Db2 vs. IBM Cloud Databases

Db2

230 Reviews and Ratings

IBM Cloud Databases

233 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Db2	Score8.5 out of 10	N/A	DB2 is a family of relational database software solutions offered by IBM. It includes standard Db2 and Db2 Warehouse editions, either deployable on-cloud, or on-premise.	$0
IBM Cloud Databases	Score8.6 out of 10	N/A	IBM Cloud Databases are open source data stores for enterprise application development. Built on a Kubernetes foundation, they offer a database platform for serverless applications. They are designed to scale storage and compute resources seamlessly without being constrained by the limits of a single server. Natively integrated and available in the IBM Cloud console, these databases are now available through a consistent consumption, pricing, and interaction model. They aim to provide a cohesive…	N/A

Pricing

Db2

IBM Cloud Databases

Db2 on Cloud Lite: $0
Db2 on Cloud Standard: $99
per month
Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Flex One: $898
per month
Db2 on Cloud Enterprise: $946
per month
Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Flex for AWS: 2,957
per month
Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Flex: $3,451
per month
Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Flex Performance: 13,651
per month
Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Flex Performance for AWS: 13,651
per month
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Pricing Offerings
Db2	IBM Cloud Databases
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	No

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No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Db2	IBM Cloud Databases
Considered Both Products	IBM Diovani Dupont Analista e Desenvolvedor de Sistemas in Information Technology at Private (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Db2 Before selecting Db2, I had the opportunity to work with three different products: MySQL, IBM API Connect and IBM Cloud Databases.MySQL is a very popular and effective relational database management system, especially known for its ease of use and reliability. While working … Incentivized Helpful?	IBM Joerg Alpers Product Owner (Service Enabling & Automation) in Customer Service at Hutchison Drei Austria GmbH (Telecommunications, 1001-5000 employees) Chose IBM Cloud Databases Not at present, since this is a singular cloud-based project and does not compare to any other uses cases we have had internally so far. Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

Db2

IBM Cloud Databases

Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of Db2 and IBM Cloud Databases
Feature	Db2 - Ratings	IBM Cloud Databases 7.0 93 Ratings
Automatic software patching	00 Ratings	8.577 Ratings
Database scalability	00 Ratings	8.587 Ratings
Automated backups	00 Ratings	6.890 Ratings
Database security provisions	00 Ratings	8.783 Ratings
Monitoring and metrics	00 Ratings	4.287 Ratings
Automatic host deployment	00 Ratings	5.269 Ratings

User Ratings
	Db2	IBM Cloud Databases
Likelihood to Recommend	8.4 (90 ratings)	8.1 (95 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	7.9 (12 ratings)	8.0 (7 ratings)
Usability	9.5 (7 ratings)	7.0 (6 ratings)
Availability	9.3 (64 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	9.1 (12 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.9 (6 ratings)	1.0 (10 ratings)
In-Person Training	8.2 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	5.6 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	9.1 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Data Sharing and Collaboration	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Data Sources	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	9.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	8.4 (64 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)