We performed a comparison between IBM Informix and MariaDB 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."Every version is faster than the previous."
"The scalability is very good."
"Replication, all levels of replication, query charting, and the MongoDB embedded are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The solution's stability, performance, enhanced functionality, and replication are all great features."
"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 stability is incredible. I have customers with uptimes of several years."
"It supports multiple applications and business intelligence tools."
"IBM Informix benefits users with high availability and good integration capabilities."
"The product has good documentation and you can find many examples online."
"Easy to use and available in most environments."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is a relational database, which is fairly reliable...It is a stable solution."
"Installation is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of MariaDB is the replication mode."
"MariaDB is easy to install and is stable and scalable."
"The product has been stable and reliable."
"What I like best about MariaDB is that it is open-source and reliable."
"The solution really doesn't add new features very often."
"This product could be made easier to use for beginners."
"The technical support services need substantial improvement."
"There should be more intelligence surrounding discovering data to be able to automatically create indexes."
"The support team could include local engineers to establish efficient communication. It will help us speed up the escalation process."
"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."
"I really would love to have a QT plugin."
"It would be helpful to have IBM salespeople know that Informix exists, and sell it. Currently, it is completely ignored by IBM."
"Master-master replication is something that needs to be simplified."
"MariaDB's GUI is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"An improvement would be scaling it up to the levels of Oracle, especially when it comes to resilience, so that we can do higher transactions for two databases or power our operation."
"There is room for improvement in terms of security."
"The product needs more features and more functionality. It's imperative that it supports more platforms, and supports more operating systems."
"The interface should be more user-friendly. It should be able to connect directly to the database and Interact with it without having to use commands. It needs better integration."
"Replication could be better, and it's not so simple. It would be better if they had a replication server. It would make things a lot easier. You need to have that replication server, but not in the same server farm. Then there will be a bit of latency between both because you should have one in one city and another one in a different city. That kind of solution should be more baked into every single database today. Mirroring the database in a live environment where any record written on the production server replicates instantly across the fiber on the other server wasn't easy. Many people don't even bother with that, and they just run one server."
"In future releases, mainly the addition of security features would be beneficial for MariaDB."
IBM Informix is ranked 15th in Relational Databases Tools with 16 reviews while MariaDB is ranked 5th in Relational Databases Tools with 52 reviews. IBM Informix is rated 8.6, while MariaDB is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM Informix writes "Quite stable and flexible but not very innovative". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MariaDB writes "Easy to deploy, cost-effective, and integrates seamlessly with other products". IBM Informix is most compared with Oracle Database, SQL Server, IBM Db2 Database, MySQL and Teradata, whereas MariaDB is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL and Vertica. See our IBM Informix vs. MariaDB report.
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