Db2 is easy to use and has just about every feature you can imagine in a relational database management system. You can use it on the mainframe, as well as on Linux, Unix, and Windows systems, and even the iSeries platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not much to dislike. Perhaps IBM could do a better job of marketing it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

fluidly adapting to our changing needs and integrating with multiple platforms languages and workloads. IBM Db2 is supported across Linux, Unix, and Windows operating systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

version upgrade requires an outage

Lack of modern client an tool to connect

No free trial

Costing is too high

DB2 web console is not too stable

Improve documentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease of organizing & managing data. But it has been a long while I have worked on DB2. But I like using the SQL commands. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I remember there were a few issues but can't remember as it's been a while since I worked on DB2. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you know basic SQL, IBM DB2 is very easy to learn and work.

Effective database to create manage using files, tables, logical files. Secured and optimized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The green screen based approach is being replaced with tools like RDi. That is better. In green screen that is old UI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's data warehouse, it supports a lot of data types and analytical function for which are very useful for data warehousing projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One thing I dislike about ibm db2? Is there such a thing exist? Like this software/program is easy to use to complain for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have used DB2 with my mainframe project, retriveval and insertion of data was very quick and seamless , best database to use for faster process performance.It has very low latency compared to other DB's. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing to dislike , it's the best to use DB from what I've experienced , the support provided by IBM is also quick . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy connection strings via programmatic use and procs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not enough exposure to the product as a lead, need guidance from DBAs at times to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you use it as transactional database its very helpful and db2 syntax very easy to remember also configuration very easy to set up Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

db2 syntax and logic can be made easier especially related to timestamp Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the performance of db2 and it's features which attracts easy implementation of db level operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It associated with huge front cost so it's not possible for startups and small organisations to use it without any thoughts like cloud dbs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User friendly and easy to navigate over screens Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

More time required to pull data and time delay. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.