IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud vs Oracle Big Data Appliance comparison

IBM and Oracle are both solutions in the Data Warehouse category. Additionally, 85% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 71% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud

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85% willing to recommend

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71% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud and Oracle Big Data Appliance 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.

To learn more, read our detailed IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud vs. Oracle Big Data Appliance Report (Updated: April 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Data Warehouse (16th)

Oracle Big Data Appliance

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Warehouse (19th)

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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Mohammed Hamad

AI & Data Engineering Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Provides clean, centralized data

From a technical perspective, Big Data Appliance could be improved with more innovation in the AI and machine-learning parts instead of relying on Cloudera. Oracle could also improve Big Data Appliance by having one technology on their stack and working on it instead of continually changing the name or technologies or features. In addition, they could have a program to enable their partners to use this technology because right now, I have to have an expert to use the AI elements.

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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."

"This is a comprehensive solution that is easy to deploy."

"Because Big Data Appliance allows me to have a single source of truth, it means I have clean data that can be monetized and leveraged to gain more insights with real-time reports from the dashboard."

"The best thing about the product is that the end-user can build the reports by themselves without really knowing anything about databases."

Cons

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

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

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

"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."

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

"From a technical perspective, Big Data Appliance could be improved with more innovation in the AI and machine-learning parts instead of relying on Cloudera."

"The product should be simplified for the average user."

"It seems like the deployment of repositories has become more difficult in later versions of the product rather than easier."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"Oracle's prices are too high compared to others in the market."

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Financial Services Firm

31%

Computer Software Company

15%

Government

10%

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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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IBM dashDB

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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

Oracle Big Data Appliance is a flexible, high-performance, secure platform for running diverse workloads on Hadoop and NoSQL systems. With Oracle Big Data SQL, Oracle Big Data Appliance extends Oracle’s industry-leading implementation of SQL to Hadoop and NoSQL systems. By combining the newest technologies from the Hadoop ecosystem and powerful Oracle SQL capabilities together on a single pre-configured platform, Oracle Big Data Appliance is uniquely able to support rapid development of new Big Data applications and tight integration with existing relational data.

For more information on Oracle Big Data Appliance, visit Oracle.com

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IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud vs. Oracle Big Data Appliance

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