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

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)
Score 9.8 out of 10
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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 8.0 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
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Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)
Chose BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)
It is a good package tool with SAP BO set of product line.
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
I particularly believe that Information Server, especially DataStage, is superior in many aspects to the Oracle Data Integrator tool. Several market analysts such as Gartner and / or Forrester better position DataStage on the Oracle solution.
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
DataStage is more robust and stable than ODI
The ability to perform complex transformations or implement business rules is much more developed in DS
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Denodo not an ETL tool but you can manage your data with it as well as Infosphere
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Information Server and Informatica PowerCenter are the two leading integration platforms worldwide. Information Server has a better integration with other IBM products such as MDM or Cognos but the decision to use one or another platform is more a price decision and quantity of …
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Information can be used for large but simple implementation. InfoSphere provides more intergaration options with outside world. Abinitio is great product but stopped innvoating and is not kept up to date with market needs and changes. Talend is good new product. Good Big Data …
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
Ratings
19% above category average
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
8.7
Ratings
5% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources10.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL10.00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)
10.0
Ratings
21% above category average
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.6
Ratings
17% above category average
Simple transformations10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Complex transformations10.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)
7.6
Ratings
3% below category average
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
8.0
Ratings
2% above category average
Data model creation7.00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Metadata management7.00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Business rules and workflow8.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Collaboration8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Testing and debugging8.00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)
8.0
Ratings
0% below category average
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.7
Ratings
19% above category average
Integration with data quality tools8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools8.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
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User Ratings
BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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8.9
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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8.0
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Usability
8.0
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-
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User Testimonials
BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Likelihood to Recommend
Great tool for ETL with the ability to integrate with SAP products seamlessly. Supports Big data integration.
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You can use infosphere: -If you have multiple targets and source systems and they are different than each other. -If your infostructure is so big and unplaned well so you can't find what you want to see. -If your databases not so strong to process your data
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Pros
  • 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.
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  • It is very strong to make transformations/data derivations
  • It is very easy to connect to various external data sources. It has an interface (stages) for each connection that simplifies the task
  • It is a stable platform. And that parallelism helps make it fast for loading, if the process is well designed
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Cons
  • 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.
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  • Lack of a strong web development environment.
  • Metadata propagation in Jobs is somewhat complex.
  • The possibility to develop jobs in Parallel and/or Server Engines is confusing.
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Likelihood to Renew
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  • Scale of implementation
  • IBM techsupport
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Usability
It is a good ETL tool to use if you are SAP shop and looking for a simple and elegant solution for automation.
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Alternatives Considered
It is a good package tool with SAP BO set of product line
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I particularly believe that Information Server, especially DataStage, is superior in many aspects to the Oracle Data Integrator tool. Several market analysts such as Gartner and / or Forrester better position DataStage on the Oracle solution.
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Return on Investment
  • 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.
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  • Information Server can positively impact the costs of companies by increasing the productivity of development and therefore reduce their time and costs. It is estimated that DataStage can increase a developer's productivity by 40% on average.
  • Better data governance
  • Improve data quality and reduce bad data impacts
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