Db2 Database SaaS on IBM Cloud
Current Generation
Previous Generation
Plan
Performance
The Db2 database, deployed on dedicated compute slices, ideal for all workloads
Free
Discover and try the Db2 database through a perpetually free product tier
Standard
The Db2 database, deployed on shared infrastructure, ideal for new projects, growing workloads, or dev/test databases
Enterprise
The Db2 database, deployed on dedicated compute slices, ideal for enterprises small and large
Configuration
Dedicated compute and storage
Serverless trial configuration with single schema
Multi-tenant or shared infrastructure
Dedicated compute and storage
Price
Starting at USD 630* per month (billed hourly):
Hourly rates:
Storage: USD 0.000138* per GB
Compute: USD 0.22 or USD 0.29* per vCPU
Total IOPS: USD 0.000078 per IOP
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Starting at USD 99* per month (billed hourly):
Hourly rates:
Instance: USD 0.142* per hour
Storage: USD 0.000282* per GB
Compute: USD 0.101* per vCPU
Starting at USD 969* per month (billed hourly):
Hourly rates:
Instance: USD 1.36* per hour
Storage: USD 0.000282* per GB
Compute: USD 0.314* per vCPU
Starting Instance Capacity
4 vCPUs and 50 GB storage
200 MB storage
2 vCPUs and 20 GB storage
4 vCPUs and 20 GB storage
Compute Capacity
Up to 128vCPU (virtual)
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Up to 16vCPU (virtual)
Up to 56vCPU (virtual)
Up to 96 CPU (bare metal)
Storage Capacity
Up to 40TB and 196K IOPS
Up to 200MB
Up to 4TB (10 IOPS/GB)
Up to 24TB (10 IOPS/GB)
Independently scale storage and compute
Yes
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Yes
Yes
Connections
Unlimited
5
500
Unlimited
Backup locality
Multi-zone, Single or Cross Region
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Single Region
Multi-zone, Single or Cross Region
Physical servers available
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Available
Cross-AZ HA nodes
2
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3
3
Cross-region DR node
Available-
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Available
Private Endpoint
Available
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Available
Available
VPC
Included
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Included
Included
*Prices shown are indicative, may vary by country, exclude any applicable taxes and duties, and are subject to product offering availability in a locale.
Amazon RDS for Db2
Amazon RDS for Db2 is a fully managed database service that makes it easy to set up, manage and scale a Db2 relational database on the AWS cloud. The service supports Db2 Standard Edition and Db2 Advanced Edition with a Bring Your Own License (BYOL) program. All editions of Db2 on Amazon RDS for Db2 provide:
- push-button scaling to manage infrastructure costs with a few clicks or an API call;
- automated backups, snapshots and failover to support durability of business-critical workloads;
- availability and reliability with high availability and automated Multi-AZ data replication;
- isolation and security including encryption in motion and at rest, network isolation and permissions; and
- native integrations with AWS Cloud Services as a core AWS offering to support cloud native applications
Start your deployment today or use the Amazon Pricing Calculator–RDS for Db2 to estimate instance sizes.
Category
Db2 AI Community
Db2 AI Standard
Db2 AI Advanced
Pricing
Use case
Free entry point to help kick start new apps and services
Production-ready, business-critical applications
Fully-featured for mission-critical workloads
License metrics
VPC: Prod and Non-prod AU: Non-prod only
VPC: Prod and Non-prod AU: Non-prod only AU (Sub Only): Prod for Non-prod
License types
Community
Standalone: Perpetual and Monthly Cartridge: Perpetual and Subscription
Standalone: Perpetual and Monthly Cartridge: Perpetual and Subscription
Resource limits
4 CPU cores
16 GB Memory
16 CPU cores
128 GB Memory
Unlimited
Support
Community Support
Enterprise Support
Enterprise Support
Db2 native encryption & audit
Db2 HADR
(High availability & disaster recovery)
Db2 Federation
Db2 Backup & Restore
(Point-in-time recovery)
Db2 Database Partitioning Feature
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Db2 pureScale
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