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Db2

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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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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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Product Demos

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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.
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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 Usability highest, with a score of 9.5.

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

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Ease of Use: Users consistently praise the database for its intuitive interface and straightforward administration processes, such as backup, restoration, and monitoring capabilities, enhancing operational efficiency. The simplicity of tasks like data management allows teams to focus on core business activities.

Security Features: Many reviewers have highlighted the database's robust security measures, including encryption, access controls, and auditing functionalities that ensure secure data handling and prevent unauthorized access. This level of security instills confidence in users regarding data protection.

Performance and Scalability: Users value the database's efficient handling of large data volumes, effective query optimization capabilities, and seamless integration with external services like ERPs, contributing to enhanced performance and scalability. These features enable businesses to adapt to changing needs while maintaining optimal performance levels.

Documentation Needs Improvement: Users have mentioned that finding information in the documentation has been challenging, impacting their overall user experience and productivity. They feel that clearer and more comprehensive documentation would greatly enhance their ability to effectively use the software. Slow Search Speed: Some users have found the search speed to be slow, hindering efficient data retrieval and analysis processes. This slowness is seen as a significant drawback affecting workflow efficiency. Complex Setup Process: Reviewers have expressed difficulties in setting up or configuring the software, even with documentation provided, leading to frustration and delays in deployment. The complexity of the setup process has been highlighted as a barrier for users looking to quickly implement the software.

Reviews

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Best Database management tool

Rating: 8 out of 10
September 23, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
2 years of experience
Db2 is powerful database management system and its capability of string and analysing large amount of data for the business and for the transaction processing like use in banking or any ware house infrastructure. Through this our company handle large amount of structural data with good performance and security optimization features.

IBM Db2: HA and DRP for keep our data safe

Rating: 9 out of 10
September 23, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
1 year of experience
We use IBM Db2 in our organization for reporting, analytics, collecting, and storing data as a relational database. It helps us to collect data coming from many sources for example to receive CSV files. Additional Db2 brings us a high-performance relational database, quick queries, and a fast track for new developments in the platform.

IBM Db2 a great Database solution to our Real Time Analytics needs

Rating: 9 out of 10
September 11, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
2 years of experience
My organization uses IBM Db2 for real time dashboards, reporting and analytics. We use this database throughout our organization via cloud to feed real time metrics and reporting to staff in different regions. Our Analytics teams lever it for continuous data feeds and as well as presenting a large set of data to stakeholders. It makes it easy to access data, create a story, and present the results to audience in a short time period.

Great scalable long term solution

Rating: 9 out of 10
September 11, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
4 years of experience
Our data and analytics team uses the platform as a relational database to manage, collect and store data. I use to to maintain data coming from multiple data sources, and is used to manage tasks relating to data integrity, data governance and data hygiene. Starting with initial implementation, it was seamless to transition and get up and running across our team.

Db2, an Enterprise-level Relational DB solution

Rating: 7 out of 10
September 09, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
1 year of experience
We have explored the usage of Db2 as a relational database for hosting our Financial data, as it well integrates with receiving CSV files, which most of the Financial department rely on. Db2 was considered as the analysts are more comfortable with using standard SQL and in particular Db2 Big SQL, which facilitate their day-to-day queries. On top of that, it was also interesting exploring it for AI applications, as they would require more scalability capabilities.

Database fulfilling all your needs.

Rating: 9 out of 10
August 29, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
3 years of experience
Db2 is a relational database. We are using Db2 in the cloud and accessing it through different regions. In our use case, we are storing the data through angular ui, which interns connect to Db2 using Java, and crud operations are used on it. We need the fast performance which is what is given by Db2 as well. Inbuilt quick queries are one of the key features to fast track the development.

One of the finest database management for our research project

Rating: 9 out of 10
July 03, 2024
MM
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
2 years of experience
A multitude of insights into patterns, trends, and consumer behavior can be obtained from structured data. Organizations can make data-driven decisions that have a higher chance of success by managing and analyzing this data effectively. Db2 is appropriate for research projects requiring high scalability and performance because it is made to handle large amounts of data.

DB2 the best scalable and flexible DB.

Rating: 8 out of 10
July 01, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
21 years of experience
DB2 is the main database that holds the data of our entire organization. It is used because it provides the much-needed flexibility and scalability for ever-growing data demands. It addresses all medium to complex requirements with ease. The use case is extensive across our organization for every line of business. The robustness of DB2 gives developers, designers, and end users confidence. DB2 is used to create the tables.

IBM Db2 | Database for Security and performance at its best

Rating: 7 out of 10
June 24, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
3 years of experience
We are using IBM Db2 as our relational database for Financial and Mainframe applications. The database is very robust and we rarely had any issues with scalability and performance. We are also using it as a cluster database also to have 24*7 availability. It supports API and other integration very well as we have various application which connects to Db2.

Db2 the awesome database

Rating: 8 out of 10
June 17, 2024
VK
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
5 years of experience
IBM Db2 we are using as a database for our production wesbsite and being used for storing relational data for like product information, product structure, raw materials, vendors ,customer, purchase orders, receiving reports ,details of critical machinery,infrastructure and processes involved in manufacturing of parts .Scope of use case is for data anlaytics for getting insights about production planning.

Db2 Review

Rating: 8 out of 10
April 29, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
25 years of experience
Db2 is the database of choice for all our mainframe applications in our organization. Many mission critical applications are using Db2 database to manage their work. It is a very high performance database. There are excellent tools available to manage the database such as Platinum etc. You can use it us dbeaver or other windows based software client.

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

Rating: 9 out of 10
March 01, 2024
AM
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
2 years of experience
IBM's Db2 is the most low latency enterprises database which supports for faster realtime as well as supporting low latency transactions equipped with full availability. Our use case for in order to use Db2 is to store all our banking related datas ( user data, bank/ATM branches data, Transaction purpose ), Assets inventory and some data of our own datalake which helds massive amount of data for showcasing analysis for various use cases.

IBM Db2: Performance Powerhouse.

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 20, 2024
KU
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
1 year of experience
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 within the organization, including student and employee data management, ERP backend (for enterprise resource planning), transaction processing, and analysis. The scope encompasses the entire lifecycle of our educational and administrative processes, showcasing Db2's versatility and reliability in supporting a large and complex institution.

Db2 an Efficient DB Scale and Management Platform!

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 15, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
2 years of experience
When we initially looked at Db2 the use case to drive adoption was geared towards control of large scale unstructured data which was sourced from many different sources integration methods. From that initial scope, you can image the workload and compute problems that you have in just extracting, loading, and running data quality processes on that data even before beginning to start to refine and curate for many different presentation layers. Db2 offers a wide range of integration support, has the agility to handle large scale enterprise workloads, and most import offers the flexibility of cloud compatibility.

Love Having and Working on Db2 for z/OS

Rating: 10 out of 10
February 13, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
8 years of experience
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 part of a Db2 Data Sharing Group. Db2 Data Sharing allows us to spread the workload and resources of Db2 over more than one LPAR. The assigned Application databases are accessible through the Db2 sub-systems of the group. At SSE, we have several Data Sharing Groups. Each one has two sub-systems, these sub-systems running on separate LPARs. Each Data Sharing Group has its own unique name, there are several ways to connect to Db2 when wishing to access the databases. The Application that we use here is called the Customer System (also known as the CS Database). CS comprises 17 databases totaling over 1100 tables.

Highly Available and Scalable Relational Database

Rating: 7 out of 10
February 13, 2024
RT
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
2 years of experience
It can be used in both ways with or without relational concepts which helped with the current requirement of our business module where we need to be able to store data of both nature, structured and unstructured for us to help minimize the data loss which is incredibly sensitive and important for the business growth and fulfilling product needs.

Db2 Review

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 13, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
1 year of experience
Db2 has been a critical component of our organization's data management strategy, delivering several advantages to satisfy our business needs. It helps us to achieve our goals. One of the main advantages of Db2 is its dependability, which has continuously supplied us with secure and rapid access to our data.

IBM Db2: A Powerful and Reliable DB Management Solution

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 13, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
1 year of experience
IBM Db2 is a highly scalable, secure, and reliable database management system. It has capabilities such as advanced query optimization and efficient resource management. The biggest problem that my company faces with third-party logistics is that every movement of every shipment is captured. And for that, we require a reliable and efficient database management system. This is where Db2 comes in. Various projects like landing profiles, weak links capturing in a logistics network, etc. are all dependent on Db2. All the Power BI dashboards are also linked with Db2 for real-time accurate KPIs visibility.

For a long time, IBM DB2 has proven reliable.

Rating: 8 out of 10
February 13, 2024
LM
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
4 years of experience
After almost 4 years with Db2, I can confirm its reliability and accurateness and many features. As an illustration of its stability, it handles our situation with many transactions without issues and complaints. Also, due to its cross-platform interoperability, our efficiency increased, and we gained useful information. Finally, troubleshooting is very easy if any issue arises and can be solved very easily with detailed documentation and a helpful community.

Db2 is good for you....

Rating: 10 out of 10
February 13, 2024
GP
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
35 years of experience
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 datawarehouse where we create all kind of statistics/reports

Db2 for for manage enterprise data

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 12, 2024
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 my experience with this application is constantly demonstrated its reliability and comprehensive features set.it provide full set of data redundancy and 100% availabilitie like other famous db.

Db2 - a solid offering for data

Rating: 7 out of 10
February 10, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
3 years of experience
Our main student information system uses a Db2 backend. This allows us to store basic information on students, staff and parents.
We then use it to track academic marks, reports and pastoral comments.
We can then use a range of tools to produce reports and experts for different areas of our school.

DB2 review.

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 07, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
2 years of experience
DB2 helps design, store, and handle large collections of data. DB2 provides both on-premises and cloud hosting solutions. DB2 can be fine-tuned to scale according to the load, improving performance. DB2 can handle structured, unstructured, and relational data on one platform itself.

Db2 for enterprise scaling.

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 07, 2024
PS
Vetted Review
Verified User
Db2
1 year of experience
Db2 is an object-relational database. It supports database servers; it also extends to support object–relational features and non-relational structures like JSON and XML. It provides high availability and helps with zero downtime and no data loss. It also aids in data partitioning by indexing and delivering optimal performance since it has data governance in Unity catalogs in Data Lakehouse.
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