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 most valuable features are the simplicity of the database and the access to Db2 and Db2 information."
"Some of the most valuable features are the scaling from a small very cheap installation to a very large enterprise installation. In addition, the backups and assistance are good."
"The solution is easy to install and simple to maintain. The most valuable aspect of the solution is its general user-friendliness for users of all kinds."
"The setup process has become much easier recently."
"The solution is a very stable relational database and has integration with legacy systems. It is a great product."
"Db2 Database has given us good results since we have started to use it. We predominantly use IBM hardware, and this is one of the reasons why we started to use Db2 Database. Db2 Database has a very good HADR capability. High availability resilience is also good in this solution. It also has pureScale, which allows you to upgrade one node to get very good and high-level resilience. If you are using a database on five nodes, you can take one node down, upgrade that, and let that node up. You can then bring the second node down, upgrade that, and so on."
"The solution helps secure the database."
"The performance of the solution is valuable."
"It enables us to comply with our security guidelines, and it is automated."
"They continue to improve and are always introducing new features."
"The features that I have found most valuable are its cloud and API features."
"Oracle Database has good performance dynamics with respect to oncoming data and fetching of data which gets loaded."
"A really large and very useful language to process data."
"The thing two things that I like most about Oracle Database are its scalability and performance."
"The solution has great security."
"Technical support has been helpful so far."
"The command line part of this solution could be much better."
"The solution could be more modern and have updated database technology."
"The queries can be difficult for beginners because there are so many. I would like to see more use cases for flow analysis that enable us to correlate the flow with events. Adding this feature in a QI format would be good for beginners."
"The vendor should offer a free version"
"GUI needs improvement."
"IBM's products tend to be quite costly, especially given the availability of free, open-source alternatives."
"Db2 interface could be improved a bit. Comparing it to Oracle, Db2's interfaces could be improved."
"Their view of it is they're maintaining it, they're continuing to upgrade it, they're continuing to grow it, however, they don't go out and try and sell that as an architectural solution the way they do Linux and Unix."
"The pricing is the one sticking point for the solution because it is very expensive."
"There are a lot of bugs in the Oracle Database, and it would be better if the bugs would be solved more quickly than they are today."
"I have contacted the support from Oracle and they are sometimes slow."
"The initial setup can be simplified."
"The tool is costly, and migration is hard. We need tools like Database Migration Assistant for Oracle to migrate data between databases. Sometimes, older versions of Oracle are no longer supported, making the transition even more difficult."
"Once you start with Oracle you become locked into it."
"I believe that the simplicity of installation and configuration for logging in to Microsoft and PostgreSQL could be improved."
"The initial setup was very complex - best case, it takes between four and six hours to set up."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 67 reviews while Oracle Database is ranked 2nd in Relational Databases Tools with 283 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 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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