Percona distribution for postgresql and licence

PostgreSQL Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL
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hi

Do we need to pay a licence fee to use the Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL server?

thanks in advance

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Thank you for contacting the Percona forum.

Here, You do not need to pay a license fee to use the Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL. It is entirely open source and licensed under the PostgreSQL License.

This distribution is a collection of open-source software, tools, and services designed to deploy and manage a reliable PostgreSQL production cluster. It includes a native PostgreSQL server enhanced with community-certified open-source extensions tested for compatibility. These tools support high availability, backups, security, and monitoring to help maintain optimal cluster performance.

Additionally, Percona does offer paid support, consulting, and managed services — but:

  • Those are optional.

  • The software remains free and open source.

You only pay if you want enterprise-grade production support, SLA-backed troubleshooting, or consulting services.

Even Percona PostgreSQL distributions are fully compatible with the community PostgreSQL distribution, making it easy to migrate from the community to the Percona distribution without any headaches.

Here is our documentation, you can try and let us know your feedback.

Regards

Anup Gupta

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Hey @did16,

As Anup said, all Percona software is 100% free, and open-source. There is no licensing model at Percona; no such thing as “Enterprise”. You do not even have to be a customer of Percona to use our software; again open-source.

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