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IBM Db2 Overview

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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"Good experience with DB2 with IBM Spectrum Control"
It´s easy to use, the DB2 is easy to upgrade and manage, all instructions are well documented on the IBM knowledge portal and also the support of t...
Raul G.
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Raul G.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"DB2 management"
Many utilities that facilitate use, in addition to improving the performance of some tasks.
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Astra S.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
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"Db2: High Availability and OLTP Powerhouse"
IBM Db2 is excellent for high availability and disaster recovery strategies particularly with HADR and Q replication for near real-time failover. T...

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What do you like best about IBM Db2?

1. Ideal for high-frequency, mission-critical apps.

2. Number of Features are extensive, including advanced analytics & AI.

3. Strong enterprise support, extensive training.

4. Seamless IBM ecosystem integration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

1. Steep learning curve, complexity for advanced features.

2. Premium cost for support, slower response for minor issues

3. Limited third-party tools, potential vendor lock-in

4. Overly complex for smaller project Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Db2 solving and how is that benefiting you?

I used it as a transactional database for my service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Its high availability, reliability, and scalability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

The complexity of Db2 can be overwhelming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Db2 solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helping solve security initiatives with HIPAA and GDPR, along with containerized platforms using Kubernetes and Docker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
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What do you like best about IBM Db2?

The interesting part of DB2 is its relaibility and robustness that helps the data additional, modification and retrieval of information with ease and quick.

It's integration with other external systems is one of the key factor that changed the data processing. The backend system fo the legacy systems like mainframes and other payment processing system revolutionized the digital world. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Nothing left to dislike about the DB2 system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Db2 solving and how is that benefiting you?

Major one is data storage and retrieval that is perfectly can be maintained using DB2. Helps me using it daily on the cards and payments services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IBM Db2?

IBM DB2 has a very reliable security layer which allows to keep the data safe. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Sometimes takes time in processing the larger set of data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Db2 solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have installed IBM DB2 to 5 customers in a row in a calender year. They are very happy with the performance and security of the data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IBM Db2?

it is very robust, you can trust it 100%, it always work and it's very well maintaned, it's always improving Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Out of its users I think it's not very well consider, it is seem as something oldfashioned. It shouldn't be seen like this, but guess it is, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Db2 solving and how is that benefiting you?

IT is fast and never goes down Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Most available,secure and scalable database in the world. It in use in nearly all TOP 10 FORTUNE 500 Companies, Government Agencies and Universities.

IBM relentless Innovation and FOCUS to perinnially update it with latest features and trends keeps it in the NUMBER ONE database seeks by all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

When using DB2 we we can get auto suggestions for the commands and SQL it could help GREATLY improve Customer Experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Db2 solving and how is that benefiting you?

DB2 is the solving the problem of 24X7 availability and benifiting improve customer satisfaction Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IBM Db2?

It was my first approach to database and it feels so unsupported some regular expression at least where I use it won't work like regex_like. Also it's a cheaper solution for small company. Also easier to integrate with odbc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Unsupported feature. The version I'm running has some lack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Db2 solving and how is that benefiting you?

This database was unuse to end-user due to its complexity, as a data engineer I start to translate those users need and provide data solutions, without having them touching the database. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Db2 reliability and integration with other products Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

that there are differences between the distributed and z/os versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Db2 solving and how is that benefiting you?

data warehouse for legacy vsam application on z/os Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Can be used in openshift and easy installation and support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

IBM documentation not is easy to find to resolved issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Db2 solving and how is that benefiting you?

Can be used in infrastructure openshift Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Ilike the Perfromance and Stability of IBM DB2 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Nothing As I know but application teams complain about licensing Costs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Db2 solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is helpful in eCommerce applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.