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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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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 Financial Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/30/2018

"Its good basically IBM db is very good for transaction use case...we have been using it for long tim"

3.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

It is a robust and fully tested technology. Very reliable for any volume of data. Preferably the transactional ones. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Not good for big data.. Many commands and references of very nebulous errors. It requires a lot of computing power... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/5/2018

"Stable and fast"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Administration and speed of queries far exceeds expectations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Ability to export query results is a bit cumbersome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Goods

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/25/2017

"Stone age relic that is barely trying to look modern. (DB2 LUW)"

1/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

It's being replaced at our shop gradually and will likely be pushed out the door. That's about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Wow! Where to start? The stone age interface at operating system level? The many kludges and signs of neglect? The lack of support in the community and the vendor? The horrid documentation by IBM? The ridiculous backup and restore procedures? I guess the biggest problem is that it's an IBM product. The vendor has a horrible track record with in-house and acquired software that's been Blue-washed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IBM Db2:

Run away . Consider something else. IBM is not a vendor you would want on your site in any case. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

This was originally sold to the business as a cheaper (and better) solution to the rising prices that Oracle was invoicing. It was cheap for a few years and then the prices for the product started increasing. One of the issues we've seen is that UPGRADES TO A NEW FULL VERSION LEAVE REMNANTS OF THE OLD VERSION AND IBM CONTINUES TO CHARGE FOR BOTH VERSIONS. We haven't found the mechanism to clean this up as yet due to the convoluted licensing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Prashansa K.

Senior Consultant

Automotive

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/27/2018

"DB2 Application developer"

4/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Performance while retrieving the data .

Security of the data .

Compatible with complex data models. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Granting permissions .

Settingup up roles for the security.

Administation of require specialized skills.

Not compatible with the Cloud applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/14/2018

"It's a good database"

3.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

The ease of use is the best thing. Great Product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

The query structure can be annoying. That can be made better Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/30/2018

"Nice database"

4/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Easy connection to the database, great scalability and performance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

At first glance not so easy, but then you get used to it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/24/2018

"Great server database product from IBM"

4.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

relational model support plus extended support for object-relational features and non-relational structures like JSON and XML. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

I do not dislike anything about this tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Retail

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/18/2018

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"DB2 fast and easy"

3.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

We use on the mainframe and it's extremely fast to retrieve data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

The interface could be nicer. Since we just connect using a shell, the output could be clearer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Andrew K.

Software Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/7/2018

"Better options"

0.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

The SQL is similar to other SQL languages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

It's old, has too much boilerplate, isn't as easy as it should be. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

John S.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/19/2018

"Not the best option "

0.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

I can't find anything I enjoy about this rdbms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

There is alot I dislike; slow, missing alot of functionality which makes it impossible to do dev work, very outdated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.