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."The self-management and optimization features are probably the best on the market"
"It is quite a stable solution."
"Very good for performance and scalability."
"The most valuable features of this solution are security and stability."
"The most valuable features are with the industrial side."
"The solution is a very stable relational database and has integration with legacy systems. It is a great product."
"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."
"When you submit a ticket the response time is quick."
"The latest version is a lot more organized than the previous version. We can check out the regular files and our dictionaries and our created files, which are a little better organized right now."
"It's very stable and highly available. I also like the row-level locking feature. It can manage billions of rows of data."
"It's powerful and fast, and the backup system is wonderful."
"The solution is stable and has good performance."
"The solution is very stable."
"We use the relational databases for government contracts."
"They continue to improve and are always introducing new features."
"If we make a mistake on the development side, we can recover it. However, we don't have this capability with other databases."
"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."
"The capabilities of this solution could improve."
"Its process of building up queries could be more accessible."
"We just want a bit more integration with Linux. That said, we are already seeing Linux more readily available on the mainframe environment."
"It would be helpful to have more querying tools and more development tools for us to work easily with Microsoft."
"End-to-end encryption specifically is something the solution needs to have in the next release."
"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."
"GUI needs improvement."
"Oracle needs to improve its cluster technologies. They need to improve in the cluster technology using ARC due to the fact that sometimes people think that they have a redundant server when they are using ARC with the cluster and think that will increase the performance. In reality, if they are using ii with a big workload, sometimes the performance is not increasing, and can sometimes actually impacts it in such a way that there's some degradation in the performance."
"The product is expensive."
"The client-side of Oracle Database could improve. The client graphic user interface works on Java and sometimes it freezes, these should be fixed."
"I would like to see more integration with other databases and the cloud as well as Microsoft's Office 365."
"Better integration with other databases would be an improvement."
"The licensing cost could be better."
"We don't really find that any features are lacking."
"Oracle Database has improved how we do our administrative backups. The solution has a smaller footprint than 11g, it's more efficient on the resources for the users. It has a smoother user experience with the ERP and fewer field transactions."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews while Oracle Database is ranked 2nd in Relational Databases Tools with 278 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.
See our list of best Relational Databases Tools vendors.
We monitor all Relational Databases Tools reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.