We have a corporate license with IBM. We also have a global account. We have a contract of a few years with them. 

The pricing is a little high, however, Oracle, for example, is a bit higher still.

For me, it's always too expensive.

The problem is that Informix sometimes competes with free products, so yes, it's very expensive, but when we're talking about licensed products like SQL Server or anything, the midsize pricing could be significantly improved.

IBM's licensing is quite complicated. It has additions, and then it has features or does not have features. To make a quote or sell Informix, you must be extremely knowledgeable in the sales field.

I would rate the pricing model a four out of ten because it is complex.

A low range is acceptable. Mid-range is not acceptable. The high range is pretty much the same as the competition, but many customers, in my opinion, are leaving Informix, first because Informix is no longer a household name in the industry, and second, because the mid-range is not properly addressed in terms of pricing.

The free edition can be enough to handle moderate-size implementations, but you may want a pay for edition to benefit from more functionality, such as replication.

I have not managed the costs, but depending on the characteristics they wish to exploit and the number of users connected, they can opt for connection-based or server-based licensing if there are about 300 users evaluating license per server.

Informix Innovator-C Edition - Free

• Small and medium-sized enterprises (including replication and some clustering benefits).
• Limited to one core and 2GB of memory.

Informix Advanced Workgroup Edition - Payment

• Small and medium-sized enterprises
• This edition is limited to 16 cores with a maximum of 48GB of memory and does not support clustering features.
• Supports spatial data stores.

Informix Enterprise Edition - Payment

• It allows you to use an unlimited amount of data storage, processors, and memory.
• Informix Ultimate Edition includes cluster functions and IBM Informix Flexible Grid functionality.

Informix Advanced Enterprise Edition - Payment

The product has reasonable pricing. We purchase its yearly license.

I am not aware of the licensing costs or terms. 

The pricing is okay because we are able to negotiate costs. However, the solution should make an effort to adjust the pricing so that we can get the same pricing in Morocco as we would get in the United States.