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pgwatch vs Percona Monitoring and Management: catalog facts
pgwatch	Percona Monitoring and Management
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source; Percona sells support separately.
Linux, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Dedicated metrics collection for PostgreSQL Several output sinks including gRPC	Covers MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB in one tool Query analytics and alerting
Focused on PostgreSQL only Setting up storage and dashboards takes some work	Requires running and maintaining a server Backup features cover MySQL and MongoDB only
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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