We performed a comparison between IBM DB2 Database and SAP HANA based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: SAP HANA finishes ahead of IBM DB2 Database in this comparison. Users say SAP HANA fully controls workflows and makes almost every process automated. This improves productivity and saves time and money. The solution makes it easy to manage enterprise resources, which facilitates good company growth. Users say IBM DB2 Database has a very steep and long learning curve. It is very complex and many users feel it takes a long time to learn how to use it productively and properly.
"The self-management and optimization features are probably the best on the market"
"The most valuable feature of the IBM Db2 Database is security."
"it is very stable and runs smoothly once it is deployed and it is almost maintenance-free."
"It is quite a stable solution."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The solution helps secure the database."
"I have found the most valuable feature to be its availability."
"The solution's security is very tough and impenetrable."
"The solution can easily be modeled."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"It's stable and reliable."
"The data storage requirement is reduced from the original database to the HANA database."
"The solution is easy to scale."
"The in-memory database is excellent."
"Using this solution has given us better details for reporting and analytics."
"The solution is stable."
"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."
"Microsoft SQL Server is comparatively very simple to use. I wish IBM would move towards making Db2 easy to use for both basic and advanced users. This is where I see room for advancement. Db2 is also more expensive than Microsoft SQL Server, and its price can be reduced. The replication feature needs to be there in Db2. Microsoft provides similar functionality in SQL Server. IBM also has similar functionality, but it exists in a different product. So, to have the replication ability, you have to buy a different product. It makes sense to have this functionality within Db2 instead of a different product. It will also be helpful in terms of competition. In Africa, the problem for Db2 is competition. Oracle Database and Microsoft SQL Server have been in this market for a very long time. These companies have built the ecosystem and the brand within this market for a very long time. So, they are very popular with users. Db2 or IBM came a little later in the game, and that's where the problem lies. They also don't do a lot of marketing for it, which is also a problem."
"IBM Db2 Database could improve with better security."
"The ease of use, or ease of management, could be improved."
"GUI needs improvement."
"The product needs to improve its configuration and storage."
"The licensing fees can be reduced."
"The management of Db2 should be simplified because there are not too many specialists in this area, and the learning curve of Db2 specialists is very long. After the courses, probably it takes one and a half or two years to get to the point when you are using the product properly in the production systems. So, the complexity is very high, and the most important thing is to simplify the management of the product, including self-maintenance. They should simplify the installation, management, and monitoring to simplify the product. It takes too long for a person to be a specialist in this product."
"There are a few areas wherein there could be a patch upgrade, and that can cover up the country-specific payroll areas."
"They should develop and improve the solution's data management system."
"More standards would help in the future."
"Unlike other databases, it lacks management features that legacy databases like Oracle or SQL servers have. They need to make the solution easier to manage and offer tools that make management more effective. A lot of things you have on traditional databases you have to develop into HANA."
"It is challenging to integrate it with third-party tools."
"The SAP HANA interface has room for improvement because it takes more work to manage than the Microsoft SQL Server interface."
"It's a complex initial setup."
"I think that the pricing is high and it needs improvement."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews while SAP HANA is ranked 3rd in Relational Databases Tools with 81 reviews. IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2, while SAP HANA is rated 8.4. 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 SAP HANA writes "Excellent compatibility between modules and the control". IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, Teradata, MySQL and IBM Informix, whereas SAP HANA is most compared with Oracle Database, SQL Server, MySQL, Apache Spark and SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise. See our IBM Db2 Database vs. SAP HANA report.
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