We performed a comparison between CockroachDB 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 availability and the easy to use feature is the most valuable. The documentation is also good."
"CockroachDB is highly reliable."
"The product has valuable security features."
"I use CockroachDB to test big data samples and to create the best structure for databases. We have four users and required 10 people for deployment and maintenance."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its resiliency features and the geo-partitioning capabilities."
"The tool's most valuable feature is node syncing, which takes only 0.54 milliseconds."
"The best feature of CockroachDB is the ability to keep the nodes in different locations."
"The initial setup and deployment are simple."
"Reliable, robust with great features."
"The most valuable feature is PowerPC support."
"I like that its true active-active. For example, if there are two instances within a cluster, we can take one of them down and there's no failover or switch over. There's no primary and secondary, it's true active-active. We can take one side down and we can upgrade that with new maintenance or a new version, obviously testing coexistence beforehand, without impacting the business."
"Its functionality and availability are valuable. Its availability is great. It is available 99.99% of the time."
"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."
"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 most valuable features are with the industrial side."
"The platform could be more extensible."
"Cockroach does not support all types of protocols. I need to improve it myself to support a CouchDB on my network."
"The closer they can make CockroachDB to being completely compatible with Postgres, the better. It's almost compatible, but not completely. If it was, it would be nice to just be able to use Postgres libraries without any fiddling."
"I find the serverless offer a bit confusing."
"We are looking for more features to support distributed high availability and geo-partitioning."
"CockroachDB needs to improve store processes."
"The initial setup and pricing could be improved."
"The product must improve its disaster recovery features."
"IBM Db2 Database could improve in the steps it takes for upgrades. It is not an easy process. The process of upgrading the version is lengthy and requires a lot of time. To make it more efficient, I suggest implementing some automation on the solution side. This will greatly reduce the time required for the upgrade."
"GUI needs improvement."
"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."
"The solution's UI hasn't been upgraded. The solution’s UI is an area to improve because the solution was developed long ago."
"End-to-end encryption specifically is something the solution needs to have in the next release."
"The initial set up was complex."
"Not very solid compared to its competitors' products."
"It would be helpful to have more querying tools and more development tools for us to work easily with Microsoft."
CockroachDB is ranked 9th in Relational Databases Tools with 10 reviews while IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews. CockroachDB is rated 8.0, while IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of CockroachDB writes "Open source with extensive documentation and a University for training". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Db2 Database writes "Very scalable with high availability and excellent technical support". CockroachDB is most compared with Oracle Database, MySQL, Citus Data, Amazon Aurora and YugabyteDB, whereas IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, SAP HANA, Teradata and Oracle Multitenant. See our CockroachDB vs. IBM Db2 Database report.
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