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 self-management and optimization features are probably the best on the market"
"It is a scalable solution."
"The solution's security is very tough and impenetrable."
"Its robustness, scalability, availability, and performance are valuable. All these are the major attributes of a relational database for supporting a very high-volume business, and Db2 is very good in all those areas and in all those attributes."
"The most valuable feature of the IBM Db2 Database is security."
"The solution has very good data compression of up to 50%. For example, if you have 50 terabytes of data, it can be reduced to 25 terabytes."
"It is quite a stable solution."
"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 Always On tool improves the SQL server availability."
"What I like most is the management, as it is very easy compared with other products."
"I have found that SQL Server works very well in the Microsoft Dynamics environment."
"SQL Server is easy to manage because all our DevOps team are familiar with it and simple to access because it is cloud-based."
"The solution seems to be pretty flexible."
"SQL Server is essentially the backbone of every microservice. From a developer's perspective, it is the backbone of all microservices. The tool enables data retrieval, set data, and essential operations, ensuring the smooth functioning of applications. In essence, it is the integral part that keeps applications operational."
"I like that the new version has a memory-optimized table to improve the performance."
"The installation was straightforward. We did not have a large installation and it took a couple of weeks to complete."
"The GUI interface is not particularly friendly for those who do not have experience with the product."
"The product’s user interface is not easy to use."
"IBM's products tend to be quite costly, especially given the availability of free, open-source alternatives."
"The technical support can be faster."
"The ease of use, or ease of management, could be improved."
"When I look at Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server provides me with better tools for database management."
"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."
"Sometimes the system hangs. Its databases should be able to deal with more data in a faster way. Its speed of processing larger amounts of information should be improved."
"The solution could be better integrated with the SQL Server Studio tool."
"The tool needs to improve its pricing and technical support."
"If this solution could provide an automatic indexing feature it would be very useful."
"Performance could be improved. There could be more support to PHP-based websites and to providing direct plugins for connections, and the related services or application services could be improved."
"SQL Server could be more robust than one of its competitors."
"The configuration process can be a little complex."
"We have had problems implementing a data warehouse using SQL Server."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 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 IBM Informix, 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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