We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 Database and MariaDB based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Relational Databases Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is PowerPC support."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its compatibility with IBM Power Systems."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is its stability. We have never had any problems and have never had to contact technical support."
"Db2 database scalability and performance capabilities match our database needs. It covers pretty much everything a database administrator or engineer might need."
"The most valuable feature of IBM Db2 Database is its ability to perform automatic self-management, reducing the need for manual tasks such as managing logs and folders."
"The setup process has become much easier recently."
"I like that its true active-active. For example, if there are two instances within a cluster, we can take one of them down and there's no failover or switch over. There's no primary and secondary, it's true active-active. We can take one side down and we can upgrade that with new maintenance or a new version, obviously testing coexistence beforehand, without impacting the business."
"Scales well enough for a relational database."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it is a cloud-based tool, so it is pretty fast."
"It's open source."
"I am editing."
"There is the need for a robust IDE for MongoDB. The existing PHP admin console doesn't meet the client's requirements effectively."
"The performance is very good."
"The solution runs very quickly. It's not slow at all."
"From a customer perspective, MariaDB is a good choice for cluster configuration. It's also easy to operate and cheap."
"The speed and functionality are the most valuable features."
"The management of Db2 should be simplified because there are not too many specialists in this area, and the learning curve of Db2 specialists is very long. After the courses, probably it takes one and a half or two years to get to the point when you are using the product properly in the production systems. So, the complexity is very high, and the most important thing is to simplify the management of the product, including self-maintenance. They should simplify the installation, management, and monitoring to simplify the product. It takes too long for a person to be a specialist in this product."
"The solution no longer supports POWER8."
"It would be ideal if the solution offered backup functionality. Many similar tools already do, which means Db2 is somewhat behind the curve in terms of what a customer might expect from it."
"IBM Db2 Database could improve with better security."
"Their view of it is they're maintaining it, they're continuing to upgrade it, they're continuing to grow it, however, they don't go out and try and sell that as an architectural solution the way they do Linux and Unix."
"I would like to see some artificial intelligence brought into the solution."
"We just want a bit more integration with Linux. That said, we are already seeing Linux more readily available on the mainframe environment."
"Not very solid compared to its competitors' products."
"The solution should do some fine-tuning on maybe the transaction per second so that users can get more than they can on the Microsoft SQL Server."
"The stability could always continue to be improved upon."
"The configuration could be improved. It should be easier."
"When we have had issues with accidental computer shutdown or a power outage, our MariaDB database was corrupted."
"Document caching is an area of concern in the product, where improvements are required to help MariaDB improve on the previous queries as they are retained, and you can roll back to them."
"An improvement would be scaling it up to the levels of Oracle, especially when it comes to resilience, so that we can do higher transactions for two databases or power our operation."
"There is room for improvement in terms of security."
"Lacks time series data and additional driving support would be helpful."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews while MariaDB is ranked 5th in Relational Databases Tools with 52 reviews. IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2, while MariaDB is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM Db2 Database writes "Very scalable with high availability and excellent technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MariaDB writes "Easy to deploy, cost-effective, and integrates seamlessly with other products". IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, SAP HANA, Teradata and Amazon Aurora, whereas MariaDB is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL and SAP HANA. See our IBM Db2 Database vs. MariaDB report.
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