The State of
Open Source Survey 2022:
Southeast Asia and India
Open source trends and insights for
digital transformation in 2022
About the report
94% of organizations are using open source today,
with a mix of both enterprise and community open source
Using Open Source Currently
Not Using Open Source
Open source usage breakup
Commercial/Enterprise Open Source
Community Open Source
Mix of Both
Why Open Source?
Respondents were asked the key reasons and benefits which drive them
to move from proprietary to open source technologies.
82% of the respondents use open source technologies to drive innovation
today in their organization
Open source enables innovation faster
Any technology enables innovation faster
‘Higher quality software’ is the top reason why
99% of the participants
choose open source technologies for their organization
Open Source Software is of higher quality
The quality of Open Source Software is low
97% say that open source offers
‘better security’ compared to proprietary
software – making it an important factor in the adoption of open source
Open source offers better security than proprietary
The quality is not as secure as proprietary
Cost-efficiency is a deciding factor in choosing open source technologies,
cite 84% of the participants
Cost efficiency is a deciding factor
Cost efficiency doesn't matter
Top challenges faced
in open source
services and support
Respondents rated the key challenges they face for open source based support and services.
57% said the
lack of internal open source skill-sets and manpower
is a key challenge they face in their organisation.
Lack of internal skill-sets and manpower
Have the required internal skill-sets and manpower
53% cite there is a
concern over quality and scale,
if open source services
and support were handled internally
If handled internally, can be a concern
If handled internally, no particular concern
63% said the
lack of live support from open source product companies
is a cause of concern.
Lack of live support
Live support is provided well
97% desired to
have access to service providers and consultants
for the success of their projects using open source
Prefer to have access to Service
Providers and Consultants
Can manage without Service
Providers and Consultants
Respondents cite
an increased use of open source for key digital transformation
initiatives in their organization
74% of the participating organisations said the adoption of Open Source Database will substantially increase in 2022 - be it enterprise or community version
Open Source Database adoption will not increase
Open Source Database adoption will significantly increase
51% respondents said there
will be little or no growth of legacy or
proprietary Database
in their organisation in 2022.
Proprietary Database growth will be little or none
Proprietary Database usage will continue
54% said that the adoption of Enterprise Open Source Database will substantially grow in their organisation in 2022.
Proprietary Database growth will be little or none
Proprietary Database usage will continue
59% said the
usage of Community Open Source Database will increase
in their organisation in 2022
Community Open Source Database usage will not increase
Will increasingly use Community Open Source Database
PostgreSQL and
MongoDB were picked as the top Open Source Database technologies that will see an increased adoption. Followed by Redis,
ElasticSearch and a mix of others.
The top Kubernetes platforms of 2022
as picked by participants across organizations
are AWS EKS and AKS. Closely followed by OpenShift, GKE and Mirantis.
71% of the respondents said that
Kubernetes will be highly important
for their Cloud-Native application strategy
Kubernetes is not important for Cloud-native app strategy
Kubernetes is highly important for Cloud-native app strategy
53% say Hybrid Cloud will be their preferred deployment platform in 2022
- 19% choose Public Cloud, 18% prefer Data Centre, and 10% pick Multi-Cloud
as preferred deployment platforms
71% of the participants said they
prefer to consume open source
technologies in the Cloud (through a SaaS model)
- About 29% participants said they prefer to use native open source deployed
on the Cloud (as IaaS)
Expectations from cloud strategy
Respondents chose the key reasons and benefits they expect from their organization’s
Cloud strategy in the coming year.
'Cost efficiency' is a key benefit expected from their Cloud strategy - 92%
pick it as a highly important consideration
Cost efficiency is a key benefit and consideration
Cost efficiency is moderately expected
Cost efficiency is not expected
100% of the participants agree that moving to the Cloud will enable 'higher security'
- Out of which, 84% feel it is an extremely important expectation from their Cloud strategy
Cloud is Highly Secure
Cloud being highly secure is an extremely important expectation
Cloud being highly secure is somewhat important
90% cite that ‘ease of deployment' is the top benefit of their Cloud strategy
Ease of deployment matters
Doesn't matter
93% consider
'speed and efficiency in deployment'
as the most important reason
to move to the Cloud
Highly Important
Maybe Important
Doesn't matter
Bringing open source insights
51% cite their open source consulting and services partners
bring more relevant inputs for open source solutions – in comparison to internal
teams or product vendors
66% organisations cite budget for open source software
is growing
in 2022.
The open source survey was undertaken by:
160 Unique Organisations across Southeast Asia and India
Participating Industry Sectors
BFSI
Industrial
Government / Ministry
Software / Technology
Retail / E-commerce
Telecom and Communications
Healthcare
Others
Others include: Automobile, Education, Hospitality, Manufacturing & Logistics, Media and more
Participants spanning from Southeast Asia and India
Job positions of survey participants
C-level
Influencer
Senior