IBM Db2 Database vs OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) comparison

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The compared IBM and OpenText solutions aren't in the same category. IBM is ranked #6 in SQL , with an average rating of 7.6, and holds a 6.5% mindshare in the category. OpenText is ranked #5 in Data Warehouse , with an average rating of 8.5, and holds a 6.5% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

IBM Db2 Database

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Review summaries and opinions

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ROI

Sentiment score

5.8

IBM Db2 Database provides substantial ROI, enhancing efficiency and financial benefits for organizations through seamless project implementation and strong performance.

Sentiment score

6.2

Organizations achieved financial and operational gains with Vertica, reducing costs and processing time while enhancing analytics and performance.

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I saved a lot of money because the storage was on a cheaper alternative and was not directly on OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica), but on S3.

Prassingh Singh

Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

The time we used to take with our earlier databases has reduced to one-tenth of what was there earlier, which is a positive outcome that can be converted to financial metrics in terms of return on investment.

Vasant Pramod Diwane

Data Engineering Associate Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.4

IBM Db2 Database support is praised for expertise but faces mixed reviews due to regional disparities and documentation issues.

Sentiment score

7.1

OpenText Analytics Database's customer service is generally valued for expertise but has occasional response time and escalation issues.

We normally receive substantial discounts on the price.

reviewer2708292

Associate Director, Data Architecture at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The reason for limitations in customer service is that the technical skills available in the market for IBM Db2 Database are limited compared to those of Oracle.

Sathyan K

Founder, Director at perfTech Solutions Pvt Ltd

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Throughout this process, customer support was outstanding, and we had a person actively supporting us from the OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) team for our use case.

Prassingh Singh

Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

Overall, our experience with OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) customer support has been good and reliable.

Jitendrak Naik

consultant at tcs

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.2

IBM Db2 is recognized for robust scalability, handling large users and transactions, but cost and Oracle's scalability are considerations.

Sentiment score

7.2

OpenText Vertica offers scalable, efficient data handling with robust performance, though pricing and node addition may challenge some users.

It can be scaled vertically or horizontally so that data insertions and data access are much faster and more secure compared to how Oracle or other databases work.

Sathyan K

Founder, Director at perfTech Solutions Pvt Ltd

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We have experienced easy horizontal scaling, consistent query performance as data grew, and the ability to handle large analytic workloads.

Jitendrak Naik

consultant at tcs

OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) has very good scalability.

Vasant Pramod Diwane

Data Engineering Associate Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) can scale to a great extent.

Anuj Chourasia

Analytics Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.8

IBM Db2 Database is highly reliable and stable, especially in banking, with minimal issues even after installation or data growth.

Sentiment score

7.2

OpenText Analytics Database offers high stability and performance, with successful migrations and minimal clustering issues ensuring user satisfaction.

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OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is very stable.

Prassingh Singh

Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

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Room For Improvement

IBM Db2 requires improved interfaces, integration, and performance, with focus on scalability, usability, security, and cost-effective solutions.

OpenText Analytics Database needs improvements in community, cloud features, SQL, integration, cost efficiency, machine learning, and developer tools.

Understanding the basic structure of the database, how logs or log shipping happens, how clustering works, how logs are written, where all information is stored, and how it needs to be taken care of are all critical pieces of information.

Sathyan K

Founder, Director at perfTech Solutions Pvt Ltd

It might be slightly slower than other database vendors, but it works well since banks typically do not move quickly with leading-edge technology.

reviewer2708292

Associate Director, Data Architecture at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

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Smarter automatic projection management is needed with more intelligence, auto projection creation, automatic optimization, and reduced manual testing with better workload management.

Jitendrak Naik

consultant at tcs

Projections could be made more dynamic, and if they could find a faster way to update, insert, and delete data, that would also be helpful.

Prassingh Singh

Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) does not have a cloud-based UI that Snowflake has, which features a very good comprehensive GUI for querying and analyzing data.

Vasant Pramod Diwane

Data Engineering Associate Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Setup Cost

IBM Db2 pricing is seen as costly and complex, but offers value when bundled with other IBM products.

OpenText Analytics Database offers flexible pricing, often cost-effective for its advanced features, despite being pricey vs. open-source solutions.

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The pricing for OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is somewhat on the higher side for the license.

Prassingh Singh

Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

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Valuable Features

IBM Db2 Database offers powerful SQL, robust security, high performance, scalability, user-friendly interface, and compatibility with IBM products.

OpenText Analytics Database excels in fast query responses, scalability, and real-time insights, enhancing decision-making and operational efficiency.

All compliance-related aspects have been taken care of from the database point of view, including database encryption and security-related features.

Sathyan K

Founder, Director at perfTech Solutions Pvt Ltd

IBM Db2 Database, because of enterprise performance and support, is why banks still maintain their relationship with it.

reviewer2708292

Associate Director, Data Architecture at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The IBM Db2 Database is trusted, and IT effort is less than any other product.

Mona Mohamed

Network Administrator at GAEB

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I can use it in Eon Mode in which I can store the data in cheaper storage such as Amazon S3 and have different compute nodes.

Prassingh Singh

Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

Projection and columnar storage are the most valuable features because they dramatically improve query performance and reduce the need for index management.

Jitendrak Naik

consultant at tcs

The best features that OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) offers are mainly the parallel processing, ETL capabilities, and the multi-cloud features which are very handy to use.

Vasant Pramod Diwane

Data Engineering Associate Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Db2 Database

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Relational Databases Tools (6th)

OpenText Analytics Database...

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Warehouse (5th), Cloud Data Warehouse (12th)

Mindshare comparison

IBM Db2 Database and OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. IBM Db2 Database is designed for Relational Databases Tools and holds a mindshare of 6.5%, down 7.1% compared to last year.
OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica), on the other hand, focuses on Data Warehouse, holds 6.5% mindshare, up 6.3% since last year.

Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
IBM Db2 Database	6.5%
Oracle Database	10.3%
SQL Server	10.2%
Other	73.0%

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Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica)	6.5%
Teradata	9.1%
Snowflake	8.8%
Other	75.6%

Data Warehouse

Featured Reviews

Sathyan K

Founder, Director at perfTech Solutions Pvt Ltd

Database has secured high-volume transactions and supports fast, compliant workflow processing

Sterling B2B Integrator is a highly transactional-oriented application, which can be described as an OLTP application. Any data that flows through the application is stored in the database for each step that it performs. IBM Db2 Database helps the application work much faster from an OLTP perspective. IBM Db2 Database is SSL enabled, which means that from the security point of view, any access to the database is through SSL. Additionally, all compliance-related aspects have been taken care of from the database point of view, including database encryption and security-related features. It is highly scalable, and its performance related to database pruning is very good. It can be scaled vertically or horizontally so that data insertions and data access are much faster and more secure compared to how Oracle or other databases work.

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Jitendrak Naik

consultant at tcs

Data warehousing has transformed reporting performance and now delivers near real-time insights

OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is a very powerful analytic database, but like any platform, there are areas where it can improve to make daily work even smoother. Better cloud-native experience is one area for improvement. OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) was originally designed as an on-premises analytic database and later moved to cloud. Improvement opportunities include more seamless cloud-native features such as auto-scaling, serverless options, and easier cluster management. Competitors such as Snowflake and BigQuery provide more fully managed experiences. Easier UI is another area for improvement. Most administration is currently done by SQL and command line tools. An improvement opportunity would be a more modern web UI for monitoring, workload management, and troubleshooting. Faster ecosystem and community growth is needed. In short, OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) could improve in areas such as cloud-native capability, modern UI for administration, stronger real-time streaming integration, and growing its ecosystem and community. These enhancements would make it easier to manage and adopt compared to newer cloud-first analytic platforms. From a day-to-day operational perspective, there are a few areas where OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) could improve to make our work smoother. Smarter automatic projection management is needed with more intelligence, auto projection creation, automatic optimization, and reduced manual testing with better workload management. Right now, monitoring queries often requires system tables and manual analysis. Troubleshooting slow queries takes time. A modern real-time dashboard showing query bottlenecks and resource users would enable quick detection. The impact could be faster issue resolution and less time spent debugging performance. Storage native interaction with modern data tools is also important. In short, from a day-to-day perspective, improvements in automatic projection optimization, better workload monitoring dashboard, easier schema evolution, and stronger modern tool integration would significantly reduce manual tuning effort and improve developer productivity. While OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is very powerful, these enhancements would make it more efficient for the analytics team.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

18%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Outsourcing Company

Financial Services Firm

16%

Outsourcing Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	21
Midsize Enterprise	13
Large Enterprise	48

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	29
Midsize Enterprise	23
Large Enterprise	43

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Db2 Database?

IBM Db2 is an expensive solution. While I am not heavily involved with pricing, additional companies provide capabilities or products like those from BMC, which many installations might also purchase.

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What needs improvement with IBM Db2 Database?

A potential area of improvement is better documentation. From an educational perspective, it is difficult for people to understand IBM Db2 Database much faster compared to databases such as Oracle ...

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What is your primary use case for IBM Db2 Database?

We use IBM Db2 Database for B2B Integrator, specifically Sterling B2B Integrator, which requires a database to store all configuration details. Any workflow that is created, any configuration messa...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Vertica?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is limited because the organization handled the licensing and pricing as well as the cost setup.

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What needs improvement with Vertica?

OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is already doing great. There could be a community which could have been much more advanced and more people can be engaged so that any kind of questions, queri...

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What is your primary use case for Vertica?

The main use case for OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is that we have the Hive and a Hadoop layer for data availability, and Vertica serves as a big data solution. Within a Hive table, OpenTe...

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Comparisons

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Compared 45% of the time

Oracle Database vs IBM Db2 Database

Compared 9% of the time

MySQL vs IBM Db2 Database

Compared 5% of the time

Teradata vs IBM Db2 Database

Compared 5% of the time

SAP HANA vs IBM Db2 Database

Compared 5% of the time

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Teradata vs OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica)

Compared 7% of the time

Snowflake vs OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica)

Compared 6% of the time

Oracle Exadata vs OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica)

Compared 5% of the time

Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse vs OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica)

Compared 5% of the time

SAP IQ vs OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica)

Compared 4% of the time

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Also Known As

DB2

Micro Focus Vertica, HPE Vertica, HPE Vertica on Demand

Overview

IBM Db2 Database provides a robust SQL dialect, multi-platform support, self-tuning memory, and strong security. Its capabilities in handling structured and unstructured data while offering high uptime make it reliable for diverse applications.

IBM Db2 Database is known for its robust performance, seamless integration, and effective data replication. It supports diverse environments and applications, leveraging its advanced features like automatic storage, data compression, and efficient resource management. Despite its strengths, complexities in learning, costly licensing, and a need for better interfaces and advanced analytics support are noted. It requires improvements in AI features, management simplification, and cloud compatibility to effectively address the dynamic needs of businesses.

What are the important features of IBM Db2 Database?

Powerful SQL Dialect: Offers extensive SQL capabilities for varied database tasks.
Multi-platform Support: Compatible with different operating systems for flexible deployment.
Self-tuning Memory: Automatically optimizes memory usage for improved performance.
High Availability: Ensures continuous service with minimal downtime.
Strong Security: Provides advanced security measures for data protection.

What benefits should users consider when evaluating IBM Db2 Database?

Ease of Use: Simplifies database management and operation.
Autonomic Features: Automatically performs optimization and recovery tasks.
Robust Performance: Maintains high efficiency in data processing and management.
Seamless Integration: Easily integrates with existing systems and applications.
Effective Data Replication: Ensures data consistency and reliability across platforms.

Organizations leverage IBM Db2 Database in financial and banking applications, including core banking systems, card management, and transaction management. It also serves as a data warehouse supporting ERP systems, e-commerce projects, and data integration. Its robustness is utilized in mainframe environments across sectors like entertainment, retail, and public cloud deployments.

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OpenText Analytics Database Vertica enhances data processing with swift queries, scalability, and efficient compression, optimally managing enterprise-level data with minimal storage.

OpenText Analytics Database Vertica provides high availability clustering, columnar storage, and parallel processing to deliver fast data ingestion and real-time insights. Projections improve performance and simplify query tuning. The Management Console assists with administration, and integration with BI tools streamlines analytics. Adapted for handling large data volumes, Vertica supports data warehousing, ETL, geospatial analysis, and operational reporting across sectors such as media, finance, and telecom.

What are the most important features of OpenText Analytics Database Vertica?

Query Speed: Efficient processing for faster data queries.
Scalability: Supports large-scale data management seamlessly.
Data Compression: Reduces storage needs significantly.
High Availability: Ensures data remains accessible.
Columnar Storage: Enhances storage efficiency.
Parallel Processing: Boosts data handling capabilities.

What are the anticipated benefits and ROI when using OpenText Analytics Database Vertica?

Performance Efficiency: High-speed analytics and reduced maintenance demands.
Real-Time Insights: Swift data ingestion enables immediate decision-making.
Integration Ease: Works well with popular BI tools enhancing existing analytics.
Storage Savings: Column-oriented design leads to reduced storage costs.

Organizations in media, finance, and telecom rely on Vertica's capabilities to integrate with Power BI and Tableau, facilitating advanced data analytics and machine learning for business improvements. Its support for ETL processes, real-time processing, and geospatial analysis positions Vertica as critical for operational reporting and decision support systems.

OpenText

Sample Customers

Knorr-Bremse, Mizuho Bank Ltd., Australian Government Department of Defence, SCHWENK Zement, Friedhelm Loh Group, YAZAKI Europe Limited, Ekornes ASA, Baldor Electric, VSN Systemen BV, Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC, PLANSEE Group, TE Connectivity, Hansgrohe SE, Openmatics, University of Toronto

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