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IBM Cloud Databases Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 8.3 out of 10
Score
8.3 out of 10

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TrustRadius Insights for IBM Cloud Databases are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Scalability: Users have appreciated the scalability of IBM Cloud Databases, noting that it can easily accommodate growing data needs. They find the ability to scale on-demand based on requirements to be a significant advantage.

Fully Managed Service: The fully managed aspect of IBM Cloud Databases is well-received by users as it simplifies the database management process, allowing them to focus on other aspects of their business without worrying about database maintenance.

User-Friendly Interface: The user interface of IBM Cloud Databases is praised for being friendly, comprehensive, and easy to navigate. Users value how the intuitive design contributes to a seamless experience and efficient task completion.

Reviews

96 Reviews

simple an easy PaaS

Rating: 8 out of 10

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using IBM Cloud Databases to launch a new service. We chose a pay-as-you-go service because we needed a scalable platform. Our service will involve installing over 100 cameras and storing all video data in the system. If we were to build an on-premises environment, we would need to prepare a large-scale storage system from the start.Over the five years since our service began, we have accumulated over 100TB of video data, but by choosing IBM Cloud Databases, we have been able to operate a highly scalable system at a reasonable cost.

Pros

  • scalable
  • reasonable price
  • suitable for agile developing
  • reliable

Cons

  • unexpected EOL
  • not so easy to understand the design policy of the products

Likelihood to Recommend

For example, if you plan to store and reuse large amounts of data, such as video data, IBM Cloud Databases is the best choice.If data is frequently deleted or rewritten, you need to carefully assess its performance.You will receive a ton of emails with information about EOL and parameter changes, so you need to carefully read and check them.

VU
Verified User
C-Level Executive in Corporate (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
IBM Cloud Databases
5 years of experience

IBM Cloud Databases enables greater security and management

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The scope of our use case for IBM Cloud Databases spans multiple databases deployed in different environments, including development, testing, and production. We use several platform-supported database engines, such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis, depending on the specific requirements of our applications. Additionally, we leverage managed services and serverless architectures provided by IBM Cloud Databases to accelerate our application development workflows and improve agility in deploying new features and updates.

Pros

  • IBM Cloud Databases offers scalable database solutions that can easily accommodate growing data needs.
  • IBM Cloud Databases is a fully managed service.
  • IBM Cloud Databases seamlessly integrates with other IBM Cloud services and solutions.

Cons

  • Limited Database Options.
  • Migrating away from IBM Cloud Databases to another provider or on-premises solution can be challenging and may require significant time.
  • Learning Curve.

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloud Databases is well-suited for hybrid cloud deployments where organizations require seamless integration between on-premises and cloud-based databases. For instance, companies with existing on-premises database infrastructure can leverage the platform's hybrid cloud capabilities to extend their data center to the cloud, enabling hybrid cloud architectures for workload flexibility, disaster recovery, and data synchronization

CA
Claire Adams
System Engineer in Information Technology at SAIC (10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
IBM Cloud Databases
3 years of experience
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IBM Database (MySQL)

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized

Pros

  • Managed Database Services
  • Database Variety
  • Security

Cons

  • UI
  • Educational resources

Likelihood to Recommend

Less Appropriate Scenario: 1) Small Scale or Low Budget Projects 2) Organizations with limited expertise in cloud technologies may find the learning curve steep, especially if they are not familiar with the IBM Cloud platform 3) If database requirements are highly dynamic and change frequently, the comprehensive features and management provided by IBM Cloud Databases might be overkill. A more flexible, self-managed solution could be preferable for adapting to rapid changes.

VU
Verified User
Manager (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
IBM Cloud Databases
1 year of experience

IBM PAK

Rating: 8 out of 10

Pros

  • Enable Higher by levels of compliance
  • Security
  • Management

Cons

  • IBM Cloud Hyper Protect DBaaS

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloud database solutions offer a complete portfolio of managed services for data and analytics — a hybrid, open source-based approach that addresses the data-intensive needs of application developers, data scientists and IT architects to deliver immediate and longer-term benefits.

SV
Sunil Varma
GRADUATE ENGINEER TRAINEE in Information Technology at Sterlite technology (5001-10,000 employees)
Vetted Review
IBM Cloud Databases
1 year of experience
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IBM Cloud DB

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Pros

  • High Availability
  • Developer-Focused Features
  • Functions to perform Advanced Analytics

Cons

  • Cost Competitiveness
  • User Interface and Experience can be improved
  • Migrating Data to and from the tool is a little tricky

Likelihood to Recommend

Data Analytics is one field where I believe IBM Cloud Databases excels at and would love to continue to use this feature.

ST
Sai Teja Settipalli
Data Engineer in Engineering at Exeevo Inc (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
IBM Cloud Databases
1 year of experience
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IBM Cloud Database - Best Database Service on the Cloud

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Pros

  • Easy deployment and initial setup
  • Low latency for transactions
  • Regular security updates are pushed from IBM
  • One stop migration facility
  • Easy to use UI
  • Scalable on demand basis
  • Useful backup and scheduling features

Cons

  • Initially, we faced some consistency issues, but later it was fixed with the help from IBM Support Team
  • Documentation needs to be updated with more details on the latest and new features added.

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloud Databases is well suited for medium to large-sized applications. It has simple steps for migration and deployment, along with useful features on the dashboard for easy management by business users.

SP
Shivani Pandey
Project Engineer in Information Technology at Wipro Limited (10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
IBM Cloud Databases
3 years of experience
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IBM Cloud Database Review

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Pros

  • Speed and productivity
  • SaaS and cloud-dev platforms

Cons

  • Efficiency
  • Managed Workloads
  • Flexibility

Likelihood to Recommend

[The] user can scale services to fit their needs, customize applications and access cloud services from anywhere.

VU
Verified User
Engineer in Engineering (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review

IBM Cloud Databases are a great choice in the IBM Cloud Ecosystem

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Pros

  • Fully managed
  • Highly customizable
  • Easily scaled

Cons

  • Provide more products like Cloud Databases for MySQL
  • More UI features and functionality

Likelihood to Recommend

I think the best use case for using IBM Cloud Databases is when other products in the IBM Cloud ecosystem are being used. It works very well when computing is being used, or any other IBM cloud products really. I could also see these products being really useful in any scenario where a managed database is wanted with little overhead to set it up and manage it.

VU
Verified User
Engineer in Research & Development (11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
IBM Cloud Databases
2 years of experience

One More great Product from IBM (Cloud database) with multiple options.

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Pros

  • Low latency
  • Easy to setup and migrate
  • Hassle free upgrades and less effort

Cons

  • Backup needs to be improved
  • Less documentation
  • We cannot do mass migration at a time we need to execute slots wise

Likelihood to Recommend

Setup and migration [are] easy and [...] flexible. Easy to use and flexible UI. Security features are also added advantage.

Sk
Sai karthik Satyavarapu
Senior Technical Specialist in Information Technology at HCL Software (5001-10,000 employees)
Vetted Review
IBM Cloud Databases
3 years of experience
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IBM Cloud Databases provide autoscale to ensure the job is done

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Pros

  • quick
  • easy
  • cheap

Cons

  • lack of community support
  • compatibility with other tools
  • not the most popular option

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloud Databases is well suited when the IBM cloud toolset is widely used in your organization and the goal is to store structured datasets into the databases that the end-users are planning to leverage SQL to pull the data out. If the data is unstructured then you should use object storage.

VU
Verified User
Analyst in Professional Services (10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
IBM Cloud Databases
4 years of experience