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Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
CH
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"DB2 easy to work"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

I like DB2 as compared to IMS DB or VSAM because of ease of work. It's easy to write scripts, handle it in COBOL program. DB2LINK is also cool feature to interact with multiple functionalities or programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Nothing much to dislike but performance could be better in complex join situations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Saurav S.
SS
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"DB2 on Cloud"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Its customer support is really good and very efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Nothing at the moment. Its a really good product only small improvements needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Paige N.
PN
Service Ambassador
Retail
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Service Ambassador"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

The efficiency is great and it’s also very user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

The updates take forever and still have bugs when they finish sometimes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"IBM dB is likely to be among top 5 future competitors."
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

It is very reliable backend. Database is quite lightweight very fast and reliable database. It goes very well with other IBM product. It goes very well with SQL programming. It has very less maintenance.jn Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

There are very few dislikes to this quality product.

The GUI can be improved a bit.

Debugging takes quite an effort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Manish Y.
MY
Senior Software Engineer
Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Developer"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

It's a good data base for medium data load. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Not good for big data, and also works with IBM tools only go for ..Free wares. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Better alternative available"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

It is compatible with various ERP systems which are used by organizations. Software is effective Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Not enough resources around available who are trained in it and the training new ones is very expensive since it is not in demand in market Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Retail
IR
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Complexity not needed"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

I don't really care for the IBM suite of products. The Oracle platform is much better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

The complexity of the console that manages the database schema is not necessary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RP
SW
Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Good"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Ease of access of fast processing and Best Price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Lack of acces to other Data Bases like SQL and Oracle.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Arindam P.
AP
Snr.Consultant -CRM
Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
" IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud is an elastic, fully-managed cloud data warehouse service"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

fully-managed cloud data warehouse service Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Cost is bit high. It would be great if you could look into cost effectiveness part. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
CI
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"IBM DB2"
What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Processing Speed, Security are the best features of IBM DB2. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Database Access tools are not at par compared to other tools available for SQL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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