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2 self-hosted IBM Db2 alternatives

IBM Db2 is a relational database management system for transactional and analytical workloads. It provides SQL storage and query processing, high availability, scalability, backup and security features, and is offered as a managed service on IBM Cloud.

Alternatives to IBM Db2

PostgreSQL is an advanced open source object-relational database with strong SQL compliance, ACID transactions, extensibility, and robust indexing and replication options.

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MySQL is an open source relational database for SQL-based transactional and analytical workloads, supporting replication, high availability, and clustering options.

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What replacing IBM Db2 actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 2 of 2 shipped a commit in the last six months. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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