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IBM Db2

Composite Score

7.9 /10

CX Score

8.2 /10

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What is IBM Db2?

Transform and modernize your business with the leader in AI-driven data management solutions. IBM Db2 is a family of hybrid data management products offering a complete suite of AI-empowered capabilities designed to help you manage both structured and unstructured data on premises as well as in private and public cloud environments. Db2 is built on an intelligent common SQL engine designed for scalability and flexibility.

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IBM Db2 Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

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Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+91 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love IBM Db2?

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0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Respectful
Security Protects
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Analytics and Reporting

Data Management

Data Virtualization

Data Backup

High Availability

Data Protection and Security

Data Replication

Database Management

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support

Data Monitoring and Administration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

IBM Db2 Reviews

Prabhat K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Feb 2025

IBM Db2, Optimised for IBM Ecosystems.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates IBM Db2 from other similar products?

For large enterprises, IBM Db2 allows a comprehensive and effective RDBMS that goes beyond basic database management. With enhanced features like AI-powered analytics, multi-temperature data management, and seamless integration with IBM's mainframe technology, Db2 excels in delivering high performance and secure data handling.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

IBM Db2 excels in its easy integration with IBM’s enterprise ecosystem, allowing unmatched reliability for complex, large-scale, mission-critical applications. Its AI-driven analytics and advanced data management capabilities set industry standards, making it a top choice for performance, scalability, and innovation. It provides top notch solution to large enterprises.

What do you dislike most about this product?

One potential downside of IBM Db2 is its leaning on IBM’s hardware and software, which can hold in flexibility for companies using other technologies. This can lead to vendor lock-in, making it less appealing for organizations not already embedded in the IBM ecosystem.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

IBM Db2 is a robust solution for large-scale applications, especially for businesses using IBM systems. Its performance and scalability are climax, but consider infrastructure compatibility, licensing costs, and required expertise before executing.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Rishabh B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2025

Relaiable and Stable database

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates IBM Db2 from other similar products?

Db2 is well known for reliability and scalability, and solid database solution for all your business needs including Data Lake, Operational Database, Data Warehouse, and Fast Data that makes DB2 diffrent from other product

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

DB sharing group which give high availabilityIt's high performance and advanced data analytics.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost is very high compared to other competitors of RDBMS

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If anone looking for the roubust and efficiend database then can consider DB2 without any doubt,

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Efficient Service
Acts with Integrity

ABHA S.

Role: Student Academic
Industry: Education
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2025

powerful and efficient RDBMS

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates IBM Db2 from other similar products?

IBM DB2 standout from other due to installation and migration become much easier. seamlessly integrate with other tools.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I really like the performance and stability of this product also it is very easy Db2 crash recovery.

What do you dislike most about this product?

complex for smaller projects and premium cost

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

GUI can be more improvised

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features

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IBM Db2 Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love IBM Db2?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Data Management Includes data sharing, data storage, records management, and data security.

Data Virtualization Includes ability to create views joining disparate data sources without the need for persistence.

Data Backup Includes the creation of duplicate instances to recover from an unplanned data loss. Also, support for high volumes of data processing and data compression.

High Availability HA DB designed for near-zero downtown by seamless replication of data between environments for uninterrupted real-time access and fail-over capabilities.

Data Protection and Security Includes data encryption, data audit, and data compliance.

Data Replication Support for a real-time copy of the database in more than one system to facilitate access to the copy of data from multiple systems without any inconsistencies.

Database Management Supports multiple data types, data structuring, data retrieval, database customization, and multi-user access.

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment Supports one or many deployment models - On-prem, cloud or hybrid hosting of the database system.

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support Includes OLTP and OLAP (Online Analytical Processing). Most OLTP systems support some level of OLAP but very few OLAP systems support OLTP.

Data Monitoring and Administration Includes ability to continuously monitored data quality rules, as well as generate alerts to notify data stewards when they need to address an issue.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

IBM Db2 Reviews

Prabhat K.

IBM Db2, Optimised for IBM Ecosystems.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rishabh B.

Relaiable and Stable database

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

ABHA S.

powerful and efficient RDBMS

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Analytics and Reporting

Data Management

Data Virtualization

Data Backup

High Availability

Data Protection and Security

Data Replication

Database Management

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support

Data Monitoring and Administration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation