IBM Db2 Database

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March 2023
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Contents

Advice From Real Users 4-6

Overview 7-9

Reviews From Real Users 10-15

Answers From the Community 16-22

Top Relational Databases Tools Vendors 23-24

Top Relational Databases Tools Solutions 25

About This Report and PeerSpot 26

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Advice From Real Users

IBM Db2 Database

PROS

"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." [Full Review]

Siddharth
Matalia

"It's easy to search and extract data from the warehouse using queries." [Full Review]

RamneshDu
bey

"The solution can scale." [Full Review]

Nanthagopal
G

"The most valuable aspect of this solution is its stability." "We have never had any problems and have never had to contact
technical support." [Full Review]

Luigi
Notarantoni
o

"The most valuable features are with the industrial side." [Full Review]

Daniel
Tamiru

"The performance of the solution is valuable." [Full Review]

Giuseppe
Innamorato

"The solution's security is very tough and impenetrable." [Full Review]

Amr-Ahmed

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CONS

"IBM Db2 Database could improve in the steps it takes for upgrades." "It is not an easy process." "The process of upgrading the
version is lengthy and requires a lot of time." "To make it more efficient, I suggest implementing some automation on the
solution side." "This will greatly reduce the time required for the upgrade." [Full Review]
Siddharth
Matalia

"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." [Full Review]

RamneshDu
bey

"We need some time to improve the performance." "We have to perform a weekly REORG, or else RUNSTATS for the
databases." [Full Review]

Nanthagopal
G

"Also, the website could be more intuitive." "I didn't find it easy to find documentation on the website." [Full Review]

Luigi
Notarantoni
o

"IBM Db2 Database could improve with better security." [Full Review]

Daniel
Tamiru

"The initial setup could be improved." [Full Review]

Giuseppe
Innamorato

"The solution no longer supports POWER8." [Full Review]

Amr-Ahmed

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PRICING AND LICENSING ADVICE

"Clients are required to purchase a license." [Full Review]

Luigi
Notarantoni
o

"The solution's hardware and subscription model for support are very expensive." [Full Review]

Amr-Ahmed

"Among Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and Db2, Microsoft SQL Server is the cheapest one, and Oracle is the most expensive
one." "Db2 is in the middle." "As compared to SQL Server, its price could go down." "It will be good for customers." [Full
Review]
Basil Ndolo

"It is expensive when compared to other products." [Full Review]

reviewer193
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"It is expensive." "The price depends on the size of the machine on which you are installing the Db2 and the features you are
using." "It also depends on the country." "IBM has different policies and different options for payment for this product." [Full
Review]
Michael-Raz

"It's very expensive." [Full Review]

Jørgen
Espensen

"It's very expensive for West African countries like ours." [Full Review]

Georges
BOMBOH

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IBM Db2 Database See 26 reviews >>

Overview
DB2 Enterprise for Linux, UNIX, and Windows is the ideal data server for the most demanding workloads. New XML support is
designed to help firms minimize the time and effort it takes to persist and use their XML data reducing development costs and
improving business agility.

SAMPLE CUSTOMERS
Knorr-Bremse, Mizuho Bank Ltd., Australian Government Department of Defence, SCHWENK Zement, Friedhelm Loh Group, YAZAKI
Europe Limited, Ekornes ASA, Baldor Electric, VSN Systemen BV, Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC, PLANSEE Group, TE Connectivity,
Hansgrohe SE, Openmatics, University of Toronto

TOP COMPARISONS
Oracle Database vs. IBM Db2 Database … Compared 33% of the time [See comparison]
SQL Server vs. IBM Db2 Database … Compared 22% of the time [See comparison]
MySQL vs. IBM Db2 Database … Compared 9% of the time [See comparison]

REVIEWERS * VISITORS READING REVIEWS *

TOP INDUSTRIES TOP INDUSTRIES

Financial Services Firm … 33% Financial Services Firm … 15%
Computer Software Company … 20% Computer Software Company … 15%
Manufacturing Company … 13% Educational Organization … 8%
Insurance Company … 10% Government … 7%

COMPANY SIZE COMPANY SIZE

1-200 Employees … 28% 1-200 Employees … 17%
201-1000 Employees … 15% 201-1000 Employees … 17%
1001+ Employees … 57% 1001+ Employees … 66%

* Data is based on the aggregate profiles of PeerSpot Users reviewing and researching this solution.

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Top Reviews by Topic

VALUABLE FEATURES See more Valuable Features >>

I like that its true active-active. For example, if there are two instances within a cluster, we can take one of them down and
there's no failover or switch over. There's no primary and secondary, it's true active-active. We can take one side down and we
can upgrade that with new maintenance or a new version, obviously testing coexistence beforehand, without impacting the
reviewer1715 business. In a distributed world, you've got lots of different prerequisites you've got to be managing here. Not just the database
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- possibly the VMs that the database is in and th... [Full Review]

It's great as a backend database system utilized to store the data for the entire corporate structure. Due to the fact that we're
going to go with the hardware-specifics of the fact that it's bundled in IBM i, it's exceedingly reliable, as the architecture of the
IBM i just does not go down. It runs very well. It runs very solid. It does everything that I expect it to do. It offers all of the
reviewer103 standard RDBMS functionalities and capabilities. I consider Db2 to be a direct competitor with Oracle and SQL servers any day
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of the week. The difference is wh... [Full Review]

Its functionality and availability are valuable. Its availability is great. It is available 99.99% of the time. Its security is great, and
there is also the ability to execute very complex SQL statements. It provides the developers the ability to get the functionality
using great tools like SQL and many other additional features. [Full Review]
Michael-Raz

We don't have any compatibility issues because we use all IBM products. We use every IBM product. That is why we use IBM's
developer tool as well. We never encounter any product compatibility issues during development and deployment. That is one
of the good things that happened to us, in my opinion. When we had server-related issues, such as a database outage,
reviewer193 compatibility and support were good. I believe that because the support is good, they jump in and assist us in determining the
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root cause. The product is really reliable. We have seen very few... [Full Review]

ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT See more Room For Improvement >>

The good thing is that there are improvements coming with later function levels for the z/OS Db2. I'd like it if, with the operating
system that we've got, z/OS, on the mainframe, it would allow us to refresh the hardware to run Linux dockers on the
mainframe. This means this might give us opportunities for different ways of coming into the Db2 environment in the future. We
reviewer1715 just want a bit more integration with Linux. That said, we are already seeing Linux more readily available on the mainframe
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environment. Not only have we got the premium operatin... [Full Review]

It's going to be a much smaller marketplace for this product, and most significantly, IBM doesn't target marketing to that
marketplace. Their view of it is they're maintaining it, they're continuing to upgrade it, they're continuing to grow it, however,
they don't go out and try and sell that as an architectural solution the way they do Linux and Unix. That's because once you get
reviewer103 inside of the IBM architecture, up until about six or eight years ago, it was not open source. You were tied to the development
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language of either COBOL or the development ... [Full Review]

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
Michael-Raz 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 fo... [Full Review]

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I am currently moving away from that core application. I am not focusing on the solution. It is our trading application, and there
are some reservations, about continuing to upgrade to the latest versions even though we are currently running on older
versions. I believe the first step would be to upgrade it to the most recent versions and then see if any improvements are
reviewer193 required while continuing to provide feedback on older versions. The pricing could be improved, it's expensive. [Full Review]
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PRICING, SETUP COST AND LICENSING See more Pricing, Setup Cost And Licensing >>

In the 90s, there was a big problem with the IBM mainframe environment and there was a big push to move the middleware off
the mainframe and put it on cheaper distributed hardware. What happened then was the workload was coming in over the
network. This was what we called dynamic SQL coming into Db2 - which was a bit more resource-intensive to what it was with
reviewer1715 traditional legacy style workloads that were static SQL coming into the Db2 environment, that we could see the CPU on the
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mainframe. In the old days, in the 90s and before that, we were charge... [Full Review]

It's hard to separate out the exact pricing. It's bundled; you can't compare head-to-head against Oracle and SQL server at that
point, as the costing is embedded inside of the purchase of the operating system software. [Full Review]

reviewer103
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It is expensive. The price depends on the size of the machine on which you are installing the Db2 and the features you are
using. It also depends on the country. IBM has different policies and different options for payment for this product. [Full Review]

Michael-Raz

I am aware that IBM pricing is expensive in comparison to other products. However, I am not the person who dealt with pricing.
It is expensive when compared to other products. [Full Review]

reviewer193
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IBM Db2 Database review by a real user

Easy to use, integrates well with other IBM solutions, and stable

Senior Technical Specialist at a

manufacturing company with 10,001+
employees

Siddharth Matalia

WHAT IS OUR PRIMARY USE CASE?

We are using IBM Db2 Database for our data center.

HOW HAS IT HELPED MY ORGANIZATION?

The past year has been much easier and has required minimal downtime. We can take a snapshot of the database and restore
it quickly if needed, offering added convenience to our organization.

WHAT IS MOST VALUABLE?

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.

WHAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT?

IBM Db2 Database could improve in the steps it takes for upgrades. It is not an easy process. The process of upgrading the
version is lengthy and requires a lot of time. To make it more efficient, I suggest implementing some automation on the
solution side. This will greatly reduce the time required for the upgrade.

In the logging section, we can observe that we have two designated areas for secondary logs and logging. This is vastly
different from the HANA database where lock identification and prompt action-taking are possible due to the instant
notification feature. In our case, we have to manually create a query for the same result. However, in HANA, an alert ID is
provided automatically. The same feature should be implemented here for the purpose of alerting.

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FOR HOW LONG HAVE I USED THE SOLUTION?

I have been using IBM Db2 Database for approximately 10 years.

WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE SOLUTION?

I rate the stability of the IBM Db2 Database a nine out of ten.

WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE SCALABILITY OF THE SOLUTION?

IBM Db2 Database is a widely used application with over 200 regular users.

I rate the scalability of the IBM Db2 Database a seven out of ten.

HOW ARE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUPPORT?

The support has always been helpful.

I rate the support from the IBM Db2 Database an eight out of ten.

HOW WOULD YOU RATE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUPPORT?

Positive

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WHICH SOLUTION DID I USE PREVIOUSLY AND WHY DID I SWITCH?

I have previously used Oracle.

WHAT OTHER ADVICE DO I HAVE?

There are approximately 120 colleagues responsible for ensuring its smooth operation by providing support for the database.

If others are using a platform other than SAP to run their application, I would advise them to use this solution. If people are
using IBM hardware, it would be better to implement this solution as the servers can be easily integrated. The IBM servers can
easily integrate with any unit servers. This application runs on EX servers and I have noticed it works well with IBM Db2
Database and Linux. The AI functions run smoothly when used with IBM.

I rate IBM Db2 Database an eight out of ten.

WHICH DEPLOYMENT MODEL ARE YOU USING FOR THIS SOLUTION?

On-premises

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IBM Db2 Database review by a real user

Feature-rich, and performs well, but the price could be reduced

DevOps Engineer at Cy4gate srl

Luigi Notarantonio

WHAT IS OUR PRIMARY USE CASE?

I use IBM Db2 Database for an application that we use in the marketing sector.

I was a consultant.

WHAT IS MOST VALUABLE?

When we use IBM Db2 Database, we are using a simple SQL server. I didn't use all of the features. It's mainly because when I
worked, they used to set up Db2 for DB.

The most valuable aspect of this solution is its stability. We have never had any problems and have never had to contact
technical support.

WHAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT?

The scalability could be improved, but the problem was that it was something in the legacy of the application where I work.

The problem was not the DB itself, but there were certain limits regarding the application, and the DB was the final
component, where we worked. We weren't too concerned with the DB.

It's expensive, but it's not for every client.

Also, the website could be more intuitive. I didn't find it easy to find documentation on the website.

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FOR HOW LONG HAVE I USED THE SOLUTION?

I have been working with IBM Db2 Database for one year.

WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE SOLUTION?

IBM Db2 Database was stable, we didn't have any issues.

WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE SCALABILITY OF THE SOLUTION?

IBM Db2 Database is not scalable.

We have approximately 8, 000 clients.

HOW ARE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUPPORT?

We didn't have any issues with IBM Db2 Database. It was stable for us. We did not have the need to contact technical support.

WHICH SOLUTION DID I USE PREVIOUSLY AND WHY DID I SWITCH?

I have some experience with Terraform, from HashiCorp.

It's a tool for infrastructure, for building automation similar to Jenkins, or Bamboo.

I worked with Bamboo a year ago.

I have worked with databases such as MySQL, IBM Db2, Oracle DB, and some NoSQL databases like MongoDB. We use the
threat procedures when we used Oracle DB.

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HOW WAS THE INITIAL SETUP?

When I worked within Db2, I didn't set up the Db2. I just used it. I didn't do any tuning or anything like that. I only performed
some database management.

WHAT'S MY EXPERIENCE WITH PRICING, SETUP COST, AND LICENSING?

Clients are required to purchase a license.

WHAT OTHER ADVICE DO I HAVE?

I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate IBM Db2 Database a seven out of ten.

WHICH DEPLOYMENT MODEL ARE YOU USING FOR THIS SOLUTION?

On-premises

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Answers from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Db2 Database?

Hi Everyone, What do you like most about IBM Db2 Database? Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the
community!

See all 33 answers >>

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

Hi, We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information. Please share what you can so you can
help your peers.

See all 22 answers >>

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Answers from the Community

What needs improvement with IBM Db2 Database?

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with IBM Db2 Database. What are its
weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

See all 29 answers >>

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What is your primary use case for IBM Db2 Database?

How do you or your organization use this solution? Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your
experiences. Thank you!

See all 32 answers >>

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Answers from the Community

What advice do you have for others considering IBM Db2 Database?

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering IBM Db2 Database, what would you say? How
would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

See all 30 answers >>

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Answers from the Community

What needs improvement with IBM Db2 Database?

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with IBM Db2 Database. What are its
weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

See all 22 answers >>

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Answers from the Community

What advice do you have for others considering IBM Db2 Database?

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering IBM Db2 Database, what would you say? How
would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

See all 24 answers >>

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4 SAP HANA

19,117 views 10,336 comparisons 42 reviews 403 words/review 8.3 average rating

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