Percona Monitoring and Management vs DBmarlin

Percona Monitoring and Management9.3Visit DBmarlin7.9Visit

Higher score Percona Monitoring and Management #1 in Database Monitoring 9.3/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Percona

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DBmarlin #15 in Database Monitoring 7.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit DBmarlin

• Percona Monitoring and Management fits best

  Free, self-hosted multi-database monitoring

• DBmarlin fits best

  Teams needing broad database coverage

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Side by side

Feature	Percona Monitoring and Management 9.3/10 Visit ↗	DBmarlin 7.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	7.9
Ranking	#1 in Database Monitoring	#15 in Database Monitoring
Best for	Free, self-hosted multi-database monitoring	Teams needing broad database coverage
Pricing model	Free	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Free plan	—
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Linux	Web, Windows, Linux
Support	Docs, Community	Email, Docs
Integrations	12 integrations	8 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Percona Monitoring and Management 3/3 · DBmarlin 3/3
Query profiling	✓	✓
Wait and lock analysis	✓	✓
Execution plans	✓	✓
Specs
Supported databases	MySQL and variants (Percona Server for MySQL, Percona XtraDB Cluster, MariaDB), MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Valkey/Redis; also Amazon RDS/Aurora, Azure Database, Google Cloud SQL	PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, CockroachDB, IBM Db2, MariaDB, SAP HANA, Informix, SAP ASE, MongoDB, Snowflake
Deployment model	Hybrid	Hybrid
Data retention	Not checked yet	8 /days
Our review
Pros	Free and open-source with hybrid deployment options Deep query profiling, execution plans, and wait/lock analysis Supports databases, cloud services, proxies, and infrastructure monitoring	Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB, Snowflake and more Combines wait-state, blocking, plan and change analysis Offers Datadog, Grafana, Jenkins, Splunk and other integrations
Cons	Self-hosted operation requires PMM Server and distributed PMM Clients Backup and restore are specified for MySQL and MongoDB Some advanced query analysis is specified specifically for MongoDB	Premium licensing is £999 per licence annually Default second-level data retention is 8 days Advanced coverage may require paid licences for additional databases or nodes
Our verdict	Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) is an open-source observability, monitoring, and management platform for database administrators and DevOps teams. It combines database-specific dashboards, performance metrics, Query Analytics,… Read the review →	DBmarlin is a database monitoring and performance analysis product for teams managing relational and cloud database estates. It brings SQL activity, wait states, resource usage, execution plans and database changes into one interface. Its… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Percona Monitoring and Management — where it wins

  • Free and open-source with hybrid deployment options
  • Deep query profiling, execution plans, and wait/lock analysis
  • Supports databases, cloud services, proxies, and infrastructure monitoring

  Where it doesn't

  • Self-hosted operation requires PMM Server and distributed PMM Clients
  • Backup and restore are specified for MySQL and MongoDB
  • Some advanced query analysis is specified specifically for MongoDB

• DBmarlin — where it wins

  • Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB, Snowflake and more
  • Combines wait-state, blocking, plan and change analysis
  • Offers Datadog, Grafana, Jenkins, Splunk and other integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Premium licensing is £999 per licence annually
  • Default second-level data retention is 8 days
  • Advanced coverage may require paid licences for additional databases or nodes

• Percona Monitoring and Management9.3/10 · Free plan

  A free, self-hosted choice for deep monitoring across databases, queries, and infrastructure.

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• DBmarlin7.9/10 · Free plan

  Broad database coverage with deep performance analysis and a free starting point.

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