The Way Is Open: Control, Choice, and the Future of Database Infrastructure - Percona

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Open source PostgreSQL software for production workloads
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Open source MySQL for enterprise use
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Production-ready open source MySQL software
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Source-available, enterprise-grade compatible software for MongoDB®
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How much freedom does your organization really have over its database estate?
For years, cloud platforms and managed services sold convenience. In 2026, the trade-offs are catching up: cloud bills keep climbing, licensing is unpredictable, and AI is creating workloads that shift by the month. We surveyed 300 US-based DBAs, SREs, and platform engineers to find out how database leaders are responding.
Today, the real value of open source isn’t lower cost or visible code. It’s freedom and optionality, the ability to adapt as regulation, cloud economics, and AI requirements keep changing.
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