We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 on Cloud and SQL Azure based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, MongoDB and others in Database as a Service."The reliability is the most valuable feature. It is also user-friendly."
"The stability of the solution is very good."
"One of the most valuable aspects is its seamless integration with Azure Data Factory."
"Emergency mode is quite useful."
"The interface is awesome."
"We primarily and generally use it only for DB purposes. When it comes to the Azure part, we can easily provision, scale up, and scale down the generator machine. This kind of flexibility is the USP of SQL Azure. Its interface and ease of use are also valuable. It is very easy to use and integrate with multiple databases. If I need to pull in or import some data from my on-premises database, the ease with which you can connect and pull the data, not only from SQL Server but also from other flavors of MySQL or even Oracle, is very good."
"The most valuable aspects of this solution are the integration with the darknet stack especially Microsoft, table groups, supports major capability requirements, and SQL always-on feature."
"The ease of provisioning and administration is most valuable."
"I am very happy with this solution; right now, I don't think there is anything I would change."
"I would give their support a ten if they had more tutorials available."
"There are certain shortcomings when it comes to the stability of the product, especially if I consider the fact that there can always be some bug-related issues in the tool."
"It would help if the solution was more secure."
"The solution could improve by supporting more operating systems."
"The solution could be less expensive. They need to work on their pricing model."
"Microsoft could improve its documentation and support."
"It should have better profiling capabilities."
"Although the solution integrates well into Azure’s ecosystem, it has limited capability and is incompatible with many third-party applications or tools."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of better self-service tools."
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IBM Db2 on Cloud is ranked 12th in Database as a Service while SQL Azure is ranked 2nd in Database as a Service with 90 reviews. IBM Db2 on Cloud is rated 9.0, while SQL Azure is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of IBM Db2 on Cloud writes "Reliable and user-friendly ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SQL Azure writes "The SQL connector effectively syncs data to databases". IBM Db2 on Cloud is most compared with Amazon RDS and Google Cloud SQL, whereas SQL Azure is most compared with Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL, MongoDB Atlas, Oracle Database as a Service and vCloud Air.
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