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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Caspio

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/ACaspio is a low-code platform for building custom business applications — the databases, portals, dashboards, and workflow tools organizations use to run daily operations. Users describe the application they need, and the platform generates the data model, interface, and user roles as a secure, deployed application that the organization fully owns, without requiring code maintenance. According to the vendor, Caspio holds independently audited HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II, and GDPR compliance…

    $300

    per month

    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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    Pricing
    CaspioDb2
    Editions & Modules
    TEAM
    $300
    per month
    BUSINESS
    $600
    per month
    ENTERPRISE
    Contact Sales
    per month
    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
    Db2 Standard Edition
    Contact Sales
    Db2 Advanced Edition
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CaspioDb2
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional Details> All plans include unlimited users. > Caspio offers a 10% discount to non-profits, NGOs, and customers in qualifying countries. > Compliance plans support strict regulatory requirements: HIPAA; FERPA; PCI DSS Level 1; VPAT 2.0/Section 508; GDPR; EU-US Privacy Shield; SOC 2 Type II; ISO 9001, 27001; CSA Star Level 1, 2 & 3; 3D Secure 2. > Project consultations for planning and customization, in-depth online help, how-to videos and instructor-led training. > Pricing plans designed for teams of all sizes. Discount for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    CaspioDb2
    Considered Both Products
    Caspio
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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
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    66 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    89 Answers
    Features
    CaspioDb2
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Caspio and Db2
    Feature
    Caspio
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Db2
    -
    Ratings
    Visual Modeling7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Security9.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform User Management7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reusability9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Scalability9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CaspioDb2
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (114 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.9
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (9 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.3
    (64 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (2 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)
    8.4
    (66 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CaspioDb2
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Caspio
    Contact forms are incredibly easy to build and customize, as are most other kinds of more involved forms. Forms allow html input and can be designed in a number of ways. It's helpful if you know some HTML. JavaScript knowledge can add advanced options, but is not necessary for the most common uses. The company used to call itself "No-Code," but has changed to say "Low Code," which is much more accurate.
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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
    Caspio
    • Caspio is an online database platform. It allows one to create multiple tables and views to be stored via the web. Tables can be configured to not only hold data but also to hold files like Word docs and images.
    • Caspio is great at creating online forms and reports. It allows the user to create forms to capture, update data, whether it's password protected or just a simple form.
    • As a database platform, one can create online tables and forms linking multiple tables and views to each other. I would say it is the Microsoft Access of the online platforms.
    • The system is very easy. Wizards allow one to create forms, tables, and datapages. Since the platform is online, you may access your database anywhere.
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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
    Caspio
    • Pricing for additional storage could be a bit more competitive
    • The builder wizard is helpful, however there could be a tutorial for first time users
    • Calendar pdf exports would be usefull
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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
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Caspio
    We are committed to Caspio Bridge. We could migrate to another product, but we would not be able to do so quickly. I estimate that we would need about a year (maybe more) to convert all of our forms and processes if we were to switch to some other product
    Incentivized
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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
    Caspio
    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
    Caspio
    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
    Caspio
    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
    Caspio
    I've had some instances where my team and I discovered a bug in Caspio. We alerted the company, and the bug was fixed in the next regular update of the software. The few times that I've had to contact support, it was a pretty good experience. They're not terribly quick to respond and take action, but they don't ignore you, either.
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    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
    Caspio
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    the material was very clear and all subjects have been handled
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    Implementation Rating
    Caspio
    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
    Caspio
    GroupHigh is so frustrating to use. It is constantly changing the way you can search for bloggers, and we can never find exactly what we are looking for
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    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
    Caspio
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Caspio
    • Positive impact of easy of adding new varieties.
    • Positive impact of having new emails added directly to email list through Zapier.
    • Positive impact on increasing productivity of our staff.
    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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