What Percona does

Percona is a privately-held open source database software and enterprise support company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. The company builds, maintains, and distributes 100% open source software for the major open source databases — MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, and Valkey/Redis — and monetizes the installed base through tiered 24x7 support contracts (Advanced and Premium tiers with SLAs as fast as 15 minutes), proactive ExpertOps management, project-based consulting, and hands-on training. Percona also operates Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM), the Percona Toolkit, and Kubernetes operators that automate deployment and lifecycle management of its database distributions across on-premises, cloud, and Kubernetes environments.

The technology stack centers on Percona Server for MySQL (with Percona XtraDB Cluster, a Galera-based synchronous replication layer), Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL, Percona Server for MongoDB, and associated operators. Recent engineering investment has gone into hardening the operator layer — automatic PVC storage resizing, zero-downtime TLS rotation, native ARM64 support, and PITR validation — as well as performance work on XtraBackup's incremental prepare stage (2x–3x speed-ups). The PostgreSQL operator was hardened as an independent project via a hard fork from Crunchy Data's operator, signaling investment in vendor independence and operational sovereignty.

Go-to-market is hybrid: an enterprise field-sales motion targeting mission-critical database workloads across multi-database environments, paired with a community-led open source funnel where free downloads, documentation, and forums drive adoption that converts into paid support. The company serves over 1,000 organizations across financial services, telecommunications, software, education, and other sectors, with marquee customers including Netflix, Adobe, Workday, Nokia, Vodafone, and BBVA. Percona has a UK operations presence and a German toll-free line, indicating international support coverage.

Name

Percona

Legal name

Percona LLC

Website

https://percona.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Percona provides open source database software and 24x7 enterprise support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Valkey/Redis, serving 1,000+ organizations including Netflix, Adobe, and BBVA through subscription contracts, ExpertOps, and consulting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Open Source Database Software & Support

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Managed Databases (Relational/NoSQL/In-Memory DBaaS) (HDABAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data Center Operations & Managed Services (Remote Hands, NOC/SOC) (HDABANAA), Database/Application Data Layer Modernization (DB migration, ORM, caching) (BPAEAFAL), Database Administration & Data Engineering (RDBMS/NoSQL, ETL/ELT, Pipelines) (EDABAFAI)

Keywords

• Open source databases
• Database support services
• MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB
• Database monitoring tools
• Database consulting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Durham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Enterprise Support Contracts: Tiered 24x7 incident response, troubleshooting, and advisory support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Valkey/Redis, and MariaDB. Available in Advanced (production environments) and Premium (mission-critical environments) tiers with defined SLAs and response times as fast as 15 minutes.
2. ExpertOps Proactive Management: Proactive database management service keeping environments stable, tuned, monitored, and well-maintained. Recurring service engagement.
3. Expert Consulting and Services: Project-based specialized expertise for major architectural changes, complex technical problem solving, and database migrations.
4. Training Services: Instructor-led, hands-on training for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and related technologies.
5. Solution Bundles: Bundled packages combining software, support, and services at discounted rates.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Percona provides open source database software (Percona Server for MySQL, Percona Server for MongoDB, Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL, Percona XtraDB Cluster, Valkey/Redis) along with enterprise-grade support contracts, proactive database management (ExpertOps), consulting services, and training. They also deliver Kubernetes operators, Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM), and Percona Toolkit for production database operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Percona Server for MySQL

Quantifiable outcome

• Response times as fast as 15 minutes for critical incidents
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ChainguardcoreTechnology or Integration · 25 March 2026Partnership to deliver secure, production-ready container images of open source databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, Valkey, and Redis, backed by Percona's expert support services. Combines Chainguard's hardened container images with verifiable provenance and near-zero CVE counts with Percona's operational support. Percona is among the first and only organizations to partner with Chainguard exclusively for open source software.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Neon: Neon provides a serverless, branched PostgreSQL platform competing for cloud-native PostgreSQL workloads. Neon overlaps with Percona's PostgreSQL operator and expert support offerings, particularly for developers building modern cloud applications on Kubernetes.
• PlanetScale: PlanetScale offers a serverless MySQL-compatible platform (Vitess-based) with strong developer-focused positioning. PlanetScale competes in the MySQL cloud-native segment and overlaps with Percona's Kubernetes-native MySQL operator strategy.

Direct peers

• EnterpriseDB (EDB): EDB is a direct peer offering enterprise open source PostgreSQL software, support, and services. EDB and Percona compete head-to-head in PostgreSQL support contracts and tooling, and Percona's recent hard fork of its PostgreSQL operator from Crunchy Data underscores the competitive overlap in PostgreSQL operations.
• MongoDB, Inc. MongoDB, Inc. is both an upstream vendor and direct competitor for MongoDB support and managed services. Percona's source-available Percona Server for MongoDB and support contracts compete against MongoDB Atlas subscriptions; the SSPL license shift reflects ongoing competitive tension between the two.
• Aiven: Aiven provides managed open source databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Valkey, Kafka) across multiple clouds. Aiven and Percona compete for the same multi-database managed services budget with comparable multi-cloud delivery and OSS coverage.
• Crunchy Data: Crunchy Data is a direct PostgreSQL-focused open source database services peer. Notably, Percona hard-forked its PostgreSQL operator from the Crunchy Data PostgreSQL Operator in 2026 to become a fully independent project, illustrating the depth of competitive overlap in PostgreSQL operations.
• MariaDB Corporation: MariaDB Corporation is the primary commercial steward of MariaDB and competes with Percona on MySQL/MariaDB enterprise support. Both companies target enterprises seeking an open source alternative to Oracle MySQL, with overlapping product roadmaps and customer bases.

Broad incumbents

• Amazon Web Services (RDS, Aurora): AWS RDS, Aurora, and DocumentDB offer managed open source database services as part of the broader AWS cloud portfolio. While not a pure-play OSS services competitor, AWS is the dominant incumbent shaping buyer expectations and pricing for managed MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB-compatible databases.
• Microsoft Azure (Azure Database Services): Azure Database for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB offers managed open source databases within the Azure cloud ecosystem. As a broad incumbent with deep enterprise penetration, Azure is a frequent competitor in Percona's enterprise sales motion, often via cloud-native DBaaS displacement.
• Google Cloud (Cloud SQL, AlloyDB): Google Cloud SQL and AlloyDB provide managed PostgreSQL and MySQL services integrated with the broader Google Cloud Platform. Google competes for managed OSS database workloads as part of a much wider cloud services portfolio, overlapping with Percona's managed database and migration offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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