We performed a comparison between CockroachDB and IBM Db2 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 initial setup and deployment are simple."
"The tool's most valuable feature is node syncing, which takes only 0.54 milliseconds."
"The subset of SQL that my client is using is completely supported."
"The product has valuable security features."
"The availability and the easy to use feature is the most valuable. The documentation is also good."
"I use CockroachDB to test big data samples and to create the best structure for databases. We have four users and required 10 people for deployment and maintenance."
"CockroachDB is highly reliable."
"The best feature of CockroachDB is the ability to keep the nodes in different locations."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is its stability. We have never had any problems and have never had to contact technical support."
"The most valuable features are with the industrial side."
"Some of the most valuable features are the scaling from a small very cheap installation to a very large enterprise installation. In addition, the backups and assistance are good."
"I have found the most valuable feature to be its availability."
"It is quite a stable solution."
"The solution is easy to install and simple to maintain. The most valuable aspect of the solution is its general user-friendliness for users of all kinds."
"IBM DB2 pureScale Feature is valuable."
"The setup process has become much easier recently."
"The initial setup and pricing could be improved."
"The platform could be more extensible."
"CockroachDB needs to improve store processes."
"The product must improve its disaster recovery features."
"Cockroach does not support all types of protocols. I need to improve it myself to support a CouchDB on my network."
"I find the serverless offer a bit confusing."
"We are looking for more features to support distributed high availability and geo-partitioning."
"The closer they can make CockroachDB to being completely compatible with Postgres, the better. It's almost compatible, but not completely. If it was, it would be nice to just be able to use Postgres libraries without any fiddling."
"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."
"It would be ideal if the solution offered backup functionality. Many similar tools already do, which means Db2 is somewhat behind the curve in terms of what a customer might expect from it."
"IBM Db2 Database could improve with better security."
"The solution could improve by providing more integration."
"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."
"It would be helpful to have more querying tools and more development tools for us to work easily with Microsoft."
"The ease of use, or ease of management, could be improved."
"The solution's UI hasn't been upgraded. The solution’s UI is an area to improve because the solution was developed long ago."
CockroachDB is ranked 9th in Relational Databases Tools with 10 reviews while IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews. CockroachDB is rated 8.0, while IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of CockroachDB writes "Open source with extensive documentation and a University for training". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Db2 Database writes "Very scalable with high availability and excellent technical support". CockroachDB is most compared with Oracle Database, MySQL, Citus Data, Amazon Aurora and YugabyteDB, whereas IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, SAP HANA, Teradata and SingleStore. See our CockroachDB vs. IBM Db2 Database report.
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