IBM Db2 Warehouse vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse comparison

IBM Db2 Warehouse vs. Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

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IBM Db2 Warehouse

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

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Oracle Autonomous Data Ware...

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

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Cloud Data Warehouse (10th)

Featured Reviews

Ismail Aboulezz

Chief Executive Officer at LeaseWeb

Enhancements in data analysis and decision-making elevate overall performance

The most valuable features of IBM Db2 Warehouse ( /products/ibm-db2-warehouse-reviews ) include its availability, easy integration, ability to deal with a large size of data, excellent performance with no delays, powerful security mechanisms, and effective support. The response time is very quick, and the technical manuals and support from IBM are of high quality. Additionally, it is easy to install, troubleshoot, operate, and secure the environment.

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Kwajah Mohiuddin

Global Head of Architecture at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Provides self-repair features, but the setup is complex

We use the product for online applications. We use it in the financial industry The product has self-repair features. The tool tunes itself. It separates compute from storage. We can scale storage and compute separately. The setup is complex. Oracle is a complex tool. I have been using Oracle…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The standout feature of IBM Db2 Warehouse, which is particularly valuable for large enterprises, is its ability to handle big data."

"IBM Db2 Warehouse is more resilient when dealing with business intelligence applications."

"It can scale effectively as long as resources are available."

"I think it scales really well and as long as you take enough time to learn a little bit about it, it works really well."

"Provides good security and reliability."

"IBM Db2 Warehouse is more resilient when dealing with business intelligence applications."

"It can be mounted on the cloud, which is a huge plus. If the client, for example, starts small with on-premise deployment and then it rapidly needs to grow, we can transfer this to the cloud easily."

"The solution is stable."

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"The solution integrates well with Power BI."

"It is an extremely scalable solution since you can dynamically change the resources as some other cloud solutions."

"It is a stable and scalable solution."

"The solution is used for analytics and it works for our data security needs."

"I really like the auto-tuning, auto-scaling, and the automatic load balancing and query tuning in the system."

"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is used globally to deliver extreme performance on large Financial data sets."

"Self-patching and runs machine-learning across its logs all the time"

"The solution is self-securing. All data is encrypted and security updates and patches are applied automatically both periodically and off-cycle."

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Cons

"There should be more material available for training and training should be free."

"The biggest problems we have is when the backup solution is failing or slow and we run out of log space, which has happened probably a couple of times in the last four years."

"The biggest challenge anyone could have with Db2 Warehouse is their references or online resources and documentation. They are very, very, very limited on the web."

"It takes a long time to have a new version or release, similar to Oracle."

"Lacks sufficient documentation and particularly in Spanish."

"In terms of improvement, IBM Db2 Warehouse should be more scalable."

"The primary challenges customers face with IBM Db2 Warehouse are related to its complexity in usage. It requires highly skilled professionals who understand Db2, and both training and support are challenging to obtain."

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"The setup is complex."

"They should make the solution more user-friendly."

"The initial setup was pretty complex. It was not easy."

"I would like to see an on-premise solution in the future."

"Sometimes the solution works differently between the cloud and on-premises. It needs to be more consistent and predictable."

"Ease of connectivity could be improved."

"A lot of the tools that were previously there have now been taken away."

"The installation process is complex. Oracle can make the installation process better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"In a traditional on-prem database, in a data warehouse, the solution is probably on the expensive side."

"You pay as you go, and you don't pay for services that you don't use."

"The licensing cost of the product can vary since you can integrate it very easily with other products or other cloud products...You pay as you use it, so it is not yearly or monthly payments to be made toward Oracle."

"The price depends on the configuration we choose."

"The cost is perfect with Oracle Universal credit."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing an eight."

"The solution's cost is reasonable."

"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse's pricing is fair and reasonable compared to the other cloud vendors."

"Cloud solutions are cheaper, but in the long run, they may not be much cheaper. They certainly have a lower initial cost. The licensing is yearly, and it is based on the size of the hardware and the number of users."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Db2 Warehouse?

The standout feature of IBM Db2 Warehouse, which is particularly valuable for large enterprises, is its ability to handle big data.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Db2 Warehouse?

The pricing for medium and large environments is almost the same as Oracle. I rate the pricing as six out of ten.

What needs improvement with IBM Db2 Warehouse?

There is room for improvement in optimizing certain processes, but most issues arise from my data, hardware architecture, and resources, not from IBM Db2 Warehouse itself.

What do you like most about Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?

With Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, things are much simpler. Creating a structure, initializing the servers, extending the servers, those are all things that are very, very easy. That's the main...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?

We pay approximately $70,000 per month. The cost includes maintenance and support.

What needs improvement with Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?

Optimization should be better. The SQLs are sometimes very slow. I also noticed that Java is not supported, which is not ideal.

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Also Known As

InfoSphere Warehouse, IBM InfoSphere Warehouse

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Overview

InfoSphere Warehouse is a suite of products that combines the strength of DB2 with a data warehousing infrastructure from IBM. You can use InfoSphere Warehouse to build a complete data warehousing solution that includes a highly scalable relational database, data access capabilities, and front-end analysis tools.

IBM

Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is the world’s first and only autonomous database optimized for analytic workloads, including data marts, data warehouses, data lakes, and data lakehouses. With Autonomous Data Warehouse, data scientists, business analysts, and nonexperts can rapidly, easily, and cost-effectively discover business insights using data of any size and type. Built for the cloud and optimized using Oracle Exadata, Autonomous Data Warehouse benefits from faster performance and, according to an IDC report (PDF), lowers operational costs by an average of 63%.

Autonomous Database provides the foundation for a data lakehouse—a modern, open architecture that enables you to store, analyze, and understand all your data. The data lakehouse combines the power and richness of data warehouses with the breadth, flexibility, and low cost of popular open source data lake technologies. Access your data lakehouse through Autonomous Database using the world's most powerful and open SQL processing engine.

Oracle

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IBM Db2 Warehouse vs. Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse