We performed a comparison between IBM Informix and Teradata 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 stability is incredible. I have customers with uptimes of several years."
"It supports in-house-built applications in .NET and VB6"
"The scalability is very good."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"Every version is faster than the previous."
"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."
"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."
"Replication is a valuable feature and easy to use."
"The performance is great, we are able to query our data in one operation."
"It has a solid set of tools and consulting services."
"Teradata's capabilities enhance data management efficiency, support scalability, and contribute to faster query performance."
"Things have started moving faster in my company, such as data retrieval happens more quickly."
"Teradata's pretty fast."
"Teradata is a great, industry-leading data warehousing product that has MPP architecture."
"Designing the database is easy."
"It is a stable program."
"The support team could include local engineers to establish efficient communication. It will help us speed up the escalation process."
"I really would love to have a QT plugin."
"The technical support services need substantial improvement."
"This solution is in need of more current tools."
"I would like to see backups from secondary servers."
"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."
"The pricing is a bit expensive."
"This product could be made easier to use for beginners."
"Limited interest and success in some areas make us hesitate about upgrading."
"I would like to see more integration with many different types of data."
"GUI of administrative tools is really outdated."
"Data synchronization to the DR site."
"The setup is not straightforward."
"Teradata's UI could be more user-friendly."
"The current operational approach needs improvement."
"Needs compatibility with more Big Data platforms."
IBM Informix is ranked 14th in Relational Databases Tools with 16 reviews while Teradata is ranked 7th in Relational Databases Tools with 54 reviews. IBM Informix is rated 8.6, while Teradata 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 Teradata writes "Offers seamless integration capabilities and performance optimization features, including extensive indexing and advanced tuning capabilities". IBM Informix is most compared with Oracle Database, SQL Server, IBM Db2 Database, MySQL and Oracle Database In-Memory, whereas Teradata is most compared with SQL Server, Snowflake, Oracle Exadata, MySQL and BigQuery. See our IBM Informix vs. Teradata report.
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