IBM Cloud Databases

IBMDatabases

Fully managed umbrella database service with identical deployment, scaling, backup, encryption, and monitoring primitives for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, etcd, and RabbitMQ

Jurisdictional exposure

Provider HQ
USArmonk, USA

Subject to CLOUD Act, FISA-702, DPF

Region locations
APACEUUKUSOther14 regions across 5 jurisdictions
Sovereign option
Yes — 1 sovereign-flagged region available

Attributes

SLA Uptime
99.99%

Sub-services (6)

Databases for PostgreSQL

Managed PostgreSQL 13-16 with Patroni HA and VPC peering

Databases for MongoDB

Managed MongoDB Community and Enterprise editions with replica sets

Databases for Redis

Managed Redis with persistence, sentinel HA, and TLS in transit

Databases for Elasticsearch

Managed Elasticsearch 8.x with Kibana and VPC-private access

Databases for etcd

Managed etcd v3 for consensus / config workloads

Messages for RabbitMQ

Managed RabbitMQ 3.x with mirrored queues and TLS endpoints

Compliance & Certifications

This service is attested for the following frameworks. Always verify with the provider before relying on a specific compliance posture.

Where this runs

14 regions
9 countries
1sovereign
Sovereign regions (1)
  • Frankfurt (Financial Services) · FrankfurtIBM Cloud for Financial Services
Commercial regions (13)

Europe (4)

  • Frankfurt
  • Frankfurt 2
  • Madrid
  • London

North America (4)

  • Montreal
  • Toronto
  • Dallas
  • Washington DC

South America (1)

  • São Paulo

Asia (3)

  • Chennai
  • Osaka
  • Tokyo

Oceania (1)

  • Sydney

Tags

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Pricing

Pricing model:pay-as-you-go