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."I believe that because the support is good, they jump in and assist us in determining the root cause."
"It has a good, stable performance."
"I like that its true active-active. For example, if there are two instances within a cluster, we can take one of them down and there's no failover or switch over. There's no primary and secondary, it's true active-active. We can take one side down and we can upgrade that with new maintenance or a new version, obviously testing coexistence beforehand, without impacting the business."
"IBM Db2 Database has good performance."
"The scalability and availability of this solution are the most valuable features."
"The setup process has become much easier recently."
"The most valuable feature of the IBM Db2 Database is the ease of use, and the ability to do query writing of any SQL statement and have an output."
"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."
"From the user's perspective, the performance of the columnar queries is very good in terms of the database when comparing it to the Oracle, and MySQL."
"The solution is very stable. It was originally built under MySQL. It has a similar level of stability."
"The solution's high availability is its most valuable aspect."
"It is an absolutely stable solution."
"We like the easy way that we can collect data from other databases."
"MariaDB can solve things better than MySQL. Maria DB has better performance than MySQL."
"Easy to use and available in most environments."
"One of the great features of MariaDB is its scalability. It's easy to handle even with large databases."
"The ease of use, or ease of management, could be improved."
"The capabilities of this solution could improve."
"Also, the website could be more intuitive. I didn't find it easy to find documentation on the website."
"The pricing could be improved, it's expensive."
"There could be more user-friendly tools with features such as drag-and-drop functionality, visual basics, and low-code capabilities."
"When I look at Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server provides me with better tools for database management."
"The tool is not easy to use. It needs to improve scale computing so that the tool can be scaled vertically. The product needs to enhance pre-engine optimization and it needs to be more efficient in completing queries. The documentation should be updated to include different scenarios of deployment."
"The command line part of this solution could be much better."
"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."
"Integration with AWS could be improved."
"I would like to see more compatibility going forward. This would help if there is a need to change databases."
"There is not much support available."
"It does not have tools for debugging procedures and functions."
"MariaDB should provide HA and archive logging... I haven't had the opportunity to use the features provided by the solution since I don't know how to see them."
"We'd like more data intelligence."
"The product needs more features and more functionality. It's imperative that it supports more platforms, and supports more operating systems."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews while MariaDB is ranked 5th in Relational Databases Tools with 52 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, Teradata and Amazon Aurora, whereas MariaDB is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL and SAP HANA. See our IBM Db2 Database vs. MariaDB report.
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