IBM MAS SaaS - Edition Comparison Chart1
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| Features | Essentials | Standard | Premium Shared Cluster |
Premium Non-Shared Cluster |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purchasing | ||||
| Software | Limited | ◼︎ | ◼︎ | ◼︎ |
| Infrastructure | ◼︎ | ◼︎ | ◼︎ | ◼︎ |
| Non-Production Environments | ◼︎2 | ◼︎2 | ◼︎ | ◼︎ |
| Provisioning | ||||
| Cloud Provider | AWS | AWS | AWS | AWS |
| Choice of Data Center | From Preferred List | From Preferred List | From Preferred List | ◼︎3 |
| Choice of Database | — | ◼︎ / ►4 | ◼︎ / ►4 | ◼︎ / ►4 |
| Production Database Access | — | ◼︎5 | ◼︎5 | ◼︎5 |
| Non-production Database Access | — | ◼︎6 | ◼︎6 | ◼︎6 |
| Add-ons & Industry Solutions | Limited | Limited | ◼︎ | ◼︎ |
| VPN Connectivity to Client | ◼︎ | ◼︎ | ◼︎ | ◼︎ |
| Network Connection Options (Allow Listing) | — | ◼︎ | ◼︎ | ◼︎ |
| Multiple VPNs | — | ◼︎ | ◼︎ | ◼︎ |
| Direct Connect | — | — | ► | ► |
| Capabilities | ||||
| Optimizer | — | ◼︎ | ◼︎ | ◼︎ |
| Cognos SaaS | — | — | ► | ► |
| ESRI SaaS | — | — | ► | ► |
| Integration | ||||
| SAP & Oracle Adaptors | — | ◼︎ | ◼︎ | ◼︎ |
| AppConnect SaaS | — | ► | ► | ► |
| Integration via MIF | ◼︎ | ◼︎ | ◼︎ | ◼︎ |
| Automation Scripting via MaxAdmin | ◼︎ | ◼︎ | ◼︎ | ◼︎ |
| Certified 3rd Party Java/Python code | — | — | — | ◼︎ |
| Security Integrations (SIEM Support) | — | — | ► | ► |
| Operations | ||||
| Self Service Portal | ◼︎ | ◼︎ | ◼︎ | ◼︎ |
| ISO 27001 & SOC Compliance | ISO 27001 ◼︎ SOC1 T2/SOC2 T2 ︎◼︎ |
ISO 27001 ◼︎ SOC1 T2/SOC2 T2 ︎◼︎ |
ISO 27001 ◼︎ SOC1 T2/SOC2 T2 ︎◼︎ |
ISO 27001 ◼︎ SOC1 T2/SOC2 T2 ︎◼︎ |
| Upgrade Scheduling | Fixed | Standard7 | Flexibile8 | Extended9 |
| SLA | High Availability | High Availability | High Availability | High Availability |
| Disaster Recovery | Standard | Standard | Standard | Standard |
| Multi-Zone Cluster Support | ◼︎ | ◼︎ | ◼︎ | ◼︎ |
| Enhanced Disaster Recovery - Multi Site | — | — |
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| Point-in-time Application Recovery | — | — |
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| Extended Data Retention | — | — | ► | ► |
| Assigned Personnel | — | — | ◼︎ | ◼︎ |
| Advanced Support | ◼︎ | ◼︎ | ◼︎10 | ◼︎10 |
| Regional Operations & Support Exclusions | — | — | ► | ► |
| Customized terms (SOW) | — | — | — | — |
1 Subject to Change
2 Essentials - maximum of one and excludes Essentials Inspection; Standard - maximum of three
3 Region must support services required by MAS SaaS
4 MS SQL is available for specific migrations only - please contact your tech seller for details.
5 Read-only via a replica or read/write to primary for a additional fee(s)
6 Read-only via a replica for an additional fee, read/write to primary available
7 Non-Production first, followed 30 days later by Production, excluding updates & security items
8 Up to 6 months, excluding updates & security items
9 Greater than 6 months available, excluding updates & security items
10 Strongly recommended for first 12 months