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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

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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
IBM's Db2 is Seamlessly Scalable Database and it has all the features One Enterprise Organisation needs in order to operate at large scale providing features like Monitoring, Identifying slow queries( hence improving products performance). Our IBM's Db2 implementation is on AWS we have provisioned via RDS which spans Multi Availability zone and Multi Region helding data for users, users transaction, inventory assets, Datalake data.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Db2 is known for its robust scalability features. The scalability of Db2 has been a key factor in adapting to the evolving needs of our organization, handling the increasing data loads seamlessly. Our DB2 implementation spans multiple departments and sites with data of more than a hundred thousand students.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It was important for us to have independent cluster workloads for compliance reasons and as well for performant processing. One thing we quickly notice was that the support for partitioning meant less inclusion within our coded frameworks, and the addition of parallel processing is what really we found separated Db2 from the rest. The way it divided workloads and even allowed for node isolation was a great benefit in driving value of performant processing.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Impressive reductions in memory requirements, which are used to limit the concurrent database activity. Db2 logging and the internal Db2 serialization mechanisms (latches) have been improved, giving an overall increased throughput per Db2 where they might have been the limiting factor in previous versions. These changes open new consolidation opportunities where reducing the required number of Db2 subsystems for the same workload with the potential of obtaining further performance improvements and TCO savings.
Rao Tahir | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In the sense of scalability, it is way better at handling different data types than SQL and it has great scalability in terms of both on-premises and cloud-based. The best feature of its scalability would be its ability to partition data across different servers which is an amazing functionality that could help in very tight situations.
February 13, 2024

Db2 Review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is easy to implement. Because of this feature, Db2 is highly scalable and the first preference for many organizations. Also, Db2 is reliable on Linux, AIX, and even Windows.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In terms of scalability, I would give Db2 full marks. In our company, almost every department is utilizing the outputs generated via dashboards for use cases such as manpower planning, scheduling, and routing. This is all has been made possible because of the advanced query optimization capabilities of Db2 which in turn leads to quick response speed.
Somnath Nayek | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
in my current Organization in one of my project we are using Db2 bcz in my project we have lots of data daily to buffer and pull in.so Db2 is the perfect suitable solution for us.allow access to all level of user as per their security set in database layer.also easy report feature make it perfect for us
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
This IBM service is perfect for companies that have other services that can be integrated as in other IBM software; in relation to its scalability, I cannot give a precise opinion; based on the fact that it is an IBM database service, I consider that its The level of scalability is acceptable.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It does cope with large datasets but as you collect more info, it will start to slow down. Hardware plays a part on this as well. But it’s always good practice to keep your data clean for best performance. In my case, we are updating datasets multiple times a day as we track things like attendance, charges, academic marks.
February 07, 2024

DB2 review.

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
DB2's initial setup process had medium complexity. DB2 is challenging to learn since the query syntax is complicated, and the UI does not help much. DB2 is being set up and used by the database administrators.
Prajwal Shetty | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I would highly recommend the Db2 enterprise database; with zero downtime, it automatically scales up to large datasets with the best use cases like data warehousing, delta lake & data lakehouses with great optimal performances. Since it has data replication, we can also back up our data in case of disaster data recovery. Well, this suite works well for most business cases.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our organization implemented Db2 to support API applications which require both horizontal and vertical scalability. Horizontal scalability is achieved by table and databases partitioning, while vertical scalability is supported by optimizing query performance and efficiently utilizing hardware resources. It is used as backend for various API driven applications owned by business users from different directorate from accros the organization.
February 07, 2024

DB2 is Good

richard shen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We have deployed DB2 in different environment, mostly of the system has 20 years of history. As of scalability, we can do vertically so far.
Michael Attea | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It has delivered outstanding and dependable reliable secure storage of billions of records across 100s of tables with dynamism across cloud and on premises storage (on premises preferred by some for more sensitive records)
February 06, 2024

Db2 Review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have massive workload running in our organization on Db2 Database with massive amount of data and delivery sub-second response time to very mission critical applications. Various Logistics systems integrate with Corporate systems using the Db2 database. Various Accounts payable systems and paying vendors uses Db2 system. It is used in US and also all international countries.
Sharang Dwivedi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Db2 offers several features which contribute it's high scalability like table partitioning, database partitioning, parallel processing, workload management. Multidimensional Clustering (MDC) and In-Database analytics features enable the enhanced query performance for analytical workloads. To optimize the IO and storage Db2 facilitate data compression and Automatic Storage Management.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Db2 was found to meet the database needs for our project. Our insurance company client was able to implement state to a state-of-the-art policy advertising system using the help of db2. We were able to successfully deliver the project value with the help of db2. Guidewire system generated around 100 policy records each day, given the huge operations of our insurance client.
Rohan Kumar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
One software that is particularly dependable is Db2, which exhibits remarkable robustness and reliability. Its proficiency in handling data-intensive processes with ease is demonstrated by its capacity to manage large workloads, including multi-terabyte data sets. One of it’s strong point is scalability, which lets us expand easily to meet our growing data needs. Strong security measures are in place, upholding our standards for safeguarding private information.
January 31, 2024

Hello

Khushank Sehgal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The rating is justified as it really shows / helps us with desired results needed to deliver our clients interest at it best by keeping every aspect of security and concerns in mind.
We are using it in big / heavy industries which a super use case for us and it will be in long run.
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