# Percona Server

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/percona-server
- **Category:** Relational Databases
- **Homepage:** https://www.percona.com/resource/percona-server-mysql
- **Also known as:** percona-server
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03T21:22:41.369Z

## Vioscale score

**48.3 / 100**, confidence 18% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 0 | 6 | 0 | - |
| reliability | 50 | 10 | 500 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 45.8 | 17 | 778.9 | ✓ |
| github_stars | 58.5 | 7 | 409.7 | ✓ |
| integrations | 0 | 8 | 0 | - |
| github_activity | 46 | 20 | 920.8 | ✓ |
| release_cadence | 0 | 12 | 0 | - |
| security_posture | 5 | 18 | 0 | - |
| package_downloads | 0 | 6 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 0 | 8 | 0 | - |
| stackoverflow_activity | 0 | 20 | 0 | - |

## About

Production-ready open source MySQL software with enterprise support services.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment
- **Deployment:** Self-hosted

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Relational Databases. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Core** | |
| SQL model | Full SQL |
| **Transactions** | |
| ACID transactions | Full |
| Highest isolation level | Serializable |
| **Consistency** | |
| Consistency | Strong |
| **Scale** | |
| Horizontal scale | Read replicas |
| **Replication** | |
| Replication | Async |
| **Availability** | |
| Automatic failover / HA | ✗ |
| **Deployment** | |
| Deployment | Self-hosted |
| Serverless / scale-to-zero | ✗ |
| **Compatibility** | |
| Wire compatibility | MySQL protocol |
| **Extensibility** | |
| Extensions / plugins / UDFs | ✓ |
| **Licensing** | |
| Licence class | Copyleft |
| **Data types** | |
| JSON / document support | ✓ |
| Geo / spatial | Native |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### activity

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity.commits_last_30d | 28 | [link](https://github.com/percona/percona-server/pulse) | 2026-08-03 | 65% (medium) |

### adoption

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adoption.github_stars | 1,266 | [link](https://github.com/percona/percona-server) | 2026-08-03 | 90% (high) |

### language

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language.primary | C++ | [link](https://github.com/percona/percona-server) | 2026-08-03 | 90% (high) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://www.percona.com/resource/percona-server-mysql) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://status.percona.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | [link](https://www.percona.com/resource/percona-server-mysql) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/percona-server). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*