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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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Awards & Recognition

IBM Db2 won the following awards in the Transaction Data Store category

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Product Impact

Latest Award, 2025

3 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2024

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

1
Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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 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?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Respectful
Security Protects
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Analytics and Reporting

Data Management

Data Backup

Data Virtualization

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Data Protection and Security

Data Replication

High Availability

Database Management

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support

Distributed Processing

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

IBM Db2 Reviews

Aman F.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2021

Easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates IBM Db2 from other similar products?

Works well witg Oracle db

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Can be used as a staggering

What do you dislike most about this product?

Limited usage

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Buy if you have a staging requirements

Pros

Trustworthy
Client's Interest First
Generous Negotitation
Helps Innovate

Zaddock M.

Role: Finance
Industry: Banking
Involvement: Initial Implementation

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2021

The most used database

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Db2 from other similar products?

Integrate with other tools like DB Visualizer which gives you another way to view tables and information's and its Index feature for easy table identification.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to install and upgrade since its ever improving. A tremendous tool rich of many feature with amazing speeds to retrieve data.

What do you dislike most about this product?

No issues to this product because no issue was reported.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Cheap product with large storage for easy access. Best if you looking for RDBMS.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Alexandra V.

Role: Operations
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Initial Implementation

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2021

Excellent Db2 from IBM

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Db2 from other similar products?

Runs well and scales well on IBM power based platforms. Various editions to suit customer needs and requirements like Developers Edition which is fully featured and Enterprise Edition for the stat-of-the-art functionality.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My experience using Db2 tool is that, its a powerful tool that optimizes requested work much faster.

What do you dislike most about this product?

None at all, it does everything I need and its ever improving.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Great product, robust, lots of flexibility with good features on security, data integrity, backups and recovery.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

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 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Distributed Processing Data storage and processing is shared among many physical or virtual independents servers or sites for high volume data with seamless access to large datasets.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Aman F.

Easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Zaddock M.

The most used database

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Alexandra V.

Excellent Db2 from IBM

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Analytics and Reporting

Data Management

Data Backup

Data Virtualization

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Data Protection and Security

Data Replication

High Availability

Database Management

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support

Distributed Processing

Vendor Capability Ratings

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation