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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.9% of reviews)
Enterprise (44.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
See IBM website or contact IBM PVU, VPC,User licensing
Datadog
Star Rating
(684)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Per host, per month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansIBM Informix
Star Rating
(110)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
See IBM website or contact IBM PVU, VPC,User licensing
Browse all 5 pricing plansDatadog vs IBM Informix
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found IBM Informix easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers preferred doing business with Datadog overall.
- Reviewers felt that IBM Informix meets the needs of their business better than Datadog.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that IBM Informix is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Datadog over IBM Informix.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Datadog
Free
$0
Per host, per month
Core collection and visualization features
- Discussion Group Supported
- 1-Day Metric Retention
- Up to 5 Hosts
IBM Informix
Informix Enterprise Edition / Informix Advanced Enterprise Edition
See IBM website or contact IBM
PVU, VPC,User licensing
Various flexible licensing options available, including user, processor/virtual core.
Try Informix for free:
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Free Trial
Datadog
Free Trial is available
IBM Informix
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
507
9.2
78
Ease of Use
8.2
608
9.1
78
Ease of Setup
8.3
374
8.9
56
Ease of Admin
8.3
228
9.3
56
Quality of Support
8.3
452
8.5
75
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
215
7.8
56
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
492
5.9
77
Features by Category
Operations
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Cost Optimization
7.7
8
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Administration
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Cost Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
54
Not enough data
9.3
70
Not enough data
9.1
62
Not enough data
8.8
57
Not enough data
8.9
57
Not enough data
9.0
50
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Website Monitoring
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Experience
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
9.2
104
Not enough data
9.1
105
Not enough data
9.3
89
Not enough data
8.9
104
Not enough data
8.8
88
Not enough data
8.9
93
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
9.2
52
Not enough data
9.3
57
Not enough data
8.2
43
Not enough data
8.5
45
Not enough data
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
Management
8.7
49
Not enough data
9.0
50
Not enough data
8.8
47
Not enough data
Analytics - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.9
119
Not enough data
8.6
115
Not enough data
8.8
110
Not enough data
8.7
129
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
114
Not enough data
8.5
95
Not enough data
8.3
93
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Analysis
8.5
112
Not enough data
8.9
119
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.5
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
Automation
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
Incident Management
8.6
12
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
Functionality
9.1
16
Not enough data
8.5
17
Not enough data
9.4
21
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
9.0
19
Not enough data
9.1
16
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Management
8.7
19
Not enough data
9.6
19
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
8.9
89
Not enough data
8.9
88
Not enough data
8.8
81
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.2
83
Not enough data
8.6
85
Not enough data
9.0
89
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.5
8
Not enough data
Visibility
8.9
77
Not enough data
8.6
71
Not enough data
8.2
69
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.4
70
Not enough data
7.6
65
Not enough data
8.4
67
Not enough data
9.0
70
Not enough data
8.8
66
Not enough data
8.3
71
Not enough data
Cloud environment support
8.1
62
Not enough data
8.0
59
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
47
Not enough data
8.8
48
Not enough data
9.0
51
Not enough data
7.9
42
Not enough data
Management
8.6
46
Not enough data
8.6
51
Not enough data
8.2
44
Not enough data
9.0
51
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
7.5
10
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
Data Sources
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Metrics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Device Recognition
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Provisioning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Solution Provision
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.6
64
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Verified
Not enough data
8.4
63
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
Analysis
8.6
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
67
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
68
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
71
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
Visualization
8.9
74
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
63
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
7.8
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.6
113
Not enough data
8.9
106
Not enough data
8.8
117
Not enough data
7.3
99
Not enough data
8.4
105
Not enough data
Response
8.9
122
Not enough data
8.8
109
Not enough data
8.0
106
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
7.4
13
Not enough data
8.1
13
Not enough data
7.9
13
Not enough data
8.1
13
Not enough data
7.8
13
Not enough data
Performance
8.5
118
Not enough data
8.3
103
Not enough data
Functionality
8.5
104
Not enough data
8.1
96
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
111
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
9.0
10
Not enough data
9.0
10
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
9.3
10
Support
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.7
10
Security
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
9.0
10
Not enough data
8.3
10
Not enough data
8.7
10
Performance
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
8.3
10
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
9.3
9
Database Features
Not enough data
9.1
65
Not enough data
9.5
66
Not enough data
9.3
65
Not enough data
9.2
64
Not enough data
8.9
61
Not enough data
9.1
64
Not enough data
9.0
65
Alerts management
8.7
43
Not enough data
8.0
45
Not enough data
8.6
47
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.6
39
Not enough data
9.1
41
Not enough data
8.7
43
Not enough data
9.0
38
Not enough data
Automation
8.2
38
Not enough data
8.4
36
Not enough data
Analysis
8.2
41
Not enough data
8.3
44
Not enough data
9.1
43
Not enough data
8.5
42
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
8.3
37
Not enough data
7.6
39
Not enough data
8.4
35
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.5
17
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
7.4
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Data Management - Observability Pipeline
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.0
9
Not enough data
Performance - Observability Pipeline
6.7
8
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
7.0
9
Not enough data
AI - Observability Pipeline
6.4
7
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
6.7
6
Not enough data
Compliance - Observability Pipeline
6.9
6
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization & Dashboards - Observability
8.5
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
9.1
9
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
Response
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
47
Not enough data
Records
9.2
55
Not enough data
8.9
53
Not enough data
8.5
60
Not enough data
Management
9.2
57
Not enough data
8.4
52
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.1
13
Not enough data
7.9
13
Not enough data
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)Hide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features
8.8
14
Not enough data
Network Management
8.8
11
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
9.4
12
Not enough data
Incident Management
9.3
12
Not enough data
9.2
11
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
Security Intelligence
7.9
12
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
8.6
13
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reporting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Datadog and IBM Informix share no categories
Unique Categories
Datadog is categorized as Observability Pipeline, Observability Software, Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Log Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), Database Monitoring, IoT Device Management Platforms, IoT Analytics Platforms, Website Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Log Analysis, Incident Response, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), API Marketplace, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Network Monitoring, Cloud Cost Management, and Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
IBM Informix is categorized as Relational Databases and Data Replication
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Datadog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
IBM Informix
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
19.0%
Computer Software
17.3%
Financial Services
8.7%
Internet
4.2%
Computer & Network Security
3.1%
Other
47.7%
Information Technology and Services
16.5%
Computer Software
13.2%
Government Administration
9.9%
Retail
5.5%
Telecommunications
4.4%
Other
50.5%
Discussions
What is the use of Datadog?
3 Comments
CJ
Datadog is a software platform that facilitates data sharing across various teams within an organization, thereby breaking down silos between development,...Read more
Does Datadog use AWS?
2 Comments
IG
Yes, the backbone of Datadog infrastructure is sitting within AWS.Read more
Does it preserves history of logs?
1 Comment
AN
Depends on your plan, log retention can be 7,15, 30 days etc, for long term you need to setup s3 archivingRead more
Version 11.70 - Where should look if I am having problems with triggers via a stored procedure?
2 Comments
EV
Hi Rhonda,
First of all you should clearly and at least look at upgrading to version 14.10 xC2, because 11.70 maintenance will stop by March 30th...Read more
Standard 4GL is still a great product, Why don't add new features?
1 Comment
AK
IBM made a decision long ago to stop adding features to 4GL. You can get modern versions of 4GL from 4Js (Genero) and Querix (Lycia). Both are proper...Read more
How do I program 4GL and Create Mobile Apps.
1 Comment
EV
Hi Hwee,
Form the feedback I received from several people, the best tools to develop mobile apps are the tools initially designed for that: they need to...Read more
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