BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued) vs. IBM InfoSphere Information Server

BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)

IBM InfoSphere Information Server

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
IBM InfoSphere Information Server	Score 8.1 out of 10	N/A	IBM 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

Pricing

BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)

IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)	IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)	IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Top Pros	Pro Admin console Pro Code management Pro Simple deployment	Pro Data profiling Pro Data cleansing Pro Integrating data
Top Cons	Minus Tighter integration Minus Data quality Minus Data management	Minus Web development Minus Development environment Minus Using different

Features

BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)

IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Data Source Connection

Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued) 10.0 1 Ratings 19% above category average	IBM InfoSphere Information Server 10.0 5 Ratings 19% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources	10.01 Ratings	10.05 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL	10.01 Ratings	10.05 Ratings

Data Transformations

Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued) 10.0 1 Ratings 18% above category average	IBM InfoSphere Information Server 10.0 5 Ratings 18% above category average
Simple transformations	10.01 Ratings	10.05 Ratings
Complex transformations	10.01 Ratings	10.05 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	IBM InfoSphere Information Server 9.7 5 Ratings 18% above category average
Data model creation	7.01 Ratings	10.03 Ratings
Metadata management	7.01 Ratings	10.05 Ratings
Business rules and workflow	8.01 Ratings	10.05 Ratings
Collaboration	8.01 Ratings	10.05 Ratings
Testing and debugging	8.01 Ratings	9.05 Ratings

Data Governance

Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued) 8.0 1 Ratings 3% below category average	IBM InfoSphere Information Server 9.5 5 Ratings 15% above category average
Integration with data quality tools	8.01 Ratings	10.05 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools	8.01 Ratings	9.04 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)	IBM InfoSphere Information Server
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	dbt Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises	IBM InfoSphere Information Server Score 8.1 out of 10	Astera Centerprise Score 8.8 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)	IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (6 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)	IBM InfoSphere Information Server
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	IBM It's super terrific with workflow automation. Terrific with data backup and convenient with encryption of data. Reliable with asset management Great to discover virtual servers Incentivized jamie anderson Warehouse Manager 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	IBM Any source to any target support. ETL flexibility without coding. Extreme data volume processing. Native integration with other Data integration functionalities such as data profiling, data cleansing, metadata management. Karina Gonzalez Manager Data Management 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	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 Gonzalo Angeleri Regional Product & Solution Architect Manager Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Discontinued Products No answers on this topic	IBM Scale of implementation IBM techsupport 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	IBM No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Discontinued Products It is a good package tool with SAP BO set of product line Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	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 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	IBM If you don't use all of the product family, it will be expensive. But if you want to plan use all the products and you will position it in the center of your infrastructure ROI will be effective. Incentivized Gunes INAL Data Warehouse Consultant Read full review
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