We performed a comparison between IBM Informix and Oracle Database In-Memory 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."The solution's stability, performance, enhanced functionality, and replication are all great features."
"Every version is faster than the previous."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"The scalability is very good."
"It supports multiple applications and business intelligence tools."
"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"
"IBM Informix benefits users with high availability and good integration capabilities."
"The scalability is very good."
"The most valuable feature is that Database-In-Memory is more consistent and faster than traditional databases as it requires fewer CPUs to process instructions."
"The application development is very user-friendly."
"Oracle Database In-Memory is a suite of features that improves performance for real-time analytics and mixed workloads."
"The scalability of the solution is very good. It's able to support large amounts of data."
"The most valuable aspects of this solution are the fast caching and improved performance to the database"
"Normally, every database server uses hard disks. In-Memory has a feature, apart from their database, which is very good. When we start our server, all your data needs loading memory. We can use that. It's a very good feature. I think they added this feature in 2019. We can mount memory in the partition, create partitions in there, and create table space from that spot to share. It's a really good feature. We use it a lot."
"The solution's ROI is excellent."
"It would be helpful to have IBM salespeople know that Informix exists, and sell it. Currently, it is completely ignored by IBM."
"I experienced poor input/output (IO) performance."
"The solution lacks some functionality."
"This solution is in need of more current tools."
"The support team could include local engineers to establish efficient communication. It will help us speed up the escalation process."
"I would like to see backups from secondary servers."
"I really would love to have a QT plugin."
"Continue extending the SQL language for compatibility with the competition's language, including Stored Procedure Language."
"The solution should move to the new way of writing software code with AI that is intelligent and learns."
"Oracle should include column store or advanced query optimization so a database can be optimized by enabling analytic queries to run faster."
"I would like Oracle Database In-Memory to include a data replication feature."
"The platform’s pricing needs improvement."
"It would be good if Oracle could reduce downtime when transferring from non-In-Memory to In-Memory."
"We use some partitions in In-Memory. We have a very large table and a low dose. It is very expensive in data to load all of them into In-Memory. It takes up more memory slots in the server, as well as a lot of RAM. We use last partitions on the table. We always need to create a script and make a schedule that can load a last partition in In-Memory. Oracle doesn't have features to do this automatically. I would like them to allow us to load last partitions, as well as other table partitions, in In-Memory. I think a good feature would do that automatically, letting you see a table, load a large partition, and monitor loading memory. It's quite a good feature."
"They should lower the price. My customers think that it's too expensive."
"Lacks sufficient integration with other tools."
IBM Informix is ranked 6th in Embedded Database with 16 reviews while Oracle Database In-Memory is ranked 2nd in Embedded Database with 27 reviews. IBM Informix is rated 8.6, while Oracle Database In-Memory is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of IBM Informix writes "Quite stable and flexible but not very innovative". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Database In-Memory writes "User friendly with great scalability but needs to move toward intelligent AI". IBM Informix is most compared with Oracle Database, SQL Server, IBM Db2 Database, MySQL and MariaDB, whereas Oracle Database In-Memory is most compared with SAP HANA, IBM Db2 Database, Progress OpenEdge RDBMS, SQL Server and Apache Derby. See our IBM Informix vs. Oracle Database In-Memory report.
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