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."The most valuable features of the solution are its resiliency features and the geo-partitioning capabilities."
"The availability and the easy to use feature is the most valuable. The documentation is also good."
"The tool's most valuable feature is node syncing, which takes only 0.54 milliseconds."
"CockroachDB is highly reliable."
"The product has valuable security features."
"The subset of SQL that my client is using is completely supported."
"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 best feature of CockroachDB is the ability to keep the nodes in different locations."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration with other IBM products."
"The solution helps secure the database."
"The scalability and availability of this solution are the most valuable features."
"It is a scalable solution."
"Db2's best features are that it's self-maintaining and self-monitoring, which means I have to view and monitor the database far less often."
"The solution is easy to install and simple to maintain. The most valuable aspect of the solution is its general user-friendliness for users of all kinds."
"I believe that because the support is good, they jump in and assist us in determining the root cause."
"The solution can scale."
"I find the serverless offer a bit confusing."
"We are looking for more features to support distributed high availability and geo-partitioning."
"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."
"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."
"The platform could be more extensible."
"CockroachDB needs to improve store processes."
"The product needs to improve its configuration and storage."
"It would be helpful to have a hybrid data storage facility that includes NoSQL technologies."
"We need some time to improve the performance. We have to perform a weekly REORG, or else RUNSTATS for the databases."
"The solution could be more modern and have updated database technology."
"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 technical support can be faster."
"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."
"The command line part of this solution could be much better."
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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