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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AWS Data Exchange

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AAWS Data Exchange is an integration for data service, from which subscribers can easily browse the AWS Data Exchange catalog to find relevant and up-to-date commercial data products covering a wide range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, life sciences, geospatial, consumer, media & entertainment, and more.N/A

    Db2

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ADB2 is a family of relational database software solutions offered by IBM. It includes standard Db2 and Db2 Warehouse editions, either deployable on-cloud, or on-premise.

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    AWS Data ExchangeDb2
    Editions & Modules
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    Db2 on Cloud Lite
    $0
    Db2 on Cloud Standard
    $99
    per month
    Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Flex One
    $898
    per month
    Db2 on Cloud Enterprise
    $946
    per month
    Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Flex for AWS
    2,957
    per month
    Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Flex
    $3,451
    per month
    Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Flex Performance
    13,651
    per month
    Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Flex Performance for AWS
    13,651
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AWS Data ExchangeDb2
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    AWS Data ExchangeDb2
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    96%
    Would buy again
    103 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    95 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    103 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    66 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    89 Answers
    Features
    AWS Data ExchangeDb2
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of AWS Data Exchange and Db2
    Feature
    AWS Data Exchange
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Db2
    -
    Ratings
    Connect to traditional data sources7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of AWS Data Exchange and Db2
    Feature
    AWS Data Exchange
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Db2
    -
    Ratings
    Data model creation9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing and debugging7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of AWS Data Exchange and Db2
    Feature
    AWS Data Exchange
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Db2
    -
    Ratings
    Integration with data quality tools7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AWS Data ExchangeDb2
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (114 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.9
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (9 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.3
    (64 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.6
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (66 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AWS Data ExchangeDb2
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    AWS Data Exchange fits best for scenarios where you have datasets that you would like to sell and you want to deliver it to anyone who would like to purchase it. It really beats having to set up downloads via your own website or portal. However, it can get complicated to manage if you're trying to deliver a dataset a client has already paid for.
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    IBM
    I have primarily used it as the basis for a SIS - but I have migrated more than a few systems from there database systems to DB2 (Filemaker, MySQL, etc.). DB2 does have a better structural approach, as opposed to Filemaker, which allows for more data consistency, but this can also lead to an inflexibility that can sometimes be counterintuitive when attempting to compensate for the flexibility of the work environment as Schools tend to have an all in one approach.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Simplified data delivery
    • Ability to create any amount of data products
    • Ability to integrate payment plans with data products
    • Tracking data downloads and users
    • Integration with other AWS data services
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    IBM
    • While we query a large set of data, the results are generally available within a minute or so.
    • Always reliable - I have never experienced an application going down.
    • It is easy to write queries and find tables and columns.
    • We can log in smoothly without any headaches.
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Integration with more data sources
    • Ability to deliver data to clients without AWS accounts
    • Inclusion of direct data downloads in addition to asynchronous methods
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    IBM
    • Learning curve for DB resources - Improvements to UI or native command line built-ins can help with increasing efficiencies for DB resources
    • Better resource utilization monitoring and recommendations
    • Continue to adopt support for modern frameworks and languages making it easier for organizations to see making Db2 the easy first choice
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    There have been a lot of problems with ADX. First, the entire system is incredibly clunky from beginning to end.First, by AWS's own admission they're missing a lot of "tablestakes functionality" like the ability to see who is coming to your pages, more flexibility to edit and update your listings, the ability to create a storefront or catalog that actually tries to sell your products. All-in-all you're flying completely blind with AWS. In our convos with other sellers we strongly believe very little organic traffic is flowing through the AWS exchange. For the headache, it's not worth the time or the effort. It's very difficult to market or sell your products.We've also had a number of simple UX bugs where they just don't accurately reflect the attributes of your product. For instance for an S3 bucket they had "+metered costs" displayed to one of our buyers in the price. This of course caused a lot of confusion. They also misrepresented the historical revisions that were available in our product sets because of another UX bug. It's difficult to know what other things in the UX are also broken and incongruent.We also did have a purchase, but the seller is completely at their whim at providing you fake emails, fake company names, fake use cases because AWS hasn't thought through simple workflows like "why even have subscription confirmation if I can fake literally everything about a subscription request." So as a result we're now in an endless, timewasting, unhelpful thread with AWS support trying to get payment. They're confused of what to do and we feel completely lost.Lastly, the AWS team has been abysmal in addressing our concerns. Conversations with them result in a laundry list of excuses of why simple functionalities are so hard (including just having accurate documentation). It was a very frustrating and unproductive call. Our objective of our call was to help us see that ADX is a well-resourced and well-visioned product. Ultimately they couldn't clearly articulate who they built the exchange for both on the seller side and the buyer side.Don't waste your time. This is at best a very foggy experiment. Look at other sellers, they have a lot of free pages to try to get attention, but then have smart tactics to divert transactions away from the ADX. Ultimately, smart move. Why give 8-10% of your cut to a product that is basically bare-bones infrastructure.
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    IBM
    The DB2 database is a solid option for our school. We have been on this journey now for 3-4 years so we are still adapting to what it can do. We will renew our use of DB2 because we don’t see. Major need to change. Also, changing a main database in a school environment is a major project, so we’ll avoid that if possible.
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    You have to be well versed in using the technology, not only from a GUI interface but from a command line interface to successfully use this software to its fullest.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    I have never had DB2 go down unexpectedly. It just works solidly every day. When I look at the logs, sometimes DB2 has figured out there was a need to build an index. Instead of waiting for me to do it, the database automatically created the index for me. At my current company, we have had zero issues for the past 8 years. We have upgrade the server 3 times and upgraded the OS each time and the only thing we saw was that DB2 got better and faster. It is simply amazing.
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    Performance
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    The performances are exceptional if you take care to maintain the database. It is a very powerful tool and at the same time very easy to use. In our installation, we expect a DB machine on the mainframe with access to the database through ODBC connectors directly from branch servers, with fabulous end users experience.
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    Easily the best product support team. :) Whenever we have questions, they have answered those in a timely manner and we like how they go above and beyond to help.
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    In-Person Training
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    the material was very clear and all subjects have been handled
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    db2 work well with the application, also the replication tool can keep it up
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    DB2 was more scalable and easily configurable than other products we evaluated and short listed in terms of functionality and pricing. IBM also had a good demo on premise and provided us a sandbox experience to test out and play with the product and DB2 at that time came out better than other similar products.
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    Scalability
    Amazon AWS
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    IBM
    By
    using DB2 only to support my IzPCA activities, my knowledge here
    is somewhat limited.

    Anyway,
    from what I was able to understand, DB2 is extremely scallable.

    Maybe the information below could serve as an example of scalability.
    Customer have an huge mainframe environment, 13x z15 CECs, around
    80 LPARs, and maybe more than 50 Sysplexes (I am not totally sure about this
    last figure...)

    Today
    we have 7 IzPCA
    databases, each one in a distinct Syplex.

    Plans
    are underway to have, at the end, an small LPAR, with only one DB2 sub-system,
    and with only one database, then transmit the data from a lot of other LPARs,
    and then process all the data in this only one database.



    The
    IzPCA collect process (read the data received, manipulate it, and insert rows
    in the tables) today is a huge process, demanding many elapsed
    hours, and lots of CPU.

    Almost
    100% of the tables are PBR type, insert jobs run in parallel, but in 4 of the 7
    database, it is a really a huge and long process.



    Combining
    the INSERTs loads from the 7 databases in only one will be impossible.......,,,,



    But,
    IzPCA recently introduced a new feature, called "Continuous
    Collector"
    .
    By
    using that feature, small amounts of data will be transmited to the central
    LPAR at every 5 minutes (or even less), processed immediately,in
    a short period of time, and with small use of CPU,
    instead of one or two transmissions by day, of very large amounts of data and
    the corresponding collect jobs occurring only once or twice a day, with long
    elapsed times, and huge comsumption of CPU



    I
    suspect the total CPU seconds consumed will be more or less the same in
    both cases, but in the new method it will occur in small bursts
    many times a day!!
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Reduced time to publish datasets for sale by more than 80%
    • Increased net profit from dataset sales by ~10%
    • Reduced data delivery time to clients by 15%
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    • Negative: Difficult and manual deployment
    • Negative: Missing assistants from common monitoring metrics
    • Positive: Stability
    • Positive: Performance
    • Positive: Resiliency and high availability (HADR)
    • Positive: Data Replication (Q-Rep)
    • Positive: Interaction with storage subsystems for backups (TSM, SVC)
    • Positive: Gigantic monitoring features in the form of table functions
    Incentivized
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