# Page 2 | IBM Db2 Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 2 - Is IBM Db2 the right Database solution for you? Explore 51 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/240589/IBM-Db2/reviews --- IBM Db2 4.4 (51) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/240589/IBM-Db2/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 25th, 2026 # Page 2 - Reviews of IBM Db2 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 26-50 of 51 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VR Verified Reviewer Lead Data Analyst Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "IBM DB2 user since several months" November 27, 2018 4.0 We load all the sales data into DB2 system and will derive analytics on top of it. I can recommand if you have lot of budget to put on database managemnet. Pros 1) DB2 has extensive functionality, has a lot of built-in features. robust database software 2) easy to use, and MPP systems which make the system to process data parallel. 3) DB2 SQL is anscii standard so migration to/from other databases would be easy. Cons 1) expensive compared to other solutions available in market. 2) Few of the DB2 specific syntaxes are non convertable when we move to other databases. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Database Administrator Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Robust database engine, but takes quite a bit of getting use to." February 17, 2018 4.0 This database engine is robust, with many tools and features. Easily upgraded. Minimal maintenance needed after it is up and running. Able to use either the command line interface or GUI to access and manipulate databases. Pros This database engine is robust, with many tools and features. Easily upgraded. Minimal maintenance needed after it is up and running. Able to use either the command line interface or GUI to access and manipulate databases. Cons Documentation needs to be more extensive, as you have to pay for customer support. Takes quite a bit of getting use to, as syntax varies greatly from other DBMSs. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Mainframe Developer Banking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "DB2" January 5, 2019 4.0 DB2 has kept me working for 30+ years. Pros DB2 is very versatile, and can be used to drive the processing in your software. Cons Too many abends using the product, and too hard to diagnose. Review Source Moises R. F. Enc. Monitoreo TI y Computos Banking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Powerful database." May 29, 2019 5.0 Pros Our card system is in ibm db2 database and super powerful and never the instance has presented problems. Cons Sometimes not all applications are compatible with this database. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Sr. Software Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A powerful relational database" November 11, 2021 4.0 Overall satisfied, used in couple of my projects, even with AS400. Pros Easy to integrate with any API with minimal configuration Cons Searching large amount of data might take time, indexing strategy could be better Review Source JC Joe C. IT Manager Warehousing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "IBM DB2 has room for improvments" November 15, 2022 4.0 Pros Supported on multiplatform like AS400, Linux, Windows. A good choice if you work across these environments. Cons Having worked on over a dozen different databases, the thing I hate most is having to REORG my tables weekly so that my DB doesn't slow down. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior System Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "DB2 is solid as a rock" February 5, 2019 5.0 I'm happy with db2 , IBM is doing a good job release by release powering the software . Pros DB2 is solid as a rock. I'm using it from several years and with last release 11.1 it's been also easiest to be set up from newbie admin. DB2 is the classical server you will setup and you fill find again after years. Cons It's not economic and needs some education to be used in production environment. Review Source MA Mehak A. Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A very secure, stable and DB with great performance." December 31, 2020 5.0 We used it for projects that have a huge database and complex queries, the experience was great as the ability to handle complex queries reduced the load on our application. Pros It's fairly easy to set up and offers a lot of functionality, it's very easy to connect to most of the UI tools and framework. The security features make it ideal for banking applications. It is such a powerful tool that optimized requested works super fast. Cons The only issue I think is its price, Db2 is quite costly as compared to its competitors, it does offer a great selection of feature so that also can be overlooked. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Application Developer Insurance Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Very powerful database engine" August 9, 2019 5.0 Pros I liked the raw power of the utility. I was able to run millions, sometimes billions of rows of data through and it handled it just fine. The included functions were very helpful in translating complex data structures Cons None really. It did everything I needed. Maybe the only complaint would be how complex it is, but that is more of a feature not a bug Review Source Gerson M. IT Consultant Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Robustness and Reliability " February 22, 2018 5.0 DB2 is relatively simple to maintain and performs very well. Pros Super powerful and valuable for its automatic applications, security, data integrity oriented and the backup and recovery features. Reliable for any volume of data and transactions. Cons Not many updates or improves for a very long time. Forcing to move your data to the cloud. For some that's not an answer. However I recommend it. Review Source SB Sergio B. Responsabile sviluppo Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Un DB potente ma necessità competenze per essere amministrato" April 24, 2021 4.0 Complessivamente un ottimo prodotto, ma per le nostre esigenze troppo impegnativo dal punto di vista dell’amministrazione del Db. Pros Utilizzato prevalentemente in modalità Jdbc attraverso transazioni sql il DB2 è un ottimo prodotto è scalabile e risponde a qualsiasi esigenza transazionale. Cons Per avere il meglio necessità di competenze di amministrazione che altri prodotti invece non richiedono. Review Source AV Alexandra V. DevOps Developer Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "IBM DB2 is the best and most powerful relational database management system" July 15, 2022 4.0 DB2 provides best relational database for huge amount of data. Pros Robust relational database management system to store huge amount of complex data with high scalability and performance SQL dialect. Cons High cost product and its version upgrades require an outage. Review Source John E. Software Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Solid database solution " March 30, 2019 5.0 Pros Like other IBM products, Db2 is light and easy to install and maintain. It's incredibly robust and can handle very large volume of data with ease. I also like the support for the product from IBM. Cons IBM Db2 is very expensive to maintain compared to its competitors. Another issue for me is the lack of timely updates. Review Source LP Lukasz P. IT project manager Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Stable and reliable ! Simply - It work s , even better that You expected " July 12, 2017 4.0 Stability , performance , reliability Pros This product is very stable , it can be fully trusted . It's optimisation is perfect - every request can be optimised smoothly and without user interactions Cons Price - it could be better - but You know that Your money were well spend . Also support could be more active Review Source RAJESH G. CIO & VP - Digital Transformation Solutions, Head - Infra Managed Services & Pre Sales, Solutioning Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "IBM DB2 is an excellent database platform" April 17, 2018 5.0 Pros IBM DB2 is an excellent database platform. We are able to use it as a database platform for large corporates. It is designed to store, analyze and retrieve the data efficiently, hence one of the commonly used database platform. Cons There is nothing which we do not like about this database platform. everything looks so good about it. Review Source Alexander C. Consultor Tecnico - JavaDeveloper Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Robust and ideal for managing large volumes of data" July 13, 2018 4.0 It is recommended for large technological platforms Pros It is a powerful database manager, has a capacity to manage very high data volumes, recommended to be applied in large companies and financial entities Cons It requires a high level of hardware so that it can operate optimally, maintenance is often expensive and the installation is tedious Review Source SK Srinivas K. IT Consultant Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "IBM DB2 review" December 14, 2020 4.0 Awesome Pros Ease of use functionality security high value DB2 functions Cons Proprietary sql, complexity, works only on ibm systems Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Consultor Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great Database from IBM" May 10, 2018 5.0 Pros IBM DB2 is a very good database to use in small companies, is very robust and easy to mantain with good performance. Cons The community and support team is not very helpful, the updates take a lot of time so it's not up to date if you compare with other databases Review Source NS Nazeer S. Application Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "One of the most used DBs" January 30, 2017 4.0 DB2 is one of the most used DBs. It is based on Mainframe technology. It easily integrates with IBM BPM, IBM Datapower very well. Task Scheduler component of DB2 allows for statistics gathering and reorganization of indexes and tables without user interaction. DB2 has comprehensive suite of security features such as authentication, authorization, trusted context, auditing, encryption, and fine-grain controls. Cons Pricing is little high Review Source KMC Kevin Matthe C. Graduate Teaching Assistant Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Decent DBMS but can be improved" October 7, 2020 4.0 I got certified as an Academic Associate in DB2 and I must say it is a very satisfying experience Pros DB2 is a decent DBMS, allows straightforward commands to get you done what a starting DB adminstrator usually needs Cons Hopefully IBM can introduce feature that allows for easier integration to more programming languages Review Source Dillon D. Senior Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Affordable and Flexible " March 31, 2018 5.0 Pros The cost is very much affordable. it also offers compatibility with Windows, UNIX and Linux at the same time which means you don't have to face any major troubles while setting it up on any of your platforms. Cons There are no cons for this software. However, It can be offered for free for training purposes after proper verification. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Technology Lead Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Data management system" May 24, 2019 4.0 Pros 1\. IBM DB2 can run on many operating systems like Linux, Unix, Windows etc. 2. Distributed database can also be implemented and data can be accessed from multiple distributed systems. 3. IBM Data studio can be used to run commands and provides a good interface to interact with the database. Cons Can be expensive to implement and support can be also take time to solve tickets. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Solutions Architect | BPM/SOA/EAI Used the software for: ### "Good DBMS" March 31, 2018 3.0 Pros Has great features, it's easy to use, if you need to manage larg amount of data this should be your option Cons Requires a lot of cpu and Ram which is some cases is now possible, the interface might be called obsolete Review Source CG Crystian G. Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Simple, But Good!" June 11, 2020 4.0 Sporadically I use DB2 to maintain legacy systems. Until today, I never had any problems with him. Pros Low learning curve for the team. It is much faster than its competitors. Excellent for medium applications Cons His syntax leaves something to be desired, it should be revised to adapt to the new SQL syntax models. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Directora de educación especial Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Allows the handling of large objects (up to 2 GB), the definition of data and functions by the user" April 13, 2018 3.0 Pros What I like most about IBM DB2 is it can be managed from any job. Likewise, it saves data against loss, unauthorized access, or invalid entries. Cons What I like least about IBM DB2 is that it requires other applications that have been developed and those that are going to be implemented. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Database](https://www.capterra.com/database-management-software/)[Data Warehouse](https://www.capterra.com/data-warehouse-software/) ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.