See how Percona stacks up

• Server
• Backup
• Components
• Monitoring &
  Management
• Kubernetes
  Operator
• DBaaS
• Support and
  Services

Server Features	Percona Server for MySQL	MySQL Community Server	MySQL Enterprise Server
Open source, freely available software
High availability
MyRocks storage engine
Audit
Encryption functions
Data at Rest Encryption	With Integrations: AWS, KMS, Hashicorp, KMIP	Basic functionality only	With integrations: AWS, KMS, Hashicorp, KMIP
External authentication	LDAP, FIDO, Kerberos, PAM		LDAP, FIDO, Kerberos, PAM, Windows
Thread pool
Data masking
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Backup Features	Percona Distribution for MySQL	MySQL Community	MySQL Enterprise Edition
Back up to AWS cloud
Back up to GCP cloud
Back up to Azure cloud
Back up to OpenStack storage
Back up to MinIO (K8s storage)		Basic functionality only
Physical backup
Logical backup
Selective backup	With logical backups	With logical backups
Incremental Backup
Point-in-time recovery
Hot non-backing backups

Components	Percona Distribution for MySQL	MySQL Community	MySQL Enterprise Edition
Load balancer	ProxySQL, MySQL Router, HAProxy	MySQL Router	MySQL Router
Failover automation	Orchestrator, Percona XtraDB Cluster, InnoDB Cluster	InnoDB Cluster	InnoDB Cluster
Scripts to automate DBA tasks	MySQL Shell, Percona Toolkit	MySQL Shell	MySQL Shell
Client and code editor
InnoDB Cluster (Group Replication)
Percona XtraDB (Galera Cluster)
Asynchronous replication

Monitoring & Management	Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)	MySQL Workbench	MySQL Enterprise Monitor
Open source
Specialized dashboards: trends, replication, I/O, query analyzer, etc.		Limited
Performance Schema/Performance Schema Waits Analysis		Limited
InnoDB metrics		Limited
MyRocks storage engine metrics
Query analysis		Limited
Table statistics		Limited
User statistics		Limited
Advisors and alerting

Kubernetes Operator	Percona Operator for MySQL	MySQL Operator for Kubernetes (Community Edition)	MySQL Operator for Kubernetes (Enterprise Edition)
Integrated multi-cloud deployment configuration
Automated upgrade
Scheduled backups
Incremental backups
Point-in-time recovery
Monitoring	Percona Monitoring and Management
Load balancing	ProxySQL and HAProxy	MySQL Router	MySQL Router
Transport encryption
Data at Rest Encryption
RedHat® OpenShift® certified

DBaaS	Percona Everest	Not available	Oracle Enterprise Database Services
On-premises / hybrid		Available via third-party cloud providers
Cloud		Available via third-party	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Support and Services	Percona for MySQL	MySQL Community	MySQL Enterprise
Post-EOL support for MySQL 5.7
Multi-database support		Available with third-party vendors like Percona
Managed services		Available with third-party vendors like Percona
Tech-agnostic consulting		Available with third-party vendors like Percona

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• Server Features
• Monitoring, Management,
  and Alerting
• Backup and restore
• Enterprise Features
• Security
• Support and Services

Server Features	Percona Server for MongoDB	MongoDB Community	MongoDB Enterprise Advanced	MongoDB Atlas
Binary-compatible with MongoDB Community Server
Licensing	Source-available (SSPL)	Source-available (SSPL)	Commercial	Pay-as-you-go
Available for customization and building from sources
Profiling rate limiting			Yes, via `slowOpSampleRate`	Yes, via `slowOpSampleRate`
Query and text search capabilities	Core MQL support, Aggregation framework, Basic text search ($text), Data processing, Additional search algorithm - ngram	Core MQL support, Aggregation framework, Basic text search ($text), Keyword/full-text search, Vector search, Hybrid search, Data processing	Core MQL support, Aggregation framework, Basic text search ($text), Keyword/full-text search, Vector search, Hybrid search, Data processing	Core MQL support, Aggregation framework, Basic text search ($text), Keyword/full-text search, Vector search, Hybrid search, Data processing, Highlighting, Autocomplete
Supported deployment models	Self-managed on cloud/on-premises	Self-managed on cloud/on-premises	Self-managed on cloud/on-premises	SaaS
Fully compatible with MongoDB driver protocol
Support for latest MongoDB version
Sharding support
Replica sets support
Multi-cloud clusters	Yes. Manual deployment and configuration	Yes. Manual deployment and configuration	Yes. Installation and configuration automated by Ops Manager / Cloud Manager.	Automated
Global clusters	Yes. Manual deployment and configuration	Yes. Manual deployment and configuration	Yes. Additional configuration is needed on top of automated provisioning by Ops Manager / Cloud Manager	Automated
Timeseries data support
Storage engines	WiredTiger, Percona Memory Engine	WiredTiger	WiredTiger, In-Memory	WiredTiger

Monitoring, Management, and Alerting	Percona Monitoring and Management	MongoDB Community (e.g., mongostat, mongotop)	Ops Manager, Cloud Manager	MongoDB Atlas
Licensing	Open source (Apache 2.0)	Open source (Apache 2.0)	Commercial	Fully managed service
Backup management
Automatic deployment and management of MongoDB instances
Preset dashboards
Alerting	Yes (19 events)		Yes (over 100 pre-configured alerts)
Alert notification methods	Alertmanager Amazon SNS Cisco Webex Teams DingDing Discord Email Google Chat Grafana IRM Jira Kafka REST Proxy Line Microsoft Teams MQTT Opsgenie PagerDuty Pushover Sensu Go Slack Telegram Threema Gateway VictorOps Webhook WeCom		Ops Manager Organization Ops Manager user Email SMS HipChat Slack PagerDuty Datadog VictorOps Opsgenie	Atlas Project Atlas Organization Atlas User Email SMS PagerDuty Datadog VictorOps Opsgenie Microsoft Teams Webhook
Index and schema recommendations	Performance Advisor
Performance Advisor
Query analytics	Yes. Capturing, analysis, and visualization	No. Manual only via 'explain()' command and 'system.profile' collection	Yes. Capturing, analysis, and visualization incl. real-time and historical data.	Yes. Capturing, analysis, and visualization incl. real-time and historical data.

Backup and restore	Percona Backup for MongoDB	MongoDB Community (mongodump, mongorestore)	Ops Manager, Cloud Manager	MongoDB Atlas
Licensing	Open source (Apache 2.0)	Open source (Apache 2.0)	Commercial	Pay-as-you-go
Binary database export (logical backup)
Selective backup and restore	Logical backup and restore only	Logical backup and restore only	Full backup with selective restore capabilities	Full backup with selective restore capabilities
Built-in point-in-time recovery	Logical and physical backup and restore			Yes (M10+ clusters only)
Physical backup
Incremental backup
Volume snapshot-based restore
Backup management interfaces	Command-Line Interface (CLI), optionally GUI in PMM	Command-Line Interface (CLI)	Web UI, REST API	Web UI, REST API
Sharded clusters backup and restore	Yes, automated	Yes, but requires complex operations	Yes, automated	Yes, automated
Queryable backup

Enterprise Features	Percona Software for MongoDB	MongoDB Community Edition	MongoDB Enterprise Advanced	MongoDB Atlas
File copy-based initial sync
BI Connector
Live resharding
SCRAM (Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism)
LDAP			Yes (Deprecated)	Yes (Deprecated)
OpenID Connect / JWT				Yes (Federated authentication)
Cloud provider IAM (AWS, Azure, GCS)	AWS IAM			Yes (Multi-cloud)
Kerberos
x.509 certificates
Real-time data processing
Database triggers
Data federation

Security Features	Percona Software for MongoDB	MongoDB Community Edition	MongoDB Enterprise Advanced	MongoDB Atlas
Queryable encryption	Explicit encryption	Explicit encryption	Automatic encryption Explicit encryption	Automatic encryption Explicit encryption
Data-at-rest encryption
FIPS 140-2 compliance
Key management compatibility	Hashicorp Vault / OpenBao KMIP Locally managed key files	N/A	AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, GCS KMS KMIP Locally managed key files	AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, GCS KMS BYOK
Data-in-transit encryption	TLS/SSL	TLS/SSL	TLS/SSL	TLS/SSL
Client-side field-level encryption	- Explicit encryption	- Explicit encryption	Automatic encryption Explicit encryption	Automatic encryption Explicit encryption
Auditing
Log redaction
Role-based access control

Support and Services	Percona for MongoDB	MongoDB Community Edition	MongoDB Enterprise Advanced	MongoDB Atlas
Multi-database support
Proactive database management
Tech-agnostic consulting

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• Distribution
• Monitoring & Management
• Support and Services

Distribution Components	PostgreSQL Community	Percona for PostgreSQL	EDB Postgres AI	Crunchy Data
Open source and free from vendor lock-in			Proprietary software	Proprietary software
Open source enterprise features	Requires expertise in selecting and testing the right extensions	Production-ready out of the box
Distribution component testing	Components are tested independently	Components are tested to work together	Components are tested to work together	Components are tested to work together
Operational support and bug fixes	Strong global community support	Additional support from Percona Community, production support from Percona Services	Via commercial support	Via commercial support
High availability, load balancing, and replication	Multiple extensions, requires expertise in selecting and testing the right solution	Patroni, HAProxy	EDB Postgres Distributed, Enterprise Failover manager (EFM)	Patroni
Connection pooling	Various tools	pgpool2, PgBouncer
Backup and restore	Various tools	pgBackRest
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)		pg_tde - Extension created and supported by the Percona team	Available for a fee in EDB Postgres Advanced Server and EDB Postgres Extended Server	Available for a fee in Crunchy Hardened PostgreSQL
KMS integration		KV Secrets Engine v2 (Hashicorp Vault, OpenBao), KMIP (Hashicorp Vault, Thales CTM, Fortanix DSM)	AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, Entrust KeyControl, Fortanix DSM, GCP Cloud KMS, HashiCorp Vault (KMIP Secrets Engine and Transit Secrets Engine), Thales CTM	KMS provider of your choice
Authentication	Support for various authentication methods	Support for various authentication methods, including LDAP, OAuth 2.0 (with PG18), OIDC coming soon (with PG18)	Support for various authentication methods, including LDAP, OAuth 2.0 (with PG18)	Support for various authentication methods, including LDAP
Sharding support for on-premises and private cloud infrastructures	Various extensions	Citus support
Time series database support	Various extensions
Spatial data handling	PostGIS	PostGIS	PostGIS	PostGIS
Monitoring and observability	Various extensions	Percona Monitoring and Management, an open source monitoring solution based on Grafana pg_stat_monitor	Postgres Enterprise Manager built on pgAdmin. Available by subscription	Prometheus stack and pgMonitor
Audit logging	Various extensions	pgAudit, pgBager, pg_gather	edb_audit_statement	pgAudit

Monitoring & Management	pganalyze	Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)	EDB Postgres Enterprise Manager (PEM)
Open source	(commercial SaaS)		(commercial license)
Specialized dashboards: trends, replication, I/O, query analyzer, etc.
Performance Schema/Performance Schema Waits Analysis
Query analysis
Table statistics
User statistics
Advisors and alerting
Replication monitoring
Cluster monitoring
Backups
Deployment type	SaaS (cloud-managed)	Self-managed (on-prem or cloud)	Self-managed (on-prem)

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• Distribution and
  Components
• Backup
• Monitoring, Management,
  and Analytics
• Cloud Native
• Support and
  Services

Distribution and Components	Percona Software for MySQL	MariaDB Community	MariaDB Enterprise
Open source
Load balancing and routing	ProxySQL HAProxy MySQL Router	ProxySQL HAProxy	MariaDB MaxScale*
Database firewall	ProxySQL	ProxySQL	MariaDB MaxScale*
Scalability - clustering	MySQL Group Replication Percona XtraDB Cluster (based on a further engineered Galera Cluster)	MariaDB with Galera Cluster	MariaDB Enterprise Cluster (requires the deployment of MariaDB MaxScale)*
Security - data masking	Data masking plugin for MySQL	ProxySQL	MariaDB MaxScale*
Security - encryption	Data at Rest Encryption with external key management integrations	Data at Rest Encryption with external key management integrations	Data at Rest Encryption with external key management integrations
Security - auditing	Percona Audit Plugin	MariaDB Audit Plugin	MariaDB Audit Plugin
Distributed SQL
Additional storage engines	MyRocks: storage savings	No production-ready storage engine	No production-ready storage engine

Monitoring, Management, and Analytics	Percona Software for MySQL	MariaDB Community	MariaDB Enterprise
Monitoring and management	Percona Monitoring and Management
Analytics	Clickhouse integration		MariaDB ColumnStore

Cloud Native	Percona Software for MySQL	MariaDB Community	MariaDB Enterprise
Kubernetes	Percona Operator for MySQL
DBaaS	Percona Everest	Available through third-party cloud providers

Support and Services	Percona for MySQL	MariaDB Community	MariaDB Enterprise
Multi-database support		Available through third-party cloud providers
Managed services		Through MariaDB Cloud	Through MariaDB Cloud
Tech-agnostic consulting		Available through third-party providers like Percona

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• General Information
• Supported Technologies
• Type of deployment and management
• Database Monitoring and Observability
• Database Management
• Security and other features

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