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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure Data Catalog

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's Azure Data Catalog is an enterprise-wide metadata catalog designed to make data asset discovery straightforward, a fully-managed service that lets analysts. data scientists, and developers to register, enrich, discover, understand, and consume data sources.N/A

    IBM InfoSphere Information Server

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AIBM InfoSphere Information Server is a data integration platform used to understand, cleanse, monitor and transform data. The offerings provide massively parallel processing (MPP) capabilities.N/A
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    Azure Data CatalogIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Azure Data CatalogIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Azure Data Catalog and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Azure Data Catalog
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    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Azure Data Catalog and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Azure Data Catalog
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    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Simple transformations00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Azure Data Catalog and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Azure Data Catalog
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    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Data model creation00 Ratings8.72 Ratings
    Metadata management00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Testing and debugging00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Azure Data Catalog and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Azure Data Catalog
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Azure Data CatalogIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure Data CatalogIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Azure Data Catalog helps us solve data discovery problems
    brilliantly. Our organization created a single source of truth for our data,
    which allowed us to develop BI and data science solutions. We can drag tables
    or data sources to manage workflow. Some of the more complicated data normalization
    or standardization issues need to be simplified, and I'd like to see that
    happen.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    Information Server is extremely useful to replace manual developments that require a lot of coding effort. It significantly increases the productivity of the initial development and the future maintenance of the processes since it has a visual development environment with self-documentation.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • It's easy to use and implement.
    • Ownership of the data.
    • It's helpful for all businesses.
    • Policy on data preservation.
    • It can utilize various data sources.
    • Data management is secure and simple.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    • IIS best for ETL ,not ELT , and many and diffrent source systems.
    • It also can process big data , unstuctured data
    • It is not only DWH , you can use infosphere for analys and see the bigger architecture of your OLTP systems
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Maintenance and creation of documentation for data sources takes a lot of time
    • One cannot connect to data using a client's app unless they know the locus of the data source.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    • I would be nice to have a new web development environment for DataStage.
    • Connectivity Packs such as Pack for SAP Application are a little pricey.
    • It is confusing for new developers the possibility of developing jobs using different execution engines such as Parallel or Server.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Azure Data Catalogue was chosen for
    • Microsoft's customer service and expertise
    • Experience with Azure Cloud Solutions
    • Reviews from peers on functionality and performance
    • Product roadmap
    • Overall costs
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    DataStage is more robust and stable than ODI The ability to perform complex transformations or implement business rules is much more developed in DS
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Azure platform makes it easier for us to register & catalogue all available information easily. This way when the customer actually made a sudden request or they want to access sensitive information on their own, the data is readily presented to them. Needless to say we use this mined and catalogue data for a variety of inhouse training and other improvement initiatives.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    • Productivity of the development of integration processes.
    • Better documentation and governance.
    • Reduce training costs of various technologies.
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