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Beneficial auto-tuning, helpful support, but field updating could improve
Has a very good RDBMS with high throughput, customizable security features, and a reasonable licensing price.
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  • "They are competitive and honest (compared to how peer firms approach licensing conversations). ​"
  • "Compared to Oracle, it is so much cheaper."
  • "Licensing fees are on a yearly basis."
  • "We don't see what the specific price of the DB2 license is because we pay for the backup license as a package."
  • "I think that everyone knows that with IBM the standard price is higher than the others."
  • "Db2 is less expensive than Oracle."
  • "We did not buy it. It came with our hardware without any complimentary maintenance. If I compare Db2 Database with Oracle Database, its price is lower than Oracle Database."
  • "There is a license for this solution and we pay every three years."

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    What do you like most about IBM Db2 Database?
    Top Answer:Db2 database scalability and performance capabilities match our database needs. It covers pretty much everything a database administrator or engineer might need.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Db2 Database?
    Top Answer:I would rate the pricing a five out of ten. Since it's a government contract, the rates are negotiated and agreed upon with the government. So, it's not like the standard market price. It's not super… more »
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    What needs improvement with IBM Db2 Database?
    Top Answer:Db2 interface could be improved a bit. Comparing it to Oracle, Db2's interfaces could be improved.
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    Ranking
    32nd
    out of 37 in Relational Databases Tools
    Views
    147
    Comparisons
    136
    Reviews
    0
    Average Words per Review
    0
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    6th
    out of 37 in Relational Databases Tools
    Views
    11,118
    Comparisons
    7,500
    Reviews
    29
    Average Words per Review
    443
    Rating
    8.0
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    Altibase
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    Overview
    Altibase is an open source DBMS but is enterprise grade. Altibase has 18 years of experience in serving over 600 enterprise customers including 8 Fortune Global 500 companies.
    DB2 Enterprise for Linux, UNIX, and Windows is the ideal data server for the most demanding workloads. New XML support is designed to help firms minimize the time and effort it takes to persist and use their XML data reducing development costs and improving business agility.
    Sample Customers
    China Unicom, HP, KEPCO, Tmap, LOC&ALL, SK Planet
    Knorr-Bremse, Mizuho Bank Ltd., Australian Government Department of Defence, SCHWENK Zement, Friedhelm Loh Group, YAZAKI Europe Limited, Ekornes ASA, Baldor Electric, VSN Systemen BV, Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC, PLANSEE Group, TE Connectivity, Hansgrohe SE, Openmatics, University of Toronto
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    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm39%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Insurance Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization52%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Computer Software Company5%
    Government4%
    Company Size
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise59%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business8%
    Midsize Enterprise56%
    Large Enterprise35%
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    Altibase is ranked 32nd in Relational Databases Tools while IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews. Altibase is rated 0.0, while IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2. On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Db2 Database writes "Very scalable with high availability and excellent technical support". Altibase is most compared with IBM Netezza Performance Server, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), MariaDB, Tibero and MySQL, whereas IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, SAP HANA, Teradata and MySQL.

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