IBM DB2 Alternatives

IBM DB2 is described as 'DB2 offers industry leading performance, scale, and reliability on your choice of platform from Linux to z/OS. DB2 supports storing XML and relational data and offers SQL PL and PL/SQL procedural languages' and is a relational database in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to IBM DB2 for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best IBM DB2 alternative is DBeaver, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like IBM DB2 are SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL Community Edition and MongoDB.

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    A complete cloud-first data platform that includes a multi-model transactional data management engine, an application development platform, and interoperability engine, and an open analytics platform.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. Mimer SQL icon
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    Mimer SQL is an SQL-based relational database management system from the Swedish company Mimer Information Technology AB (formerly: Upright Database Technology AB), which has been developed and produced since the 1970s.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • Symbian S60
     
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    Invantive's custom SQL parser and processing engine is a feature-rich set of SQL statements that allow you to reuse SQL statements across databases and (cloud) applications.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Frontbase icon
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    FrontBase was created to fill the need for a robust and scalable relational database server that was Internet enabled, had no downtime, and required zero administration. FrontBases speed, wide range of features, and flexible structure can give you the competitive edge.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. SAP HANA icon
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    SAP HANA is a completely re-imagined platform for real-time business.

    It transforms business by streamlining transactions, analytics, planning, predictive, sentiment data processing on a single in-memory database so business can operate in real-time.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    TimesTen is a memory-optimized, relational database management system with persistence and recoverability. Originally designed and implemented at Hewlett-Packard labs in Palo Alto, California, TimesTen was spun out into a separate startup in 1996 and acquired by Oracle...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    MaxDB is an ANSI SQL-92 (entry level) compliant relational database management system (RDBMS) from SAP AG, which was delivered also by MySQL AB from 2003 to 2007. MaxDB is targeted for large SAP environments e.g.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Enea Polyhedra is a family of the two main products Polyhedra IMDB and Polyhedra FlashLite. Both are relational database systems, sharing the same SQL engine, the same client server architecture and protocols, and both support the hot-standby model for use in high-availability...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Actian PSQL combines a NoSQL transactional engine and a SQL relational engine to deliver a zero-DBA database platform for business applications.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Ingres icon
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    Ingres is the leading business open source database. Discover the New Economics of IT. Learn how to lower your TCO over a three-year period.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Advantage Database Server is a full-featured, easily embedded, client-server, relational database management system that provides you with Indexed Sequential Access Method (ISAM) table-based and SQL-based data access.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Matisse Software Inc. delivers database software and services to companies that need to rapidly and cost effectively develop and deploy scalable applications and services. Matisse 9, a Post Object-Relational Database product, is the first ever SQL-Object programmable data server...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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