Db2 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Reviews & Insights

Score8.5 out of 10

230 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Db2 are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Ease of Use: Users consistently praise the database for its intuitive interface and straightforward administration processes, such as backup, restoration, and monitoring capabilities, enhancing operational efficiency. The simplicity of tasks like data management allows teams to focus on core business activities.

Security Features: Many reviewers have highlighted the database's robust security measures, including encryption, access controls, and auditing functionalities that ensure secure data handling and prevent unauthorized access. This level of security instills confidence in users regarding data protection.

Performance and Scalability: Users value the database's efficient handling of large data volumes, effective query optimization capabilities, and seamless integration with external services like ERPs, contributing to enhanced performance and scalability. These features enable businesses to adapt to changing needs while maintaining optimal performance levels.

Reviews

40 Reviews

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

my favorite product Db2

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

October 10, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is a robust, high-capacity database that can support high workloads for high-availability scenarios.

es una base de datos robusta de alta capacidad de poder soportar altas Cargas de trabajo para escenarios de alta disponibilidad.

Pros

robust
robustes

Likelihood to Recommend

I recommend it 100%

lo recomiendo 100%

This review was originally written in Spanish and has been translated into English using a third-party translation tool. While we strive for accuracy, some nuances or meanings may not be perfectly captured.

Juan Garay

especialista de ti in Information Technology at inspira it (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

Reseller

8 years of experience

Db2 has great performance and stability

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

October 9, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM Db2 is used as a database for many of OMS projects where the backend is IBM Db2

Pros

Performance
Stability
Ease of use

Cons

Auto tuning of DB storage
Shorter downtime for maintenance

Likelihood to Recommend

Db2 provides a solid database platform which is stable with high performance. Built to last

Vikas Kumar

Principal Consultant in Information Technology at Infosys Limited (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

Db2 the BEST RDBMS

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

October 9, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Db2 is our backbone to our IT Infrastructure as we have all our Corporate and Client data in Db2 on Mainframe.
Db2 perfectly address the business problems of need of keeping data available 24X7, in a secure way, be self resilient and wonderful Business value insights from Large data pool.
Scope of our Use case is to make use of Db2 for specific Business purposes as Relational Database Management System

Pros

Resilience - Db2 for z/OS 13 has capacity to be self resilient. Example in case if abends and it is brought up it has capability to resolve the issue which caused the abend in certain cases
Security - Db2 for z/OS 13 has updated features like profile etc to meet Security Baselines
Business Insights - Db2 supports many means of getting valuable Business insights from the huge- data

Cons

Allow use of Pass tickets
Allow Online indexes reorg
Allow more active logs pairs

Likelihood to Recommend

Suited well when data is Huge

Less appropriate for less data

Verified User

Advisor in Information Technology (Information Technology & Services company, 10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

19 years of experience

Db2 is great for big organisation

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

October 8, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

To process huge amount of data in short time. We need to have it always current, without any delays. We need to have also secure setup and resiliency on both hw and software

Pros

store all critical data
make them available
make them secure

Cons

easier to maintenance
less ipl
easier to implement pervasive encryption

Likelihood to Recommend

very good response and seciurity

Klaudiusz Konieczka

Director, Mainframe System Programming, MF Optimize Technical Services in Engineering at Ensono LP (Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

20 years of experience

Best Cloud based Db2 by IBM

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

September 2, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using IBM Db2 for our large scale applications because it handle million of transactions very quickly and efficiently with any lag or downtime. It available on all platform that gives us the flexibility. It has wide range of clustering options that saves us from failover as well as supporting horizontal scaling for workloads. High grade SQL optimisation engine boost performance of the application. We can also integrate with other IBM services.

Pros

Inbuilt AI feature for better optimization.
Reduce storage as well as maintenance cost.
Highly optimised for better performance.

Cons

Costly for small application or startups.
Little bit complex to setup.

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Db2 is recommendable for large scale application because no downtime always required in financial application. As well as it ensure security and show the robustness.

Roli Sharma

Technical Professional in Information Technology at Accenture (Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

View profile

IBM Db2

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

August 26, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use IBM Db2 to store and manage data for customer services. The data is well organized and we can easily access when needed. It solves some common problems that we face such as slow reporting, data errors while handling large amounts of information.
We generally prefer using it for day-to-day tasks. Also, we are looking at data to make better decisions. We use it only via cloud.

Pros

We deal with a large data of our customers along with their transactions, Db2 helps us to manage it very efficiently without slowing down.
Db2 provides security that helps us to keep our customer's confidential data safe.
It helps us to generate month end reports very fast due to it's efficient queries.

Cons

Data Studio feels little outdated, can be enhance and make user friendly.

Likelihood to Recommend

I can say, it suits for scenarios related to financial transactions as it is secure and very fast.
And may be for startups or small projects, it should be less appropriate as data will be unstructured there and we can prefer noSQL there.

Verified User

Consultant in Customer Service (Information Technology & Services company, 10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Secure scalable and easy to use

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

July 15, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I mainly use Db2 for managing large volumes of employee data from multiple sources like ERP and payment software. Db2 is the best tool for integrating with BI tools like PowerBI and Excel and I use it daily for reporting, automations and querying.

Pros

easy integration with Db2
advanced security features like encryption and user roles, so I don’t worry much about data leaks
the Express version is great for small businesses and still works well with all tools

Cons

the design part of the view sometimes returns errors while the query works successfully
some tasks are complicated
sometimes I came across compilation errors

Likelihood to Recommend

It’s reliable, stable and handles huge datasets without breaking, even setting it up is straightforward, and you get help from support or the community easily.

Aafaq Sikandar

Founder & CEO in Corporate at ENCYPHERS (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

DB2 a Robust Secure RDBMS

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

July 15, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Db2 in our organization to test the security products to notify customers for any DB related vulnerabilities. We mostly used it in our test and development environments. Also we use Db2 to do performance testing of various scenario involving the Queries per second and to benchmark the product on the Db2 database using various performance bench-marking tools like Sysbench, OLTP, HammerDB etc.

Pros

Excellent Security features
Very less Db specific vulnerabilities
Able to sustain high load
Excellent Queries per second (QPS) performance (Application Queries)

Cons

Comparatively difficult to setup the environment (OS dependencies)
Starting 11.5.x Solaris HPUX is not supported
Integration with third party tools is difficult

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited for:
1. Works excellent with IBM based hardware and software environment
2. Performance is very good in terms of query execution time
3. Db2 is able to handle large spike of data with ease without much deterioration in setup

Less appropriate:
1. On Cloud based environment the applicability is not very good compared to its competitors

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (Computer & Network Security company, 1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Db2 Makes Data Handling Fast and Reliable

Rating: 6 out of 10

Incentivized

June 13, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I’ve used IBM Db2 since v7, then v8, and now on v11+. Started on the mainframe and later moved to UNIX. I mostly use it for OLTP and OLAP workloads, integrating with COBOL apps and handling large data processing jobs.

Pros

the row-level locking helps me a lot in OLTP workloads without causing blocking
i really like the way Db2 integrates with COBOL just by using the SQLCA section
the performance and stability are very impressive, especially with near-zero downtime

Cons

sometimes I came across compilation errors, when I try to execute COBOL codes, using the DCLGEN utility for DB2
it’s cloud-native integration lags behind modern cloud-first databases like Aurora or Spanner
some tasks like traces are a bit complicated beyond the need for IBM for reading and understanding

Likelihood to Recommend

I’ve been using Db2 for almost 20 years and still find it reliable. If you’re working with COBOL or mainframe apps, it’s the best fit, I recommend it for teams that care about performance and enterprise-level stability.

Jazz Patel

Head of Sales Operations in Sales at Echoinnovate IT (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

9 years of experience

My tryst with Db2

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

March 25, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a database, for enterprise wide applications across the globe which requires robustness, scalable and secure databases while allows multiple-faceted user community.
Large / medium organisations with humongous data sets to be managed is recommended a serious consideration of Db2. The peripheral enablers for handling large volume of data makes it better than times before. ( am avoiding specific product callouts, as it will depends on each one’s need / requirement along with willingness to spend) .
Have noticed a lot more of acceptance in BFSI , logistics and manufacturing conglomerates.
Decision is very similar to that of owning or leasing a private jet. Merely acquiring one won’t help your case but using the same optimally with a qualified crew makes the difference. Maintenance too will cost you in its own ways.
Have seen Oracle , old Sybase , Max DB, Mongo , and HANA DB in action. Other than HANA DB for SAP, will consider Db2 any day. MHave had opportunities to closely work with IBM labs to get support and enhancements. Experience was superlative. FYI-not been in Sync with labs since 2022.
During these cloud y days, an operationally sharp acumen can take the calls as is the confidence alluded on security.

Pros

Hosting ERP applications of SAP across 3 continents and round the clock
Banking solutions with few hundreds of millions as customers
Secure DB operations where security outweighs spender

Cons

HA DR activities to be simplified
Normal DB maintenance requires qualified professionals
License costs

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited for where ever you want to handle
1) large data volumes
2) most cases structured, you may considering a streaming complementary solutions for high volume write ( inputs from sensor kind of devices )
3) security , back up , scalability as well as robustness

will not suggest for small and medium industries which does not have large data volumes or moderate ERP s where transactions are less than 100 a day…
unstructured data retrieval also has it’s own lag

Verified User

Vice-President (Information Technology & Services company, 1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

12 years of experience