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What is Percona Server for MongoDB?

Percona Server serves as a complimentary, open-source alternative to MongoDB Community Edition. It merges the advantages of MongoDB Community Edition with advanced features characteristic of Percona's enterprise offerings. Built upon the foundation of MongoDB Community Edition, Percona Server provides a versatile data structure, inherent high availability, seamless scalability, and a syntax that is conducive to developers. Additionally, it incorporates an in-memory engine and supports hot backups, along with LDAP authentication and comprehensive database auditing capabilities. This makes it an attractive choice for organizations seeking a robust database solution.

Pricing

Price Starts At:
Free
Price Overview:
Free and open-source
Free Version:
Free Version available.
Free Trial Offered?:
Yes

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Percona Server for MongoDB Key features

Percona Server for MongoDB Key features

Company Facts

Company Name:
Percona
Date Founded:
2006
Company Location:
USA
Company Website:
www.percona.com/software/mongodb/percona-server-for-mongodb
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Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Windows
Mac
Linux
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Online Training
Webinars
On-Site Training
Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

Percona Server for MongoDB Categories and Features

NoSQL Database

Auto-sharding
Automatic Database Replication
Data Model Flexibility
Deployment Flexibility
Dynamic Schemas
Integrated Caching
Multi-Model
Performance Management
Security Management
  • Reviewer Name: Heru H.
    Position: Solutions Architect
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    Heru's review of Percona Server for MongoDB

    Updated: Dec 11 2020
    Summary

    Percona Server for MongoDB is an upgraded open source and uncommonly adaptable database that may go probably as a suitable drop-in trade for MongoDB Community Edition anyway with similar semantic structure and plan.

    Positive

    Their Data-at-Rest Encryption and Percona Memory Engine are my favorite features. Both of them are what I need to extend the capabilities of MongoDB Community Edition.

    Negative

    I don't have any worries for the highlights and functionalities, but I believe they have a huge home work in promotion & marketing area.

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  • Reviewer Name: Rahul M.
    Position: Intern
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Great Free and open-source tool

    Date: Nov 25 2020
    Summary

    Percona Server for MongoDB is a free and open source. Many features and benefits of MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise class features from Percona.

    Positive

    Its Server for MongoDB provides flexible data structure
    Great support and community support.
    Scalability, and developer-friendly syntax.

    Negative

    Nothing to cons about, it's a great open source application.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Engineer
    Has used product for: Free Trial
    Uses the product: Yearly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Mixed Experience

    Updated: Dec 17 2020
    Summary

    Overall experience is great. Central Authentication, Auditing, Additional storage engines , Mongo Rocks and hop backing up features truly serves a great user experience.

    Positive

    One of the best feature is that it is schema-free and have a long list of supported programming languages like C,C++, Java, Perl, Dart, Javascript, Lua, PHP etc. It provides awesome support for making data persistant and all the structures can be held in memory.

    Negative

    I neither provides XML nor SQL support, which most users use for database maintenance.

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  • Reviewer Name: Mandar G.
    Position: IT admin
    Has used product for: Free Trial
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Open source alert net solution

    Updated: Dec 10 2020
    Summary

    Overall its excellent product even if it is open source. It's the database server which has the capacity to pioneer next generation data revolution.

    Positive

    Free and Open Source, manages well.
    Percona server for MongoDB is compatible with other paid alternatives
    Multi language compatibility.
    Multi OS.
    Easy to use.

    Negative

    No cons as such and i hope the community grows more.

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  • Reviewer Name: Vignesh N.
    Position: Engineer
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 20,000 or More
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Good alternative to MySQL

    Date: Dec 09 2020
    Summary

    Good open source DB replacement for MySQL.
    Supports Multiple cloud platforms like AWS azure Oracle and GCP.
    Multi language compatibility and no OS based restrictions.

    Positive

    Free and Open Source, manages well. Supports Multi cloud platforms like AWS azure Oracle and GCP.
    Multi language compatibility.
    Multi OS.
    Easy to use.

    Negative

    No features for:
    Virtualization.
    Access control.
    Analysis of data .
    Metrics and other metadata.

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  • Reviewer Name: Chayan C.
    Position: Student
    Has used product for: Free Trial
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    One of the best tools for MongoDB

    Date: Dec 17 2020
    Summary

    The problem of using complex syntax has been solved for me. This product has a very easy to use syntax which makes me like it even more.

    Positive

    This product has a simple configuration, easy to use, scalable and secure. The best part about this product is that it is open source.

    Negative

    All the features are useful for me. I haven't faed any problem and I have no reason to dislike this product.

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  • Reviewer Name: Shanmukh K.
    Position: Manager
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    One of the best tools for db

    Date: Dec 14 2020
    Summary

    It is always good to learn new things and its good to have Percona as one among them.

    Positive

    - Interface
    - Design
    - Integrations
    - Tools
    - Performance

    Negative

    Product documentation can be little more improved so that even the beginners can understand it. Rest all is perfect.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: IT
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 5,000 - 9,999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    One of the best DB systems

    Date: Dec 08 2020
    Summary

    A reliable and fast solution for any db needs of a small to a big company i handles big data with ease.

    Positive

    Ease of use and speed in deploying solutions and working along side with other solutions as Alteryx.

    Negative

    Not much maybe the pricing and the licensing of the product.

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  • Reviewer Name: Jishnu V.
    Position: SDE
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Open-source drop-in replacement for MongoDB with enterprise features

    Date: Dec 17 2020
    Summary

    We have been using the Percona Server for MongoDB as an alternative for MongoDB for our Rocket.chat installation. We now effectively manage the internal team communication using Rocket.chat and Percona server.

    Positive

    1. Open source.

    2.High availability, distributed transactions.

    3. Advanced enhanced query profiling.

    4. Great community support.

    Negative

    Percona Server for MongoDB is perfect for our setup. Nothing to dislike so far.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Student
    Has used product for: Free Trial
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Awesome Tool

    Date: Dec 09 2020
    Summary

    Overall I will say it's a good product with wide usage in the industry.
    It makes our workflow very smooth.

    Positive

    After using it I found the following pros:
    - It's a free open-source tool.
    - Easy to handle and work with it
    - Smooth performance

    Negative

    - I think that documentation should have more videos depicting the usage of the product more clearly
    - Limited debugging options

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  • Reviewer Name: Sonal A.
    Position: Software Developer
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Better than excepted

    Date: Dec 17 2020
    Summary

    It'a a good alternative to MongoDB community edition and I will surely delve deeper in future projects.

    Positive

    The overall experience was better than I expected. The installation went smoothly and I was up and running in no time.

    Negative

    Nothing much really. The docs could be more friendly but that will be nitpicking.

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  • Reviewer Name: Jerald Louis Raja N.
    Position: Developer
    Has used product for: Free Trial
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Free and best in the market

    Updated: Dec 09 2020
    Summary

    I suggest and recommend this software for people who are looking for a free and effective server for their daily work

    Positive

    A free, open-source drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition but with enterprise-grade functionality.
    User friendly.
    Performance improvement.
    Easy to monitor.

    Negative

    As far now I found nothing wrong with Percona Server for MongoDB.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Team Lead
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Breathtaking OpenSource Tool

    Updated: Dec 18 2020
    Summary

    Overall at the end of the day, it does the given job perfectly without any errors, if you want to use it and new to it, I suggest you to not to have a second thought and go for it.

    Positive

    Being a Software Developer for me always the Backend part is a head ache issue for me. Before this I used MySQL for my clients and to be honest my clients as well as me were not satisfied with it. I need to properly Customize it carefully. But after this i find that job a bit less harder that it was being at that time.
    Its Open Source , that means when ever i am facing a error i can see what is the code of source.
    The Developers are really supportive in terms of problem solving.
    Easy to use and much better if compared with Oracle MySQL server.
    It is highly efficient and all the process happens very smoothly. In my opinion it is the best server for MongoDB.

    Negative

    User Inferface can be improved, may be the get started session can be a bit more improved.
    In documentation a video sample could be provided.

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  • Reviewer Name: Anadee ..
    Position: Student
    Has used product for: Free Trial
    Uses the product: Yearly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    Awesome

    Date: Dec 09 2020
    Summary

    Overall a brilliant experience.The speed and then ease with which everything on this server is accessible is just unmatchable.

    Positive

    A free, user friendly and easy to use is all what one needs! The experience of high availability, speed integrity and security makes it even better.

    Negative

    I don't think many people know about it.So i think there should be some more publicity on various platforms.

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  • Reviewer Name: Sumit S.
    Position: App Developer
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Easy to use OpenSource Tool

    Date: Dec 10 2020
    Summary

    Overall great experience and satisfied using Percona Server. Looking forward to know more about its future plans. I would totally recommend this tool to students and developers for their work.

    Positive

    I am a software developer and UI/UX designer. As per my usage here is my review -
    Easy to use and much better if compared with Oracle MySQL server.
    Free and open source.
    Great performance so far.
    Overall Developer-Friendly.
    Really great experts support.

    Negative

    Sometimes it lags for a bit but that might be an issue from my side, not sure about it right now.
    Documentation can be a bit more user friendly by using short videos or images.
    As a UI designer I think User Interface and User Experience needs more improvements.

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  • Reviewer Name: Punit B.
    Position: Full stack developer
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Amazing Experience

    Date: Dec 09 2020
    Summary

    Overall working of Percona server is amazing. It's highly scalable and compatible. One of the best thing is as it is open source so many other people can contribute too and extend it to the advanced level.

    Positive

    It's highly scalable and easily compatible. Also, it's easy to integrate and maintain. It has most in-demand features too, like encryption and all.

    Negative

    As such I haven't found any cons working with it. However, some optimization can be done in features as a secondary requirement.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Infrastructure
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
    Would you Recommend to Others?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    A nice drop-in for Mongo DB

    Date: Dec 28 2020
    Summary

    Working with Percona server is fun and easy. You can start quick and extend your knowledge fast. It is also open source what makes is pretty beautiful.

    Positive

    We have used MongoDB in our production environment on Kubernetes. Since our application has grown, we searched for an enterprise drop in and had found Percona server. It is easy to set up and deploy in our cluster. There was not much work to do for the migration.

    Negative

    The docs could be improved a little, but it is not a problem where you cannot deal with.

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  • Reviewer Name: Anuj S.
    Position: IT
    Has used product for: Free Trial
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Must try once

    Updated: Dec 16 2020
    Summary

    It has amazing features and would recommend everyone to give it a try once. I am sure one will surely love it.

    Positive

    There are lot of things like scalability, easy syntax, data encryption at rest etc which inspired me to do hands-on with Percona MondoDB server.

    Negative

    I couldn't find any cons so far, but updates should be provided more often.

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  • Reviewer Name: Ronald Y.
    Position: Infrastructure Engineer
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    Recommended choice!

    Date: Dec 05 2020
    Summary

    Overall, I recommended using Percona Server for MongoDB because it has the basic feature of MongoDB Server Community Version plus great additional add ons and Enterprise support from Percona.

    Positive

    I love using Percona Server for MongoDB because it's easy to use, reliable, scalable, and also completely free.

    Negative

    - Lack of troubleshooting documentation.
    - Not very active community.

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  • Reviewer Name: Vijay K.
    Position: DBA
    Has used product for: Free Trial
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Highly-scale and high performance

    Updated: Dec 14 2020
    Summary

    Very happy with the performance & easy to scale the dbs. i.e highly scalable.

    Positive

    Best open source free product for MongoDB. Its simple & user-friendly.

    Negative

    Needs to look at the Converting MongoDB to Percona Server for MongoDB.

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