G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon Aurora vs. IBM Informix

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAmazon Aurora

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

IBM Informix

by IBM

Overall rating4.54.5
Review count456111
Ease of use8.99.2
Ease of setup8.89.0
Quality of support8.98.7
Meets requirements9.19.3
NPS65.51724168.478261
Small Business37.7%23.4%
Mid-Market33.8%31.5%
Enterprise28.5%45.0%
Total page views391299
Total LLM citations1,532867

Amazon Aurora

Amazon Aurora is a fully managed relational database service that combines the performance and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open-source databases. Compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL, Aurora delivers up to five times the throughput of standard MySQL databases and up to three times that of standard PostgreSQL databases. It is designed for high availability, offering up to 99.99% availability within a single region and up to 99.999% across multiple regions.

Pros

  • Scalability
  • Ease of Use
  • Availability
  • Performance
  • Reliability
  • High Availability

IBM Informix

• Harness data with broad functionality and unlimited scalability. IBM Informix is a secure embeddable database, optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things (IoT) data. Informix has the unique ability to seamlessly integrate SQL, NoSQL/JSON, time series and spatial data. Everyone from developers to global enterprises can benefit from its reliability, flexibility, ease of use and low total cost of ownership. • Optimize business decisions Perform analytics close to data sources to enhance local decision making.

Pros