We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 Database and SQL Server based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: IBM Db2 Database has an edge in this comparison due to the high marks it received for its performance. Reviewers are happier with the pricing of SQL Server, however.
"The most valuable feature of IBM Db2 Database is its ability to perform automatic self-management, reducing the need for manual tasks such as managing logs and folders."
"Your iOS, your throughputs, your performance cycles, you cannot touch it with Microsoft or with Oracle scalability-wise. That is far and away the most scalable systems and the highest performing systems of the set of them."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is its stability. We have never had any problems and have never had to contact technical support."
"The scalability and availability of this solution are the most valuable features."
"It's a very mature product."
"When you submit a ticket the response time is quick."
"It's easy to search and extract data from the warehouse using queries."
"The solution's security is very tough and impenetrable."
"It will do clustering, so you can have two database servers looking at the same data simultaneously."
"I've been using SQL Server for 20 years, and there is nothing that it can't do. It is awesome."
"The most valuable feature would most likely be querying. We query a lot, we use a lot of stored procedures. As for other features, such as replication and all other more fancy features we don't use them the most. I do not know, but perhaps the DBAs would be the best people who know of the features that they use, but as far as how I use it, it's just for querying and running stored procedures. We use the bare minimum features."
"It is stable, and it works okay."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The stability is fine, especially if you're hosting it on AWS or Azure. You can get up to 99.99% stability on AWS."
"I believe Always On is the most valuable feature. It's also easy to use and not very tricky."
"The solution is very easy to use. It's intuitive and easy to navigate. Overall, it's a straightforward product."
"The solution could improve by providing more integration."
"The ease of use, or ease of management, could be improved."
"The only drawback that we see in Db2 Database is the crash recovery. When there is a crash and somebody has to do the recovery, Db2 Database first stops, and then it does any crash recovery. In Oracle Database, crash recovery happens within the database. The database is not shut down."
"It would be helpful to have a hybrid data storage facility that includes NoSQL technologies."
"The product’s user interface is not easy to use."
"The licensing fees can be reduced."
"Db2 interface could be improved a bit. Comparing it to Oracle, Db2's interfaces could be improved."
"They should develop its containerized version."
"When transferring data from the SQL Server to Excel, the data types are not copied correctly. This issue might be associated with the formatting of the data types."
"I would like the SQL Server to be able to provide cloud support. We use the solution with a Korean provider supporting only MySQL rather than Microsoft SQL Server, which would be preferable and cheaper. This would prevent us from having to pay for troubleshooting and hosting the server."
"SQL Server could integrate better with other platforms."
"CAL licenses should cost less. Microsoft usually prices high for client access licenses. Server plus user client access license (CAL) licensing requires a separate Server license for each server on which the software is installed, plus a user CAL for each user accessing the server."
"Security is an area that can be improved."
"The scalability is adequate but could improve."
"Could have additional security."
"There should be more security updates for the product."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 67 reviews while SQL Server is ranked 1st in Relational Databases Tools with 260 reviews. IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2, while SQL Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IBM Db2 Database writes "Very scalable with high availability and excellent technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SQL Server writes "Easy to use and provides good speed and data recovery". IBM Db2 Database is most compared with Oracle Database, SAP HANA, Teradata, MySQL and Oracle Database In-Memory, whereas SQL Server is most compared with MariaDB, SAP HANA, Oracle Database, LocalDB and Teradata. See our IBM Db2 Database vs. SQL Server report.
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