We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 Database and IBM Informix based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Relational Databases Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I believe that because the support is good, they jump in and assist us in determining the root cause."
"The solution is stable."
"IBM Db2 Database has good performance."
"Reliable, robust with great features."
"It's easy to search and extract data from the warehouse using queries."
"it is very stable and runs smoothly once it is deployed and it is almost maintenance-free."
"The solution is a very stable relational database and has integration with legacy systems. It is a great product."
"Db2 database scalability and performance capabilities match our database needs. It covers pretty much everything a database administrator or engineer might need."
"Replication is a valuable feature and easy to use."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"The most valuable feature is concurrency and locking because my customers usually use databases in OLTP mode. So, for a large number of competitive users. Other features that are well valued are quick large-scale data types. It is better than Oracle."
"IBM Informix benefits users with high availability and good integration capabilities."
"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."
"For IoT business cases, having Informix Enterprise Edition work on edge computers, like Raspberry Pi and using Informix replication, makes complex situations simple to build and maintain."
"So far, we do not have a lot of issues. It's pretty problem-free."
"The scalability is very good."
"Do not use support. Freely available documentation is a bit weak."
"There could be better integration with some cloud solutions."
"Performance is something that can be improved with DB2."
"IBM Db2 Database could improve with better security."
"I would like to see some artificial intelligence brought into the solution."
"The solution no longer supports POWER8."
"I would say that the tool has to be made more cloud-friendly and should have agreements with AWS, Microsoft, or Google to run things on hyperscalers."
"Db2 interface could be improved a bit. Comparing it to Oracle, Db2's interfaces could be improved."
"There should be more intelligence surrounding discovering data to be able to automatically create indexes."
"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."
"The pricing is a bit expensive."
"I really would love to have a QT plugin."
"The solution really doesn't add new features very often."
"This solution is in need of more current tools."
"The solution lacks some functionality."
"It would be helpful to have IBM salespeople know that Informix exists, and sell it. Currently, it is completely ignored by IBM."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews while IBM Informix is ranked 14th in Relational Databases Tools with 16 reviews. IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2, while IBM Informix is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of IBM Db2 Database writes "Very scalable with high availability and excellent technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Informix writes "Quite stable and flexible but not very innovative". IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, SAP HANA, Teradata and IBM Netezza Performance Server, whereas IBM Informix is most compared with Oracle Database, SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB and Teradata. See our IBM Db2 Database vs. IBM Informix report.
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