Comparison
SPP Command Deck vs. Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)
Free and open source — but no SQL Server or Oracle
PMM deserves an honest comparison, not a dismissive one: it's genuinely free, genuinely open source, and genuinely good at what it covers — MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB, with strong Query Analytics and Grafana-based dashboards built by people who clearly know those engines well. If your estate is MySQL and Postgres, PMM is a legitimate, well-regarded option and we're not going to pretend a paid product is automatically better than a free one.
The comparison that actually matters is engine scope, not price: PMM has no SQL Server support and no Oracle support at all — confirmed in its own current release notes, which focus entirely on PostgreSQL/MongoDB expansion. For a MySQL/Postgres-only shop, that's irrelevant. For anyone running SQL Server or Oracle alongside those engines, PMM simply can't be the one dashboard — it was never built to be.
| SPP Command Deck | Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) | |
|---|---|---|
| Database engines | SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL | MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Valkey/Redis — no SQL Server, no Oracle |
| Cost | Free (Personal, 2 servers) or paid perpetual license | Free and open source |
| Support | Included with every paid edition | Community by default; paid support/services available separately from Percona |
| Outbound calls | Every outbound call itemized and individually toggleable | PMM Advisors and some features connect to Percona Platform for check definitions unless disabled |
| Deployment | Self-hosted only | Self-hosted (Docker/VM/Helm); optional hosted Percona Platform integration |
Where Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) wins
- It’s free, full stop — no license cost at all, ever.
- Genuinely open source, so you can read and modify the code yourself.
- Strong, purpose-built Query Analytics for the MySQL/Postgres/Mongo world specifically.
Where SPP Command Deck wins
- SQL Server and Oracle support, which PMM doesn’t have and isn’t trying to have.
- One unified dashboard when your estate spans engines PMM covers and engines it doesn’t.
- Vendor support included on paid editions, rather than assembling community help or a separate services contract.
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Competitor pricing and packaging change over time — checked August 2026. If you're evaluating Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) today, verify current pricing directly with them.
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