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Infobright DB vs SQL Server comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Infobright DB
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
38th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (19th)
SQL Server
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
275
Ranking in other categories
Database Management Systems (DBMS) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of Infobright DB is 1.4%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SQL Server is 10.3%, down from 15.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SQL Server10.3%
Infobright DB1.4%
Other88.3%
Relational Databases Tools
 

Q&A Highlights

it_user104457 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Apr 14, 2014
 

Featured Reviews

it_user708987 - PeerSpot reviewer
MySQL DBA at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Excellent reporting server that is compatible with MySQL
We ran into some quirks that Infobright had. We interacted with Infobright's support and were able to resolve them. There still are issues with data replication - Infobright is currently for one server (unless you buy the Infobright appliance). This would mean that redundancy is something you need to implement yourself.
Peter Larsson - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Warehouse Lead at Resurs Bank AB (publ.)
Ledger and seamless integrations have strengthened trusted analytics and unified workloads
SQL Server's high availability and disaster recovery features work for supporting mission-critical applications, but there is much more to wish for. These features are not quite ready yet, although they do function. However, they could be significantly better. High availability and disaster recovery features should be improved in the next releases. I have noticed that everything could be improved or enhanced in the future, particularly temporal tables and window functions. Sometimes, I believe Microsoft releases features to stay ahead of competitors, but they do not make them feature-rich or feature-complete. They release something to be ahead of leaders and then seem to forget to maintain and upgrade them. I want Microsoft to pay more attention and be more mindful about the things they implement. It is fine to do a first release that works, but you cannot simply abandon it in the following years without service packs and improvements. You must continue to build on features rather than forgetting about them.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We now have multiple times faster queries in comparison to MS SQL."
"Infobright gave us the ability to avoid significant changes in our data structure and just use Infobright like BigDataMySql."
"ICE helped us improve the speed for the “group-by” query by 10x."
"Infobright allowed us to reduce the number of moving parts and complexity that we had while providing good performance to produce our reports."
"The performance of ad hoc aggregation queries is superior to any RDBMS that I have used and I have used them all."
"It has very amazing smart grid query feature for very fast aggregate queries across millions of rows"
"The high compression and the relatively fast load for a free product."
"It is very straightforward and easy to work with."
"It's the right tool for production-ready or enabled databases."
"The ability to organize and structure our data in order to extract and provide it to various products and systems within our organization."
"SQL Server, as a database, is great, and when it comes to the governmental sector, it is easily dealt with and can handle a big load of data, especially after they added the capability of building a big data cluster from the SQL Server itself."
"We use all of the features that SQL offers and we like business integration, database, and analysis."
"SQL Server provides good performance. Most of the SQL solutions can be integrated and this solution is no different, you are able to link other databases. For example, we have Oracle running a Postgres Server and it is linked. It follows the ISO standard when it comes to commands, it works well."
"The most valuable feature of SQL Server is the performance."
"Microsoft has a very broad landscape of products that they provide—almost everything that you need."
"The scalability is very good."
 

Cons

"We didn’t purchase the Enterprise Edition because it was too expensive for a product that wasn’t going to replace our main DWH database (Oracle), but was, somehow, only an addition for it."
"There still are issues with data replication - Infobright is currently for one server (unless you buy the Infobright appliance)."
"MPP, distributed processing!!! And better integration with Hadoop."
"Only the data from the columns that reached 2GB will actually decrease. Other columns below 2GB in size do not leave the disk."
"After all the re-work to our product to remove as much reliance on Infobright, and the extra hardware costs we had to absorb, there was definitely a negative return on investment."
"On the contrary, we have switched back to the MS SSAS Tabular Model, because of pricing policy."
"There was no scalability at all. Infobright didn't permit any changes in tables."
"When running a complex subquery, the system hangs without giving the user any response."
"Sometimes the cross-database performance isn't the best."
"It would be nice if there was a feature to search for a specific value across multiple tables. This would save a lot of time for its users."
"The solution has legacy issues when it comes to compatibility."
"I want to see one improvement and this involves the replication between the DC and DR."
"SQL Server could improve the integration with nonrational database solutions, such as MongoDB."
"The number of concurrent users is too limited and other databases are better than SQL in this regard."
"I have no choice, our customer choose MS SQL."
"We do not have much to complain about SS 2016 Dev Ed in itself, we do have some complaints regarding licensing for SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Ed."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our pricing was based on server instances and it was actually very cheap compared to Oracle. I guess you get what you pay for."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."
"It is expensive, but you get what you pay for."
"There is a license required for this solution."
"We are on an annual enterprise license for the solution and the cost of the license could be reduced."
"SQL Server is a cost-effective solution for a small database."
"​We are a Microsoft shop, so we use Active Directory. That integrates well with this product, but we did look at Oracle. We also looked at IBM. This was the best price point for us for what we were getting.​"
"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
"There is a subscription that needs to be purchased to use the solution."
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Answers from the Community

it_user104457 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Apr 14, 2014
Apr 14, 2014
Would be happy to discuss and help. I am only aware of InfoBright from what has been written publicly, however, MS SQL (and associated tools) I've used rather extensively.
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it_user73359 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Apr 10, 2014
Hi Pankaj, do I know you and from where?
it_user95526 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works with 10,001+ employees
Apr 10, 2014
Sorry but my skills are in the SAP space ..SQL server 2005 seems a very old version to compare to anything? Regards, Roger Loe Technology Principal Consultant SAP South Africa, 4 Waterford Place | Century City | Cape Town 7441 | South Africa
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
18%
Construction Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
35%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business119
Midsize Enterprise60
Large Enterprise119
 

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Also Known As

Infobright
Microsoft SQL Server, MSSQL, MS SQL
 

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Sample Customers

REZ-1, SonicWALL, IntegriChain, Fuseforward International Inc., Polystar, Live Rail, Mavenir Systems, JDSU Partners, Bango
Microsoft SQL Server is used by businesses in every industry, including Great Western Bank, Aviva, the Volvo Car Corporation, BMW, Samsung, Principality Building Society, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario.
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