BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued) vs. Fivetran

BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)

Fivetran

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)	Score 6.9 out of 10	N/A	BusinessObjects Data Integrator was an ETL tool, acquired by BusinessObjects from the company Acta, where the tool was known as ActaWorks. After SAP's acquisition of BusinessObjects, the tool was discontinued.	N/A
Fivetran	Score 8.4 out of 10	N/A	Fivetran replicates applications, databases, events and files into a high-performance data warehouse, after a five minute setup. The vendor says their standardized cloud pipelines are fully managed and zero-maintenance. The vendor says Fivetran began with a realization: For modern companies using cloud-based software and storage, traditional ETL tools badly underperformed, and the complicated configurations they required often led to project failures. To streamline and accelerate…	$0.01

Pricing

BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)

Fivetran

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Starter: $0.01
per credit
Standard: $0.01
per credit
Enterprise: $0.01
per credit

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)	Fivetran
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Optional

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Community Pulse
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)	Fivetran
Top Pros	Pro Admin console Pro Code management Pro Simple deployment	Pro Data replication Pro Data sources Pro Real time
Top Cons	Minus Tighter integration Minus Data quality Minus Data management	Minus User based Minus Use cases Minus Quite difficult

Features

BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)

Fivetran

Data Source Connection

Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued) 10.0 1 Ratings 18% above category average	Fivetran 9.9 7 Ratings 17% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources	10.01 Ratings	9.97 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL	10.01 Ratings	9.85 Ratings

Data Transformations

Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued) 10.0 1 Ratings 19% above category average	Fivetran 4.7 6 Ratings 55% below category average
Simple transformations	10.01 Ratings	5.26 Ratings
Complex transformations	10.01 Ratings	4.24 Ratings

Data Modeling

Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued) 7.6 1 Ratings 6% below category average	Fivetran 6.1 7 Ratings 28% below category average
Data model creation	7.01 Ratings	2.46 Ratings
Metadata management	7.01 Ratings	4.24 Ratings
Business rules and workflow	8.01 Ratings	7.85 Ratings
Collaboration	8.01 Ratings	7.14 Ratings
Testing and debugging	8.01 Ratings	8.93 Ratings

Data Governance

Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued) 8.0 1 Ratings 4% below category average	Fivetran 9.8 6 Ratings 16% above category average
Integration with data quality tools	8.01 Ratings	9.75 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools	8.01 Ratings	9.93 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)	Fivetran
Small Businesses	Skyvia Score 9.7 out of 10	Skyvia Score 9.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	IBM InfoSphere Information Server Score 8.1 out of 10	IBM InfoSphere Information Server Score 8.1 out of 10
Enterprises	IBM InfoSphere Information Server Score 8.1 out of 10	IBM InfoSphere Information Server Score 8.1 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)	Fivetran
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (8 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)	Fivetran
Likelihood to Recommend	Discontinued Products Great tool for ETL with the ability to integrate with SAP products seamlessly. Supports Big data integration. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Fivetran Fivetran's business model justifies the use-case where we require data from a single source basically a lot of data but if the requirement is not on the heavier side, Fivetran comes to costly operation when compared to its peers. Otherwise, I'll recommend Fivetran for stability and update and seamless service provider. Incentivized Sudarshan Kothari Senior Data Scientist Read full review
Pros	Discontinued Products Processing business validations on the input data set. Scheduling and notification using the Admin console tool. Code management across group of developers. Simple deployment process across environment. Ability to deploy stand alone jobs to automate task. Integration with OS and support for variety of data bases. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Fivetran Easily connects to source data using delivered connectors Transforms data into standard models and schemas Has very good documentation to help quickly setup connectors Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Discontinued Products Writing custom components is a complex process. Along with ETL BODI should have some data quality integration. Ready documentation of the code and inbuilt commenting on components. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Fivetran More detailed logging More flexible choices for time range over which records are synced More options for masking and excluding sensitive data Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	Discontinued Products It is a good ETL tool to use if you are SAP shop and looking for a simple and elegant solution for automation. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Fivetran Just need to input connection info. Incentivized Scott Laronge Head of Data Science Read full review
Performance	Discontinued Products No answers on this topic	Fivetran It runs pretty well and gets our data from point A to point cluster quickly enough. Honestly, it's not something I think about unless it breaks and that's pretty rare. Incentivized Scott Laronge Head of Data Science Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Discontinued Products It is a good package tool with SAP BO set of product line Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Fivetran We never seriously considered using anything else. Our data engineers had used Fivetran extensively in previous roles so when it came time to make a decision, there wasn't much of a process. They gladly signed the contract with Fivetran pretty quickly. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Discontinued Products It was a packaged purchase of BO toolset including BOXI and BODI. Optimized performance for integrating different data sources. Simple and easy setup and maintenance cost. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Fivetran Business and product data now co-located in the warehouse Dashboards can be built using data from all corners of the business Better visibility into customer health, product usage, business financials, and more Enabled high-traffic operational dashboards that increase efficiency of our sales and ops teams Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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