We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 on Cloud and SQL Azure based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, MongoDB and others in Database as a Service."The reliability is the most valuable feature. It is also user-friendly."
"SQL is a simpler database. We use it more than other databases."
"Coding does not require much effort."
"The most valuable feature is PolyBase."
"I am very happy with this solution; right now, I don't think there is anything I would change."
"The data availability and speed are impressive, especially compared to legacy systems. The loading speeds are much faster on Azure SQL."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that our customers do not have to manage the solution."
"It is very fast in replicating the data from one database to another. We do some extractions from multiple databases to a target database that we use for visualization. It has a good speed."
"Its easy usage is the most valuable."
"I would give their support a ten if they had more tutorials available."
"Support isn't that great. They need to work on this aspect of their service. It can be challenging to reach them."
"There are some limitations for cross-database queries and features. The migration of data from older systems should be easier. For deployment, there are too many options, which sometimes makes it difficult to figure out the best option. There is not enough information to help you to find the best option for deployment. There should be more documentation about this."
"Some issues with scalability."
"It does take some time to learn about the environment."
"Lacking in technical documentation."
"I need Microsoft to allow their network to access open source technologies."
"From a security perspective, although their features are decent, they can always be improved upon, updated, and refined to help protect clients better."
"Their availability in the Middle East and Asia regions needs to improve."
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IBM Db2 on Cloud is ranked 12th in Database as a Service while SQL Azure is ranked 2nd in Database as a Service with 90 reviews. IBM Db2 on Cloud is rated 9.0, while SQL Azure is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of IBM Db2 on Cloud writes "Reliable and user-friendly ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SQL Azure writes "The SQL connector effectively syncs data to databases". IBM Db2 on Cloud is most compared with Amazon RDS and Google Cloud SQL, whereas SQL Azure is most compared with Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL, MongoDB Atlas, Oracle Database as a Service and vCloud Air.
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