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Build your apps with IBM Db2, the AI database
IBM® Db2® Community Edition helps developers to quickly build and deploy mission-critical applications, using the latest features of Db2 11.5. It includes natural language querying plus support for popular languages and frameworks used by AI application developers. Explore Db2 in the product tour.
Note: Db2 Express-C has been replaced with the free Db2 Community Edition.
Db2 features for developers
AI and security capabilities for developers
Machine learning optimizer
Estimates predicate filtering better
Confidence-based query
Prioritizes the queries that have a higher degree of accuracy
Advanced security
Encrypts data at rest to protect database files and backup images
Additional Db2 developer tools
IBM Data Management Console
Administer, monitor, manage and optimize the performance of IBM Db2 databases using a web-based console.
IBM Db2 Connect
Connect applications within an enterprise to the mainframe. Benefit from data integration and centralized management.
IBM Db2 Augmented Data Explorer
Access real-time query results from Db2 with this web-based platform. Available on premises and on cloud.
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Use cases featuring Db2
Information hubs
Developer support
Languages for Db2 app development
Db2 for Python
Db2 for Node.js
Db2 for PHP
Db2 for Go
Db2 for Java
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Certifications
Databases and SQL for Data Science
Learn relational database concepts, SQL query execution and how to access data with Python-based tools.
Data Science Foundations Specialist
Learn data science foundational skills; gain a working knowledge of open source data science tools.
Data Science Professional Certificate
Create Python apps, generate data visualizations, analyze data and build machine learning models.