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."
"We had a crash of the backup system and the IBM DB2 was always up and consistent. It's robust, and for us, it was always up and running."
"Db2 Database has given us good results since we have started to use it. We predominantly use IBM hardware, and this is one of the reasons why we started to use Db2 Database. Db2 Database has a very good HADR capability. High availability resilience is also good in this solution. It also has pureScale, which allows you to upgrade one node to get very good and high-level resilience. If you are using a database on five nodes, you can take one node down, upgrade that, and let that node up. You can then bring the second node down, upgrade that, and so on."
"Its functionality and availability are valuable. Its availability is great. It is available 99.99% of the time."
"It's easy to search and extract data from the warehouse using queries."
"Reliable, robust with great features."
"I like that its true active-active. For example, if there are two instances within a cluster, we can take one of them down and there's no failover or switch over. There's no primary and secondary, it's true active-active. We can take one side down and we can upgrade that with new maintenance or a new version, obviously testing coexistence beforehand, without impacting the business."
"The solution has many beneficial features, such as security, support, and stability."
"It supports in-house-built applications in .NET and VB6"
"Replication is a valuable feature and easy to use."
"The stability is incredible. I have customers with uptimes of several years."
"The scalability is very good."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"It supports multiple applications and business intelligence tools."
"IBM Informix benefits users with high availability and good integration capabilities."
"Every version is faster than the previous."
"I would like to see some artificial intelligence brought into the solution."
"There could be more user-friendly tools with features such as drag-and-drop functionality, visual basics, and low-code capabilities."
"The price should be lower."
"The initial set up was complex."
"IBM Db2 Database could improve in the steps it takes for upgrades. It is not an easy process. The process of upgrading the version is lengthy and requires a lot of time. To make it more efficient, I suggest implementing some automation on the solution side. This will greatly reduce the time required for the upgrade."
"In terms of improvements, IBM Db2 can improve its interface and its functionality. Also, the embedded functions should be much richer than the current ones - the functions which are embedded in the engine itself."
"It would be ideal if the solution offered backup functionality. Many similar tools already do, which means Db2 is somewhat behind the curve in terms of what a customer might expect from it."
"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."
"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 support team could include local engineers to establish efficient communication. It will help us speed up the escalation process."
"The solution really doesn't add new features very often."
"There should be more intelligence surrounding discovering data to be able to automatically create indexes."
"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."
"This solution is in need of more current tools."
"This product could be made easier to use for beginners."
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, MySQL and Oracle Database In-Memory, 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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