Why Informix
Clients choose Informix because it is reliable, low cost, and hassle free. Solution providers choose Informix for its best-of-breed embeddability.
What we offer
No cost database editions
Informix Developer Edition
A free database that includes all Informix features for individual application development and testing only. Available on several platforms
Informix Innovator-C Edition
A free database that enables small-to-midsized businesses to use the most common database functionality in workgroup computing.
Database editions for purchase
Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition
Includes all Informix features on all supported platforms, plus Informix Warehouse Accelerator (IWA)
Informix Growth Warehouse Edition
Provides powerful data management capabilities for small-to-midsized businesses, and includes the Informix Warehouse Accelerator (IWA)
Informix Choice Edition
Enable businesses to develop and deploy near enterprise-class functionality at low costs — for Windows or Mac OS X environments.
Informix Ultimate Edition
Includes all Informix features on all supported platforms for development, deployment, and distribution with unlimited scalability, except Informix Warehouse Accelerator (IWA)
Informix Growth Edition
Provides powerful data management capabilities, not including IWA, for departmental solutions or small-to-midsized businesses, including unlimited replication cluster nodes
Solutions
Energy & Utilities Smart Metering
A smarter software solution for addressing the unique requirements of time series data
Informix Flexible Grid
Easily avoid planned and unplanned downtime and balance workloads across heterogenous environments.
Cloud computing
Leverage Informix flexible grid to deploy Informix in your private cloud
Public sector
Informix has helped many public sector organizations keep their IT management costs down, while supporting the rapid growth of their current infrastructure.
Telecommunications
Informix software enables emerging telecommunications technology, bringing new capabilities to the mobile experience.
Geodetic, Spatial, and Time Series Applications
Expand the functionality of your database by adding sophisticated support for managing global space- and time-based queries, time-series and temporal data.
Embedded data management
Over 2500 IBM Business Partners know that Informix is a best-in-breed data management solution. Learn why.
