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IBM Db2 Big SQL vs Spark SQL comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Db2 Big SQL
Ranking in Hadoop
9th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Spark SQL
Ranking in Hadoop
5th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Hadoop category, the mindshare of IBM Db2 Big SQL is 3.3%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spark SQL is 6.1%, down from 10.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Hadoop Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Spark SQL6.1%
IBM Db2 Big SQL3.3%
Other90.6%
Hadoop
 

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Kemal Duman - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead, Data Engineering at Nesine.com
Data pipelines have run faster and support flexible batch and streaming transformations
We do not have any performance problems, but we do have some resource problems. Spark SQL consumes so many resources that we migrated our streaming job from Spark to Apache Flink. Resource management in Spark SQL should be better. It consumes more resources, which is normal. The main reason we switched from Spark is memory and CPU consumption. The major reason is the resource problem because the number of streaming jobs has been increasing in our company. That is why we considered resource management as a priority. Because of the resource consumption, I would say the development of Spark SQL is better. For development purposes, it is a top product and not difficult to work with, but resources are the major problem. We changed to Flink regardless of development time. Development time is less in Spark compared with Flink.
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
15%
University
15%
Retailer
12%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

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Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise4
 

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