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Percona MySQL

Composite Score

7.5 /10

CX Score

7.9 /10

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What is Percona MySQL?

Percona is committed to producing open source software for Percona Server, MySQL®, MariaDB®, and MySQL DBaaS users. Percona solutions are also commonly adopted by OpenStack users who require high performance and high availability for optimal cloud operations. Percona software for MySQL includes an open source MySQL alternative and Percona-built open source management, backup, and observability tools.

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Percona MySQL Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

85 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Percona MySQL?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Trustworthy
Effective Service

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Analytics and Reporting

Distributed Processing

Data Monitoring and Administration

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support

Data Backup

Data Replication

Data Protection and Security

Operations Management

High Speed & Online Transaction Processing

Data Management

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Percona MySQL Reviews

Harini N.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2025

Percona mySQL best in data synchronisation

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Percona MySQL from other similar products?

I highly recommend this software to my clients. It’s very effective and easy to use. Data synchronisation is very faster than other product also data backup seamlessly.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Data synchronisation and data backup

What do you dislike most about this product?

Lock tab is not supported.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It’s very user friendly and most effective in data transfer and enhanced performance also cost effective.I highly recommend!!!

Pros

Reliable
Effective Service
Caring
Saves Time

Siddhant R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2024

Easy to install and use

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Percona MySQL from other similar products?

High availability

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Great security

What do you dislike most about this product?

Needs better documentation,UX can be improved

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Enterprise-level features in the fully open-source version,Easy to install and use

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Chimaobi U.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2025

Reliable and powerful.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Percona MySQL from other similar products?

Percona MySQL differentiates itself by offering a fully open-source, enterprise-grade distribution of MySQL with no licensing costs, while adding performance, scalability, and security enhancements. It comes with powerful tools like Percona XtraBackup for hot backups and Percona Monitoring and Management for visibility into performance

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Percona MySQL is that it delivers enterprise-level performance and reliability while remaining completely open-source and free of licensing costs. This makes it highly accessible without sacrificing advanced features.

What do you dislike most about this product?

What I dislike most about Percona MySQL is that fully leveraging its advanced features often requires significant expertise in database administration. The learning curve can be steep for smaller teams without dedicated DBAs.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I’d recommend Percona MySQL if you want enterprise-grade performance and reliability without licensing costs, especially for mission-critical workloads. Make sure you have or can build strong DBA expertise on your team, since getting the most out of it requires hands-on tuning and optimization.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Effective Service

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Percona MySQL Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Percona MySQL?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Distributed Processing Data storage and processing is shared among many physical or virtual independents servers or sites for high volume data with seamless access to large datasets.

Data Monitoring and Administration Includes ability to continuously monitored data quality rules, as well as generate alerts to notify data stewards when they need to address an issue.

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support Includes OLTP and OLAP (Online Analytical Processing). Most OLTP systems support some level of OLAP but very few OLAP systems support OLTP.

Data Backup Includes the creation of duplicate instances to recover from an unplanned data loss. Also, support for high volumes of data processing and data compression.

Data Replication Support for a real-time copy of the database in more than one system to facilitate access to the copy of data from multiple systems without any inconsistencies.

Data Protection and Security Includes data encryption, data audit, and data compliance.

Operations Management Includes cost control, production management, and performance management.

High Speed & Online Transaction Processing Also referred to as OLTP (Online Transaction processing). OLTP databases include strong support for CRUD operations and ACID compliance.

Data Management Includes data sharing, data storage, records management, and data security.

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment Supports one or many deployment models - On-prem, cloud or hybrid hosting of the database system.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Percona MySQL Reviews

Harini N.

Percona mySQL best in data synchronisation

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Siddhant R.

Easy to install and use

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Chimaobi U.

Reliable and powerful.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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1
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Analytics and Reporting

Distributed Processing

Data Monitoring and Administration

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support

Data Backup

Data Replication

Data Protection and Security

Operations Management

High Speed & Online Transaction Processing

Data Management

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support