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Percona Server vs PostgreSQL comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Percona Server
Ranking in Open Source Databases
17th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
PostgreSQL
Ranking in Open Source Databases
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
125
Ranking in other categories
Vector Databases (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Open Source Databases category, the mindshare of Percona Server is 1.7%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PostgreSQL is 18.2%, down from 21.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Umair Hassan - PeerSpot reviewer
Open-source and free to use with a good community
I would love to see the flashback in Percona MySQL or even in Percona PostgreSQL. It's available in Oracle, the flashback. In Oracle, there's the utility of a flashback. It stores all the information in the tables for a few days. That way, if I accidentally delete my records from the table or I need to check the value of a column or row two days back, I can. If Percona had flashback capabilities, it would be ideal. I would love to see training be easier to find. I had some complications finding the training that Percona provides. It is not displayed on the website. For example, if I want to train myself via a Percona expert through virtual files or through recorded videos or something like that, it's really difficult to find any sort of course. You have to email them first, and they will ask you whether it is for yourself or it is for the corporate sector. The course content should just be readily available and not hidden.
AdityaSharma3 - PeerSpot reviewer
Transaction processes are fast and good replication capability
Use cases include querying data warehouses and databases to fetch data for clients already working on PostgreSQL.  We also use Postgres for building reports It's a transactional database, so we use Postgres for most of our reporting. That's where it's helping. The query speed is fast, and the…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We find the product mostly stable."
"This is an open-source solution, operates at a high speed, and supports more than one SQL language."
"What I like is that it's quite powerful in terms of performance."
"The database has excellent performance."
"We use the solution to store tables. It is stable and performs well."
"The initial setup is quick and easy."
"PostgreSQL is stable. It's available, stable, and reliable."
"It is a pretty comprehensive database system. Its performance is good, and it does what it is supposed to do. It also integrates very well."
"It is easy to use."
 

Cons

"If Percona had flashback capabilities, it would be ideal."
"I find it difficult to get connectors on the tool. For example, .NET has only one free provider in PostgreSQL. I need to pay the provider if I need something more sophisticated features. Other languages like PHP and Java have good community support. We need community support for .NET."
"Sometimes, it becomes slow because of the network. So, there is room for improvement in performance."
"The interface could be much better."
"PostgreSQL is a stable system, but from a security point of view, it still needs improvement."
"There are several features I would like to improve that aren't working as expected. It's likely that the latest version is doing something that was missed in the previous versions. For example, the output parameters — the stored procedures — is something new in PostgreSQL that Firebird has already had for a long time."
"The performance of PostgreSQL could improve."
"Sometimes, the views create problems. If you don't have the view, sometimes what happens is you need to have the drivers properly set up for PostgreSQL."
"If it was free to use, it would be the perfect solution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The tool is cheaply priced compared to other RDBMS providers in the market."
"It is free. In terms of operating costs, it basically needs the same platform on which Oracle runs."
"The licensing model is good."
"It is open source. There is no licensing."
"This solution can offer a cheaper choice for customers since it is open-source."
"We use the open-source version of PostgreSQL and not the enterprise edition."
"PostgreSQL is open-source, so if capable admins are available then the setup cost can be $0."
"It could be much cheaper. If you would like to build an application on Amazon today, PostgreSQL is the standard database with Redshift. If you want other databases, you can add them, but PostgreSQL is the basis of everything. It's a question of money, that's it."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
24%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Educational Organization
7%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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Questions from the Community

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How does Firebird SQL compare with PostgreSQL?
PostgreSQL was designed in a way that provides you with not only a high degree of flexibility but also offers you a cheap and easy-to-use solution. It gives you the ability to redesign and audit yo...
What do you like most about PostgreSQL?
It's a transactional database, so we use Postgres for most of our reporting. That's where it's helping.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PostgreSQL?
The tool is free of cost. For now, it's not about making money. But once we perfect it, we can offer it to customers willing to pay for support and other services. Most of my deployments are free.
 

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