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EDB Postgres vs Percona Server

On the evidence we track, Percona Server leads this comparison with a composite score of 56/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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EDB Postgres36
★Percona Server56
Score
vioscaleAI score
EDB Postgres36 / 100medium · 72%
Percona Server56 / 100low · 36%
Pricing
Free tier
EDB Postgres✓
Percona Server✓
Model
EDB Postgresopen_source
Percona Servercommercial
Price level
EDB Postgresfree
Percona Serverfree
Transparent
EDB Postgres–
Percona Server✓
Integrations
Count
EDB Postgres10
Percona Server–
Security
Disclosure policy
EDB Postgres✓
Percona Server✓
Gdpr
EDB Postgres✓
Percona Server–
Scorecard
EDB Postgres2.5
Percona Server6
Soc2
EDB Postgres✓
Percona Server–
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
EDB Postgres99.999
Percona Server–
Status page
EDB Postgres✓
Percona Server✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
EDB Postgres1
Percona Server–
Github stars
EDB Postgres67
Percona Server1,275
Activity
Commits last 30d
EDB Postgres0
Percona Server33
Release
Cadence days
EDB Postgres20
Percona Server–
History
EDB Postgres20 items
Percona Server2 items
Language
Primary
EDB PostgresPython
Percona ServerC++
Content
Faq
EDB Postgres5 items
Percona Server3 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for relational databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
SQL model
EDB PostgresFull SQL
Percona ServerFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
EDB PostgresFull
Percona ServerFull
Highest isolation level
EDB PostgresSerializable
Percona ServerSerializable
Consistency
Consistency
EDB PostgresStrong
Percona ServerStrong
Scale
Horizontal scale
EDB PostgresNatively distributed
Percona ServerRead replicas
Replication
Replication
EDB PostgresAsync
Percona ServerSync
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
EDB Postgres✓
Percona Server✓
Deployment
Deployment
EDB PostgresSelf-hosted
Percona ServerSelf-hosted
Serverless / scale-to-zero
EDB Postgres✗
Percona Server✗
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
EDB PostgresPostgres protocol
Percona ServerMySQL protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
EDB Postgres✓
Percona Server✓
Licensing
Licence class
EDB PostgresPermissive OSS
Percona ServerCopyleft
Data types
JSON / document support
EDB Postgres✓
Percona Server✓
Geo / spatial
EDB Postgres-
Percona ServerNative

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

EDB Postgres

An open-source command-line tool that automates the provisioning of cloud resources and deployment of PostgreSQL, EDB Postgres Advanced Server, and enterprise infrastructure including high availability, backup and recovery, monitoring, and connection pooling.

Independently observed

Percona Server

Leader

An open-source MySQL-compatible database server designed for improved performance, scalability, and visibility. It provides integrated instrumentation for monitoring and advanced backup functionality for enterprise deployments.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

EDB Postgres

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Percona Server

Leader
Open sourceFree tier

Completely free and open source

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
macOS
EDB Postgres✓
Percona Server–
Windows
EDB Postgres✓
Percona Server–
Linux
EDB Postgres✓
Percona Server–
CLI
EDB Postgres✓
Percona Server–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
EDB Postgres✓
Percona Server✓
Self-hosted
EDB Postgres✓
Percona Server✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

EDB Postgres

24 total
  • JDBC Connectors
  • MongoDB
  • Cassandra
  • Hadoop
  • HBASE
  • MySQL
  • Amazon S3
  • Parquet
  • Apache Spark
  • PEM (Postgres Enterprise Manager)
  • xDB Replication Server
  • EFM (EDB Failover Manager)
  • Backup and Recovery Tool
  • HARP
  • ETCD
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • PostgreSQL
  • EDB Postgres Advanced Server
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • PEM
  • EFM
Independently observed

Percona Server

Leader

Not documented yet.

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EDB Postgres or Percona Server: which one depends on you

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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.