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."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."
"It supports in-house-built applications in .NET and VB6"
"It supports multiple applications and business intelligence tools."
"The scalability is very good."
"The solution's stability, performance, enhanced functionality, and replication are all great features."
"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."
"Replication is a valuable feature and easy to use."
"Replication, all levels of replication, query charting, and the MongoDB embedded are the most valuable features of this solution."
"We really enjoy the FastLoad, TPump, and MultiLoad features."
"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."
"Parallel processing features have helped to easily dump any size of data and retrieve data with great performance."
"When it comes to integration, tools like Informatica seamlessly connect with Teradata. We ensure the Teradata database is configured correctly in Informatica, including the proper hostname and properties for the load process. We didn't find any major complexity or issues with integration."
"Teradata features high productivity and reliability because it has several redundancy options, so the system is always up and running."
"The performance is great, we are able to query our data in one operation."
"It's a pre-configured appliance that requires very little in terms of setting-up."
"I like this solution's ease of design and the fact that its performance is quite good. It is stable as well."
"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 solution lacks some functionality."
"I would like to see backups from secondary servers."
"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."
"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."
"I experienced poor input/output (IO) performance."
"Data ingestion is done via external utilities and not by the query language itself. It would be more convenient to have that functionality within its SQL dialect."
"Teradata can improve the way it handles big data and unstructured data."
"It could use some more advanced analytics relating to structured and semi-structured data."
"The capability to implement it with comparable performance across various private cloud environments, ensuring adaptability to different infrastructure setups would be beneficial."
"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."
"I'm not sure about the unstructured data management capabilities. It could be improved."
"The current operational approach needs improvement."
"Teradata is a bit late for the cloud."
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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