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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.5% of reviews)
Enterprise (66.0% of reviews)
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Databricks Data Intelligence Platform
Star Rating
(626)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformIBM Db2
Star Rating
(678)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (66.0% of reviews)
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that IBM Db2 excels in Data Ingestion & Wrangling with a score of 8.8, making it a strong choice for organizations needing robust data preparation capabilities. In contrast, Databricks Data Intelligence Platform shines in Data Integration with a score of 9.0, indicating its superior ability to connect and unify data from various sources.
- Reviewers mention that IBM Db2's Ease of Setup is rated at 7.6, which some users find challenging compared to Databricks' score of 8.4. This suggests that users may experience a smoother onboarding process with Databricks.
- G2 users highlight that Databricks offers better Cloud Deployment capabilities, scoring 9.1 in Cloud Migration Capabilities and 9.2 in Hybrid Cloud Support, making it a more flexible option for businesses looking to leverage cloud technologies.
- Users on G2 report that IBM Db2 has a strong focus on Data Security, with a score of 9.1 for Data Security and 8.8 for Data Governance. In comparison, Databricks scores lower in these areas, indicating that users may prioritize IBM Db2 for sensitive data management.
- Reviewers mention that Databricks excels in Machine Learning Services, particularly in Natural Language Processing with a score of 8.5, which is higher than IBM Db2's offerings. This makes Databricks a more appealing choice for organizations focused on advanced analytics and AI capabilities.
- Users say that IBM Db2's Quality of Support is rated at 8.0, while Databricks scores higher at 8.4, indicating that users may find more responsive and helpful support when using Databricks, which can be crucial for troubleshooting and implementation challenges.
Pricing
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Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
512
8.5
484
Ease of Use
8.8
521
8.0
493
Ease of Setup
8.6
394
7.7
259
Ease of Admin
8.3
169
7.7
241
Quality of Support
8.7
487
8.1
457
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
172
8.3
234
Product Direction (% positive)
9.6
500
6.8
452
Features by Category
Reports
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Data Preparation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Modeling and Blending
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Analytics Platforms
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
Self Service
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.2
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Deployment & Integration - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
Performance & Scalability - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI Capabilities - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Personalized Intelligence - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Building Reports
8.9
136
Not enough data
8.5
136
Not enough data
7.6
121
Not enough data
8.3
135
Not enough data
Administration
8.8
92
Not enough data
8.6
89
Not enough data
9.0
90
Not enough data
8.6
91
Not enough data
Management
8.5
84
Not enough data
8.7
83
Not enough data
8.6
83
Not enough data
8.5
82
Not enough data
8.7
82
Not enough data
Compliance
8.8
90
Not enough data
8.7
89
Not enough data
8.9
88
Not enough data
8.7
88
Not enough data
Security
9.0
80
Not enough data
8.9
82
Not enough data
8.9
82
Not enough data
Data Quality
9.0
90
Not enough data
8.7
89
Not enough data
9.0
87
Not enough data
Maintainence
8.8
81
Not enough data
8.8
80
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.4
79
Not enough data
8.5
78
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Governance
8.8
8
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
Management
8.6
167
Not enough data
8.5
161
Not enough data
Functionality
9.1
168
Not enough data
9.2
169
Not enough data
9.1
170
Not enough data
9.0
162
Not enough data
9.1
164
Not enough data
Deployment
8.9
63
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
Deployment
8.9
61
Not enough data
8.8
62
Not enough data
8.6
65
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
9.0
64
Not enough data
Management
8.9
61
Not enough data
8.8
63
Not enough data
9.1
59
Not enough data
8.9
67
Not enough data
Operations
8.7
61
Not enough data
8.8
60
Not enough data
9.0
61
Not enough data
Management
8.8
60
Not enough data
8.7
59
Not enough data
9.1
58
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.3
27
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
System
8.8
175
Not enough data
Model Development
8.8
179
Not enough data
7.9
185
Not enough data
8.3
182
Not enough data
8.6
184
Not enough data
Model Development
8.5
171
Not enough data
Machine/Deep Learning Services
8.1
171
Not enough data
8.5
176
Not enough data
8.2
168
Not enough data
8.1
170
Not enough data
Machine/Deep Learning Services
8.4
156
Not enough data
8.4
158
Not enough data
Deployment
8.5
174
Not enough data
8.7
177
Not enough data
9.0
181
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.2
86
Not enough data
8.4
86
Not enough data
7.6
85
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
Data Management
9.0
177
|
Verified
8.6
52
|
Verified
8.9
177
|
Verified
8.1
48
|
Verified
8.8
172
|
Verified
8.6
49
|
Verified
8.7
175
|
Verified
8.2
48
|
Verified
8.7
165
|
Verified
7.5
34
|
Verified
9.0
167
|
Verified
7.6
34
|
Verified
Integration
8.8
163
|
Verified
7.8
43
|
Verified
8.8
163
|
Verified
8.1
45
|
Verified
9.1
171
|
Verified
8.1
42
|
Verified
Deployment
7.9
152
|
Verified
8.4
50
|
Verified
9.1
173
|
Verified
7.8
41
|
Verified
Performance
9.1
173
|
Verified
8.6
51
|
Verified
Security
8.8
164
|
Verified
8.7
46
|
Verified
8.9
165
|
Verified
9.0
35
|
Verified
Generative AI
8.5
75
8.3
8
8.4
74
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
9.0
66
Not enough data
8.7
65
Not enough data
8.8
66
Not enough data
9.1
63
Not enough data
Agentic AI - DataOps Platforms
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
Analytics
8.8
64
Not enough data
8.4
63
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.5
64
Not enough data
8.5
64
Not enough data
Cloud Deployment
9.1
60
Not enough data
9.0
61
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
Configuration
Not enough data
8.5
65
Not enough data
8.1
60
Not enough data
8.5
65
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
62
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
40
Data Management
Not enough data
8.7
45
Not enough data
8.6
44
Database
8.7
218
Not enough data
8.9
224
Not enough data
9.3
225
Not enough data
Integrations
8.3
207
Not enough data
9.2
227
Not enough data
Platform
9.0
220
Not enough data
8.8
223
Not enough data
9.2
227
Not enough data
Processing
9.0
219
Not enough data
9.0
218
Not enough data
Data Transformation
8.8
219
Not enough data
9.0
226
Not enough data
Connectivity
8.7
202
Not enough data
9.2
225
Not enough data
9.0
217
Not enough data
9.2
225
Not enough data
Operations
8.4
223
Not enough data
8.8
218
Not enough data
8.6
207
Not enough data
8.6
205
Not enough data
9.3
220
Not enough data
Building Reports
8.9
136
Not enough data
8.5
136
Not enough data
7.6
121
Not enough data
8.3
135
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
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
Databricks Data Intelligence Platform and IBM Db2 are categorized as Data Warehouse
Unique Categories
Databricks Data Intelligence Platform is categorized as MLOps Platforms, DataOps Platforms, Data Governance, ETL Tools, Big Data Processing and Distribution, Big Data Analytics, Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, and Analytics Platforms
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 Data Intelligence Platform
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
14.7%
Financial Services
11.4%
Computer Software
8.2%
Consulting
3.9%
Hospital & Health Care
3.8%
Other
58.1%
Information Technology and Services
21.6%
Banking
11.6%
Computer Software
10.1%
Financial Services
7.3%
Insurance
5.9%
Other
43.5%
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Discussions
What is Lakehouse in Databricks?
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?
3 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
Databricks' Unified Data Analytics Platform helps organizations accelerate innovation by unifying data science with engineering and business. With Databricks...Read more
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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