IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud vs Oracle Database Appliance comparison

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

IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud

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85% willing to recommend

Oracle Database Appliance

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86% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud and Oracle Database Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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

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Review summaries and opinions

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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)

Oracle Database Appliance

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

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Data Warehouse (6th)

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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Charu Mazumdar

Technical Architect at DXC Technology

Simplifies database management tasks and provides high availability and disaster recovery

Oracle Database Appliance has simplified our database management tasks. Our clients are using the solution for high availability and disaster recovery. Our overall experience with the solution was good, especially the DR. Oracle Database Appliance's integrated storage solutions have enhanced our data management. Oracle Database Appliance's integration with other solutions was straightforward. We faced compatibility issues while moving from another device to this one, and the integration was not seamless. I would recommend the solution to other users. Overall, I rate the solution an 8 out of 10.

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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

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

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

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

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

"Oracle Database Appliances are specifically designed for Oracle databases. They have built-in utilities and tools that simplify management, making them the best option for Oracle database management systems."

"Oracle Database Appliance is a stable solution. We have clients that have been running it for 10 years."

"The product’s valuable feature is its capability to pre-configure and pre-install the settings."

"If the database goes down on one of the servers, the load is automatically shifted to another server. You can troubleshoot the one that is down without affecting uptime."

"The performance due to the all-flash of ODA is very nice."

"Oracle offers ETL with PL/SQL as a programming language for SQL programming, which is majorly used in data engineering."

"NVM Express (NVMe) solid-state drives: This technology brings outstanding I/O performance for midsize databases. We have tested it by doing POCs on customer sites and the results were quite satisfying."

"Easy management (it saves a lot of installation and patching time)."

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Cons

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

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

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

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

"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."

"In my opinion only one single command should be used for all ODA models, as it’s confusing."

"Virtualization features could also be improved. A web-based GUI would be a good start."

"I would rate the scalability a seven out of ten. It has some problems. Databases are huge. This leads to needing more and more RAM and capacity resources, making it hard to scale. Because of this, we use Exadata. That's definitely a point for improvement."

"The license cost could be cheaper, especially for long-term contracts."

"Technical support is not so great. It could be much better. The maintenance, for an enterprise system, isn't so great. It's also extremely expensive."

"I would be happy to see the Oracle Auto Service Request (ASR) pre-installed in it instead of installing it in a separate machine."

"The main thing would be to make ODA more affordable, to make it a more economical machine. Also, I would like to see virtualization, so you could implement all of your functions on one machine. Finally, improvement in the speed and performance would be good."

"It would be beneficial to have dedicated RAM included in the Oracle Database Appliance."

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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's pricing is very high."

"I would rate the pricing a four on a scale of one (high price) to ten (low cost)."

"Oracle Database Appliance is a very expensive solution. If you have opted for the on-premises licenses from Oracle, then you have to pay yearly. If you have opted for the cloud subscriptions offered by Oracle, then you can pay either monthly or yearly."

"The price of the solution should be less expensive. However, they will increase the price more."

"The product is costly."

"Leverage the Pay-As-You-Grow licensing, and consider using the ODA X6-2 S/M/L models also for SE2/SE."

"I don’t know ODA and alternative system prices. But Oracle the database license is quite expensive and a lot of my customers plan to migrate to open source databases like PostgreSQL."

"Oracle’s pricing is ridiculously high."

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Financial Services Firm

30%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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 Oracle Database Appliance?

Oracle Database Appliance provides high stability.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Database Appliance?

While I'm somewhat familiar with standard licensing, pricing isn't really my area of expertise. However, Oracle is on the higher end of the pricing spectrum, along with SAP.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Database Appliance?

There is room for improvement in better integration with third-party tools, such as Power BI or Redshift. When dealing with federated data sources, this integration can be a challenge.

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Comparisons

Oracle Exadata vs IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud

Compared 36% of the time

IBM Netezza Performance Server vs IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud

Compared 32% of the time

Amazon Redshift vs IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud

Compared 32% of the time

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Oracle Exadata vs Oracle Database Appliance

Compared 49% of the time

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions vs Oracle Database Appliance

Compared 12% of the time

Actian Ingres vs Oracle Database Appliance

Compared 9% of the time

Teradata vs Oracle Database Appliance

Compared 7% of the time

Dremio vs Oracle Database Appliance

Compared 7% of the time

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Also Known As

IBM dashDB

X5-2

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 Database Appliance is the easiest and most affordable way for small or medium-size organizations to run Oracle databases and applications and is an ideal platform for remote and edge computing environments. Customers reduce Oracle Database deployment times and management workloads using a prebuilt integrated system with management automation. As demonstrated in IDC’s business value study (PDF), Oracle Database Appliance lets customers grow revenue and control costs, delivering up to a 498% return on investment (ROI) over five years.

Oracle

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