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Actian Ingres vs ELK Kibana comparison

Actian and Elastic are both solutions in the Data Visualization category. Additionally, 100% of Actian users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 60% of Elastic users who would recommend it.
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    60% willing to recommend
     

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    Categories and Ranking

    Actian Ingres
    Average Rating
    8.6
    Reviews Sentiment
    7.9
    Number of Reviews
    2
    Ranking in other categories
    Relational Databases Tools (25th), Data Warehouse (16th)
    ELK Kibana
    Average Rating
    7.2
    Number of Reviews
    4
    Ranking in other categories
    No ranking in other categories
     

    Featured Reviews

    GH
    GustavHoltzhausen
    Sr Sales Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
    Reliable performance enhances operations with good technical support
    We run the entire IRS system, the income system, and the tax system. We also manage the entire Absa banking system in Africa. There's a lot of database applications, similar to those used in banks and the IRS The most valuable features for us are reliability and performance. Our system is used…
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    KJ
    KentJones
    Engineer at Raytheon Technologies
    Visualization tools are optimized providing us with increased flexibility
    One area that could be improved is security. Being an open source product, if you want to add security, if you want to add authentication, you've got to use a third party plugin that may or may not cost you, or alternatively upgrade to their subscription service, which is a downside as well. I think the types of visualizations are nice, but I think there's room to add more without having to go to third party plugins to do that. Just comparing the total number of visualizations that it provides compared to Grafana, you can see that it's lacking. The UI experience isn't as rich as it is with Grafana or certain other tools. I would like to see better authentication options, typical authentication options, like active directory and LDAP as well, just a richer UI with more graph type options.
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    Quotes from Members

    We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
     

    Pros

    "Ingres is the only database solution that has maintained a level of consistency and integrity about the way users interact with it."
    "The most valuable features for us are reliability and performance."
    "The deployment of our solution across a number of servers using Ingres .NET has meant that we can protect the database server behind a highly secure firewall and deploy the front end solutions on a normal web server."
    "Some visualization tools are optimized for time series like Kibana, which allows you to do both, and we like the flexibility of being able to analyze different types of data."
    "The automatic update of the graphs from a dashboard is very convenient."
    "The stability of this solution is fantastic, as it has not failed us for months and we use it extensively."
    "The optimization and flexibility of visualization tools."
    "Having a tool where you can find logs that were generated months ago, and being able to search over a long period of time, is great."
    "The automatic update of the graphs from a dashboard is very convenient."
    "The user interface is very good, and the data visualization is simple and user-friendly."
     

    Cons

    "The ability to reset the log file without stopping the DBMS would be helpful for us."
    "The ability to reset the log file without stopping the DBMS would be helpful for us."
    "The seamless integration is a bit of an issue."
    "One area that could be improved is security. Being an open source product, if you want to add security, if you want to add authentication, you've got to use a third party plugin that may or may not cost you, or alternatively upgrade to their subscription service, which is a downside as well."
    "This solution should allow the user to combine two indices into one graph and it should provide a unique count."
    "This solution should allow the user to combine two indices into one graph."
    "Having a kind of wizard that would help you when you are typing your search would make it easier and quicker to refine your search, and ultimately find what you are looking for."
    "Security could be improved thereby avoiding the necessity of a third party plugin."
    "Populating data sometimes is also difficult for the user."
    "Having a kind of wizard that would help you when you are typing your search would make it easier and quicker to refine your search, and ultimately find what you are looking for."
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    Questions from the Community

    What needs improvement with Actian Ingres?
    The seamless integration is a bit of an issue. I would like to see more direct connectors and stuff like SQLAlchemy. It's there but isn't available as a standard, so it involves going to GitHub to ...
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    What is your primary use case for Actian Ingres?
    We run the entire IRS system, the income system, and the tax system. We also manage the entire Absa banking system in Africa. There's a lot of database applications, similar to those used in banks ...
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Actian Ingres?
    Initially, it's a lot less expensive than competitors. Price performance has always been a priority, ensuring we remain competitive in the market.
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    Also Known As

    Ingres, Ingres 2006
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    Overview

    Actian’s Ingres is a leading, enterprise-grade database management system designed to reduce IT costs and time-to-value, while delivering the strength and features expected from an enterprise-class database. Ingres 10.2 is the latest version of the database, containing enhancements that will make it easier to internationalize customer applications. Along with improved performance and reduced configuration overhead, users can take their first steps into big data analytics with the new Window functions.

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    Kibana lets you visualize your Elasticsearch data and navigate the Elastic Stack, so you can do anything from learning why you're getting paged at 2:00 a.m. to understanding the impact rain might have on your quarterly numbers.

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