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CockroachDB vs. IBM Db2

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

MetricCockroachDB

by Cockroach Labs

IBM Db2

by IBM

Overall rating4.34.1
Review count29684
Ease of use9.08.3
Ease of setup9.28.0
Quality of support9.28.3
Meets requirements8.98.7
NPS55.55555636
Small Business55.2%13.2%
Mid-Market34.5%20.8%
Enterprise10.3%66.0%
Total page views429632
Total LLM citations3,4363,844

CockroachDB

Overview Cockroach Labs is the creator of CockroachDB, the cloud-native, resilient, distributed SQL database enterprises worldwide trust to run mission-critical AI and other applications that scale fast, avert and survive disaster, and thrive everywhere. It runs on the Big 3 clouds, on prem, and in hybrid configurations powering Fortune 500, Forbes Global 2000, and Inc.

Pros

  • Scalability
  • Database Management
  • Performance
  • Ease of Use
  • High Availability
  • Flexibility

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