We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 Database and MariaDB 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."IBM Db2 was much cheaper as a package than using other products. This is because IBM supplied a package with its product. It's an application. So it was much more efficient and a stronger competitor in that regard."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"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."
"it is very stable and runs smoothly once it is deployed and it is almost maintenance-free."
"The most valuable features are with the industrial side."
"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."
"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 most valuable feature is PowerPC support."
"Great monitoring and performance stability."
"The most valuable feature of MariaDB is the power it provides. It is a powerful solution."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is a relational database, which is fairly reliable...It is a stable solution."
"MariaDB has a straightforward initial setup with easy-to-understand documentation."
"It's a very easy product to set up."
"MariaDB can solve things better than MySQL. Maria DB has better performance than MySQL."
"The most valuable feature of MariaDB is that it is open-source and we can easily migrate from other databases, such as Oracle to MariaDB."
"Easy to use and available in most environments."
"The only drawback that we see in Db2 Database is the crash recovery. When there is a crash and somebody has to do the recovery, Db2 Database first stops, and then it does any crash recovery. In Oracle Database, crash recovery happens within the database. The database is not shut down."
"IBM Db2 Database could improve the user-defined functions. There are some user-defined functions that are missing, such as the spring functions. I used to have Teradata for my projects and I was used to working in the environment. They had a good set of user-defined functions."
"The initial set up was complex."
"The price should be lower."
"Do not use support. Freely available documentation is a bit weak."
"It would be helpful to have more querying tools and more development tools for us to work easily with Microsoft."
"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."
"I would like to see some artificial intelligence brought into the solution."
"The configuration could be improved. It should be easier."
"The scaling for database online transactions needs improvement."
"When we have had issues with accidental computer shutdown or a power outage, our MariaDB database was corrupted."
"Integration with AWS could be improved."
"Lacks time series data and additional driving support would be helpful."
"The maintenance and performance could be a bit better."
"Maria DB has to improve from a management perspective."
"An improvement would be scaling it up to the levels of Oracle, especially when it comes to resilience, so that we can do higher transactions for two databases or power our operation."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews while MariaDB is ranked 5th in Relational Databases Tools with 51 reviews. IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2, while MariaDB is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM Db2 Database writes "Very scalable with high availability and excellent technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MariaDB writes "Simultaneously use active server capabilities but lacks the maturity ". IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, SAP HANA, MySQL and Amazon Aurora, whereas MariaDB is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, Firebird SQL and Oracle Database In-Memory. See our IBM Db2 Database vs. MariaDB report.
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