Comparison Percona vs PostgreSQL

Percona is a company active in the industry of information technology. It has been active since 2006 and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. It is a reputed service provider with expertise in MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB and PostgreSQL. It provides a platform with expertise in the process of optimization of database environments. It can be used on any kind of infrastructure with ease. Percona helps users take advantage of a multi-vendor open-source database environment and eliminates the problem of vendor lock-in. Its solutions are available for both on-premises and cloud environments. Percona provides trusted advisors for consulting and managed services. It also provides high-quality training and 24x7 support through phone, email, chat or web access.

PostgreSQL is a popular database management system (DBMS). It was fully open source and had been developed with the collective efforts of volunteers from around the world. It underwent over 15 years of active development and is known for its high level of security and dependability. It is completely free to use and is available for use on all major operating systems. PostgreSQL requires knowledge of PostgreSQL programming for its use. It offers several features such as SQL sub-selects, complex SQL queries, foreign keys, transactions, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC) and streaming replication. PostgreSQL is also known for offering procedural language support for PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl and PL/Python.