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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Confluent

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AIBM Confluent helps enterprises stream, connect, process, govern and serve real-time data across hybrid environments.

    $385

    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

    Oracle Integration (OIC)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AThe Oracle Integration Cloud Service is an iPaaS providing prebuilt integration flows between applications, including other Oracle products. The Integration Cloud Service is scaled for enterprises, with prebuilt codeless adapters for on-premises and SaaS systems and low-code automation capabilities.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM ConfluentIBM InfoSphere Information ServerOracle Integration (OIC)
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $0
    Standard
    Starting at ~$385
    per month
    Enterprise
    Starting at ~$1,150
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM ConfluentIBM InfoSphere Information ServerOracle Integration (OIC)
    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsConfluent monthly bills are based upon resource consumption, i.e., you are only charged for the resources you use when you actually use them: Stream: Kafka clusters are billed for eCKUs/CKUs ($/hour), networking ($/GB), and storage ($/GB-hour). Connect: Use of connectors is billed based on throughput ($/GB) and a task base price ($/task/hour). Process: Use of stream processing with Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink is calculated based on CFUs ($/minute). Govern: Use of Stream Governance is billed based on environment ($/hour). Confluent storage and throughput is calculated in binary gigabytes (GB), where 1 GB is 2^30 bytes. This unit of measurement is also known as a gibibyte (GiB). Please also note that all prices are stated in United States Dollars unless specifically stated otherwise. All billing computations are conducted in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
    IBM ConfluentIBM InfoSphere Information ServerOracle Integration (OIC)
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of IBM Confluent and IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Oracle Integration (OIC)
    Feature
    IBM Confluent
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Oracle Integration (OIC)
    -
    Ratings
    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 IBM Confluent and IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Oracle Integration (OIC)
    Feature
    IBM Confluent
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Oracle Integration (OIC)
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    Simple transformations00 Ratings10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of IBM Confluent and IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Oracle Integration (OIC)
    Feature
    IBM Confluent
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    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Oracle Integration (OIC)
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    Ratings
    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 IBM Confluent and IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Oracle Integration (OIC)
    Feature
    IBM Confluent
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    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Oracle Integration (OIC)
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    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Data Integration
    Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of IBM Confluent and IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Oracle Integration (OIC)
    Feature
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    -
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    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
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    Ratings
    Oracle Integration (OIC)
    7.4
    22 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Pre-built connectors00 Ratings00 Ratings7.821 Ratings
    Connector modification00 Ratings00 Ratings7.821 Ratings
    Support for real-time and batch integration00 Ratings00 Ratings5.822 Ratings
    Data quality services00 Ratings00 Ratings6.120 Ratings
    Data security features00 Ratings00 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Monitoring console00 Ratings00 Ratings9.222 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
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    8.3
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    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    IBM ConfluentIBM InfoSphere Information ServerOracle Integration (OIC)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    If you have a need to stream data, real time or segmented structured data then Confluent is a great platform to do so with. You won't run into packet transfer size limitations that other platforms have. Flexibility in on-prem, cloud, and managed cloud offerings makes it very flexible no matter how you choose to implement.
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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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    Oracle
    Oracle Process Cloud is suited for medium-sized companies and up who want to create applications that can automate tasks without the need of recruiting more software developers. With a couple hours of training, any member of the organization's business team will be well-equipped with all of the knowledge that is needed to use Oracle Process Cloud effectively. If your IT team is large and able to take upon the task of making the given application, then something like Oracle BPM is a better solution.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Products work great.
    • Training is available.
    • Customer support is good.
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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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    Oracle
    • New enhanced activities that are targeted to reduce the integration pain. For example, file stage activity reduces the pain of chunking the input file while sending and mapping the data to the target application. Stage activity takes care of it automatically for the customer. Similarly, recommendation on the mapper is a huge plus for people looking for common integration.
    • There are around 50 adapters available including dedicated out of the box application adapters and generic technologies adapters on OICS. The best part of these application adapters is that they are designed considering LOB users. Most of the time integration implementor does not require, application knowledge to perform the integration. OICS has some of Oracle Cloud applications adapters which make integration much easier may not be available in other integration platforms.
    • Inbuilt diagnostic dashboard and error hospital makes this product lucrative. OICS also comes with integrated Process Cloud and Visual Builder at the same cost. the customer can have seamless integration with Apiary and SSI on demand.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Cloud based Azure platform features for Confluent lacks behind AWS And GCP
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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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    Oracle
    • Currently, it is not retaining the logs for more than 3 days, which it needs to address.
    • We also need some functionality inside the interface to re-push the same transaction again so that it will be helpful while testing and fixing the issue.
    • Also, some log errors are not giving the correct details. Oracle needs to rectify those.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
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    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
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    Oracle
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    The support from the Confluent platform is great and satisfying. We have been working with Confluent for more than a year now. They sent out resident architects to help us set up Confluent cluster on our cloud and help us troubleshoot problems we have encountered. Overall, it has been a great experience working with the Confluent Platform.
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    IBM
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    Oracle
    The team is proactive and takes the issue up for resolution, they follow continuous development and release.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    For our use case it was very important that the technology we were working with fit into our Azure architecture, and met our data processing size requirements to stream data within certain SLAs. Confluent more than met our performance requirements and compared to the others scale options and cost to run it was more than financially viable as a platform solution to our global operations.
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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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    Oracle
    The nearest thing I have used to OIC is UiPath, as it is often used as a tool to integrate software together. However, it is much more suited to legacy software which have little to no API endpoints. If the infrastructure already exists I understand why people use RPA for integration, however for when API's are easily accessible and you're using Oracle tools, OIC is better.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • It enables us to develop event driven application.
    • It increases our ability to handle streaming data.
    • It reduces latency of communication.
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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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    Oracle
    • The modern and advanced analytical abilities in Oracle Process Cloud are also a missing element that should be catered to.
    • This tool is used greatly for IT departments at a lower level with some very basic and limited access for general employees only.
    • Oracle Process Cloud has many advantages like it offers some very great and scalable solutions.
    • I find Oracle Process Cloud pretty straightforward and easy as compared to the different options available. Lastly, I think that as it is just one platform, managing the Oracle Process Cloud is pretty easy too.
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