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IBM Db2 Database vs Tibero comparison

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Db2 Database
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
7th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
76
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Tibero
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
33rd
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
8.7
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of IBM Db2 Database is 6.6%, down from 7.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tibero is 1.5%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Db2 Database6.6%
Tibero1.5%
Other91.9%
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Featured Reviews

Sathyan K - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder, Director at perfTech Solutions Pvt Ltd
Database has secured high-volume transactions and supports fast, compliant workflow processing
Sterling B2B Integrator is a highly transactional-oriented application, which can be described as an OLTP application. Any data that flows through the application is stored in the database for each step that it performs. IBM Db2 Database helps the application work much faster from an OLTP perspective. IBM Db2 Database is SSL enabled, which means that from the security point of view, any access to the database is through SSL. Additionally, all compliance-related aspects have been taken care of from the database point of view, including database encryption and security-related features. It is highly scalable, and its performance related to database pruning is very good. It can be scaled vertically or horizontally so that data insertions and data access are much faster and more secure compared to how Oracle or other databases work.
CL
Consultant at TechData BIMA JSC
A stable and cost-effective tool that is fully compatible with Oracle
We are a solution provider and Tibero is one of the database products that we implement for our customers. All applications for Oracle work with Tibero and don't need to be customized The most valuable feature is compatibility with the Oracle database. If you have knowledge of Oracle then you…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Its functionality and availability are valuable. Its availability is great. It is available 99.99% of the time."
"There is almost no downtime and the performance is very good."
"Db2 database scalability and performance capabilities match our database needs. It covers pretty much everything a database administrator or engineer might need."
"The solution helps secure the database."
"Some of the most valuable features are the scaling from a small very cheap installation to a very large enterprise installation. In addition, the backups and assistance are good."
"The valuable features include access path optimization, excellent performance, a robust locking mechanism, parallelism, and effective buffering in memory."
"The most valuable feature of the IBM Db2 Database is security."
"The solution is very stable, in both hardware and database."
"Tibero uses Hyper-Threading architecture, which is incredibly fast."
"Tibero is a relational database management system, which supports disaster recovery, active cluster, active storage, etc."
"The most valuable feature is compatibility with the Oracle database."
"A huge benefit of Tibero is its licensing costs are low."
"Tibero has the mission to deliver reliable performance with a lower ownership cost."
"It is incredibly fast, much faster than Oracle in terms of compiling and processing speeds, very reliable and secure, never crashes or gets overloaded, the true data never gets falsified or corrupted, it is very easy to port your projects over, and it is considerably cheaper than any other software on the market."
"Tibero is very easy to setup and maintain."
"Migration from Oracle to Tibero is very easy and it took us about ten minutes."
 

Cons

"In my limited use case, the only major thing would be improved reporting capability."
"They should simplify the management of Db2 as a relational database system. There should be the simplification of management. This is probably one of the most important asks for being successful in the future."
"We need some time to improve the performance. We have to perform a weekly REORG, or else RUNSTATS for the databases."
"We just want a bit more integration with Linux. That said, we are already seeing Linux more readily available on the mainframe environment."
"The solution is pretty expensive and IBM isn't very transparent in their pricing plans."
"End-to-end encryption specifically is something the solution needs to have in the next release."
"The management of Db2 should be simplified because there are not too many specialists in this area, and the learning curve of Db2 specialists is very long. After the courses, probably it takes one and a half or two years to get to the point when you are using the product properly in the production systems. So, the complexity is very high, and the most important thing is to simplify the management of the product, including self-maintenance. They should simplify the installation, management, and monitoring to simplify the product. It takes too long for a person to be a specialist in this product."
"Backing up databases from Windows and restoring them on AIX and vise-versa."
"In PL/SQL code, there is a scope of improvement. We expect more PL/SQL packages should be included in the next release."
"Manual installation is a bit tricky, but one can get used to it."
"The knowledge base is quite small and should be expanded."
"There could be more user friendly FAQs online and included in the software."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the price of the IBM Db2 Database an eight out of ten."
"We purchase the product's yearly license."
"Compared to Oracle, it is so much cheaper."
"I think that everyone knows that with IBM the standard price is higher than the others."
"We don't see what the specific price of the DB2 license is because we pay for the backup license as a package."
"It is expensive when compared to other products."
"It is expensive."
"The solution's pricing is fine."
"The overall costs are very low compared to Oracle."
"The price of Tibero is cheaper than that of Oracle."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Construction Company
7%
Government
16%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
11%
 

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Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise48
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Db2 Database?
IBM Db2 is an expensive solution. While I am not heavily involved with pricing, additional companies provide capabilities or products like those from BMC, which many installations might also purchase.
What needs improvement with IBM Db2 Database?
A potential area of improvement is better documentation. From an educational perspective, it is difficult for people to understand IBM Db2 Database much faster compared to databases such as Oracle ...
What is your primary use case for IBM Db2 Database?
We use IBM Db2 Database for B2B Integrator, specifically Sterling B2B Integrator, which requires a database to store all configuration details. Any workflow that is created, any configuration messa...
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Sample Customers

Knorr-Bremse, Mizuho Bank Ltd., Australian Government Department of Defence, SCHWENK Zement, Friedhelm Loh Group, YAZAKI Europe Limited, Ekornes ASA, Baldor Electric, VSN Systemen BV, Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC, PLANSEE Group, TE Connectivity, Hansgrohe SE, Openmatics, University of Toronto
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