Percona Monitoring and Management vs Splunk Database Monitoring

Percona Monitoring and Management9.1Visit Splunk Database Monitoring8.8Visit

Higher score Percona Monitoring and Management #3 in Database Performance Monitoring Software 9.1/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 4 features Visit Percona

vs

Splunk Database Monitoring #5 in Database Performance Monitoring Software 8.8/10 Pricing on request · 14-day trial Free trial✓ 1 of 4 features Visit Splunk

• Percona Monitoring and Management fits best

  Teams wanting broad, free, self-hosted monitoring

• Splunk Database Monitoring fits best

  Splunk-centric database operations teams

Advertiser disclosure: iTechGuides is reader-supported. Vendors can pay for top positions in our rankings and for a place on other products' pages, and we may earn a commission when you click some links. Bought places stand at the number bought; this page and our disclosure say so. Paying vendors may get a fuller, more detailed review from our editors, and that review can change their score. How we rank.

Side by side

Feature	Percona Monitoring and Management 9.1/10 Visit ↗	Splunk Database Monitoring 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.8
Ranking	#3 in Database Performance Monitoring Software	#5 in Database Performance Monitoring Software
Best for	Teams wanting broad, free, self-hosted monitoring	Splunk-centric database operations teams
Pricing model	Free	Paid
Starting price	Free plan	Pricing on request · 14-day trial
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	14 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Linux	Web
Support	Docs, Community	Tickets, Phone, Community, Docs
Integrations	12 integrations	3 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Percona Monitoring and Management 1/4 · Splunk Database Monitoring 1/4
Query analysis	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Wait and lock analysis	✓	✓
Resource metrics	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Query plan capture	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Supported databases	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
History retention	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment model	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Free and open-source with self-hosted and hybrid deployment Query Analytics, execution plans, advisors, and wait/lock inspection Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and cloud databases	Correlates database performance with application traces and infrastructure metrics Analyzes execution plans, wait states, blocking sessions, and lock contention Adds generative AI recommendations for complex SQL queries
Cons	The feature breadth may require more operational administration Backup and restore coverage is limited to MySQL and MongoDB Teams seeking a narrow, hosted monitoring service may prefer an alternative	No free plan is available Supports four database systems The documented retention period is 15 days for normalized queries and samples
Our verdict	Percona Monitoring and Management is an open-source database observability, monitoring, and management platform for database administrators and DevOps teams. It combines centralized dashboards, performance metrics, query analysis,… Read the review →	Splunk Database Monitoring is a cloud service for DevOps, ITOps, and SRE teams that need database performance visibility within Splunk Observability Cloud. It focuses on Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle Database, and PostgreSQL, with… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Percona Monitoring and Management — where it wins

  • Free and open-source with self-hosted and hybrid deployment
  • Query Analytics, execution plans, advisors, and wait/lock inspection
  • Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and cloud databases

  Where it doesn't

  • The feature breadth may require more operational administration
  • Backup and restore coverage is limited to MySQL and MongoDB
  • Teams seeking a narrow, hosted monitoring service may prefer an alternative

• Splunk Database Monitoring — where it wins

  • Correlates database performance with application traces and infrastructure metrics
  • Analyzes execution plans, wait states, blocking sessions, and lock contention
  • Adds generative AI recommendations for complex SQL queries

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • Supports four database systems
  • The documented retention period is 15 days for normalized queries and samples

• Percona Monitoring and Management9.1/10 · Free plan

  A broad, free monitoring platform with deep query analysis and hybrid deployment.

  Visit PerconaFull verdict →
• Splunk Database Monitoring8.8/10 · Pricing on request · 14-day trial

  A focused choice for Splunk teams needing query, wait-state, and correlation analysis.

  Visit SplunkFull verdict →