Infobright DB vs SAP IQ comparison

IgniteTech and SAP are both solutions in the Relational Databases Tools category. IgniteTech is ranked #37, while SAP is ranked #24 with an average rating of 6.8. IgniteTech holds a 0.9% mindshare in SQL, compared to SAP’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of IgniteTech users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of SAP users who would recommend it.

Infobright DB

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

SAP IQ and Infobright DB compete in database management, with SAP IQ having an advantage for enterprise solutions due to its integration and versatility. Infobright DB stands out for rapid analytics in data warehousing.

Features: SAP IQ offers powerful data compression, efficient query performance, and extensive integration with SAP systems. Infobright DB features intelligent data storage, automatic indexing, and optimized query capabilities for large-scale analytics.

Room for Improvement: SAP IQ can improve by reducing setup complexity, enhancing non-SAP integration, and lowering costs. Infobright DB could benefit from broader support, improved documentation, and more flexible data handling features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAP IQ ensures seamless deployment into SAP environments with extensive support documentation. Infobright DB is easy to deploy in analytics environments but has more limited customer service.

Pricing and ROI: SAP IQ involves higher upfront costs but provides significant ROI through enhanced enterprise-level performance. Infobright DB offers a cost-effective setup, rapid ROI from analytics speed, and efficiency for focused analytic capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Infobright DB

Ranking in Relational Databases Tools

37th

Ranking in Data Warehouse

21st

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAP IQ

Ranking in Relational Databases Tools

24th

Ranking in Data Warehouse

15th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of Infobright DB is 0.9%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP IQ is 1.5%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Relational Databases Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SAP IQ	1.5%
Infobright DB	0.9%
Other	97.6%

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it_user708987

MySQL DBA at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

Excellent reporting server that is compatible with MySQL

We ran into some quirks that Infobright had. We interacted with Infobright's support and were able to resolve them. There still are issues with data replication - Infobright is currently for one server (unless you buy the Infobright appliance). This would mean that redundancy is something you need to implement yourself.

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Akhilesh Narayanan

Tech Lead, Database Section. at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Compression performance gets high marks but user-friendly interface needs improvement

The downside of SAP IQ, from what I understood from the management side, is that the front end for the DBA, for the admin, is not that user-friendly. If you compare it with SQL Server Management Studio, it is not that user-friendly GUI for the admin. But the engine is very strong and powerful. It is easy to deploy SAP IQ; the implementation and installation are easy. The downside I see is that it doesn't allow most integrated backups; many of the marketplace players such as NetBackup, those software integrated backups are not available. So, if you want to take a backup, you need to take it locally, and then only you can back it up to any storage or anything. Those features such as integrated backup, which would allow it to stripe into an appliance or something similar, are not present. One thing I notice as a downside is that if the CPU utilization is very high, there is no direct way we can find out which query is taking the most CPU. In any other RDBMS, there are DMVs available to find out which query is taking most of the CPU, but those features are not present in SAP IQ. If our CPU is hitting at 100%, it is not easy to identify which connection is taking the most CPU.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It has very amazing smart grid query feature for very fast aggregate queries across millions of rows"

"The feature I appreciate the most about SAP IQ is the compression, which is very good; we cannot compare with any other type of EDW."

"Valuable features for us include the compression, speed, fast response time, and easy object maintenance."

"All data is compressed and indexed, allowing for fast execution of transactions."

"Columnar storage allows high compression, high load rates and high query performance."

"The column-based technologies (basically all the database for ITP) are used for SAP IQ. It is used as a column-based solution."

"Unbeatable speed and compression with a colummn-structured relational database."

"The primary benefit of SAP IQ is its ability to limit the expansion of the costly SAP HANA database, which has limited storage capacity. This necessitates a form of data management that involves moving data from SAP HANA to SAP NLS, which is essentially archiving. This allows us to retain access to the data via a link whenever it is required."

"IQ is a very high-performance and high-transaction database."

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Cons

"Only the data from the columns that reached 2GB will actually decrease. Other columns below 2GB in size do not leave the disk."

"In my interaction with SAP IQ's technical support, the people we are talking to don't know this application very thoroughly."

"The primary negative aspect is the cost, which can be a challenge due to the economic conditions in Peru."

"The tool gets stuck sometimes."

"The room for improvement would be the marketing of the product, because this product is much better than advertised."

"The solution works best when combined with other SAP solutions. If the environment has other systems other options might be better."

"The organization who owns the product does not support it well and appears not to be doing significant development for the future."

"Multiplex is very problematic. There are consistency problems in the metadata, meaning it is possible to lose metadata consistency. You should make sure you have healthy backups."

"I think the universe should be part of the Sybase IQ tool set."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our pricing was based on server instances and it was actually very cheap compared to Oracle. I guess you get what you pay for."

"The cost of implementation is about $3,000."

"Evaluate all options; check to see if you need expensive add-ons."

"Negotiate based on the features required."

"Negotiation is very important."

"It's not that costly. So, the pricing is cheap."

"The only costs after standard licensing fees are for add-ons and upgrades."

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Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	2

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Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	16

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP IQ?

IQ implementation costs about three thousand dollars. It's less expensive compared to alternatives like Teradata Base in terms of transactional efficiency.

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What needs improvement with SAP IQ?

When it comes to SAP IQ, the areas that could be improved or enhanced include the error messaging and the locking capabilities, as that's where we often encounter problems. When there is an issue, ...

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What is your primary use case for SAP IQ?

Our usual use cases for SAP IQ is that we have a Software-as-a-Service architecture where this database is the foundation for our SAP BusinessObjects platform. This is where it's getting its data f...

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Also Known As

Infobright

Sybase IQ

Overview

Infobright's high performance analytic database is designed for analyzing large volumes of machine-generated data

IgniteTech

SAP® IQ software delivers speed and power for extreme-scale enterprise data warehousing and analytics. Its column-oriented, grid-based massively parallel processing (MPP) architecture and patented data compression and indexing technologies enable companies to exploit the value of huge amounts of data at the speed of business.

SAP

Sample Customers

REZ-1, SonicWALL, IntegriChain, Fuseforward International Inc., Polystar, Live Rail, Mavenir Systems, JDSU Partners, Bango

ASR Group, Citrix, State of Indiana, PocketCard Co. Ltd.

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