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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Boomi

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ABoomi is a cloud-based, on-premise, or hybrid integration platform. It offers a low-code/no-code interface with the capacity for API and EDI connections for integrating with external organizations and systems, as well as compliance with data protection regulations.

    $550

    per month

    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

    VMware Cloud Foundation

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AVMware Cloud Foundation is a hybrid cloud platform for managing VMs and orchestrating containers, built on full-stack hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) technology. With a single architecture that is desribed by the vendor as easy to deploy, VMware Cloud Foundation aims to enable consistent, secure infrastructure and operations across private and public cloud.N/A
    Pricing
    BoomiIBM InfoSphere Information ServerVMware Cloud Foundation
    Editions & Modules
    Boomi
    $550
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    Offerings
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    BoomiIBM InfoSphere Information ServerVMware Cloud Foundation
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    BoomiIBM InfoSphere Information ServerVMware Cloud Foundation
    Considered Multiple Products
    Boomi
    Chose Boomi
    I did not select Boomi. It is the tool used in the company. In my previous work I worked with InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage, and I can say that these tools are much more powerful when making transformations, alerts, connect to different sources. Boomi is good at …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    91%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    BoomiIBM InfoSphere Information ServerVMware Cloud Foundation
    Cloud Data Integration
    Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of Boomi and IBM InfoSphere Information Server and VMware Cloud Foundation
    Feature
    Boomi
    8.0
    33 Ratings
    1% below category average
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
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    VMware Cloud Foundation
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    Pre-built connectors10.032 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connector modification5.029 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for real-time and batch integration10.031 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality services10.029 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data security features5.031 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring console8.033 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Boomi and IBM InfoSphere Information Server and VMware Cloud Foundation
    Feature
    Boomi
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    VMware Cloud Foundation
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    Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Boomi and IBM InfoSphere Information Server and VMware Cloud Foundation
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    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    VMware Cloud Foundation
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    Simple transformations00 Ratings10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Boomi and IBM InfoSphere Information Server and VMware Cloud Foundation
    Feature
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    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    VMware Cloud Foundation
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    Data model creation00 Ratings8.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata management00 Ratings7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow00 Ratings8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing and debugging00 Ratings7.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Boomi and IBM InfoSphere Information Server and VMware Cloud Foundation
    Feature
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    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    VMware Cloud Foundation
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    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    BoomiIBM InfoSphere Information ServerVMware Cloud Foundation
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (41 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    7.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    BoomiIBM InfoSphere Information ServerVMware Cloud Foundation
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Boomi
    Legacy systems often need to be replaced or integrated with new applications in order to modernize businesses. A strong API strategy that avoids custom coding and third-party programs is essential to enable this integration. Boomi's new-age connectivity and integration solutions ensure safe, secure, and robust integration. In the age of information, businesses are under more pressure than ever to be able to collect and manage large amounts of data. This data comes in from a variety of sources, including personalized devices such as voice assistants and wearable tech. While this data can be immensely valuable to businesses, they often lack the infrastructure necessary to handle it effectively. This can lead to data build-up in databases or silos, and can eventually lead to problems with integration and security.
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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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    VMware by Broadcom
    It is best suited for an on-premise cloud solution where customer can shift their entire production environment. Also, the customer has a preference for a Homogenous Infrastructure Environment where budget is not a challenge. It is not at all suited for a Heterogenous Environment, e.g., a Public cloud where integration becomes a huge issue, also in SMB sections where budget is challenging.
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    Pros
    Boomi
    • Pre-built connectors to almost anything which greatly reduce time to release of your integration needs.
    • Easy to use development platform with drag&drop features. Non-technical people could build simple integration processes in no time.
    • Great user community where you can get quick help if needed. Boomi people hang around there a lot.
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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
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • Cloud enabled Solution.
    • Support Container based Apps.
    • Cost efficient.
    • Supports both Public and Private Environments.
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    Cons
    Boomi
    • More from a development perspective. It is always difficult to use the properties features. It takes a while to understand how the data/variables can be used across an integration.
    • Dell Boomi should also invest more on API Management and not just seen as a ETL,ESB tool.
    • Should roll out features more often based on users reviews.
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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.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • The Deployment is complex.
    • Recommended Number of Physical Nodes is three or more; with less than 3 Nodes, it becomes difficult to install V-SAN.
    • Need for better integration. If we go on the public cloud, it is a huge challenge while integrate with an open source platform.
    • Cost can be marginally reduced. SMB segments still prefer a separate license instead of VCF, or they postpone their purchase plans.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Boomi
    Dell Boomi has provided us with the ability to connect our campus together using our various existing platforms. There are many supported features and have yet to run into something that we cannot do. Its user interface is very intuitive which would allow users to begin developing fairly easily. There is a myriad of resources available
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    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
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    VMware by Broadcom
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    Usability
    Boomi
    My IT and Finance teams have noted that setting up the tool is a breeze. Dell Boomi has never caused an issue during a system implementation that I am aware of. We are pleased with the tool and recommend others consider it.
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    Performance
    Boomi
    The atom sphere takes a time to load, when I open a process or when I open a log. One more slow processing is when I import objects from NetSuite.
    About the performance of processing, it looks like Boomi takes a time to initialize some things such as connectors before starting the process. This is also performance we have.
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    Support Rating
    Boomi
    Boomi support was responsive and knowledgable, however being a closed cloud service, it doesn't have good community support. We found the learning curve to be steep and there aren't avenues like google, forums, or blogs that provide community driven insight into the product or how to go about designing solutions using the tool
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    Alternatives Considered
    Boomi
    We decided to go with Dell Boomi because another department in our company was already using the software. We did not research competitor applications to use as our business solution. Dell Boomi was very easy and quick to set up, so once we decided to use Dell Boomi for systems integration, we had it set up and running within a few working days.
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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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    VMware by Broadcom
    Although the public Cloud Model follows Opex Costing Model, it actually leads to very high costs also, the infra model in my organization is not suited for a Public Cloud Model. Hence We decided on an On-Premise Model, and the best suited was VMware Cloud Foundation, which is a complete Software-Defined Scale-Out Architecture. I also prefer a Homogenous environment; i.e, support and services from a Single OEM, so that I Can get faster resolutions to my tickets raised.
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    Return on Investment
    Boomi
    • It has allowed us to scale significantly without having to add headcount, specifically those geared towards data entry. We went from a $10m ARR business to $200m ARR business with the same amount of Order Processors and 12x amount of transactions by leveraging Boomi to perform a lot of the work, and then having the Order Processing team to simply review that the transaction was processed successfully.
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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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    VMware by Broadcom
    • My organization has a size of 1300+ employees, using multiple applications and an exchange mail server that is hosted on On-Premise Cloud, hence scalability has not been a challenge.
    • Having hosted my Production environment and Mail exchange Server on VCF, there has been optimum resource utilization with very little scope downtime. Hence have been able to save a lot of funds on Hardware resources.
    • Due to the size of my organization and due the data load, I have been able to save on Resource Utilization and Organization Funds
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