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IBM Informix

Composite Score

7.4 /10

CX Score

7.3 /10

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What is IBM Informix?

IBM Informix is a high performance, always-on, highly scalable and easily embeddable enterprise-class database optimized for the most demanding transactional and analytics workloads. As an object-relational engine, IBM Informix seamlessly integrates the best of relational and object-oriented capabilities enabling the flexible modeling of complex data structures and relationships.

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IBM Informix Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

84 Likeliness to Recommend

3
Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

3
Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

5
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+74 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love IBM Informix?

3% Negative

12% Neutral

85% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Acts with Integrity
Caring
Security Protects

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Systems Performance Management

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support

Big Data Analytics

Data Monitoring and Administration

Data Protection and Security

High Speed & Online Transaction Processing

High Availability

Analytics and Reporting

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Data Backup

Database Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

IBM Informix Reviews

Evan T.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2025

A Strong Choice for OLTP & Analytical Processing

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates IBM Informix from other similar products?

Informix, therefore, is highly beneficial to the enterprise that can select the most convenient way of deployment including cloud-based, on-premises, and hybrid environments. This move not only allows businesses to save time and resources but also enables faster business transformation as it expands.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

On the other hand, the union of time-series data along with relational databases is, indeed, a real turnaround of the situation. This makes Informix one of the best choices for the industries that require real-time monitoring and advanced analytics.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The licensing and support are not cheap which can make Informix not as cost-effective as the competition. So, firms must be especially meticulous in making a financial assessment before acquiring the software.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Think about Informix if you plan on buying a database that can be easily combined with different environments, for example, on-premises, cloud or embedded in hardware. The adaptability to various requirements set Informix apart and make it well-suited to any application.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Mudassar H.

Role: Operations
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2024

Reliable RDBMS with good performance

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates IBM Informix from other similar products?

The performance of the product, the ease of maintenance differentiates from other products.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It has a strong reputation for reliability and performance. The software offers robust data management capabilities for large-scale enterprise systems. It has built-in support for geospatial data and time series data. IBM Informix is compatible with a variety of programming languages and platforms.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It can be complex to set up and configure , especially for users without extensive database experince. the cost of licensing and maintenance for IBM Informix can be high. Some users have reported issues with scalability when working with very large data sets.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Highly recommended product,

Pros

Enables Productivity
Effective Service
Security Protects
Helps Innovate

Josep P.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Communications
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2022

Quality of Features

Likeliness to Recommend

5 /10

What differentiates IBM Informix from other similar products?

as always, its price

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Quality of Features

What do you dislike most about this product?

as always its price

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

just try it, it's reliable

Pros

Effective Service
Fair
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Inhibits Innovation
Slower Product Innovation
Commodity Features

IBM Informix

What is IBM Informix?

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IBM Informix Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

3 Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

3 Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

5 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+74 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love IBM Informix?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Systems Performance Management Includes monitoring, analyzing and configuration in order to optimize performance and increase efficiency.

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support Includes OLTP and OLAP (Online Analytical Processing). Most OLTP systems support some level of OLAP but very few OLAP systems support OLTP.

Big Data Analytics Use of big data analytics through integration into purpose-built big data tools or native capabilities, incorporating advanced security methods.

Data Monitoring and Administration Includes ability to continuously monitored data quality rules, as well as generate alerts to notify data stewards when they need to address an issue.

Data Protection and Security Includes data encryption, data audit, and data compliance.

High Speed & Online Transaction Processing Also referred to as OLTP (Online Transaction processing). OLTP databases include strong support for CRUD operations and ACID compliance.

High Availability HA DB designed for near-zero downtown by seamless replication of data between environments for uninterrupted real-time access and fail-over capabilities.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment Supports one or many deployment models - On-prem, cloud or hybrid hosting of the database system.

Data Backup Includes the creation of duplicate instances to recover from an unplanned data loss. Also, support for high volumes of data processing and data compression.

Database Management Supports multiple data types, data structuring, data retrieval, database customization, and multi-user access.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

IBM Informix Reviews

Evan T.

A Strong Choice for OLTP & Analytical Processing

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mudassar H.

Reliable RDBMS with good performance

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Josep P.

Quality of Features

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Systems Performance Management

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support

Big Data Analytics

Data Monitoring and Administration

Data Protection and Security

High Speed & Online Transaction Processing

High Availability

Analytics and Reporting

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Data Backup

Database Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training