We performed a comparison between CockroachDB and IBM Db2 Database 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."CockroachDB is highly reliable."
"I use CockroachDB to test big data samples and to create the best structure for databases. We have four users and required 10 people for deployment and maintenance."
"The initial setup and deployment are simple."
"The availability and the easy to use feature is the most valuable. The documentation is also good."
"The subset of SQL that my client is using is completely supported."
"The best feature of CockroachDB is the ability to keep the nodes in different locations."
"The tool's most valuable feature is node syncing, which takes only 0.54 milliseconds."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its resiliency features and the geo-partitioning capabilities."
"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."
"Very good for performance and scalability."
"The solution has many beneficial features, such as security, support, and stability."
"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 setup process has become much easier recently."
"The self-management and optimization features are probably the best on the market"
"The scalability and availability of this solution are the most valuable features."
"When you submit a ticket the response time is quick."
"We are looking for more features to support distributed high availability and geo-partitioning."
"The platform could be more extensible."
"I find the serverless offer a bit confusing."
"The closer they can make CockroachDB to being completely compatible with Postgres, the better. It's almost compatible, but not completely. If it was, it would be nice to just be able to use Postgres libraries without any fiddling."
"The product must improve its disaster recovery features."
"CockroachDB needs to improve store processes."
"The initial setup and pricing could be improved."
"Cockroach does not support all types of protocols. I need to improve it myself to support a CouchDB on my network."
"They should simplify the management of Db2 as a relational database system. There should be the simplification of management. This is probably one of the most important asks for being successful in the future."
"Not very solid compared to its competitors' products."
"Also, the website could be more intuitive. I didn't find it easy to find documentation on the website."
"The capabilities of this solution could improve."
"The user interface is not user-friendly."
"IBM's products tend to be quite costly, especially given the availability of free, open-source alternatives."
"The technical support team is not very good when compared to the efficiency of Oracle's support."
"They should develop its containerized version."
CockroachDB is ranked 9th in Relational Databases Tools with 10 reviews while IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews. CockroachDB is rated 8.0, while IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of CockroachDB writes "Open source with extensive documentation and a University for training". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Db2 Database writes "Very scalable with high availability and excellent technical support". CockroachDB is most compared with Oracle Database, MySQL, Citus Data, Amazon Aurora and YugabyteDB, whereas IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, SAP HANA, Teradata and SingleStore. See our CockroachDB vs. IBM Db2 Database report.
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