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."
"Every version is faster than the previous."
"Replication is a valuable feature and easy to use."
"It supports multiple applications and business intelligence tools."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"IBM Informix benefits users with high availability and good integration capabilities."
"It supports in-house-built applications in .NET and VB6"
"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."
"The feature that we find most valuable is its ability to perform Massive Parallel Processing."
"Teradata's capabilities enhance data management efficiency, support scalability, and contribute to faster query performance."
"Viewpoint, the detailed query logs and performance statistics are valuable features."
"There are several features of Teradata that I like. One of the most basic is the indexes. I also like that it provides lower TCO. It also has the optimizer feature which is a good feature and isn't found in other legacy systems. Parallelism is also another feature I like in Teradata because when you are running or hosting on multiple systems, you have this shared-nothing architecture that helps. Loading and unloading in Teradata are also really helpful compared to other systems."
"Teradata can be easily used in ETL mode transformations, so there is no need for expensive and inconvenient ETL tools"
"It has given our business the ability to gain insights into the data and create data labs for analysis and PoCs."
"The ability to handle machine data parallel processing is the most valuable feature of Teradata."
"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."
"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."
"This product could be made easier to use for beginners."
"I experienced poor input/output (IO) performance."
"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."
"Continue extending the SQL language for compatibility with the competition's language, including Stored Procedure Language."
"The support team could include local engineers to establish efficient communication. It will help us speed up the escalation process."
"The increasing volumes of data demand more and more performance."
"It's primarily designed for big projects and therefore, the pricing is pretty high. It's not suitable for smaller companies."
"We tried to use case Teradata for a data warehouse system, but we had some problems in relation to the Teradata system, CDC tools, and source databases. We were unable to transfer data from HPE Integrity mainframe to Teradata."
"I think the UI is not there yet. It could be improved by being more user-friendly."
"The setup is not straightforward."
"The solution is stable. However, there are times when we are using large amounts of data and we can see some latency issues."
"The solution needs improvement in its stability, support and pricing."
"Since I was working on the very basic, legacy systems, the memory thing was always a challenge. If Teradata is moving to the cloud, the space constraint or the memory issue that my company generally faces will eventually resolve, in time. What I'd like to see in the next release of Teradata is that it becomes full-fledged on the cloud, apart from better connectivity to various systems. For example, if I have to read or include a Python script, if I write some basic codes, I should be able to read even unstructured data. I know that it's not supported even in Snowflake, but at least semi-structured data support, if that can be a little more enhanced, that would be good."
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, MySQL and Oracle Database In-Memory, 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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