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Percona Monitoring and Management Server
PMM is an award-winning database monitoring tool built by Percona.
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Database platform has provided cost-saving Kubernetes deployments and reliable backups
Reviewed on May 22, 2026
Review provided by PeerSpot
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Percona Server is deploying the community version without support to MongoDB servers in Kubernetes, and I also use Percona Server Exporter tools.
Using Percona Server for deploying MongoDB servers in Kubernetes helps my team day-to-day by allowing us to quickly deploy small replica sets of MongoDB and configure it in YAML files.
I use Percona MongoDB Exporter to export all metrics to Grafana.
What is most valuable?
Percona Server offers excellent features including being open source, which allows us to use the tools the way we want. Percona Kubernetes for MongoDB is a unique offering since no other companies provide a proper Kubernetes operator that supports deployment, maintenance, and backup.
Percona's unique Kubernetes Operator for MongoDB has made my life easier by first providing backup, which is the main feature for databases, and it also includes advanced maintenance features when I need to upgrade to the next version of MongoDB.
Additionally, Percona has a great community, so I can always expect help from Percona fans regarding the features.
Percona Server has positively impacted my organization because it is open source, and if the official MongoDB goes in different directions or makes its product expensive, we can still use Percona Server, which serves as a sort of safety net.
This safety net has helped my organization save costs, as Percona costs nothing in the community version.
What needs improvement?
I believe it would be great to have tools to deploy Percona Server in Docker so that we can split a huge database server into many small servers, which are easier to maintain and delegate to junior administrators.
I also think there should be more use cases and documentation on deploying in Kubernetes with real-life examples, as currently, the documentation is minimal, making it difficult in a production situation.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Percona Server for more than a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Percona Server is perfectly stable and reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Percona Server's scalability meets our needs well, as we use it in Docker and scale the way we want with multiple MongoDB servers rather than one huge server, so scalability is in our hands and not Percona's, and it works well for us.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I previously used FerretDB, but I think it is not mature enough, and we also considered CockroachDB.
Before choosing Percona Server, I did not really evaluate other options since developers are conservative people and once they use a NoSQL solution, they prefer MongoDB over all other options.
What was our ROI?
We have definitely saved money since using Percona Server.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I do not have experience with pricing, setup cost, or licensing for Percona Server.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others looking into using Percona Server is to learn Linux, Kubernetes, and test Percona Server before running it in production.
Frederico De Almeida
Clustered databases have improved consistency and reduced downtime for critical applications
Reviewed on Apr 16, 2026
Review provided by PeerSpot
What is our primary use case?
Percona Server is my main solution for electronic information systems, and I use Percona XtraDB Cluster for this purpose.
Percona Server has facilitated the configuration of clusters compared to using a large cluster setup.
Percona Server helps me maintain consistency in my systems.
What is most valuable?
Percona Server offers excellent scalability and easy configuration.
The configuration feature is particularly valuable to me because adding a new server requires minimal effort, which streamlines my workflow.
Database consistency is the most important feature for me.
Percona Server has positively impacted my organization by reducing downtime for applications and improving backup capabilities.
Percona Server has improved downtime and backup management by making it easy to switch to another server when necessary, and it includes built-in backup functionality.
What needs improvement?
Percona Server could be improved by adding more advanced query fields, which would be very helpful.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Percona Server for more than eight years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Percona Server is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Percona Server's scalability is easy to configure.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I previously used the free version of MySQL before switching to Percona Server.
How was the initial setup?
I would advise others looking into using Percona Server that it is very good and safe, as well as being easy to set up.
What was our ROI?
I have not seen a return on investment since I am using the free version.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that I am using the free version.
Vikas t.
Optimized Database Efficiency
Reviewed on Jul 18, 2023
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
open ource MySQL server alternative that impresses with its enhanced performance and scalability.It satisfies the requirements of heavily used databases.
What do you dislike about the product?
may find its learning curve steeper due to its sophisticated configuration options.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
improved query execution and advanced optimizations
Industrial Automation
Percona Server for MySQL - enterprise level database for free
Reviewed on Jul 21, 2022
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Percona Server for MySQL is a fully-compatible drop-in replacement of MySQL. It has all the features of MySQL enterprise edition for free and even more. Easy to set up a cluster and create backups without locking tables and downtime.
What do you dislike about the product?
It supports the most popular Linux distros but I'm missing the Windows and OS X versions. It's a minor problem because there are official Docker images. Another small problem is that the Docker images are only for amd64 and there is no support for arm64 yet.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
For a cost-restricted project, Percona Server is a great choice for a free enterprise-level database. Percona makes it easy to set up a cluster with the XtraDB Cluster
Market Research
Robust, enterprise level MySQL DB server
Reviewed on Feb 22, 2022
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Many problems and bottlenecks with standard MySQL were solved. Easy to set up a cluster create backups without locking tables and downtime. Swift and good support helping with DB optimization and performance boost.
What do you dislike about the product?
Support can be complex and expensive if environments grow and become multi-clustered or hybrid cloud solutions.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Got multiple online shops with extensive DB and a high number of products. Just switching from standard MySQL to Percona open source got a great performance boost. After using optimization tools, got an even better and faster response time.
SAW
Could be great
Reviewed on Aug 25, 2021
Review from a verified AWS customer
There is a lot to like about PMM especially the cost. Unfortunately, the query view, example query and explain are limited to 1024 characters. That was a deal-breaker for me as I have many over that. I'm sure not too many companies have such large queries so if your under 1024 I would check out PMM.
Marketing and Advertising
Best software for managing and creating open source database
Reviewed on Jun 22, 2021
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The best of the this software is that it is the great combination of SQL solutions with percona database management performance which actually enhances the system performance. The things that I liked the most are:
+ It works on the cloud basis and it is totally compatible with AWS, Google cloud, etc
+ You can get in and check the performance of the existing databases you have and provide solutions which will lead to better performance
+ It provides faster and more consistent queries solutions
+ It works on the cloud basis and it is totally compatible with AWS, Google cloud, etc
+ You can get in and check the performance of the existing databases you have and provide solutions which will lead to better performance
+ It provides faster and more consistent queries solutions
What do you dislike about the product?
When I opted this software, initially it was little tough to understand how we have to use it and how it will show up the the growth oriented solutions
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The benefits I have got are:
+ It has agile solutions of the issues
+ It provides beat services in terms of building database, managing it
+ It actually works towards the reported issues and work towards them more frequently
+ Its consulting expertise oriented activity has actually helped me keep up my work to improve the efficiency and effectiveness
+ Maintained and development of the the database keeps the company and team well informed
+ It actually solves and provide support for queries and and problems related to database issues
+ It has agile solutions of the issues
+ It provides beat services in terms of building database, managing it
+ It actually works towards the reported issues and work towards them more frequently
+ Its consulting expertise oriented activity has actually helped me keep up my work to improve the efficiency and effectiveness
+ Maintained and development of the the database keeps the company and team well informed
+ It actually solves and provide support for queries and and problems related to database issues
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Best software for those who actually want all in one software whi can look after the queries intake, providing solutions, managing the database, works towards better ROI performance oriented agenda, provides cloud ready support and many more.
Marketing and Advertising
Amazing Experience 💯
Reviewed on Jun 22, 2021
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Amazing for the development requitementd and beginners who are wishiny to Start into development, worthy of trying out
What do you dislike about the product?
Couldn't notice anything yet. Nothing specific to say
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Building a highly scalable enterprise application for my company. The best feature of using Percona server is better ROI and cloud-ready support.
Ayroti D.
Mysql server is really cool
Reviewed on May 05, 2021
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use,so the beginners will not face any fifficulty
What do you dislike about the product?
If you not purchase then your issues will be solved by getting help from somewhere else
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Mongodb and mysql
Sayanta B.
An amazing server
Reviewed on Apr 18, 2021
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Percona Server for MySQL is really awesome because it is SAAS deployable, works on premises and in the cloud and also it is enterprise ready and the workload consideration is superb.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing that I dislike about the product but I hope more new features will be added soon.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Through Percona Server for MySQL we are having a huge benefit, as we can work through the server both in on prem and the cloud. Also the server workability is very smooth and also the SAAS deployable feature helps in automation of certain things.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I highly recommend everyone to use this product.