We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 Database and MySQL based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: MySQL is easy to use and free to download. In contrast, some reviewers feel that IBM Db2 is costly and not intuitive.
"The solution has very good data compression of up to 50%. For example, if you have 50 terabytes of data, it can be reduced to 25 terabytes."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of the IBM Db2 Database is security."
"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."
"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."
"The solution can scale."
"It is quite a stable solution."
"Scales well enough for a relational database."
"We use MySQL for enterprise data storage as well as part of the back-end of websites and web applications."
"The replication feature is the most valuable. We are replicating our servers."
"What I really like about MySQL is the opportunity to search for information and organize it any way I like."
"When comparing MySQL to other solutions it is easier to use and boots up faster. Additionally, when you want to query a lot of data, MySQL is better in performance."
"It has a lot of features. The RDBMS, consistency, and multi-user features are valuable."
"My main reason for using MySQL for this small customer database company and for some kinds of scientific projects was that I had to do the installation myself. I didn't have a database administration team behind me. Therefore, I was looking for something very easy to handle. MySQL is easy to install, connect, and do all such things."
"I use MySQL for employee service in an OLTP database."
"The easy access to the data and the ability to sort the data with multiple methods are very valuable features."
"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 price should be lower."
"It would be helpful to have a hybrid data storage facility that includes NoSQL technologies."
"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."
"Its process of building up queries could be more accessible."
"Not very solid compared to its competitors' products."
"IBM Db2 Database is not ACID compliant, which would improve it. Db2 lacks Isolation, so when two people are trying to update the same field at the same time it can become stuck. Other newer databases do not have this issue, such as Microsoft SQL, Oracle DB, PostgreSQL, and SAP HANA."
"The pricing could be improved, it's expensive."
"In an upcoming release, there should be something added similar to EPL. For example, when using the flow diagram, we can create a schema. We have two useful features to add or create the table, but there should be some UI features to allow us to drag and drop to create other schemas. This would be very helpful."
"Security is a concern. MySQL could have better security features."
"When it comes to supporting big data, there is space to improve upon the database engines that are supported by MySQL."
"The solution could improve by having better performance and security."
"The licensing of the solution is on the expensive side."
"When I run into issues, I really have to research how to fix them."
"Even for the best database, we always want the database to perform much better, so we wish MySQL would be much better, in terms of performance."
"The interface could be improved."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews while MySQL is ranked 4th in Relational Databases Tools with 142 reviews. IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2, while MySQL 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 MySQL writes "Good beginner base but it should have better support for backups". IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, SAP HANA, Teradata and Oracle Database In-Memory, whereas MySQL is most compared with Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Teradata and CockroachDB. See our IBM Db2 Database vs. MySQL report.
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