Db2 Reviews & Ratings 2024

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Overview

What is Db2?

DB2 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.

Recent Reviews

IBM's Db2: Database that can be your Jack of all trades

9 out of 10

March 01, 2024

Incentivized

IBM's Db2 is the most low latency enterprises database which supports for faster realtime as well as supporting low latency transactions …

IBM Db2: Performance Powerhouse.

9 out of 10

February 20, 2024

Incentivized

IBM's Db2 on Cloud has been our primary DBMS software since our migration to the cloud. Our use of Db2 extends across various functions …

Db2 an Efficient DB Scale and Management Platform!

9 out of 10

February 15, 2024

Incentivized

When we initially looked at Db2 the use case to drive adoption was geared towards control of large scale unstructured data which was …

Love Having and Working on Db2 for z/OS

10 out of 10

February 13, 2024

Incentivized

We use Db2 as the Application Databases that we have and the processes that utilize them at SSE/OVO Energy. A Db2 Sub-system can itself be …

Highly Available and Scalable Relational Database

7 out of 10

February 13, 2024

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It can be used in both ways with or without relational concepts which helped with the current requirement of our business module where we …

Db2 Review

9 out of 10

February 13, 2024

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Db2 has been a critical component of our organization's data management strategy, delivering several advantages to satisfy our business …

IBM Db2: A Powerful and Reliable DB Management Solution

9 out of 10

February 13, 2024

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IBM Db2 is a highly scalable, secure, and reliable database management system. It has capabilities such as advanced query optimization and …

For a long time, IBM DB2 has proven reliable.

8 out of 10

February 13, 2024

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After almost 4 years with Db2, I can confirm its reliability and accurateness and many features. As an illustration of its stability, it …

Db2 is good for you....

10 out of 10

February 13, 2024

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Db2 is used in factories, to collect all data about products produced. It is used to insert/follow up orders of products We also have a …

Db2 for for manage enterprise data

9 out of 10

February 12, 2024

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IBM Db2 is one of most highly reliable,scalable and high performance db tool I ever worked with.during my Tenure worked as a product admin …

Reliable database platform with good support.

6 out of 10

February 12, 2024

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DB2 is used as RDBMS for transactional and reporting applications. We have built a custom application using DB2, and it is also used for …

Db2 - a solid offering for data

7 out of 10

February 10, 2024

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Our main student information system uses a Db2 backend. This allows us to store basic information on students, staff and parents.
We then …

DB2 review.

9 out of 10

February 07, 2024

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DB2 helps design, store, and handle large collections of data. DB2 provides both on-premises and cloud hosting solutions. DB2 can be …

Db2 for enterprise scaling.

9 out of 10

February 07, 2024

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Db2 is an object-relational database. It supports database servers; it also extends to support object–relational features and …

Driving API Excellence: Exploring the Dynamic Capabilities of IBM Db2 in Empowering Scalable and Resilient Backend Databases

8 out of 10

February 07, 2024

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Our organization use IBM Db2 to leverages its features such as Performance Optimization, backup and recovery, and resource management to …

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Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Migration Assistant so we can easily migrate the database from any platform to IBM DB2
Documentation needs bit attention as we have to find many things which can be found very easy

Aman Makwana

DevOps Engineer

Freecharge (Information Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees)

Can easily be scaled to growing data volumes.
Real-time monitoring and alerting can be improved.

Keyur Unadkat

IT-engineer

Gujarat Technological University (Computer Software, 51-200 employees)

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Pricing

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Db2 on Cloud Lite

$0

Cloud

Db2 on Cloud Standard

$99

Cloud

per month

Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Flex One

$898

Cloud

per month

Entry-level set up fee?

Setup fee optional

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Offerings

Free Trial
Free/Freemium Version
Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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What is Db2?

IBM Db2 empowers developers, DBAs, and enterprise architects to run low-latency transactions and real-time analytics equipped for the most demanding workloads.

From microservices to AI workloads, Db2 is a hybrid database providing availability, built-in refined security, scalability, and intelligent automation for systems.

Availability

Mission critical environments require continuous availability and tolerance for failure. Db2 availability enables users to run workloads without interruption.

Built-in security

Db2 protects data with in-motion and at-rest encryption, auditing, data masking, row and column access controls, and role-based access.

Scalability

Db2 grows with users, scaling up and out as workloads evolve and performance needs change.

Automation

Built-in container operators automate time-consuming database tasks, while keeping the business running. Users can build apps while using Db2's advanced workload management automation and ML-optimized query engine.

Db2 can be run in the cloud, on-premises, or in hybrid environments.

Free Trials available here: https://ibm.biz/BdSWMA

Db2 Integrations

Devart Excel Add-ins

Db2 Competitors

Db2 Technical Details

Deployment Types	On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating Systems	Windows, Linux, UNIX
Mobile Application	No

Frequently Asked Questions

DB2 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.

Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server, and Google Cloud SQL are common alternatives for Db2.

Reviewers rate Performance highest, with a score of 9.1.

The most common users of Db2 are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).

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January 04, 2022

Highly reliable database service

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Manager in Engineering

Consumer Electronics Company, 10,001+ employees

Score 8 out of 10

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud

We use DB2 Warehouse on Cloud as our main relational database for the backend services running in IBM Cloud. We use it to store different business data. In different regions, we have separate DB2 instances running so data can be stored locally to fit the data regulatory compliance. It also provides the capability to do data analysis.

Pros and Cons

It can be easily scaled up
It offers good region support
Data is encrypted and secure

DB2 web console is not so stable
Not able to see long-term DB2 metrics data

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM offers a good variety of database choices like DB2, MongoDB, Redis, etc. If you want some database to use quickly but don't want to spend time on setting things up from scratch and don't want to spend efforts on daily operations, IBM Cloud Databases would be a good choice.

In our experience, some database service offers more than one URL, so our application needs to handle the failover.

Db2 Feature Ratings

Return on Investment

We are able to store a huge amount of data without worrying about the storage
We are able to set up databases in different regions

IBM Cloud Databases Managed Platform

I am not sure if this is supported in the DB2 database that we use. If yes, that would be great for auto scaling when we are running short of storage.

IBM Cloud Databases Flexibility

This flexibility is great, so we can choose different databases based on the data type and use cases. It will increase the complexity a bit from an architecture perspective as more components and tech stacks are introduced. But it may achieve much better performance.

IBM Cloud Databases Built-in Reliability

The auto-failover and redundancy are super important to our service availability. We now don't need to worry if IBM maintenance may affect our services or not. We can refer to the database SLA to ensure our service can reach its availability goal.

IBM Cloud Portfolio

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
IBM Watson IoT

We are able to chose the best IBM products or services that fit our requirements. IBM products have good integration support, so we gain more time on developing our core applications for our consumers, while IBM ensures the high availability and good performance of the infrastructure.

Other Software Used

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, IBM Cloud Object Storage, IBM Lift

Users and Roles

They are from different functions, such as backend developers, devops/SRE engineers, stakeholders, etc. Different people are granted different roles to ensure they have the proper permissions to access the data.

Support Headcount Required

Since this is a managed service, we don't put much effort into support. The environments are mainly managed and supported by SRE team, while a few senior developers also provide support if necessary.

Business Processes Supported

Relational database to store business data
No SQL database to store JSON documents
Data analysis

Innovative Uses

We created different database instances to spread the workload for better performance

Future Planned Uses

We may look into high availability and disaster recovery

Future Integration Plans

Likelihood to Renew

Since our services are running in IBM Kubernetes, using IBM Cloud Databases seem to be the best option. It may provide better performance than other vendors as everything is running in the same cloud. The overall experience so far is good as well.

December 01, 2021

Reliable cloud database

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM Db2 on Cloud

I used Db2 as DBaaS i.e. Database as a Service which is having all the features you would expect from DBMS and is quite easy to operate. Even if you don't need a Database Engineer to set it up for you and any Business Analyst can navigate around it well.

Pros and Cons

Helps with latency issue.
Availability of large number of servers.

Improve the debug logs.
Improve documentation.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited for data ingestion and especially when we need third-party support. Also extensively use it in integration and deployment stuff.

Db2 Feature Ratings

Return on Investment

Overall it has increased the revenue.
Improved user experience by reducing the latency.

IBM Cloud Databases
IBM Db2 on Cloud

Creates more subject matter experts within the organization and since all products are from the same org then it's easy to understand and get support.