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We provide these benefits by significantly enhancing *Percona Server for MySQL* as
compared to the standard *MySQL* database server:

| Features | Percona Server for MySQL {{vers}} | MySQL {{vers}} |
!!! note "MySQL Version Comparison"
This comparison table compares *Percona Server for MySQL {{vers}}* with *MySQL {{vers}} Community Edition*. When a feature shows "Enterprise-Only" for MySQL, it means that feature is only available in *MySQL {{vers}} Enterprise Edition*, not in the Community Edition. *Percona Server for MySQL* includes many Enterprise features at no cost.

| Features | Percona Server for MySQL {{vers}} | MySQL {{vers}} Community Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Open Source | Yes | Yes |
| ACID Compliance | Yes | Yes |
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| [MyRocks Storage Engine](myrocks-index.md) | Yes | No |


| Improvements for Developers | Percona Server for MySQL {{vers}} | MySQL {{vers}} |
| Improvements for Developers | Percona Server for MySQL {{vers}} | MySQL {{vers}} Community Edition |
|---|---|---|
| NoSQL Socket-Level Interface | Yes | Yes |
| X API Support | Yes | Yes |
| JSON Functions | Yes | Yes |
| [InnoDB Full-Text Search Improvements](innodb-fts-improvements.md) | Yes | No |
| Extra Hash/Digest Functions | Yes | No |
| [Extra Hash/Digest Functions](encryption-functions.md) | Yes | No |
| [UUID_VX Component](uuid-versions.md) | Yes | No |

| Instrumentation and Troubleshooting Features | Percona Server for MySQL {{vers}} | MySQL {{vers}} |
| Instrumentation and Troubleshooting Features | Percona Server for MySQL {{vers}} | MySQL {{vers}} Community Edition |
|---|---|---|
| INFORMATION_SCHEMA Tables | 95 | 65 |
| Global Performance and Status Counters | 853 | 434 |
| Optimizer Histograms | Yes | Yes |
| Per-Table Performance Counters | Yes | No |
| Per-Index Performance Counters | Yes | No |
| Per-User Performance Counters | Yes | No |
| Per-Client Performance Counters | Yes | No |
| Per-Thread Performance Counters | Yes | No |
| Global Query Response Time Statistics | Yes | No |
| [Per-Table Performance Counters](user-stats.md#information_schematable_statistics) | Yes | No |
| [Per-Index Performance Counters](user-stats.md#information_schemaindex_statistics) | Yes | No |
| [Per-User Performance Counters](user-stats.md#information_schemauser_statistics) | Yes | No |
| [Per-Client Performance Counters](user-stats.md#information_schemaclient_statistics) | Yes | No |
| [Per-Thread Performance Counters](user-stats.md#information_schemathread_statistics) | Yes | No |
| [Global Query Response Time Statistics](index-info-schema-tables.md#information_schemaquery_response_time) | Yes | No |
| [Enhanced SHOW INNODB ENGINE STATUS](innodb-show-status.md) | Yes | No |
| Undo Segment Information | Yes | No |
| Temporary Tables Information | Yes | No |
| [Undo Segment Information](innodb-show-status.md) | Yes | No |
| [Temporary Tables Information](misc-info-schema-tables.md#information_schematemporary_tables) | Yes | No |
| [Extended Slow Query Logging](slow-extended.md) | Yes | No |
| [User Statistics](user-stats.md) | Yes | No |

| Performance and Scalability Features | Percona Server for MySQL {{vers}} | MySQL {{vers}} |
| Performance and Scalability Features | Percona Server for MySQL {{vers}} | MySQL {{vers}} Community Edition |
|---|---|---|
| InnoDB Resource Groups | Yes | Yes |
| Configurable Page Sizes | Yes | Yes |
| Contention-Aware Transaction Scheduling | Yes | Yes |
| Improved Scalability By Splitting Mutexes | Yes | No |
| [Improved Scalability By Splitting Mutexes](xtradb-performance-improvements.md) | Yes | No |
| [Improved MEMORY Storage Engine](improved-memory-engine.md) | Yes | No |
| [Improved Flushing](xtradb-performance-improvements.md#multi-threaded-lru-flusher) | Yes | No |
| Improved Binlog Transaction Dependency Tracking | Yes | No |
| Parallel Doublewrite Buffer | Yes | Yes |
| [Configurable Fast Index Creation](innodb-expanded-fast-index-creation.md) | Yes | No |
| Per-Column Compression for VARCHAR/BLOB and JSON | Yes | No |
| [Per-Column Compression for VARCHAR/BLOB and JSON](compressed-columns.md) | Yes | No |
| [Compressed Columns with Dictionaries](compressed-columns.md) | Yes | No |

| Security Features | Percona Server for MySQL {{vers}} | MySQL {{vers}} |
| Security Features | Percona Server for MySQL {{vers}} | MySQL {{vers}} Community Edition |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Roles | Yes | Yes |
| SHA-2 Based Password Hashing | Yes | Yes |
| Password Rotation Policy | Yes | Yes |
| [PAM Authentication Plugin](pam-plugin.md) | Yes | Enterprise-Only |
| [Data Masking Component](data-masking-overview.md) | Yes | Enterprise-Only |

| Encryption Features | Percona Server for MySQL {{vers}} | MySQL {{vers}} |
| Encryption Features | Percona Server for MySQL {{vers}} | MySQL {{vers}} Community Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Storing Keyring in a File | Yes | Yes |
| Storing Keyring in Hashicorp Vault | Yes | Enterprise Only |
| Storing Keyring in Hashicorp Vault | Yes | Enterprise-Only |
| Encrypt InnoDB Data | Yes | Yes |
| Encrypt InnoDB Logs | Yes | Yes |
| Encrypt Built-In InnoDB Tablespaces (General, System, Undo, Temp) | Yes | Yes |
| [Encrypt Binary Logs](encrypt-binary-relay-log-files.md) | Yes | No |
| [Encrypt Temporary Files](encrypt-temporary-files.md) | Yes | No |
| Enforce Encryption | Yes | No |
| [Enforce Encryption](encrypt-tablespaces.md#default_table_encryption) | Yes | No |

| Operational Improvements | Percona Server for MySQL {{vers}} | MySQL {{vers}} |
| Operational Improvements | Percona Server for MySQL {{vers}} | MySQL {{vers}} Community Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Atomic DDL | Yes | Yes |
| Transactional Data Dictionary | Yes | Yes |
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| [Ability to Kill Idle Transactions](kill-idle-trx.md) | Yes | No |
| [Improvements to START TRANSACTION WITH CONSISTENT SNAPSHOT](start-transaction-with-consistent-snapshot.md) | Yes | No |

| Features for Running Database as a Service (DBaaS) | Percona Server for MySQL {{vers}} | MySQL {{vers}} |
| Features for Running Database as a Service (DBaaS) | Percona Server for MySQL {{vers}} | MySQL {{vers}} Community Edition |
|---|---|---|
| [Enforce a Specific Storage Engine](enforce-engine.md) | Yes | Yes |