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."So far, we do not have a lot of issues. It's pretty problem-free."
"The stability is incredible. I have customers with uptimes of several years."
"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."
"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 multiple applications and business intelligence tools."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"The most valuable feature is concurrency and locking because my customers usually use databases in OLTP mode. So, for a large number of competitive users. Other features that are well valued are quick large-scale data types. It is better than Oracle."
"The scalability is very good."
"The most valuable aspects of this solution are the fast caching and improved performance to the database"
"It efficiently handles low-code data and supports read-and-write operations for clustering."
"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."
"Security is the most valuable feature."
"We can integrate it with any data sources as well."
"The solution's ROI is excellent."
"It accelerates query processing, which in turn speeds up operations and streamlines workflow, and ultimately enhancing productivity."
"This solution is in need of more current tools."
"The technical support services need substantial improvement."
"I really would love to have a QT plugin."
"The solution really doesn't add new features very often."
"I experienced poor input/output (IO) performance."
"The solution lacks some functionality."
"The pricing is a bit expensive."
"There should be more intelligence surrounding discovering data to be able to automatically create indexes."
"Oracle Database In-Memory appliance-based solutions can be restrictive for some applications, as they may require more flexibility in the database design to be tuned and sized to the customer's needs."
"Oracle should include column store or advanced query optimization so a database can be optimized by enabling analytic queries to run faster."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"The product could be more economical."
"The pricing could be improved. It would ideal if it was more reasonable."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The platform’s pricing needs improvement."
"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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