We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 Database and MySQL based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: MySQL is easy to use and free to download. In contrast, some reviewers feel that IBM Db2 is costly and not intuitive.
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature of IBM Db2 Database is its ability to perform automatic self-management, reducing the need for manual tasks such as managing logs and folders."
"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 is a very stable relational database and has integration with legacy systems. It is a great product."
"We had a crash of the backup system and the IBM DB2 was always up and consistent. It's robust, and for us, it was always up and running."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its compatibility with IBM Power Systems."
"IBM DB2 pureScale Feature is valuable."
"The tool is open-source and there is no cost involved in its use."
"The fact that it is free is what appeals to me the most."
"The most valuable feature of MySQL is its reliability and performance."
"I am totally satisfied with MySQL."
"It is free, which is probably its most valuable feature. It is a pretty full-featured relational database. It really does everything we need it to do."
"My main reason for using MySQL for this small customer database company and for some kinds of scientific projects was that I had to do the installation myself. I didn't have a database administration team behind me. Therefore, I was looking for something very easy to handle. MySQL is easy to install, connect, and do all such things."
"The solution helps us perform with our databases and extract data."
"The initial setup was easy. I work in an agile way, which means coding and deploying quickly."
"Some of the internal rearrangement in the administration is not as straightforward as it is in competing products."
"The technical support can be faster."
"Db2 interface could be improved a bit. Comparing it to Oracle, Db2's interfaces could be improved."
"The initial setup could be improved."
"The licensing fees can be reduced."
"The product needs to improve its configuration and storage."
"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."
"We just want a bit more integration with Linux. That said, we are already seeing Linux more readily available on the mainframe environment."
"We want high availability and replication features, which are currently missing in this solution. It would be great if they can provide an in-built replication feature, similar to Oracle RAC, in MySQL."
"They should come up with a better solution than the NDB cluster for better scaling. If they could come up with a better solution for write scaling, apart from the NDB cluster, which is supported by all open source communities, that would be great. Although the NDB cluster, I believe, is an open-source tool, it's not widely supported as a solution."
"The availability of tools could be improved in the MySQL open-source platform. They can provide more analytical tools. I haven't had any particularly difficult issues to troubleshoot on MySQL, but in the past, on Microsoft SQL Server, I had to troubleshoot some difficult issues, and better tools were in place to see what was going on in real-time on the server. So, that's the bit that is lacking on the MySQL open-source platform."
"The backup methods need improvement."
"Improvements are required in character set support, scalability, and big data sets."
"The only service which could be improved is its usability. The entire user experience needs to be revamped to meet the 2018 design standards."
"Security is a concern. MySQL could have better security features."
"The GUI could improve to make MySQL better."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 67 reviews while MySQL is ranked 4th in Relational Databases Tools with 142 reviews. IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2, while MySQL is rated 8.2. 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 MySQL writes "Good beginner base but it should have better support for backups". IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, SAP HANA, Teradata and Oracle Database In-Memory, whereas MySQL is most compared with Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Teradata and CockroachDB. See our IBM Db2 Database vs. MySQL report.
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