We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 Database and SingleStore based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and others in Relational Databases Tools."Db2 database scalability and performance capabilities match our database needs. It covers pretty much everything a database administrator or engineer might need."
"The solution helps secure the database."
"Its robustness, scalability, availability, and performance are valuable. All these are the major attributes of a relational database for supporting a very high-volume business, and Db2 is very good in all those areas and in all those attributes."
"The solution can scale."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its compatibility with IBM Power Systems."
"Reliable, robust with great features."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is its stability. We have never had any problems and have never had to contact technical support."
"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 product can automatically reinstall and reconfigure in case of a shutdown."
"The paramount advantage is the exceptional speed."
"It's a distributed relational database, so it does not have a single server, it has multiple servers. Its architecture itself is fast because it has multiple nodes to distribute the workload and process large amounts of data."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to create pipelines, streamline and extract data from the pipelines."
"MemSQL supports the MySQL protocol, and many functions are similar, so the learning curve is very short."
"The ability to store data in memory is a standout feature, enhanced by robust failover mechanisms."
"The product's initial setup phase was pretty straightforward, with no complex processes."
"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 licensing fees can be reduced."
"The technical support team is not very good when compared to the efficiency of Oracle's support."
"The capabilities of this solution could improve."
"IBM Db2 Database could improve with better security."
"The queries can be difficult for beginners because there are so many. I would like to see more use cases for flow analysis that enable us to correlate the flow with events. Adding this feature in a QI format would be good for beginners."
"Their view of it is they're maintaining it, they're continuing to upgrade it, they're continuing to grow it, however, they don't go out and try and sell that as an architectural solution the way they do Linux and Unix."
"IBM's products tend to be quite costly, especially given the availability of free, open-source alternatives."
"There should be more pipelines available because I think that if MemSQL can connect to other services, that would be great."
"We don't get good discounts in Pakistan."
"The product can be developed further to provide more appropriate output to users as it is one of the areas where there are shortcomings."
"Having the ability to migrate servers using a single command would be extremely beneficial."
"Poor key distribution can significantly impact performance, requiring a backward approach in design rather than adding tables incrementally."
"For new customers, it's very tough to start. Their documentation isn't organized, and there's no online training available. SingleStore is working on it, but that's a major drawback."
"It is not the optimal choice for direct data collection through queries, and it's more suited for aggregation tasks."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews while SingleStore is ranked 6th in Database as a Service with 7 reviews. IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2, while SingleStore is rated 8.8. 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 SingleStore writes "A reasonably priced product that offers good speed and seamless support". IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, SAP HANA, Teradata and CockroachDB, whereas SingleStore is most compared with SQL Server, MySQL, Teradata, CockroachDB and Imply Polaris.
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