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Databricks
Star Rating
(710)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (45.4% of reviews)
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Star Rating
(682)4.1 out of 5
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Enterprise (66.0% of reviews)
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- G2 reviewers report that Databricks Data Intelligence Platform excels in user experience, with a highly usable interface and interactive notebooks that support both SQL and Python for visualization. This makes it particularly appealing for teams looking to streamline their data analysis processes.
- Users say that IBM Db2 is a robust and reliable solution, especially for critical workloads in industries like finance and healthcare. Its strong data integrity and efficient SQL optimization are frequently highlighted, making it a solid choice for enterprise-level applications.
- Reviewers mention that Databricks offers excellent scalability, particularly for large language models and generative AI applications. The platform's autoscaling feature has been praised for effectively managing cloud resources and reducing costs, which is a significant advantage for organizations looking to optimize their cloud spending.
- According to verified reviews, IBM Db2 faces some challenges with setup and administration, with users noting that it can be less intuitive compared to Databricks. However, its integration capabilities with legacy systems like AS400 and Windows Server are seen as a strong point for enterprises with existing infrastructure.
- Users highlight that Databricks provides a unified location for managing security and accessing data files across multiple cloud environments, which enhances collaboration and data governance. This feature is particularly beneficial for organizations operating in diverse cloud ecosystems.
- Reviewers indicate that while IBM Db2 has a strong presence in on-premise environments, Databricks shines in cloud capabilities, scoring higher in areas like cloud integration and data lake analytics. This makes Databricks a more attractive option for businesses prioritizing cloud-first strategies.
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Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
562
8.5
488
Ease of Use
8.9
573
8.0
497
Ease of Setup
8.7
446
7.7
263
Ease of Admin
8.3
180
7.7
242
Quality of Support
8.7
537
8.1
461
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
184
8.3
234
Product Direction (% positive)
9.6
550
6.8
456
Features by Category
Reports
8.2
11
Not enough data
7.4
9
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
8.9
14
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
Data Modeling and Blending
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.1
9
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Analytics Platforms
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
Self Service
7.7
10
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
8.5
11
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
Deployment & Integration - Analytics Platforms
8.1
7
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics
8.2
10
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
Performance & Scalability - Analytics Platforms
8.8
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Analytics Platforms
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
Agentic AI Capabilities - Analytics Platforms
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Personalized Intelligence - Analytics Platforms
9.2
6
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Building Reports
9.0
146
Not enough data
8.6
141
Not enough data
7.6
122
Not enough data
8.4
143
Not enough data
Administration
8.8
99
Not enough data
8.6
93
Not enough data
9.0
94
Not enough data
8.7
97
Not enough data
Management
8.4
87
Not enough data
8.6
86
Not enough data
8.6
87
Not enough data
8.5
87
Not enough data
8.8
86
Not enough data
Compliance
8.8
98
Not enough data
8.7
92
Not enough data
8.9
94
Not enough data
8.7
94
Not enough data
Security
9.0
86
Not enough data
8.9
85
Not enough data
8.8
86
Not enough data
Data Quality
9.0
94
Not enough data
8.7
93
Not enough data
9.0
93
Not enough data
Maintainence
8.7
85
Not enough data
8.8
83
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.4
82
Not enough data
8.5
81
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Governance
8.5
10
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
9.0
14
Not enough data
8.5
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
9.0
13
Not enough data
Management
8.6
171
Not enough data
8.5
164
Not enough data
Functionality
9.1
172
Not enough data
9.2
174
Not enough data
9.1
172
Not enough data
9.0
167
Not enough data
9.1
167
Not enough data
Deployment
8.9
64
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
8.9
66
Not enough data
8.9
66
Not enough data
9.0
67
Not enough data
Deployment
8.9
61
Not enough data
8.8
62
Not enough data
8.6
66
Not enough data
8.9
65
Not enough data
9.0
66
Not enough data
Management
9.0
63
Not enough data
8.8
65
Not enough data
9.2
61
Not enough data
8.9
68
Not enough data
Operations
8.7
62
Not enough data
8.8
61
Not enough data
9.0
62
Not enough data
Management
8.8
60
Not enough data
8.7
61
Not enough data
9.1
59
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.3
28
Not enough data
8.3
28
Not enough data
System
8.9
180
Not enough data
Model Development
8.8
182
Not enough data
7.9
187
Not enough data
8.3
185
Not enough data
8.7
189
Not enough data
Model Development
8.5
172
Not enough data
Machine/Deep Learning Services
8.2
174
Not enough data
8.5
180
Not enough data
8.3
172
Not enough data
8.2
172
Not enough data
Machine/Deep Learning Services
8.4
158
Not enough data
8.4
160
Not enough data
Deployment
8.5
178
Not enough data
8.7
180
Not enough data
9.0
187
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.2
86
Not enough data
8.4
87
Not enough data
7.6
86
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
Data Management
9.0
185
|
Verified
8.6
52
|
Verified
8.9
180
|
Verified
8.1
48
|
Verified
8.9
179
|
Verified
8.6
49
|
Verified
8.8
180
|
Verified
8.2
48
|
Verified
8.7
167
|
Verified
7.5
34
|
Verified
9.1
171
|
Verified
7.6
34
|
Verified
Integration
8.8
168
|
Verified
7.8
43
|
Verified
8.8
166
|
Verified
8.1
45
|
Verified
9.1
174
|
Verified
8.1
42
|
Verified
Deployment
7.9
156
|
Verified
8.4
50
|
Verified
9.1
178
|
Verified
7.8
41
|
Verified
Performance
9.1
177
|
Verified
8.6
51
|
Verified
Security
8.8
168
|
Verified
8.7
46
|
Verified
8.9
168
|
Verified
9.0
35
|
Verified
Generative AI
8.5
76
8.3
8
8.4
75
8.3
8
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Maintenance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
8.6
60
Not enough data
8.4
62
Not enough data
8.2
52
Not enough data
8.5
55
Support
Not enough data
8.0
57
Not enough data
8.4
60
Not enough data
7.9
60
Not enough data
8.4
61
Security
Not enough data
8.5
60
Not enough data
8.8
60
Not enough data
8.4
58
Not enough data
8.4
56
Performance
Not enough data
8.6
62
Not enough data
8.6
58
Not enough data
8.5
56
Not enough data
8.4
57
Not enough data
8.4
57
Database Features
Not enough data
8.7
306
Not enough data
8.8
309
Not enough data
8.8
309
Not enough data
8.4
304
Not enough data
8.8
302
Not enough data
8.4
303
Not enough data
8.4
308
Data Management
9.0
67
Not enough data
8.7
68
Not enough data
8.8
67
Not enough data
9.1
67
Not enough data
Agentic AI - DataOps Platforms
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
Analytics
8.8
66
Not enough data
8.5
66
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.6
66
Not enough data
8.6
67
Not enough data
Cloud Deployment
9.1
62
Not enough data
9.0
63
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.9
35
Not enough data
8.9
35
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
Scalability and Performance - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cost and Efficiency - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration and Extensibility - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security and Compliance - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Usability and Support - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customization - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data and Analytics - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Traffic Management & Performance - AI Gateways
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Governance & Observability - AI Gateways
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Configuration
Not enough data
8.5
65
Not enough data
8.1
60
Not enough data
8.5
66
Not enough data
8.3
61
Not enough data
8.6
62
Database Administration
Not enough data
8.6
60
Not enough data
8.8
60
Not enough data
8.8
59
Availability
Not enough data
8.9
63
Not enough data
9.1
62
Not enough data
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
41
Data Management
Not enough data
8.7
45
Not enough data
8.6
44
Database
8.7
235
Not enough data
8.9
242
Not enough data
9.3
255
Not enough data
Integrations
8.3
219
Not enough data
9.2
254
Not enough data
Platform
9.0
244
Not enough data
8.8
244
Not enough data
9.2
254
Not enough data
Processing
9.0
240
Not enough data
9.0
239
Not enough data
Data Transformation
8.8
226
Not enough data
9.1
232
Not enough data
Connectivity
8.7
206
Not enough data
9.2
230
Not enough data
9.0
220
Not enough data
9.2
230
Not enough data
Operations
8.4
227
Not enough data
8.8
224
Not enough data
8.6
212
Not enough data
8.6
209
Not enough data
9.3
229
Not enough data
Building Reports
9.0
146
Not enough data
8.6
141
Not enough data
7.6
122
Not enough data
8.4
143
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Database Features
Not enough data
8.7
306
Not enough data
8.8
309
Not enough data
8.8
309
Not enough data
8.4
304
Not enough data
8.8
302
Not enough data
8.4
303
Not enough data
8.4
308
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Databricks and IBM Db2 are categorized as Data Warehouse
Unique Categories
Databricks is categorized as DataOps Platforms, MLOps Platforms, Data Governance, ETL Tools, Big Data Processing and Distribution, Big Data Analytics, Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, Analytics Platforms, Database Management Systems (DBMS), Generative AI Infrastructure, AI Agent Builders, and AI Gateways
IBM Db2 is categorized as Relational Databases, Object-Oriented Databases, XML Databases, Database as a Service (DBaaS), and Data Warehouse Automation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Databricks
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
Information Technology and Services
15.2%
Financial Services
10.7%
Computer Software
8.6%
Consulting
3.8%
Hospital & Health Care
3.8%
Other
58.0%
Information Technology and Services
21.6%
Banking
11.7%
Computer Software
10.1%
Financial Services
7.2%
Insurance
5.9%
Other
43.6%
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Discussions
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4 Comments
BR
Lakehouse is a new and open data management architecture solution that combines the best features of the data lake and warehouse.Read more
What are the features of Databricks?
4 Comments
SA
It supports large amount of data with capability to write code in SQL, Spark, Python and R.
In the backend, it stored the data in the parquet file which...Read more
What is Databricks unified analytics platform?
3 Comments
CA
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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
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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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