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 stability is incredible. I have customers with uptimes of several years."
"It supports in-house-built applications in .NET and VB6"
"The scalability is very good."
"Replication, all levels of replication, query charting, and the MongoDB embedded are the most valuable features of this solution."
"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."
"Replication is a valuable feature and easy to use."
"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."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"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 most valuable aspects of this solution are the fast caching and improved performance to the database"
"The scalability of the solution is very good. It's able to support large amounts of data."
"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 product offers high scalability."
"The solution's ROI is excellent."
"Security is the most valuable feature."
"We can integrate it with any data sources as well."
"The solution really doesn't add new features very often."
"This solution is in need of more current tools."
"I really would love to have a QT plugin."
"I would like to see backups from secondary servers."
"There should be more intelligence surrounding discovering data to be able to automatically create indexes."
"The technical support services need substantial improvement."
"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."
"Technical support is below our expectations currently. It could be improved."
"They should improve the solution's scalability for large databases."
"It would be good if Oracle could reduce downtime when transferring from non-In-Memory to In-Memory."
"We often have to find solutions on our own through the support site, so there's room for improvement in this regard."
"I would like Oracle Database In-Memory to include a data replication feature."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"Lacks sufficient integration with other tools."
"They should lower the price. My customers think that it's too expensive."
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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