G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon Aurora vs. IBM Db2

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAmazon Aurora

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

IBM Db2

by IBM

Overall rating4.54.1
Review count456684
Ease of use8.98.3
Ease of setup8.88.0
Quality of support8.98.3
Meets requirements9.18.7
NPS65.51724136
Small Business37.7%13.2%
Mid-Market33.8%20.8%
Enterprise28.5%66.0%
Total page views391632
Total LLM citations1,5323,844

Amazon Aurora

Amazon Aurora is a fully managed relational database service that combines the performance and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open-source databases. Compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL, Aurora delivers up to five times the throughput of standard MySQL databases and up to three times that of standard PostgreSQL databases. It is designed for high availability, offering up to 99.99% availability within a single region and up to 99.999% across multiple regions.

Pros

  • Scalability
  • Ease of Use
  • Availability
  • Performance
  • Reliability
  • High Availability

IBM Db2

Built to run the world’s mission-critical workloads. Designed by the world’s leading database experts, IBM Db2 empowers developers, enterprise architects, and data engineers to run low-latency transactions and real-time analytics equipped for the most demanding workloads. From microservices to AI workloads, Db2 is the tested, resilient, and hybrid database providing the extreme availability, built-in refined security, effortless scalability, and intelligent automation for systems that run the world.

Pros

  • Performance
  • Reliability
  • Scalability
  • Ease of Use
  • Security
  • Customer Support