We performed a comparison between Exasol 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 solution is hands-off; you set it up insert your data and it self tunes queries."
"It is easy to scale."
"Performance is a top priority, and it excels in this aspect."
"Its speed is great."
"We can quickly scale the solution as it works on an MPP system."
"The speed is very good compared to other databases, like SQL Server or Oracle."
"The most valuable feature of Exasol is its speed."
"We mainly chose Exasol for its performance reasons."
"The solution has many beneficial features, such as security, support, and stability."
"The performance of the solution is valuable."
"The most valuable feature of the IBM Db2 Database is the ease of use, and the ability to do query writing of any SQL statement and have an output."
"It's a very mature product."
"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 solution helps secure the database."
"It's easy to search and extract data from the warehouse using queries."
"There are limited resources available to help me resolve the issue with Exasol."
"You have to install Exasol drivers, and it's not easy to find or implement a driver into different systems."
"They don't talk very well to with other products when it comes to connectivity. Integration is lacking."
"The only area where we found it could improve was in custom role creation and security, and it was difficult to work with."
"It's not cloud-native so many maintenance operations require downtime."
"They should improve the security features for MPP processing."
"Lacks a cloud-based platform."
"It would be beneficial if the updates would occur more often."
"I would like to see some artificial intelligence brought into the solution."
"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."
"The product’s user interface is not easy to use."
"I would like to see better support for advanced analytics."
"IBM Db2 Database could improve the user-defined functions. There are some user-defined functions that are missing, such as the spring functions. I used to have Teradata for my projects and I was used to working in the environment. They had a good set of user-defined functions."
"When I look at Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server provides me with better tools for database management."
"They should simplify the management of Db2 as a relational database system. There should be the simplification of management. This is probably one of the most important asks for being successful in the future."
"The problem with this environment is that any software that you install is very costly because there are no free tools for this environment."
Exasol is ranked 12th in Relational Databases Tools with 8 reviews while IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews. Exasol is rated 8.0, while IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Exasol writes "Fast query processing and easy-to-store all the data". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Db2 Database writes "Very scalable with high availability and excellent technical support". Exasol is most compared with SAP HANA, SQL Server, Vertica, Oracle Database In-Memory and MySQL, whereas IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, SAP HANA, Teradata and MySQL. See our Exasol vs. IBM Db2 Database report.
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