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CockroachDB vs IBM DB2

A side-by-side look at CockroachDB and IBM DB2. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

CockroachDB

CockroachDB

Development

CockroachDB is an open-source, distributed SQL database that scales horizontally with high availability to tolerate failures and supports strongly consistent ACID transactions. It aims to provide scalability, survivability, and data consistency across multiple datacenters.

distributedscalablefault-tolerantsql
IBM DB2

IBM DB2

Business & Commerce

IBM DB2 is a relational database management system (RDBMS) developed by IBM. It supports advanced database features like row-level locking, stored procedures, triggers, XML data type storage, and native JSON data type support. DB2 runs on multiple platforms like Linux, UNIX, and Windows.

relational-databaserdbmsxmljsonmultiplatform

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