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Percona Monitoring and Management vs Prometheus

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted monitoring & status options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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PE Percona Monitoring and Management Database performance monitoring for MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB VS PR Prometheus Metrics-based monitoring and alerting toolkit
FeaturePercona Monitoring and ManagementPrometheus
CategoryMonitoring & StatusMonitoring & Status
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
LanguageGoGo
Setup difficultyMediumMedium
Min. RAM2,048 MB512 MB
Deploymentdocker, kubernetes, binarydocker, binary, helm
GitHub stars★ 1,080★ 65,616
First released20162015
ReplacesDatadog Database Monitoring, SolarWinds DPADatadog

Why pick each one

Choose Percona Monitoring and Management if…

  • Deep database-level insight
  • All-in-one server image
Percona Monitoring and Management details

Choose Prometheus if…

  • Powerful query language
  • Reliable and scalable
  • Huge ecosystem
Prometheus details

Frequently asked questions

Is Percona Monitoring and Management or Prometheus better?

Neither is universally better. Prometheus has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.

Are Percona Monitoring and Management and Prometheus free and open-source?

Yes. Percona Monitoring and Management is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Prometheus under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Percona Monitoring and Management and Prometheus with Docker?

Percona Monitoring and Management: yes. Prometheus: yes.

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