Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Factory

57 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Azure Data Factory	Score 8.2 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft's Azure Data Factory is a service built for all data integration needs and skill levels. It is designed to allow the user to easily construct ETL and ELT processes code-free within the intuitive visual environment, or write one's own code. Visually integrate data sources using more than 80 natively built and maintenance-free connectors at no added cost. Focus on data—the serverless integration service does the rest.	N/A

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Azure Data Factory

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Community Pulse
	Azure Data Factory
Considered Both Products	Azure Data Factory Verified User C-Level Executive Chose Azure Data Factory Azure Data Factory fits well into our overall systems architecture where we already utilize largely Azure services and also Microsoft based products in the on-premises environment. I think cost structure is also very competitive with Azure Data Factory. Most services provide a … Incentivized Helpful? Rajarshi Maitra PMI™- ASM®, ACP® and CAPM® Director/Client Engagement Leader- P&C Insurance (Digital Transformation) Chose Azure Data Factory Azure Data Factory helps us automate to schedule jobs as per customer demands to make ETL triggers when the need arises. Anyone can define the workflow with the Azure Data Factory UI designer tool and easily test the systems. It helped us automate the same workflow with … Incentivized Helpful? Gorthy Rohith Big Data Developer Chose Azure Data Factory Easier UI, Pipelines & Dataflows with various different sources. Incentivized Helpful? Niloofar Keshvari Nia IT Operations and Support Specialist Chose Azure Data Factory The easy integration with other Microsoft software as well as high processing speed, very flexible cost, and high level of security of Microsoft Azure products and services stack up against other similar products. Incentivized Helpful? Marco Urrea DevOps Engineer Chose Azure Data Factory I'd chose data factory because its very easy to use, its UI is beautiful, it's library for .net is very useful and it lives within the microsoft ecosystem. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Azure Data Factory Azure Data Factory is a relatively new player in the space, and its feature set marks it as such. It does not have the full features of a more mature product set such as any of the above. However, it does allow for the creation of ETL/ELT flows/pipelines with minimal initial … Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Azure data Pro Easy to create Pro Data flows
Top Cons	Minus Local data Minus Data exploration Minus Moving data

Features

Azure Data Factory

Data Source Connection

Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
	Azure Data Factory 9.1 7 Ratings 9% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources	9.27 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL	9.07 Ratings

Data Transformations

Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
	Azure Data Factory 8.5 7 Ratings 3% above category average
Simple transformations	9.27 Ratings
Complex transformations	7.87 Ratings

Data Modeling

Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
	Azure Data Factory 7.6 7 Ratings 6% below category average
Data model creation	8.35 Ratings
Metadata management	7.46 Ratings
Business rules and workflow	7.47 Ratings
Collaboration	6.96 Ratings
Testing and debugging	7.47 Ratings

Data Governance

Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
	Azure Data Factory 7.7 7 Ratings 8% below category average
Integration with data quality tools	7.47 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools	8.07 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Azure Data Factory
Likelihood to Recommend	9.3 (7 ratings)
Support Rating	7.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Azure Data Factory
Likelihood to Recommend	Microsoft Well-suited Scenarios for Azure Data Factory (ADF): When an organization has data sources spread across on-premises databases and cloud storage solutions, I think Azure Data Factory is excellent for integrating these sources. Azure Data Factory's integration with Azure Databricks allows it to handle large-scale data transformations effectively, leveraging the power of distributed processing. For regular ETL or ELT processes that need to run at specific intervals (daily, weekly, etc.), I think Azure Data Factory's scheduling capabilities are very handy. Less Appropriate Scenarios for Azure Data Factory: Real-time Data Streaming - Azure Data Factory is primarily batch-oriented. Simple Data Copy Tasks - For straightforward data copy tasks without the need for transformation or complex workflows, in my opinion, using Azure Data Factory might be overkill; simpler tools or scripts could suffice. Advanced Data Science Workflows: While Azure Data Factory can handle data prep and transformation, in my experience, it's not designed for in-depth data science tasks. I think for advanced analytics, machine learning, or statistical modeling, integration with specialized tools would be necessary. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Microsoft It allows copying data from various types of data sources like on-premise files, Azure Database, Excel, JSON, Azure Synapse, API, etc. to the desired destination. We can use linked service in multiple pipeline/data load. It also allows the running of SSIS & SSMS packages which makes it an easy-to-use ETL & ELT tool. Incentivized Rajarshi Maitra Director/Client Engagement Leader- P&C Insurance (Digital Transformation) Read full review
Cons	Microsoft Limited source/sink (target) connectors depending on which area of Azure Data Factory you are using. Does not yet have parity with SSIS as far as the transforms available. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	Microsoft We have not had need to engage with Microsoft much on Azure Data Factory, but they have been responsive and helpful when needed. This being said, we have not had a major emergency or outage requiring their intervention. The score of seven is a representation that they have done well for now, but have not proved out their support for a significant issue Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Microsoft The easy integration with other Microsoft software as well as high processing speed, very flexible cost, and high level of security of Microsoft Azure products and services stack up against other similar products. Incentivized Niloofar Keshvari Nia IT Operations and Support Specialist Read full review
Return on Investment	Microsoft It is very useful and make things easier Debugging can improve Its better suited than other products with the same objective Incentivized Marco Urrea DevOps Engineer Read full review
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