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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (55.1% of reviews)
Enterprise (66.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go 100000000 hour of vCPU, RAM and storage Per Month
Free Trial 1 License
CrateDB
Star Rating
(83)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (55.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go 100000000 hour of vCPU, RAM and storage Per Month
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(678)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (66.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial 1 License
Browse all 6 pricing plansCrateDB vs IBM Db2
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found CrateDB easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with CrateDB overall.
- Reviewers felt that CrateDB meets the needs of their business better than IBM Db2.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that CrateDB is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of CrateDB over IBM Db2.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
CrateDB
Cloud
Pay As You Go
100000000 hour of vCPU, RAM and storage Per Month
Fully managed DBaaS on AWS, Azure and GCP
- https://cratedb.com/product/editions/cloud
IBM Db2
Db2 On Cloud - Lite
Free Trial
1 License
A completely free edition of DB2 on Cloud.
- Enjoy high performance and elastic scaling with Db2’s fully managed database and warehouse solutions in the cloud. Try for free.
Free Trial
CrateDB
Free Trial is available
IBM Db2
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
60
8.5
484
Ease of Use
8.9
63
8.0
493
Ease of Setup
8.9
47
7.7
259
Ease of Admin
8.9
30
7.7
241
Quality of Support
9.1
54
8.1
457
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.3
24
8.3
234
Product Direction (% positive)
8.7
62
6.8
452
Features by Category
Data Management
Not enough data
8.6
52
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
48
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
49
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
48
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.5
34
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
34
|
Verified
Integration
Not enough data
7.8
43
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
45
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
42
|
Verified
Deployment
Not enough data
8.4
50
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
41
|
Verified
Performance
Not enough data
8.6
51
|
Verified
Security
Not enough data
8.7
46
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
35
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Management
Not enough data
8.6
59
Not enough data
8.4
61
Not enough data
8.2
51
Not enough data
8.5
54
Support
Not enough data
8.0
56
Not enough data
8.4
59
Not enough data
7.9
59
Not enough data
8.3
60
Security
Not enough data
8.5
59
Not enough data
8.8
59
Not enough data
8.4
57
Not enough data
8.4
55
Performance
Not enough data
8.6
59
Not enough data
8.6
57
Not enough data
8.5
55
Not enough data
8.4
56
Not enough data
8.4
56
Database Features
Not enough data
8.7
304
Not enough data
8.8
306
Not enough data
8.8
306
Not enough data
8.4
302
Not enough data
8.8
301
Not enough data
8.4
302
Not enough data
8.4
307
Data Management
9.8
8
Not enough data
9.6
9
Not enough data
9.4
9
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
Availability
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
Performance
8.3
7
Not enough data
Security
9.0
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
Support
9.8
7
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
Storage
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
Availability
10.0
8
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
Performance
10.0
5
Not enough data
Security
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
Support
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
Automation
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.5
9
Functionality
Not enough data
7.4
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
8.0
9
Administration
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Agentic AI - Data Warehouse Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Indexing
8.9
15
Not enough data
8.8
15
Not enough data
Filters
8.6
15
Not enough data
8.3
15
Not enough data
Query latency
8.9
20
Not enough data
8.6
20
Not enough data
Data latency
8.6
19
Not enough data
8.5
19
Not enough data
Connectors
8.5
19
Not enough data
8.8
19
Not enough data
Scale
9.0
18
Not enough data
8.2
16
Not enough data
Architecture
8.7
18
Not enough data
8.6
17
Not enough data
Configuration
9.0
7
8.5
65
8.3
6
8.1
60
8.3
6
8.5
65
8.1
6
8.3
61
7.8
6
8.6
62
Database Administration
8.9
6
8.6
60
7.8
6
8.8
60
7.5
6
8.8
59
Availability
9.3
5
8.9
62
8.3
5
9.1
62
7.0
5
8.8
63
Not enough data
8.9
63
Security
Not enough data
8.4
41
Not enough data
8.8
42
Not enough data
8.8
40
Data Management
Not enough data
8.7
45
Not enough data
8.6
44
Database Features
Not enough data
8.7
304
Not enough data
8.8
306
Not enough data
8.8
306
Not enough data
8.4
302
Not enough data
8.8
301
Not enough data
8.4
302
Not enough data
8.4
307
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
CrateDB and IBM Db2 are categorized as Database as a Service (DBaaS)
Unique Categories
CrateDB is categorized as Real-time Analytic Database, Time Series Databases, Columnar Databases, Document Databases, and Vector Database
IBM Db2 is categorized as Relational Databases, Data Warehouse, Object-Oriented Databases, XML Databases, and Data Warehouse Automation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
CrateDB
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
IBM Db2
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
28.2%
Consulting
15.4%
Information Technology and Services
12.8%
Financial Services
5.1%
Program Development
3.8%
Other
34.6%
Information Technology and Services
21.6%
Banking
11.6%
Computer Software
10.1%
Financial Services
7.3%
Insurance
5.9%
Other
43.5%
Alternatives
Discussions
CrateDB has no discussions with answers
Where can I find answers to other questions I may have?
2 Comments
Official Response from IBM Db2
Please visit: https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/436870/common-questions-about-the-db2-on-cloud-free-plan/Read more
I want to replace KDB+ with DB2 BLU, before doing this in my project, i want to know following answers.
1. Is DB2 BLU , capable for this type of achievement which KDB+ do?
2. can you please give me a list comparison between DB2 BLU with KDB+?
1 Comment
NO
Please check:
https://db-engines.com/en/system/IBM+Db2%3BKdb%2B
Read more
Which tool do you use for deep monitoring of IBM DB2 databases (instances) ?
1 Comment
MF
Maxim, we have a dedicated management console that comes free with Db2. It was called Data Server Manager in the past, now we call it the Unified Management...Read more
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