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IBM Netezza Performance Server vs InfluxDB comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.1
IBM Netezza Performance Server improves data query speed and efficiency, enhancing business performance and cost savings through compression.
Sentiment score
5.4
InfluxDB mainly improved data management efficiency and streamlined processes, reducing project management personnel, but economic advantages varied.
It simplifies processes and reduces the need for additional employees.
Team Lead, Software at Energybox
InfluxDB reduced my time to show data without any interruption, also reducing the number of people needed to manage the project; it is very good to have InfluxDB in my project.
Student at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
Time saved is there, as I mentioned, because we have an analytics system from where we get alerting and monitoring.
Senior DevOps engineer at Elevenxcapital
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.4
IBM Netezza Performance Server praised for knowledgeable support; mixed feedback on resolution speed post-acquisition, yet communication remains consistent.
Sentiment score
5.7
Users find community and documentation helpful, with slower support response times unless premium support is utilized for quicker assistance.
Technical support is very costly for me, accounting for twenty-five to thirty percent of the product cost.
Project Manager at MAF Retail
Obtaining that quantity of data directly from InfluxDB is quite challenging, and that is why we ask for help from the InfluxDB team to retrieve the data to avoid timeouts and those kinds of issues.
Team Lead, Software at Energybox
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.1
IBM Netezza struggles with scalability, requiring extra hardware for expansion, prompting users to consider cloud alternatives for growth.
Sentiment score
7.1
InfluxDB is scalable with efficient data management; high throughput challenges may need systems like Kafka for optimization.
It is provided as a pre-configured box, and scaling is not an option.
Project Manager at MAF Retail
The main challenge with InfluxDB, which is common with all databases, was handling very high throughput systems and high throughput message flow.
Deployment Engineer at Derq
We’ve scaled on volume with seven years of continuous data without performance degradation.
Senior System Developer at Norled
InfluxDB's scalability is fine for me; I gather a lot of metrics and have not had any issues.
Network engineer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
IBM Netezza Performance Server is stable, offering high uptime and reliable performance, with occasional issues due to maintenance or compatibility.
Sentiment score
7.8
InfluxDB is stable and reliable, with minor issues resolved through integration, despite AWS and Azure China difficulties.
It serves as the backbone of our application, and its stability is crucial.
Senior System Developer at Norled
It is very stable, with no reliability or downtime in InfluxDB.
Student at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
After integrating Kafka, it never broke again, as Kafka handled messages and metrics appropriately, decreasing the message throughput.
Deployment Engineer at Derq
 

Room For Improvement

IBM Netezza struggles with scalability, user interface, query performance, big data support, and high costs, needing better tools and integration.
InfluxDB's complexity and limited documentation hinder integration and scalability; improvements are needed in features, pricing, and availability.
The cloud version is only available in AWS, and in the Middle East, it is not well-developed in the Azure environment.
Project Manager at MAF Retail
InfluxDB deprecated FluxQL, which was intuitive since developers are already familiar with standard querying.
Chief Technology Officer at Presta Agency
Having a SQL abstraction in InfluxDB could be beneficial, making it more accessible for teams that prefer querying with SQL-style syntax.
Senior System Developer at Norled
It could include automated backup and a monitoring solution for InfluxDB or a script developed by a REST API.
Network engineer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

IBM Netezza offers high performance and low maintenance but is considered costly, especially for mid-sized organizations, with significant licensing fees.
InfluxDB's open-source version is cost-effective, but cloud and on-premise solutions require licenses, impacting overall costs.
We use the open-source version of InfluxDB, so it is free.
Senior System Developer at Norled
I find the cloud version pricing of InfluxDB reasonable, and for the on-premises solution we use in our service, we need to purchase licenses.
Team Lead, Software at Energybox
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for InfluxDB was great, as I did not use any license.
Network engineer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

IBM Netezza Performance Server delivers fast analytics, ease of use, robust support, and efficient data warehousing with minimal maintenance.
InfluxDB is a powerful time series database with strong integration, performance, and features for diverse data analysis projects.
It operates as a high-speed data warehouse, which is essential for handling big data.
Project Manager at MAF Retail
The most important feature for us is low latency, which is crucial in building a high-performance engine for day trading.
Chief Technology Officer at Presta Agency
InfluxDB’s core functionality is crucial as it allows us to store our data and execute queries with excellent response times.
Senior System Developer at Norled
It helps me maintain my solution easily because it is very reliable, so we didn't face any performance issues or crashes regarding our queries; we can get the results very fast.
Solutions Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM Netezza Performance Server
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (13th), Hadoop (7th)
InfluxDB
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
Non-Relational Databases (1st), Open Source Databases (7th), Network Monitoring Software (11th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (14th), NoSQL Databases (4th)
 

Featured Reviews

Shiv Subramaniam Koduvayur - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at MAF Retail
Parallel data processing streamlines operations while cost and cloud integration challenge adoption
The cost of the solution is on the more expensive side, which is a concern for me. Additionally, its promotion and interaction with cloud applications are limited. The cloud version is only available in AWS, and in the Middle East, it is not well-developed in the Azure environment. For the cost to be reduced, it should match competitors. Many features need to be incorporated on the cloud.
Mugeesh Husain - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead, Software at Energybox
Time series data has been managed efficiently for IoT sensors but reporting still needs improvement
How InfluxDB can be improved is relevant since for Energy Box, we face certain issues. We have customers worldwide, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe, but when we expanded to China two years ago, they indicated that they do not support the cloud version there. Our application is built on the cloud, which required us to create a separate application for Azure China, which was painful for us. The second issue involves frequent version changes. For example, we started with version one, transitioned to version two, and I heard they are considering InfluxDB version three, reverting to earlier practices. InfluxDB should improve without completely changing its approach. Now we have to redo our work for InfluxDB version three. Regarding needed improvements, the documentation is sufficient, but pricing presents a challenge. InfluxDB has standard pricing, which is acceptable for large companies. However, for startups in our position, they should provide special discounts so everyone can utilize it. The pricing should adapt as companies grow, which is a reasonable expectation.
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Comparison Review

it_user232068 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Data Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 5, 2015
Netezza vs. Teradata
Original published at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/should-i-choose-net Two leading Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) architectures for Data Warehousing (DW) are IBM PureData System for Analytics (formerly Netezza) and Teradata. I thought talking about the similarities and differences…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
5%
Healthcare Company
5%
Manufacturing Company
11%
University
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise33
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with IBM Netezza Performance Server?
The cost of the solution is on the more expensive side, which is a concern for me. Additionally, its promotion and interaction with cloud applications are limited. The cloud version is only availab...
What advice do you have for others considering IBM Netezza Performance Server?
The solution has generally received positive feedback from me and is recommended for continued use by end users. However, the product cost is high compared to others in the market, and this cost ha...
What do you like most about InfluxDB?
InfluxDB is a database where you can insert data. However, it would be best if you had different components for alerting, data sending, and visualization. You need to install tools to collect data ...
What needs improvement with InfluxDB?
Although I didn't encounter any significant challenges, I think that if there was a NoSQL version of InfluxDB, that would also help because I have used the SQL version. I wish InfluxDB were also av...
What is your primary use case for InfluxDB?
My main use case for InfluxDB involved working on a LEO satellite KPI monitoring application, where I gathered latency, throughput, packet loss, jitter, and various types of network data for severa...
 

Also Known As

Netezza Performance Server, Netezza, Netezza Analytics
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Sample Customers

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