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IBM Informix

Composite Score

7.3 /10

CX Score

7.2 /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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85 Likeliness to Recommend

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96 Plan to Renew

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80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+70 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?

9% Negative

16% Neutral

75% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Security Protects
Acts with Integrity
Efficient Service

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Data Monitoring and Administration

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support

Data Protection and Security

Systems Performance Management

Database Management

Big Data Analytics

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Data Backup

High Availability

Analytics and Reporting

Data Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 75

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

IBM Informix Reviews

Vikash K.

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

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Submitted Jun 2025

Best Db for analytics and events data

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Informix from other similar products?

The is infomix db is quite good in terms of storing data efficiently and then retriving it properly.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The ease of intergration and document support to understand the features.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The schema is quite complex and some essential features which OLAP contains is missing.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The is very good database for large scale managed DB for analytics.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Raj G.

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

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Submitted Jan 2026

Lightweight yet reliable database engine.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Informix from other similar products?

Running it on containers and cloud vms was quite straightforward without requiring extensive tuning.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It exhibits fewer locking and crashing issues even under high traffic which are common in many newer databases.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Community and online resources are limited. The tooling might feel a bit outdated for new developers.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This database enabled our backend systems to run continuously without disruption.

Pros

Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation
Caring

Cons

Less Performance Enhancing

Celine F.

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

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Submitted Dec 2025

Query the Journey!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates IBM Informix from other similar products?

Informix fits our travel business because we run high velocity updates from booking events. I think the engine handles mixed workloads better than expected. It suits our pattern where search logs, route adjustments, and booking confirmations hit the system almost at the same time.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like the time series data type since it handles flight schedule shifts in a compact way. I used it to track rolling delays across UK domestic routes during a bad weather week. I also like the ability to load data in parallel. That helped me rebuild a fare alignment table after a partner called FareGrid Systems gave us a massive historic dump.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The documentation around smart triggers could go deeper. I had to test a few cases manually when building a feed sync alert.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Keep your fragmentation plan clean or query plans get odd fast. Use time series types only for stable grains since adjustments later take effort. If you connect Informix to modern modelling pipelines, create a small mediation layer so your schemas stay consistent.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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IBM Informix Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+70 Net Emotional Footprint

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Pros

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Data Management Includes data sharing, data storage, records management, and data security.

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

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Vikash K.

Best Db for analytics and events data

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Raj G.

Lightweight yet reliable database engine.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Celine F.

Query the Journey!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Data Monitoring and Administration

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support

Data Protection and Security

Systems Performance Management

Database Management

Big Data Analytics

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Data Backup

High Availability

Analytics and Reporting

Data Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training