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