Do You Believe in the Future of Open Source Databases? Tell Us Your Views!

Complete the 2021 Open Source Data Management Software Survey to share your knowledge and experience, and help inform the open source database community.

In 2020 we ran our second Open Source Data Management Software Survey. This resulted in some interesting data on the state of the open source database market. 

Some key statistics:

• 41% of buying decisions are now made by architects, giving them significant power over software adoption within a company.
• 81% of respondents gave cost savings as the most important reason for adoption. In this challenging economic climate, many companies are actively avoiding vendor license costs and lock-in.
• 82% of respondents reported at least a 5% database footprint growth over the last year, with 62% reporting more significant growth and 12% growing over 50%.
• Although promoted as a cheap and convenient alternative, cloud costs can spiral, with 22% of companies spending more on cloud hosting than planned.

To see how the landscape has changed over the last (turbulent) year, we are pleased to announce the launch of our third annual Open Source Data Management Software Survey. 

The final results will be 100% anonymous and made freely available via Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike (CC BY-SA).

Access to Accurate Market Data is Important

There are millions of open source projects currently running, and most are dependent on databases. 

Accurate data helps people track the popularity of different databases, and see how and where these databases are running successfully. 

The information helps people build better software and take advantage of shifting trends. It also helps businesses understand industry direction and make informed decisions on the software and services they choose.

We want to help developers, architects, DBAs, and any other users choose the best database or tool for their business, and understand how and where to deploy it. 

How Can You Help This Survey Succeed?

Firstly, we would love you to complete the survey and share your insight into current trends and new developments in open source database software. 

Secondly, we hope you will share this survey with other people who use open source database software and encourage them to contribute.

The more responses we receive, the more useful this data will be to the community. If there is anything we missed or you would like to ask in the future, we welcome your feedback.

The survey should take around 10 minutes to complete. 

Click here to complete the survey!