We performed a comparison between IBM Informix and SAP HANA 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."The initial setup is pretty easy."
"It supports in-house-built applications in .NET and VB6"
"The stability is incredible. I have customers with uptimes of several years."
"The scalability is very good."
"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 solution's stability, performance, enhanced functionality, and replication are all great features."
"Replication is a valuable feature and easy to use."
"It supports multiple applications and business intelligence tools."
"It's easy to use, and the Hana Studio is pretty good."
"Using this solution has given us better details for reporting and analytics."
"One feature I find very valuable, is the response time of the application on the database memory."
"Provides us with predictive capabilities for asset maintenance, and real-time forecasts."
"I like the integration process. Also, the data is trusted by our management, and we use the data from transactions for analysis."
"What's most valuable in SAP HANA is that it covers the business process systems of my company. The solution also helps because it makes almost everything automated. Another valuable feature of SAP HANA is that it can be integrated with third parties and other enhancements needed by the company."
"The feature that I like the most is that we can transport the data to our web data application. SAP HANA's performance is really perfect. We're working on big data, and SAP HANA is really working on high performance. We are happy working with it."
"The most value for us was in terms of using it to issue tenders online. We host our server, but it is open to the public, so clients who want to buy those tenders were able to go online, put their tender documents up, and we could evaluate them using SAP."
"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."
"The support team could include local engineers to establish efficient communication. It will help us speed up the escalation process."
"Continue extending the SQL language for compatibility with the competition's language, including Stored Procedure Language."
"The solution really doesn't add new features very often."
"I would like to see backups from secondary servers."
"This product could be made easier to use for beginners."
"The SAP ERP processes are quite complex and it can be challenging."
"The inclusion of a well-performing Time Machine is vital."
"The user interface and CRM need to be more user-friendly."
"In terms of improvement, the speed is not as good as we thought it would be. That is why we are trying different solutions that will be built with different technologies."
"The initial setup of SAP HANA is complex. We did the implementation of one site, and a global deployment will take another three to four years."
"The interface is a little bit hard to customize. You almost have to consult the SAP original developer to change it."
"I don't have direct access to SAP, and instead, I need to go through the SAP office in India."
"The bid process needs to be improved."
IBM Informix is ranked 14th in Relational Databases Tools with 16 reviews while SAP HANA is ranked 3rd in Relational Databases Tools with 79 reviews. IBM Informix is rated 8.6, while SAP HANA is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IBM Informix writes "Quite stable and flexible but not very innovative". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP HANA writes "Excellent compatibility between modules and the control". IBM Informix is most compared with Oracle Database, SQL Server, IBM Db2 Database, MySQL and MariaDB, whereas SAP HANA is most compared with Oracle Database, SQL Server, MySQL, IBM Db2 Database and Apache Spark. See our IBM Informix vs. SAP HANA report.
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