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."It has a good, stable performance."
"It's easy to search and extract data from the warehouse using queries."
"It is a scalable solution."
"it is very stable and runs smoothly once it is deployed and it is almost maintenance-free."
"It has a good feature called pureScale, which is just for scalability. It is a perfect solution for environments where scalability is going to be an issue."
"When you submit a ticket the response time is quick."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration with other IBM products."
"The scalability and availability of this solution are the most valuable features."
"The stability has been good so far. It's reliable."
"Technical support is helpful."
"Stable solution with analytic and partitioning functions that work well."
"Scalability, reliability, and performance are what we are getting with this solution. It is highly scalable and has very good performance. It also has in-built monitoring and optimized optimizer. It is quite stable and secure. When it comes to integration, you can integrate it with other tools as well. However, we have been using Oracle Database within our own premises. So, it is kind of difficult for us to basically do a kind of integration with the outside software. We prefer to do things within our own premises."
"As compared to SQL Server, Oracle Database performs better when you have a huge amount of data. We didn't face any problems when we had a huge amount of data. There were also no issues with importing/exporting and migrating the data."
"Technical support has been helpful so far."
"Partitioning is most valuable."
"High availability using real application clusters."
"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."
"The product needs to improve its configuration and storage."
"In terms of improvements, IBM Db2 can improve its interface and its functionality. Also, the embedded functions should be much richer than the current ones - the functions which are embedded in the engine itself."
"The price should be lower."
"We just want a bit more integration with Linux. That said, we are already seeing Linux more readily available on the mainframe environment."
"Also, the website could be more intuitive. I didn't find it easy to find documentation on the website."
"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."
"The product is expensive."
"When you try to tell customers that you can critically patch their system, they always complain about the cost."
"Once you start with Oracle you become locked into it."
"Oracle Database could improve by providing access and integration with containers."
"The integration with other vendor solutions needs improvement. It is difficult to connect to other hardware."
"The main issue with Oracle is the maintenance required."
"It would be nice if creating indexes and other small, repetitive tasks could be automated."
"The cost of this solution needs to be improved."
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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