Best Database as a Service (DBaaS) Providers for IBM Cloud

IBM Cloud®, purpose-built databases, deliver high availability and enhanced security as well as scalable performance. You can choose from a range of database engines, including relational and NoSQL databases, such as graph, key-value and in-memory databases, and document, key-value and graph databases. You can build distributed, modern applications that are highly scalable and distributed thanks to the support for multiple data models. There is no one size fits all. You can speed up development and meet your business needs by choosing the right database for the job. IBM Cloud DBaaS solutions include hosting, auto provisioning, and 24x7 management with automated backup and restore, version updates, security, and more.

InfluxDB is a purpose-built data platform designed to handle all time series data, from users, sensors, applications and infrastructure — seamlessly collecting, storing, visualizing, and turning insight into action. With a library of more than 250 open source Telegraf plugins, importing and monitoring data from any system is easy. InfluxDB empowers developers to build transformative IoT, monitoring and analytics services and applications. InfluxDB’s flexible architecture fits any implementation — whether in the cloud, at the edge or on-premises — and its versatility, accessibility and supporting tools (client libraries, APIs, etc.) make it easy for developers at any level to quickly build applications and services with time series data. Optimized for developer efficiency and productivity, the InfluxDB platform gives builders time to focus on the features and functionalities that give their internal projects value and their applications a competitive edge. To get started, InfluxData offers free training through InfluxDB University.

Instaclustr, the Open Source-as a Service company, delivers reliability at scale. We provide database, search, messaging, and analytics in an automated, trusted, and proven managed environment. We help companies focus their internal development and operational resources on creating cutting-edge customer-facing applications. Instaclustr is a cloud provider that works with AWS, Heroku Azure, IBM Cloud Platform, Azure, IBM Cloud and Google Cloud Platform. The company is certified by SOC 2 and offers 24/7 customer support.

IBM Cloud Hyper Protect DBaaS provides 100% tamper-proof enterprise cloud databases environments with high availability for workloads containing sensitive data. It is built on LinuxONE technology which offers data encryption and excellent vertical scaling and performance. It protects against data breaches and data manipulation by privileged user and provides data owners with high levels of data confidentiality. IBM Cloud Hyper ProtectDBaaS allows you to provision, manage, maintain, and monitor databases MongoDB or PostgreSQL using standard APIs. Without requiring specialized skills, you can also keep your data in an encrypted client database. You have full control over your encryption keys and the option to use keys that are FIPS 140-2 Level 4 certified.