We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 Database and Oracle 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."The most valuable feature of the solution is its compatibility with IBM Power Systems."
"Its functionality and availability are valuable. Its availability is great. It is available 99.99% of the time."
"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."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable features of this solution are security and stability."
"It's very secure."
"I have found the most valuable feature to be its availability."
"The performance of the solution is valuable."
"The tool is efficient and fast compared to other alternatives. The tool's processing speed is fast, and we've experienced minimal hang-ups. This enables us to address queries within a shorter time frame. I wouldn't say it's just one particular feature, but overall, the efficiency and speed of Oracle Database have had a significant impact. Our support systems are more efficient, allowing us to accomplish tasks quickly."
"A really large and very useful language to process data."
"Oracle Database has many useful functions and features suitable for big programs and complex business models."
"It stores a lot of data in a short time."
"The Data Redaction feature is easy to use and we are quite happy with it."
"The solution is a reliable database."
"The pricing is very competitive. Oracle is still the number one database company. From the technical aspects, Oracle Database is the best solution for small, medium, and big industries."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"We just want a bit more integration with Linux. That said, we are already seeing Linux more readily available on the mainframe environment."
"The product needs to improve its configuration and storage."
"The application development requires a Java developer and not every company has these resources."
"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."
"There could be more user-friendly tools with features such as drag-and-drop functionality, visual basics, and low-code capabilities."
"The user interface is not user-friendly."
"The technical support team is not very good when compared to the efficiency of Oracle's support."
"It would be helpful to have more querying tools and more development tools for us to work easily with Microsoft."
"Cheap and easy solutions for startups need to be made available."
"Better integration with other databases would be an improvement."
"The pricing could be better."
"Customer support could be faster, you currently have to write your issue to them and then they will get back to you after 24-hours."
"The initial setup was very complex - best case, it takes between four and six hours to set up."
"The solution is very, very expensive. This keeps it as a niche product."
"The user interface could be better."
"The licensing formulation is too complicated."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews while Oracle Database is ranked 2nd in Relational Databases Tools with 278 reviews. IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2, while Oracle Database is rated 8.6. 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 Oracle Database writes "Supports a large volume of transactions compared to other databases". IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, SAP HANA, Teradata, MySQL and IBM Informix, whereas Oracle Database is most compared with SAP HANA, SQL Server, MariaDB, Amazon Aurora and MySQL. See our IBM Db2 Database vs. Oracle Database report.
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