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 most valuable features are with the industrial side."
"The solution's security is very tough and impenetrable."
"The solution is a very stable relational database and has integration with legacy systems. It is a great product."
"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."
"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's initial setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration with other IBM products."
"Its functionality and availability are valuable. Its availability is great. It is available 99.99% of the time."
"It creates a unified view of the entire architecture and performance factor, helping to manage the network more easily."
"It is pretty simple to use and I don't have anything really bad to say about it."
"Fully scalable and stable SQL-based RDBMS, with a straightforward and easy setup."
"The solution is free to use, which is its most valuable aspect."
"The solution is a small application and is very easy to deploy."
"It has a remote access feature to manage the database from a remote location. This enables in-work collaboration."
"The most valuable features are that it's free and the documentation is good."
"One of the most valuable features is MySQL's ability to run our email system. We use a system called Colab."
"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."
"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."
"GUI needs improvement."
"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."
"There are some issues with Db2's database file system not being readable. The storage could also be increased, and the monitoring could be improved."
"There could be better integration with some cloud solutions."
"The price should be lower."
"Its process of building up queries could be more accessible."
"Integration is a key feature in need of improvement."
"It would be helpful if there were a graphical user interface to administer, configure, and tune it."
"MySQL doesn't have the auto-clustering and database clustering features that other competitors provide. They can include these features."
"Could use some additional JSON query support in the solution."
"The solution could improve by having better performance and security."
"The solution could be more secure."
"Some problems with big table operations, and a struggle to keep the servers responding in peak situations."
"We require more ease of use, scalability, and high availability. These are some of the critical features that we use and look for in a product. It should be easier to manage clusters. Scalability is very important for us because our projects and concurrency requirements are quite big. We also require high availability of the server, application, and other things. It should also have more performance-based features or enhancements from the performance point of view. When we divide a database, it should be able to handle the queries very fast."
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 IBM Informix, 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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