We performed a comparison between IBM Informix and SAP HANA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Embedded Database solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."This solution has made financial reporting possible by allowing financial people the opportunity to set Informix to "Auto Pilot" so that they can attend other duties."
"It supports in-house-built applications in .NET and VB6"
"Replication, all levels of replication, query charting, and the MongoDB embedded are the most valuable features of this solution."
"So far, we do not have a lot of issues. It's pretty problem-free."
"Replication is a valuable feature and easy to use."
"IBM Informix benefits users with high availability and good integration capabilities."
"The solution's stability, performance, enhanced functionality, and replication are all great features."
"The scalability is very good."
"The solution is very stable."
"Technically it resembles Oracle, but as a somewhat lighter version."
"It has a very huge bandwidth and data transfer."
"The most valuable feature of SAP HANA is its performance and integration."
"The UX experience is very good."
"We are using the solution for the DW system. The primary function of the solution is for the database in memory."
"It is difficult for me to narrow down what the best features are in SAP HANA because they work together to provide the overall functionality of the solution. However, the Fiori application is very good."
"SAP HANA is vertically and horizontally scalable."
"I would like to see backups from secondary servers."
"The technical support services need substantial improvement."
"The pricing is a bit expensive."
"It would be helpful to have IBM salespeople know that Informix exists, and sell it. Currently, it is completely ignored by IBM."
"This product could be made easier to use for beginners."
"In my opinion, the packages could be improved. The version I use doesn't allow for packages. I can do some general procedures, but no packages like in Oracle. So, develop separate modules in SQL language. This would be most beneficial for me."
"Continue extending the SQL language for compatibility with the competition's language, including Stored Procedure Language."
"I experienced poor input/output (IO) performance."
"The solution needs to work on its performance and make it faster."
"This is an expensive solution."
"There could be better management for faster updates, last year there were some changes in India to the e-invoicing feature."
"The bid process needs to be improved."
"They can improve their technology for the CRM subsystem. There are other products that are better and more effective for the CRM subsystem. Its price could be better. It is expensive."
"SAP HANA's long run time to extract data could be improved upon."
"Unlike other databases, it lacks management features that legacy databases like Oracle or SQL servers have. They need to make the solution easier to manage and offer tools that make management more effective. A lot of things you have on traditional databases you have to develop into HANA."
"Per SAP, you can do both transactional and analytical processes in SAP HANA. Though that's true, the speed is slower when you combine the two functions, so this is what I'd like SAP to improve in SAP HANA. In the next release, I want to see better diagrams in SAP HANA and a more user-friendly interface."
IBM Informix is ranked 6th in Embedded Database with 16 reviews while SAP HANA is ranked 1st in Embedded Database with 81 reviews. IBM Informix is rated 8.6, while SAP HANA is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IBM Informix writes "Quite stable and flexible but not very innovative". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP HANA writes "Excellent compatibility between modules and the control". IBM Informix is most compared with Oracle Database, SQL Server, IBM Db2 Database, MySQL and MariaDB, whereas SAP HANA is most compared with Oracle Database, SQL Server, MySQL, IBM Db2 Database and Apache Spark. See our IBM Informix vs. SAP HANA report.
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