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."IBM Db2 was much cheaper as a package than using other products. This is because IBM supplied a package with its product. It's an application. So it was much more efficient and a stronger competitor in that regard."
"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 solution has many beneficial features, such as security, support, and stability."
"The solution is stable."
"Very good for performance and scalability."
"it is very stable and runs smoothly once it is deployed and it is almost maintenance-free."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"It's a very mature product."
"A scalable solution with straightforward initial setup."
"it is very easy to use the product."
"The solution is very stable."
"It's powerful and fast, and the backup system is wonderful."
"Oracle Database is the most widely accepted database, and it has built-in technical and security capabilities. It supports the new object in the database. The performance and security are very good, and it is user-friendly. There are a lot of people trained to use this solution which makes it simple to find assistance."
"Oracle Database is the best based on stability and high performance."
"Overall, from a technical perspective, the solution is very strong."
"They continue to improve and are always introducing new features."
"The technical support team is not very good when compared to the efficiency of Oracle's support."
"Performance is something that can be improved with DB2."
"The licensing fees can be reduced."
"The ease of use, or ease of management, could be improved."
"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."
"Its process of building up queries could be more accessible."
"I would say that the tool has to be made more cloud-friendly and should have agreements with AWS, Microsoft, or Google to run things on hyperscalers."
"The product’s user interface is not easy to use."
"Integration with big data would be helpful since we are planning to load a lot of big data."
"Technical support and how they treat their customers need to be improved."
"Oracle Database could improve by making migration less difficult and having better integration. For example, having the ability to communicate, using native features, to different databases. Mostly connectivity to different databases, such as open-source databases or any other database."
"The pricing is the one sticking point for the solution because it is very expensive."
"The pricing of the product could be better. It's too expensive right now. They need to bring down the cost."
"In general, the support is not good since most of the time the person whom you are given to is not so professional."
"The Oracle Database could improve on integration with other infrastructure systems like Active Directory."
"Probably about 80% of their online documentation is useless. When you go to the Oracle documentation, you have to plow through page after page of stuff to get to anything that looks anything like an example of what it is that you might actually do. There are lots of other people who have filled that gap, and there are also websites where you can easily find the answers to most of your questions."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews while Oracle Database is ranked 2nd in Relational Databases Tools with 274 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 "Offers security features that are good, reliable, and stable". IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, SAP HANA, MySQL, Teradata and IBM Informix, 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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