We performed a comparison between Amazon Aurora and IBM Db2 Database based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Relational Databases Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the ability to do multiple-read and single-write. These are the kinds of features that we were interested in, and Aurora takes care of that natively."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon Aurora is SQL standardization, it doesn't have its own syntax which is good. It has a lot of hands-off self-management type of activities, such as log rolling and auto-scaling."
"The solution’s scalability is good since we don’t need to take a maintenance window during unpredictable workloads. I like the solution’s behind-the-scenes happenings. It is a great feature."
"We had better control over the parameters that we could tweak in terms of intermediate storage and better indexing capabilities."
"The provision of custom read and write endpoints eliminates the need for managing a separate proxy load balancer."
"The most valuable feature is that the maintainability is offloaded to the service provider. I don't have to maintain a database or do any administrative tasks, which comes in handy."
"Aurora's compatibility with MySQL or PostgreSQL benefited our database management. The migration from on-premise MySQL to Aurora was similar, so we didn't need to change our source code."
"Db2's best features are that it's self-maintaining and self-monitoring, which means I have to view and monitor the database far less often."
"It has a good, stable performance."
"Its functionality and availability are valuable. Its availability is great. It is available 99.99% of the time."
"The scalability and availability of this solution are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature of the IBM Db2 Database is security."
"It has a good feature called pureScale, which is just for scalability. It is a perfect solution for environments where scalability is going to be an issue."
"Reliable, robust with great features."
"The setup process has become much easier recently."
"The pricing could improve. It should be reduced."
"It would have been helpful if they had provided some benchmarking numbers."
"I would like to see performance insights on the database based on the queries. Currently, we use SolarWinds as the monitoring tool. I would like to leverage SolarWinds’ performance insights in AWS services. SolarWinds gives larger insights when we run performance issues."
"I would like to see more AI-related features in future releases."
"It is a bit costly. The features are quite good, and I wouldn't say it requires any technical improvements. But from a cost perspective, some clients wouldn't go for Aurora because of that."
"There is improvement needed to have more developer focus. Additionally, it would be helpful to have a stand-alone solution outside of Amazon. Amazon has a tendency to favor developing web-based clients, which may not always provide the fastest or most responsive solution as desired."
"The product's distributed query process for MySQL needs improvement."
"I would say that the tool has to be made more cloud-friendly and should have agreements with AWS, Microsoft, or Google to run things on hyperscalers."
"Its process of building up queries could be more accessible."
"The technical support can be faster."
"There could be more user-friendly tools with features such as drag-and-drop functionality, visual basics, and low-code capabilities."
"The application development requires a Java developer and not every company has these resources."
"Not very solid compared to its competitors' products."
"Performance is something that can be improved with DB2."
"There are some issues with Db2's database file system not being readable. The storage could also be increased, and the monitoring could be improved."
Amazon Aurora is ranked 11th in Relational Databases Tools with 7 reviews while IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews. Amazon Aurora is rated 7.8, while IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon Aurora writes "Easy-to-manage platform with a valuable auto-scaling feature ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Db2 Database writes "Very scalable with high availability and excellent technical support". Amazon Aurora is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, MariaDB, CockroachDB and Oracle MySQL Cloud Service, whereas IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, SAP HANA, Teradata and IBM solidDB. See our Amazon Aurora vs. IBM Db2 Database report.
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