We performed a comparison between IBM Informix and Teradata 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."The stability is incredible. I have customers with uptimes of several years."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"The scalability is very good."
"So far, we do not have a lot of issues. It's pretty problem-free."
"Every version is faster than the previous."
"The solution's stability, performance, enhanced functionality, and replication are all great features."
"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."
"It supports in-house-built applications in .NET and VB6"
"It's very, very fast"
"Teradata is a great, industry-leading data warehousing product that has MPP architecture."
"I like this solution's ease of design and the fact that its performance is quite good. It is stable as well."
"Cuts time to process huge amounts of data with efficient analytical queries."
"Teradata can be deployed on-premise, on the cloud, or in a virtual machine, which means customers can move without having to create their architecture all over again."
"The flexibility in design is very good."
"I've never had any issues with scalability."
"It's very mature from a technology perspective."
"The pricing is a bit expensive."
"This solution is in need of more current tools."
"Continue extending the SQL language for compatibility with the competition's language, including Stored Procedure Language."
"There should be more intelligence surrounding discovering data to be able to automatically create indexes."
"The solution really doesn't add new features very often."
"The support team could include local engineers to establish efficient communication. It will help us speed up the escalation process."
"The technical support services need substantial improvement."
"The solution lacks some functionality."
"I'm not sure about the unstructured data management capabilities. It could be improved."
"I've been using the same UI for 20 years in Teradata. It could use some updating. Adding more stability around Teradata Studio would be outstanding. Teradata Studio is a Java-based version of their tool. It's much better now, but it still has some room for improvement."
"The setup is not straightforward."
"Teradata needs to pay attention to the cloud-based solution to make sure it runs smoothly."
"Teradata is a bit late for the cloud."
"The solution could improve by having a cloud version or a cloud component. We have to use other solutions, such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Snowflake for the cloud."
"Teradata's UI could be more user-friendly."
"Teradata's UI could be improved."
IBM Informix is ranked 14th in Relational Databases Tools with 16 reviews while Teradata is ranked 7th in Relational Databases Tools with 54 reviews. IBM Informix is rated 8.6, while Teradata is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM Informix writes "Quite stable and flexible but not very innovative". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Teradata writes "Offers seamless integration capabilities and performance optimization features, including extensive indexing and advanced tuning capabilities". IBM Informix is most compared with Oracle Database, SQL Server, IBM Db2 Database and MySQL, whereas Teradata is most compared with SQL Server, Snowflake, Oracle Exadata, MySQL and BigQuery. See our IBM Informix vs. Teradata report.
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