IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud vs Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse comparison

IBM and Microsoft are both solutions in the Data Warehouse category. Additionally, 85% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud and Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Warehouse solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

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Cloud Data Warehouse (16th)

Microsoft Parallel Data War...

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

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Data Warehouse (10th)

Featured Reviews

FarhanFarhan

Database Engineer at Meezan Bank

Enhancing analytics with seamless data dumping and reliable support

Our primary use case is data storage and analytics The organization has decided to purchase a full stack solution from IBM due to positive responses, which helped them upgrade from the previous version. The data dumping into the raw zone and the feature of BigQuery is quite attractive. There…

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StevenLai

Sr. Data Engineer at Amrock

Strong scalable solution with streamlined metadata warehousing

We use it to build our data warehouse and databases, and everything in the back end It helps streamline our metadata warehousing process. As it is our only type of data warehouse and database, it serves as our source, destination, and staging area. This product has many features which are useful…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The way that it scales will help a lot of customers that are stuck with Netezza boxes that can't grow any larger."

"The performance is okay as long as the volume of queries is not too high."

"It is stable when there is support from IBM."

"It will be MPP, so performance should improve."

"Overall, I rate Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse a nine out of ten."

"The UI is very simple and functional for my clients, most of the clients that use the solution are not experts."

"It handles high volumes of data very well."

"I like Data Warehouse's data integrity features. Data integrity is what databases are made for as opposed to spreadsheets."

"We have complete control over our data."

"It is a very stable database."

"The interface is very user-friendly."

"The initial setup was straightforward."

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Cons

"Containers get corrupted very easily. Restoring them using GPFS can result in a lot of issues."

"Right now, we are implementing on ESX VMware 6.0. Support for this platform is poor. Also, one of the backup/recovery options is broken and IBM is not addressing the issue."

"Tech support for dashDB is awful. We usually have tickets open for three to four weeks."

"There are some limitations in adding data files to table spaces, and improvements are needed for regional support."

"Ultimately, the product itself has challenges and we are not currently satisfied with the support, either."

"When there are many users or many expensive queries, it can be very slow."

"I think that the error messages need to be made more specific."

"The reporting for certain types of data needs to be improved."

"The product does not have all of the features that the native products have."

"The feature updates on the on-premise solution come very slowly, and it would be great if they came faster."

"I would like to see better visualization features."

"It could be made more user-friendly for business users which would increase the user base."

"More tools to help designers should be included."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"If your going to go with warehouse DB/dashDB, use the cloud or Sailfish version."

"The solution is cost-effective."

"All the features that we use do not require any additional subscription or yearly fees."

"The tool could be expensive if we need to manage a lot of data."

"Microsoft has an agreement with the government in our country, so our customers get their licensing costs from the Ministry. Whenever we work with any government, company, or government institute, which is mainly what we are doing, that license comes directly from the Ministry of Technology and Information."

"The solution's pricing is fairly decent for organizations with huge data sizes."

"I think the program is well-priced compared to the other offerings that are out in the market."

"Technical support is an additional fee and is expensive."

"They offer an annual subscription. The pricing depends on the size of the environments."

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16%

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Questions from the Community

What advice do you have for others considering IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud?

Organizations of all sizes, especially those who are in need of powerful and elastic cloud data warehouse solutions that can help administrators maximize the efficiency of their data-based operatio...

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What needs improvement with IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud?

There are some limitations in adding data files to table spaces, and improvements are needed for regional support.

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What is your primary use case for IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud?

Our primary use case is data storage and analytics.

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What do you like most about Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse?

Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse provides good firewall processing in terms of response time.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse?

Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse is very expensive.

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What needs improvement with Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse?

Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse is excellent but very expensive. Working on the pricing could make it a better solution.

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Also Known As

IBM dashDB

Microsoft PDW, SQL Server Data Warehouse, Microsoft SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse, MS Parallel Data Warehouse

Overview

IBM dashDB family offers private and public cloud database solutions for transactional and analytic workloads, with IBM fully managed or client managed options with a Common SQL engine across all deployment options.

IBM

The traditional structured relational data warehouse was never designed to handle the volume of exponential data growth, the variety of semi-structured and unstructured data types, or the velocity of real time data processing. Microsoft's SQL Server data warehouse solution integrates your traditional data warehouse with non-relational data and it can handle data of all sizes and types, with real-time performance.

Microsoft

Sample Customers

Copenhagen Business School, BPM Northwest, GameStop

Auckland Transport, Erste Bank Group, Urban Software Institute, NJVC, Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, Tata Steel Europe

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