We performed a comparison between Exasol 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."Performance is a top priority, and it excels in this aspect."
"We mainly chose Exasol for its performance reasons."
"It is easy to scale."
"The speed is very good compared to other databases, like SQL Server or Oracle."
"We can quickly scale the solution as it works on an MPP system."
"Its speed is great."
"The solution is hands-off; you set it up insert your data and it self tunes queries."
"The most valuable feature of Exasol is its speed."
"Your iOS, your throughputs, your performance cycles, you cannot touch it with Microsoft or with Oracle scalability-wise. That is far and away the most scalable systems and the highest performing systems of the set of them."
"The stability of IBM Db2 Database is stable. We have not faced any downtime in one year. Our work is mostly during business hours and during that time, we haven't faced any downtime."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The scalability and availability of this solution are the most valuable features."
"It's the best solution in terms of security, performance, and availability because the system is available 24/7."
"The solution can scale."
"The solution has many beneficial features, such as security, support, and stability."
"I have found the most valuable feature to be its availability."
"They don't talk very well to with other products when it comes to connectivity. Integration is lacking."
"Lacks a cloud-based platform."
"There are limited resources available to help me resolve the issue with Exasol."
"You have to install Exasol drivers, and it's not easy to find or implement a driver into different systems."
"The only area where we found it could improve was in custom role creation and security, and it was difficult to work with."
"It's not cloud-native so many maintenance operations require downtime."
"It would be beneficial if the updates would occur more often."
"They should improve the security features for MPP processing."
"The application development requires a Java developer and not every company has these resources."
"Its process of building up queries could be more accessible."
"When I look at Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server provides me with better tools for database management."
"End-to-end encryption specifically is something the solution needs to have in the next release."
"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."
"In terms of improvements, IBM Db2 can improve its interface and its functionality. Also, the embedded functions should be much richer than the current ones - the functions which are embedded in the engine itself."
"They should develop its containerized version."
"The product’s user interface is not easy to use."
Exasol is ranked 12th in Relational Databases Tools with 8 reviews while IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews. Exasol is rated 8.0, while IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Exasol writes "Fast query processing and easy-to-store all the data". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Db2 Database writes "Very scalable with high availability and excellent technical support". Exasol is most compared with SAP HANA, SQL Server, Vertica, Oracle Database In-Memory and MySQL, whereas IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, SAP HANA, Teradata and MySQL. See our Exasol vs. IBM Db2 Database report.
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