As vendors shift toward closed, cloud-based services, Percona continues to invest in open MySQL. We deliver secure, enterprise-grade software and services that improve performance, reliability, and scalability.
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Percona for MySQL is an enterprise-grade, fully open source MySQL software and services stack that helps teams run secure, high-performance MySQL without licensing fees or vendor lock-in. Built on MySQL Community Edition, it adds production-ready features for security, availability, observability, and scale—backed by expert MySQL support.
Percona delivers near feature parity with Oracle MySQL Enterprise—including backup, monitoring, encryption, and high availability—without per-core licensing, gated features, or restrictive contracts. You get enterprise capabilities with full transparency and control over how and where MySQL runs.
Yes. Percona software is drop-in compatible with MySQL, enabling seamless migration from MySQL Community Edition with no code or configuration changes. Migrations from MySQL Enterprise Edition can be completed with zero or near-zero downtime using Percona’s proven migration tooling and expert services.
Absolutely. Percona MySQL is built for production at scale, supporting high-traffic, latency-sensitive, and always-on applications. It includes hardened security, high availability, online backups, and deep performance tuning—designed for real-world workloads across on-prem, cloud, hybrid, and Kubernetes environments.
No. Percona MySQL is infrastructure- and distribution-agnostic. You can deploy it on-premises, in the cloud, in hybrid environments, or on Kubernetes without losing features or flexibility. Your architecture choices stay yours—today and in the future.
