IBM IMS vs Oracle Berkeley DB comparison

IBM and Oracle are both solutions in the Non-Relational Databases category. IBM is ranked #9, while Oracle is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.0. IBM holds a 3.8% mindshare in NRD, compared to Oracle’s 12.3% mindshare. Additionally, 66% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM IMS

Ranking in Non-Relational Databases

9th

Average Rating

0.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Berkeley DB

Ranking in Non-Relational Databases

1st

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Embedded Database (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Non-Relational Databases category, the mindshare of IBM IMS is 3.8%, down from 7.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Berkeley DB is 12.3%, down from 13.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Easy to integrate and manage the setup phase

One of the things that I want to see in Oracle Berkeley DB is a driver for reactive programming. I think the tool's official driver for reactive programming, especially for Java, is the thing that Oracle needs to be more agile in, specifically in those areas of programming that other products are currently going into. Other tools have become more innovative in many areas. I know that Oracle has many responsibilities in maintaining the situation with the current projects and so on. I think it would be very cool if Oracle could make improvements to its projects, as it can help me with my current projects. One reason why I don't choose Oracle Berkeley DB is because we want to go for reactive programming, along with Project Reactor from Spring, but we don't have the official driver for it.

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

22%

Government

11%

University

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

14%

University

14%

Computer Software Company

13%

Educational Organization

10%

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Berkeley DB

Overview

Off-the-shelf warehouse management solution designed to help automate and streamline facility operations.

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Oracle Berkeley DB provides the best open source embeddable databases allowing developers the choice of SQL, Key/Value, XML/XQuery or Java Object storage for their data model. At its core is a fast, scalable, transactional database engine with proven reliability and availability. Berkeley DB comes three versions: Berkeley DB, Berkeley DB Java Edition, and Berkeley DB XML.

The Oracle Berkeley DB family of high performance, self-contained databases provides developers with a fast, transactional database solution with a track record of reliability, unmatched scalability and five-nines (99.999%) or better availability. Oracle Berkeley DB is well suited to Independent Software Vendors, device and equipment manufacturers, and enterprises or software companies building solutions which need a data management component. The Oracle Berkeley DB family of products provides fast, local persistence with zero oversight administration.

Customers and end-users will experience an application that simply works, reliably manages data, scales under extreme load, and requires zero oversight in deployment. Your development team can focus on your application and be confident that Berkeley DB will manage your application’s data.

For more information on Oracle Berkeley DB, visit Oracle.com

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