ClusterControl vs. SolarWinds Task Factory

ClusterControl is a fruitful application, concentrating on data development attributes, for instance, schema maintenance, performance optimization, among others. Further, ClusterControl has data status reporting and security management. The aim is for data administration and sharing. There is a complete automation solution, which makes routine processes have a simplistic avenue and results remain accurate and comprehensive.

Incentivized

Since I started working with this great tool all data analysis programs have been running effectively. Implementation of projects and tasks have been effective and reliable. Data collected from each department gives us working plan on better management of various programs. The Dimension Merge SCD Transform helps us to load large volumes of data within a short period of time.

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• Easy installation, it has very easy steps for installation.
• Easy to operate related services under one administration control.
• Auto recovery apon failure.

Incentivized

• The Slowly Changing Dimension Component saves us a huge amount if time compared to the native SSIS component.
• JSON Transform is really useful to convert record and send it to rest API.
• The advanced derived columns allow us to use really cool functions that are not available in the regular transforms.

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• ClusterControl only supports English as a functional language, which is not the right choice.
• ClusterControl operates on OS alone, failing to include or capture mobile phones.
• ClusterControl editorial proficiency is quite problematic, and demands may be a drastic update.

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• It was built by Pragmatic Works who sold it to SentryOne and now Solar Winds, concerned about future support. SolarWinds is discontinuing support for related products such as BiXpress.
• Had issues with connecting to certain versions of SQL Server - would fail when deploying one package - had to deploy the entire solutions.
• Occasional random failures observed with the Filter tranform.

Incentivized

Task Factory has become a key product for our use of doing ETL work in SSIS. Their custom SSIS components allow us to work simply on the data engineering side of things. We can ignore the lower level work needed to connect to disparate data sources. This allows us to work faster and provide more value to the business

Incentivized

Compared to some of the other transformations I have worked with, it really is pretty simple for the type of functionality you get

Incentivized

Overall, the best vendor we currently have on the data side of the house. No issues, issues are resolved very quickly and upgrades go without any issues.

Incentivized

Overall it went smoothly. Had a couple of gotchas with licensing and upgrading but nothing that really stopped us.

Incentivized

ClusterControl has easy installation steps compared to other softwares. It also offers a free trial helping potential buyers be able to experience it's magic while other softwares don't offer a free trial making a customer buy the software blindly. It offers value for money compared to other softwares offering the same features and services.

Incentivized

I've not found too many tools to bolt onto SSIS that encompass what you get with Task Factory. I have used some Enterprise ETL tools like Dell's Boomi, but did not find it to be very intuitive. Task Factory does not leave you guessing how to use its components. Additionally, their support is very responsive and helpful.

Incentivized

• It's super terrific with data virtualization.
• Support of different programming languages.
• Excellent with the security of data.
• Fabulous with data replication.

Incentivized

• We were able to support our developers with Task Factory features and reduce the development time by 40%.
• Recently Task Factory has changed their pricing module and it seems to be pretty costly for our process. Our business team has started to evaluate whether this is worth it going forward.

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