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Percona Server vs PostgreSQL

No clear leader: Percona Server (60.0) and PostgreSQL (59.8) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Percona Server60
PostgreSQL60
Score
Vioscale score
Percona Server60 / 100low · 41%updating
PostgreSQL60 / 100medium · 56%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Percona Server✓
PostgreSQL✓
Model
Percona Servercommercial
PostgreSQLcommercial
Price level
Percona Serverfree
PostgreSQLfree
Transparent
Percona Server✓
PostgreSQL–
Integrations
Count
Percona Server–
PostgreSQL10
Security
Disclosure policy
Percona Server✓
PostgreSQL✓
Scorecard
Percona Server6.2
PostgreSQL6.1
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Percona Server✓
PostgreSQL–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Percona Server–
PostgreSQL0
Github stars
Percona Server1,271
PostgreSQL21,899
Stackoverflow questions
Percona Server–
PostgreSQL170,000
Activity
Commits last 30d
Percona Server28
PostgreSQL100
Release
Cadence days
Percona Server–
PostgreSQL90
History
Percona Server2 items
PostgreSQL–
License
Spdx
Percona Server–
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
Language
Primary
Percona ServerC++
PostgreSQLC
Market
Availability
Percona Server–
PostgreSQLAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
Percona Server–
PostgreSQL8 items

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
Percona ServerFull SQL
PostgreSQLFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
Percona ServerFull
PostgreSQL-
Highest isolation level
Percona ServerSerializable
PostgreSQL-
Consistency
Consistency
Percona ServerStrong
PostgreSQL-
Scale
Horizontal scale
Percona ServerRead replicas
PostgreSQLRead replicas
Replication
Replication
Percona ServerSync
PostgreSQL-
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
Percona Server✓
PostgreSQL✓
Deployment
Deployment
Percona ServerSelf-hosted
PostgreSQLSelf-hosted
Serverless / scale-to-zero
Percona Server✗
PostgreSQL✗
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
Percona ServerMySQL protocol
PostgreSQL-
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
Percona Server✓
PostgreSQL✓
Licensing
Licence class
Percona ServerCopyleft
PostgreSQLPermissive OSS
Data types
JSON / document support
Percona Server✓
PostgreSQL✓
Geo / spatial
Percona ServerNative
PostgreSQLExtension

What each one is

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

Percona Server

A free, fully compatible drop-in replacement for MySQL that delivers improved performance and instrumentation. It is built on MySQL foundations and designed for organizations seeking enhanced reliability and monitoring without switching databases.

Independently observed

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is a mature open-source relational database system combining strong data integrity with comprehensive features and active community maintenance.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Percona Server

Open sourceFree tier

Completely free and open source

as of verify ↗

PostgreSQL

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Windows
Percona Server–
PostgreSQL✓
Linux
Percona Server–
PostgreSQL✓
CLI
Percona Server–
PostgreSQL✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Percona Server✗
PostgreSQL✓
Self-hosted
Percona Server✓
PostgreSQL✓

Integrations

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

Percona Server

Not documented yet.

PostgreSQL

10 total
  • CloudNativePG
  • Kubernetes
  • Patroni
  • pgAdmin
  • pgVector
  • PostGIS
  • pgAudit
  • Spock
  • Cilium
  • Submariner
Independently observed

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