We performed a comparison between Citus Data and IBM Informix 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."You can use Citus Data to write complex scripts. I like its version upgrades and disaster recovery as well."
"It's very straightforward to implement the solution. It took us two days to set up everything."
"Its distributed processing capabilities are a standout feature. It requires minimal changes to get up and running if you already have a system on PostgreSQL. Citus can run in its natural state."
"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 solution's stability, performance, enhanced functionality, and replication are all great features."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"IBM Informix benefits users with high availability and good integration capabilities."
"Every version is faster than the previous."
"So far, we do not have a lot of issues. It's pretty problem-free."
"It supports multiple applications and business intelligence tools."
"More features in monitoring and the reporting could make it better."
"There are many areas of improvement , especially in terms of DDL query routing. Even though it's masterless, DDL queries need to be sent to the coordinator node. Also, setting up a multi-node environment could be more straightforward."
"Citus Data needs to improve its stability. Do not consider this product if you have the budget. It is still developing and has a lot of issues."
"The pricing is a bit expensive."
"I experienced poor input/output (IO) performance."
"The solution really doesn't add new features very often."
"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."
"There should be more intelligence surrounding discovering data to be able to automatically create indexes."
"The technical support services need substantial improvement."
"The support team could include local engineers to establish efficient communication. It will help us speed up the escalation process."
"I would like to see backups from secondary servers."
Citus Data is ranked 18th in Relational Databases Tools with 3 reviews while IBM Informix is ranked 14th in Relational Databases Tools with 16 reviews. Citus Data is rated 8.0, while IBM Informix is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Citus Data writes "Efficiently handles high-traffic scenarios and compatible with PostgreSQL extensions, offering flexibility in database management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Informix writes "Quite stable and flexible but not very innovative". Citus Data is most compared with CockroachDB, YugabyteDB, Amazon Aurora, SQL Server and MySQL, whereas IBM Informix is most compared with Oracle Database, SQL Server, IBM Db2 Database, MySQL and MariaDB. See our Citus Data vs. IBM Informix report.
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