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Okmeter vs Percona Monitoring and Management

Both stand on database monitoring. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Okmeter

Free trial LinuxSelf-hostedWeb

Okmeter combines automatic discovery, broad technology coverage, diagnostics, and frequent alert checks for infrastructure monitoring. Factor in per-server billing and the unspecified trial length when considering it.

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Percona Monitoring and Management

Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1

PMM offers database monitoring, query analysis and backup tools without a software price. Its documented Docker setup has substantial CPU, memory and disk recommendations to consider.

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The facts

	Okmeter	Percona Monitoring and Management
Free plan	A free trial	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Linux, Self-hosted, Web	API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web
Lowest paid plan	Hacker: $5 a month	Free or on request
Plans published	4	1
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	okmeter.io	percona.com
On database monitoring	#29 of 40	#10 of 40

Okmeter: what it does well

Automatic discovery configures metric collection.
Dashboards combine thousands of metrics with drill-down.
Alert triggers are checked every minute.
Custom metrics support several collection methods.
Private installation keeps data on-premises.

What to know first

No free plan is listed.
Each agent-equipped server is billed as a full unit.

Percona Monitoring and Management: what it does well

Free and open source.
Dashboards and query analytics span hybrid environments.
MongoDB and MySQL backup includes point-in-time recovery.
Multiple deployment options are listed.

What to know first

Documented Docker setup recommends at least 2 CPU cores.
Docker setup recommends 4 GB RAM and 100 GB disk.
Installation infrastructure may have separate costs.

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