We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 Database and Oracle 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."It has a good, stable performance."
"Its functionality and availability are valuable. Its availability is great. It is available 99.99% of the time."
"It's easy to search and extract data from the warehouse using queries."
"It is quite a stable solution."
"The setup process has become much easier recently."
"The solution is very stable, in both hardware and database."
"The most valuable features are with the industrial side."
"The most valuable features of this solution are security and stability."
"It is easy to set up on their engineered systems."
"We use Oracle Database to run applications. We use it for our clients' databases and applications."
"The solution is very stable."
"The scalability is very good, and it is stable."
"It's fast compared to other databases."
"High availability using real application clusters."
"It is stable, and its performance is good. Its interface is also fine."
"The database capability and the security side of the database are the real valuable features. The cloud SaaS model is also valuable."
"The ease of use, or ease of management, could be improved."
"The tool is not easy to use. It needs to improve scale computing so that the tool can be scaled vertically. The product needs to enhance pre-engine optimization and it needs to be more efficient in completing queries. The documentation should be updated to include different scenarios of deployment."
"The backup solution lacks flexibility."
"IBM's products tend to be quite costly, especially given the availability of free, open-source alternatives."
"The problem with this environment is that any software that you install is very costly because there are no free tools for this environment."
"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."
"The user interface is not user-friendly."
"It would be helpful to have more querying tools and more development tools for us to work easily with Microsoft."
"The cost of this solution needs to be improved."
"The Oracle Database could improve on integration with other infrastructure systems like Active Directory."
"They should be putting more emphasis on the Windows platform. Usually, they run very well on the Linux platform, however, their performance on Windows is a little bit lower quality."
"I would also like to see more features added and the stability needs improvement."
"The quality of technical support could be better. They could respond faster."
"Initial setup was complex because of the odd way the application used the database, the application vendor's conversion tools, and our stringent requirements."
"I would like to see more patches."
"The database environment needs to be cheaper. By making it less expensive, Oracle would be more competitive with other database vendors."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews while Oracle Database is ranked 2nd in Relational Databases Tools with 279 reviews. IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2, while Oracle Database is rated 8.6. 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 Oracle Database writes "Supports a large volume of transactions compared to other databases". IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, SAP HANA, Teradata, MySQL and Oracle Database In-Memory, whereas Oracle Database is most compared with SAP HANA, SQL Server, MariaDB, Amazon Aurora and MySQL. See our IBM Db2 Database vs. Oracle Database report.
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