We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 Database and Oracle Database In-Memory 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."I like that its true active-active. For example, if there are two instances within a cluster, we can take one of them down and there's no failover or switch over. There's no primary and secondary, it's true active-active. We can take one side down and we can upgrade that with new maintenance or a new version, obviously testing coexistence beforehand, without impacting the business."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its compatibility with IBM Power Systems."
"The solution is very stable, in both hardware and database."
"I have found the most valuable feature to be its availability."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of the IBM Db2 Database is the ease of use, and the ability to do query writing of any SQL statement and have an output."
"The most valuable feature of the IBM Db2 Database is security."
"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."
"Security is the most valuable feature."
"The scalability of the solution is very good. It's able to support large amounts of data."
"We use the tool for real-time data transfer for risk management purposes. In a trading system, conversions happen fast. We use the product to handle fast transactions with low latency."
"The product offers high scalability."
"Oracle Database In-Memory is a suite of features that improves performance for real-time analytics and mixed workloads."
"The most valuable aspects of this solution are the fast caching and improved performance to the database"
"The solution is very fast."
"It efficiently handles low-code data and supports read-and-write operations for clustering."
"The product’s user interface is not easy to use."
"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 price should be lower."
"IBM's products tend to be quite costly, especially given the availability of free, open-source alternatives."
"The GUI interface is not particularly friendly for those who do not have experience with the product."
"The problem with this environment is that any software that you install is very costly because there are no free tools for this environment."
"In terms of improvements, IBM Db2 can improve its interface and its functionality. Also, the embedded functions should be much richer than the current ones - the functions which are embedded in the engine itself."
"Also, the website could be more intuitive. I didn't find it easy to find documentation on the website."
"The product could be more economical."
"They should lower the price. My customers think that it's too expensive."
"The pricing could be improved. It would ideal if it was more reasonable."
"The platform’s pricing needs improvement."
"The solution should move to the new way of writing software code with AI that is intelligent and learns."
"They should improve the solution's scalability for large databases."
"We often have to find solutions on our own through the support site, so there's room for improvement in this regard."
"We use some partitions in In-Memory. We have a very large table and a low dose. It is very expensive in data to load all of them into In-Memory. It takes up more memory slots in the server, as well as a lot of RAM. We use last partitions on the table. We always need to create a script and make a schedule that can load a last partition in In-Memory. Oracle doesn't have features to do this automatically. I would like them to allow us to load last partitions, as well as other table partitions, in In-Memory. I think a good feature would do that automatically, letting you see a table, load a large partition, and monitor loading memory. It's quite a good feature."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 67 reviews while Oracle Database In-Memory is ranked 8th in Relational Databases Tools with 27 reviews. IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2, while Oracle Database In-Memory is rated 8.8. 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 In-Memory writes "User friendly with great scalability but needs to move toward intelligent AI". IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, SAP HANA, Teradata and IBM Informix, whereas Oracle Database In-Memory is most compared with SAP HANA, Progress OpenEdge RDBMS, SQL Server, MariaDB and Apache Derby. See our IBM Db2 Database vs. Oracle Database In-Memory report.
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