I use the IBM Db2 Database for development applications. Many clients in our company have business applications currently working on it.
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Exceptional Performance and Reliability for Enterprise Data Management
What do you like best about the product?
IBM DB2 proves to be highly effective for high performance, reliability, and enterprise-level data management. It consistently delivers strong results in these areas. I am SAP BASIS Consultant using db2 database it is very fast as compared it other databased in case of restart or switch to other node in HA. Upsides are high performance scalable excellent stability and Very HIGH HADR and backup options.
What do you dislike about the product?
One downside is that during restoration, if there is a technical glitch, the process enters a rollback phase, which takes a considerable amount of time to bring the database back up.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use it with my ERP SAP system to store data. It has proven beneficial to me in several ways, such as helping to address performance bottlenecks, reducing downtime risks, managing database growth challenges, and handling operational complexity.
Solid and reliable database for critical loads
What do you like best about the product?
I like its very solid database for critical loads, with good performance in transactions and powerful options for high availability and failover recovery.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing, it seems perfect to me as it is. The tool is easy to implement and quite intuitive.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Solve the problem of managing transactional data reliably and consistently (many concurrent operations, integrity, stable performance) in critical systems.
Outstanding RDMS and transactional database
What do you like best about the product?
IBM DB2 stands out as a robust, scalable, and highly reliable solution, especially for critical workloads. Developed and refined by IBM over decades, it is a common choice in industries such as finance, healthcare, and government, where performance, security, and availability are essential.
What do you dislike about the product?
There not a single thing I dislike about Db2.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Handle's large scale, mixed workloads.
it handles unplanned outage and downtime smoothly.
Db2 provides robust, built in security feature to handle sensitive data.
it handles unplanned outage and downtime smoothly.
Db2 provides robust, built in security feature to handle sensitive data.
Enterprise-Grade Performance, But Challenging Setup and Steep Learning Curve
What do you like best about the product?
Reliable, high-performance database with strong data integrity, scalability, and efficient SQL optimization. Excellent for enterprise workloads and integration with mainframe systems.
What do you dislike about the product?
Complex setup and administration, steep learning curve, and limited community resources compared to newer cloud-native databases.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
IBM Db2 helps manage large-scale transactional and analytical workloads with high reliability and performance. It ensures data consistency, supports complex queries efficiently, and integrates well with enterprise systems—enabling faster insights, reduced downtime, and smoother business operations.
Easy to use and reliable - overall is a great software
What do you like best about the product?
It was easy to use and integrate to our system. My Finance team uses this extensively and are really happy with the many features it provides. The way daily transactions are handled is amazing and the support for AI tools is an added advantage. It was really easy to implement to their work flow and they use it daily. Customer support is also really nice.
What do you dislike about the product?
Couldn't find any issues yet, so far this is working fine and meeting all our requirements.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Tracking daily transactional details which is very large and helping with operational analytics
Great Performance and easy to use
What do you like best about the product?
I have used IBM DB2 for around 5 years for one of my legacy projects I was working on. Even though we have millions of records terabytes of data. The database was performing well. There is provision of vacuum for faster query performance and reindexing of whole database would also increase performance. There were no chances of it went down due to technical error. It provides a Linux interface allow technical people like me to use it Easly. I would definitely recommend it to others.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't find any such things to dislike in it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It was a government project which required huge data storage and need database that can return complex query in lessor time and IBM DB2 was good in both.
Db2 Product
What do you like best about the product?
The support of IBM and the powerfull of the engine
What do you dislike about the product?
It is more hard to learn about other DB Engine
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The only reason we use this database is that it is included with the Commerce solution.
IBM database
What do you like best about the product?
1. High Availability & DR
2. Cost Efficient
3. Can run on different Environments
4. Good Security features & Scalability
5. Can support multiple formats
2. Cost Efficient
3. Can run on different Environments
4. Good Security features & Scalability
5. Can support multiple formats
What do you dislike about the product?
Complex licensing & not user friendly. Not easy to use.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Manages huge volumes for structured data, good DR & Complex query optimization.
it seems to me that platform for database management
What do you like best about the product?
IBM Db2 offers me performance, also stability when talking about a lot of data.
What do you dislike about the product?
perhaps its interface is not as intuitive as other databases
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
the topic of handling large volumes of data and in my case it helps me in the management of relational databases
Management is simplified with secure data handling and organizational efficiency
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The IBM Db2 Database is trusted, and IT effort is less than any other product. IBM Db2's support for both structured and unstructured data benefits me because both are allowed.
IBM's impact on in-memory technology is good for working in our organization. The IBM Db2 multi-workload helps me manage diverse business applications with easy management. We just have a backup of incremental changes every day, and applications working with it do not need maintenance gradually.
The IBM Db2 Database brought benefits to my organization as we did not spend too much money on security. It is secure enough, and the IT teams do not have heavy work.
What needs improvement?
The IBM Db2 Database is a good solution, but now there is a high maintenance charge.
The IBM Db2 Database needs improved support, and there are many difficulties in using it. We tend to use the cloud, and our country tends to be Masr al-Raqamia. This is a project we need to participate in, but our database is not readable for other sites, and dealing with the data is not easy.
Regarding the price of the IBM Db2 Database, upgrading to Power 9 or Power 10 is very expensive for our company now.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the IBM Db2 Database for 20 years.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support of IBM is quite good. I would rate it an eight.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The initial deployment of the IBM Db2 Database was straightforward and easy to deploy.
What about the implementation team?
IBM deployed its product by itself, so it was not difficult to deploy the IBM Db2 Database.
What other advice do I have?
I am using the desktop version of the IBM Db2 Database, and we need to move to the cloud, but we need to develop our application. On a scale of one to ten, I rate the IBM Db2 Database a nine.
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