Open Source Data Management
Software Survey
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2020 Results
SUMMARY
This year, we set out to build upon the data we collected last year and continue to monitor the open source industry’s pulse. This year’s survey was perhaps reflective of the wider world environment, as companies indicated a desire to consolidate their database infrastructure and software, avoid risk, and manage costs.
There were some impressive pull-out figures, which revealed the underlying concerns of the market and some of the drivers for open source adoption:
41%
41% of buying decisions are now made by architects, giving them significant power over software adoption within a company.
22%
66%
82%
28%
74%
81%
WHO RESPONDED
The United States continues to represent the most significant base of respondents, with 24%. We also saw a considerable uptick in India’s responses, which contributed 4.8% in 2019 and shot up to just over 10% in 2020.
The remaining respondents are spread across the world, giving us a truly global perspective and showing the diversity, reach, and enthusiasm of the open source community.
Interestingly, although we received slightly fewer responses than the 2019 survey, we saw a marked increase in responses from medium and large companies. This backs-up the claim that larger organizations are increasingly utilizing open source solutions for their businesses.
Open source software is attractive for various reasons, including cost reduction, the need for agile and responsive technologies, and a desire to avoid vendor lock-in.
“The vision that we have from the company is to be able to always use free software. Although we don’t have many databases, the little that we have, we always opt for free software.”
Ross Hunton, CTO
Appsuite CTO
INDUSTRY
“I have been using open source software for the past 11 years. Worked with internet, telecom, eCommerce, advertising industries. It’s always a challenging and good experience to work with open source software.“
Ross Hunton, CTO
Appsuite CTO
- 116 were Information Technology Companies
- 79 are Cloud-based Solutions or Services Companies
- 75 Identify as Software as a Service (SaaS) Development Companies
As in 2019, many survey respondents were technology-focused companies, offering IT, cloud, and SaaS solutions to startups, growing businesses, and established enterprises.
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