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databasementvsPercona Server for MongoDB

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

databasementPercona Server for MongoDB
Score66/10051/100
Rank in category#7 of 46 in Backup#28 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars2 584251
Stars, last 30 days+141+0
Stable releases, 12 months6313
Latest releasev1.10.7 · 25 Oct 2026psmdb-8.0.26-11 · 25 Jun 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITOther
Main languagePHPC

Which one should you pick?

databasement scores 66/100 against 51/100 for Percona Server for MongoDB, so it is the safer default.

databasement ships more often: 63 stable releases in the past year, against 13 for Percona Server for MongoDB.

If you want the quickest setup, databasement is easier to run; Percona Server for MongoDB needs more configuration.

databasement is growing faster right now (+141 stars in 30 days).

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