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Db2

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.

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Recent Reviews

Review of DB2

9 out of 10
March 26, 2024
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We are dealing with financial data of our org. We have multiple web applications (Financial applications like Core Banking, Pension / …
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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 …
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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 …
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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
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.ibm.com/products/db2/pricin…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Details

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

Db2 Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, UNIX
Mobile ApplicationNo

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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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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Aman Makwana | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Data Governance, Higher Data Performance, Improved Overall products SLA's/SLO's, Guaranteed Uptime
  • Less Database Administration overhead, More focus on improving products
  • Rich Monitoring and Backup/Restore Process
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Db2 has helped align and centralize our data governance program and approach enterprise wide
  • Advanced query management has helped with controlled compute runtime, workload management, and SLAs
  • Allowed us to achieve an increase in workload uptime for services, and improved our disaster recovery execution reducing time spent being down during an outage
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Fast response time by processing optimization and cost reduction by reduced CPU utilization. Nowadays, good performance is a necessary condition for the survival of a company and its sustained growth
  • SQL enhancements are targeted to improve performance, simplify current and new applications, and reduce the development cycle time to market.
  • A CPU reduction at peak times can immediately reduce our TCO by reducing software costs related to CPU utilization.
  • Impressive reductions in memory requirements, which used to limit the concurrent database activity
  • Out-of-the-box savings without changing the database or application
February 13, 2024

Db2 Review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Queries can be solved in milliseconds which is very helpful and time-saving
  • It is easy to maintain and customer support is very impressive
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Most are positive impacts as per our requirement. We now have really quick real-time visibility on KPIs.
  • We no longer have to worry about scalability issues as the demand increases.
  • We don't have to worry anymore about integration with existing solutions.
  • The negative impact is in terms of the number of people being able to efficiently use the service. Better training modules should be developed.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Positive - it has allowed us to connect all related data about our users. This has save hours of manual searching.
  • A little slow to process on large data sets.
  • Has been an improvement on our last database as data structures are consistent.
February 07, 2024

DB2 is Good

richard shen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • DB2 is holding very important company data and critical application is running on DB2.
  • Flexible License make the deploy to Developer desktop/VM very easy.
  • For developer from other vendors, not easy to write efficient query.
Michael Attea | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Definitely has had positive impacts on data governance that is consistent as a relational database that is scalable and secure
  • this has lead to + ROIs and ability to align value derivations across functional groups and otherwise siloed functionalities.
Sharang Dwivedi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Highly available database which could support large transactions.
  • Better return of investment in licensing terms.
  • Not lots of people available with Db2 administration knowledge.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Postive: high data processing and transaction platform
  • Negative : The learning curve is there and administrative efforts
  • Negative : community is still developing. May not find issue fixes too fast. Need to depend support for everything
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