We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 Database and Oracle Database 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."It's very secure."
"The solution is a very stable relational database and has integration with legacy systems. It is a great product."
"The solution has very good data compression of up to 50%. For example, if you have 50 terabytes of data, it can be reduced to 25 terabytes."
"Very good for performance and scalability."
"The performance of the solution is valuable."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The most valuable feature is PowerPC support."
"The most valuable feature of the IBM Db2 Database is security."
"Stable solution with analytic and partitioning functions that work well."
"I love the performance tuning feature of Oracle Database because it provides hints and indexing, which are very valuable. Some of its other valuable features are its rack, record key vaults, and backup compression."
"It's very stable and highly available. I also like the row-level locking feature. It can manage billions of rows of data."
"Its performance is good. It is also stable and scalable."
"This solution is very reliable. The performance is great."
"From a database product perspective, I would say, they're good in what they provide. There's not much concern."
"The reporting feature was fine for what we were using it for. Oracle Database has been serving its purpose, and I was happy."
"There is a lot of information available on the internet, so problems can easily be fixed."
"It would be helpful to have more querying tools and more development tools for us to work easily with Microsoft."
"The user interface is not user-friendly."
"They should develop its containerized version."
"They should simplify the management of Db2 as a relational database system. There should be the simplification of management. This is probably one of the most important asks for being successful in the future."
"The command line part of this solution could be much better."
"The capabilities of this solution could improve."
"The ease of use, or ease of management, could be improved."
"I would like to see some artificial intelligence brought into the solution."
"The licensing cost could be better."
"The product is pricey and expensive."
"Oracle Database's migration capabilities could be improved because it's very difficult. So even if you migrate where you host your data, be it on Windows SQL Server, there is a problem because migrating the package is highly complex. The technical support could also be faster."
"The cost needs to be reduced because right now, all of our customers are asking us about how they can migrate to any open-source database."
"Their local support can be better. Local support is a challenge in Africa for all IT companies."
"Digital support of the product could be improved."
"It should have flexible licensing across different platforms. It has got different licensing models for Intel Power and SPARC servers."
"Oracle Database could be improved by adding more automation."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 67 reviews while Oracle Database is ranked 2nd in Relational Databases Tools with 283 reviews. IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2, while Oracle Database is rated 8.6. 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 Oracle Database writes "Supports a large volume of transactions compared to other databases". IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, SAP HANA, Teradata, MySQL and Oracle Database In-Memory, whereas Oracle Database is most compared with SAP HANA, SQL Server, MariaDB, Amazon Aurora and MySQL. See our IBM Db2 Database vs. Oracle Database report.
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