# IBM Cloud Databases: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ibm-cloud-databases

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Managed relational databases](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/managed-relational-databases/index.md) | 0% | 79 | 100% | 2 |

## And against it

- "IBM has been forcing in-place major version upgrades for MongoDB instances on deprecated versions without SLAs" (Kimi K2, Managed databases)
- "Can be expensive and have steep learning curves" (MiniMax M2.5, Managed databases)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named IBM Cloud Databases, from 1 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- aerospike.com: 1
- alibabacloud.com: 1
- altinity.com: 1
- blog.ferretdb.io: 1
- cloud.ibm.com: 1 (its own site)
- cloudflare.com: 1
- dataversity.net: 1
- docs.aws.amazon.com: 1
- docs.cloud.google.com: 1
- docs.oracle.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://aerospike.com/blog/vendor-lock-in: 1
- https://alibabacloud.com/help/en/apsaradb-for-cassandra/latest/cassandra-delisting-notice: 1
- https://altinity.com/blog/learning-from-rockset-avoiding-the-dangers-of-lock-in-to-cloud-database-as-a-services: 1
- https://blog.ferretdb.io/5-ways-to-avoid-database-vendor-lock-in: 1
- https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/databases-for-mongodb: 1
- https://cloudflare.com/en-ca/learning/cloud/what-is-vendor-lock-in: 1
- https://dataversity.net/articles/the-hidden-pitfalls-of-cloud-based-managed-mysql-services: 1
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/full_shutdown_services.html: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.