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Percona Server for MongoDB

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What it does
It is a source-available, fully compatible drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.percona.com
Integrations
Percona Monitoring and Management 3.x supports Percona Server for MongoDB versions 4.2 through 8.0.Read 4 Oct 2026 · percona.com
Founded
2006Read 28 Sep 2026 · percona.com
Auditing
It supports audit logging and log redaction.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.percona.com
Authentication and authorization
The feature comparison lists LDAP authorization, Kerberos authentication, and AWS IAM authentication.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.percona.com
Backups
It supports hot backups for replica sets.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.percona.com
Company founding
Percona’s history page says Peter Zaitsev and Vadim Tkachenko started Percona in 2006.Read 4 Oct 2026 · percona.com
Encryption
Its data-at-rest encryption supports HashiCorp Vault and KMIP key servers.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.percona.com
Install options
The documentation lists package manager, Docker, Kubernetes, source build, and manual download installation options.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.percona.com
Licensing
Percona states that Percona Server for MongoDB is released under the Server Side Public License (SSPL).Read 4 Oct 2026 · percona.com
Security compliance
Percona’s MongoDB software page says its software stack includes advanced security and compliance features, including FIPS support.Read 4 Oct 2026 · percona.com
Storage engines
It includes WiredTiger and the Percona Memory Engine.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.percona.com
Support lifecycle
Percona aligns Percona Server for MongoDB end-of-life dates with upstream MongoDB, and says fixes or new builds for EOL versions are not guaranteed.Read 4 Oct 2026 · percona.com
Supported operating systems
The current lifecycle matrix lists support for RHEL, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, Amazon Linux 2023, and Ubuntu, among other platforms.Read 4 Oct 2026 · percona.com
Who it is for
Percona describes its MongoDB software as a production-ready stack for running, operating, and scaling MongoDB across modern environments.Read 4 Oct 2026 · percona.com

Plans and prices

Percona Server for MongoDB Free Source-available drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition · no commercial subscription licensing Read 4 Oct 2026 · percona.com

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