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AWS Database Migration Service vs. IBM Lift

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AWS Database Migration Service
Score 8.3 out of 10
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AWS Database Migration Service helps users migrate databases to AWS. The source database remains fully operational during the migration to minimize downtime to applications that rely on the database. The vendor states that AWS Database Migration Service can migrate data to and from most widely used commercial and open-source databases.N/A
IBM Lift
Score 9.7 out of 10
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IBM Lift is a tool provided to migrate on-premise databases to IBM Cloud.N/A
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AWS Database Migration ServiceIBM Lift
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AWS Database Migration ServiceIBM Lift
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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IBM Lift
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Small Businesses
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprises
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User Ratings
AWS Database Migration ServiceIBM Lift
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
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10.0
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User Testimonials
AWS Database Migration ServiceIBM Lift
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
As stated previously, AWS Database Migration Service excels when replicating very specific data elements between environments. AWS Database Migration Service handles replication tasks to load equipment assets or customer job sites from production to QA databases very well. Full load replication - e.g., we need an exact copy of the production database in another region - works well. But when we need to load the QA database with the latest production data - it does work as well. AWS Database Migration Service comes up short because we do not want to wipe the QA database completely and make an exact copy. We want to keep what's already in the QA database and add production data so that we can QA with that level of volume. And at least with our database design, we end up having to do a lot of manual data manipulation and de-duplication.
Chien Huey | TrustRadius Reviewer
Chien Huey
Senior DevOps Engineer
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IBM
IBM Lift is the most effective tool for migrating mass data from different on-premises applications into the cloud with high speed. I would recommend it since it offers two data migration options; Disk transfer service and cloud mass data migration, which all work perfectly well.
BJ
Brian Jenkins
Director of Financial Planning and Analysis
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Pros
Amazon AWS
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IBM
  • It extracts data from DB2 at vert fast speed
  • It can resume from last left off
  • The CLI is very easy to use
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Cons
Amazon AWS
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IBM
  • Even though it can be hectic to migrate data into the cloud with IBM Lift, the support team is free and highly knowledgeable. Also, IBM Lift is well documented in detail explaining all methods to migrate data easily.
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Brian Jenkins
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
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IBM
Before Implementing IBM Lift at SquareTrade, we were using AWS Database Migration Service, which was not only expensive but didn’t offer automatic rapid recovery from common issues during data migration.
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Brian Jenkins
Director of Financial Planning and Analysis
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • Set it and forget it for maintaining data consistency - moderate cost, zero to minimal maintenance
  • High touch production data loads into QA - negative ROI engineering time investment far exceeded our predictions
Chien Huey | TrustRadius Reviewer
Chien Huey
Senior DevOps Engineer
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IBM
  • It saved us weeks of development time
  • Without Lift, we may not be able to handle several billions of records data every day
  • It can easily transferred to another person to maintain
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