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IBM Db2 Overview

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What is IBM Db2?

Built to run the world’s mission-critical workloads. Designed by the world’s leading database experts, IBM Db2 empowers developers, enterprise architects, and data engineers to run low-latency transactions and real-time analytics equipped for the most demanding workloads. From microservices to AI workloads, Db2 is the tested, resilient, and hybrid database providing the extreme availability, built-in refined security, effortless scalability, and intelligent automation for systems that run the world.

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Product Description
IBM® Db2® is the database that offers enterprise-wide solutions handling high-volume workloads. It is optimized to deliver industry-leading performance while lowering costs.
How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Extreme Availability
Mission critical environments require continuous availability and tolerance for failure. Deploy availability enabling you to run your workloads without interruption.

Built-in Refined Security
Security is at our core. Protect your data with in-motion and at-rest encryption, extensive auditing, data masking, row/column access controls, role-based access and more. No one knows your data like you do. Let’s keep it that way.

Effortless Scalability
Db2 grows with you. Scale up and out as your workloads evolve and your performance needs change.

Intelligent Automation
Managing your database deployments has never been easier. Db2’s built-in container operators automate your most time-consuming database tasks, while keeping your business running. Build apps while taking advantage of our advanced workload management automation and ML-optimized query engine. Do Less, build more.

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IBM offers a wide range of technology and consulting services; a broad portfolio of middleware for collaboration, predictive analytics, software development and systems management; and the world's most advanced servers and supercomputers.

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Verified User in Banking
UB
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Handy tool for transaction type of work load"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Features and capabilities that enable for OLTP systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Scaling will be challenge, maintenance is another area which needs more efforts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Automotive
AA
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Low performance compared to other databases."
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

easy to use, syntax similar to other DB platforms Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Low performance compared to other databases.

I could not find any software to connect to the DB, only old ones. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"I am DB2 user for one of the mainframe products we develop."
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

-Granularity in terms of security

- Scalabale

-Availability

- Data is accesible from anywhere Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

- Documentation of the product and its limited usage for new platforms like cloud

- It is costly compare to other relational database

-lack of skilled people

- Difficult to learn

- Configuration is a challenge Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

YJ
Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Good database analytics"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

in-database analytics which is very useful to analyze. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Scalability has been a problem area . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Retail
UR
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Great for IBM integrated software"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

The transaction speeds are high and it is good for targeting ibm specific systems, however, is outdated and less flexible than newer offerings in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Less scalable for more modern apps, which is why most people are going away from traditional rdbms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Akshay T.
AT
Practice Manager
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"My Review for IBM DB2"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

I like meta data information stored on SYSIBM tables..which tells us INDEX or KEY fields for a table Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

IBM DB2 Could be more user friendly. Please look into that aspect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Reliable n fast db solution"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Easy to deploy, Scalable , able to handle multiple schemas and instances , avoids redundancy, secure and high availability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

License is expensive, external applications requires to create clusters Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"1 Year of Mainframe"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Power to store Big data. Crores of Records are easily stored Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Most features are good for Large Enterprises Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
IT
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"The legacy"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

The DB2 is faster in terms of the product development with fast server update Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

The robustness and tough to use for new people who nees to get habituated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Government Relations
IG
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
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"Cypher Officer/Statistician"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

IBM Cloud pak for Integration. Fully compatible with DB2 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Slide Share. Pros and Cons of Db2 Warehouse on Cloud 2021 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

IBM Db2 Pricing

Db2 On Cloud - Lite
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Db2 on IBM Cloud Standard
$99.00
Per Month
DB2 on Cloud Enterprise Edition
$946.00
Per Month
Db2 Warehouse on IBM Cloud Flex
$3,451.00
Per Month
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