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    Denodo

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ADenodo is the eponymous data integration platform from the global company headquartered in Silicon Valley.N/A

    IBM DataStage

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AIBM® DataStage® is a data integration tool that helps users to design, develop and run jobs that move and transform data. At its core, the DataStage tool supports extract, transform and load (ETL) and extract, load and transform (ELT) patterns. A basic version of the software is available for on-premises deployment, and the cloud-based DataStage for IBM Cloud Pak® for Data offers automated integration capabilities in a hybrid or multicloud environment.N/A
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    DenodoIBM DataStage
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    DenodoIBM DataStage
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    DenodoIBM DataStage
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    89%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    89%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    DenodoIBM DataStage
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Denodo and IBM DataStage
    Feature
    Denodo
    -
    Ratings
    IBM DataStage
    7.7
    11 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings7.911 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings7.610 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Denodo and IBM DataStage
    Feature
    Denodo
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    Ratings
    IBM DataStage
    7.6
    11 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Simple transformations00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings7.311 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Denodo and IBM DataStage
    Feature
    Denodo
    -
    Ratings
    IBM DataStage
    7.2
    11 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Data model creation00 Ratings7.18 Ratings
    Metadata management00 Ratings5.010 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow00 Ratings7.410 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings7.411 Ratings
    Testing and debugging00 Ratings6.711 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Denodo and IBM DataStage
    Feature
    Denodo
    -
    Ratings
    IBM DataStage
    5.3
    10 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings5.310 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings5.310 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    DenodoIBM DataStage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    5.9
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
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    Support Rating
    -
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    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DenodoIBM DataStage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Denodo
    Denodo allows us to create and combine new views to create a
    virtual repository and APIs without a single line of code. It is excellent
    because it can present connectors with a view format for downstream consumers
    by flattening a JSON file. Reading or connecting to various sources and
    displaying a tabular view is an excellent feature. The product's technical data
    catalog is well-organized.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    DataStage is somewhat outdated for an ETL. I guess that's what makes it a bit lagged behind its competitors. It can be used for data processing, sure, but its performance seems to be lagging behind or quite slow given the server it is running from. I won’t depend on this application if it's handling a lot of mission-critical banking and business data.
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    Pros
    Denodo
    • Database Agnostic: You can easily connect to different environments and mash up data sets.
    • The "magic" of data virtualization: No data is created, so data is reported in near-real-time to end users.
    • It's easy to use UI for developers. You just connect to a data source, create tables, and join them to other datasets.
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    IBM
    • Connect to multiple types of data-sources including Oracle, Teradata, Snowflake, SQl Server.
    • Powerful tool to load large volumes of data.
    • Transformation stages allow us to reduce the amount of code needed to create ETL scripts.
    • Allow us to synchronize and refresh data as much as needed.
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    Cons
    Denodo
    • Caching - but I am sure it will be improved by now. There were times when we expected the cache to be refreshed but it was stale.
    • Schema generation of endpoints from API response was sometimes incomplete as not all API calls returned all the fields. Will be good to have an ability to load the schema itself (XSD/JSON/Soap XML etc).
    • Denodo exposed web services were in preliminary stage when we used; I'm sure it will be improved by now.
    • Export/Import deployment, while it was helpful, there were unexpected issues without any errors during deployment. Issues were only identified during testing. Some views were not created properly and did not work. If it was working in the environment from where it was exported from, it should work in the environment where it is imported.
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    IBM
    • Technical support is a key area IBM should improve for this product. Sometimes our case is assigned to a support engineer and he has no idea of the product or services.
    • Provide custom reports for datastage jobs and performance such as job history reports, warning messages or error messages.
    • Make it fully compatible with Oracle and users can direct use of Oracle ODBC drivers instead of Data Direct driver. Same for SQL server.
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    Usability
    Denodo
    Denodo is very easy to use. It has a user-friendly drag and drop interface. I'm not a fan of the java platform it resides on.
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    IBM
    Because it is robust, and it is being continuously improved. DS is one of the most used and recognized tools in the market. Large companies have implemented it in the first instance to develop their DW, but finding the advantages it has, they could use it for other types of projects such as migrations, application feeding, etc.
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    Performance
    Denodo
    Denodo is a tool to rapidly mash data sources together and create meaningful datasets. It does have its downfalls though. When you create larger, more complex datasets, you will most likely need to cache your datasets, regardless of how proper your joins are set up. Since DV takes data from multiple environments, you are taxing the corporate network, so you need to be conscious of how much data you are sending through the network and truly understand how and when to join datasets due to this.
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    IBM
    It could load thousands of records in seconds. But in the Parallel version, you need to understand how to particionate the data. If you use the algorithms erroneously, or the functionalities that it gives for the parsing of data, the performance can fall drastically, even with few records. It is necessary to have people with experience to be able to determine which algorithm to use and understand why.
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    Support Rating
    Denodo
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    IBM offers different levels of support but in my experience being and IBM shop helps to get direct support from more knowledgeable technicians from IBM. Not sure on the cost of having this kind of support, but I know there's also general support and community blogs and websites on the Internet make it easy to troubleshoot issues whenever there's need for that.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Denodo
    Denodo is simple and easy to use. Highly recommended unless you have huge volumes of data
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    IBM
    With effective capabilities and easy to manipulate the features and easy to produce accurate data analytics and the Cloud services Automation, this IBM platform is more reliable and easy to document management. The features on this platform are equipped with excellent big data management and easy to provide accurate data analytics.
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    Return on Investment
    Denodo
    • It is a huge advantage that we can connect to many different databases to provide data rapidly and accurately.
    • It has proven to be a valuable environment for deploying data virtualization solutions, and its user community is active in finding and fixing issues.
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    IBM
    • It’s hard to say at this point, it delivers, but not quite as I expected. It takes a lot of resources to manage and sort this out (manpower, financial).
    • Definitely, I don’t have the exact numbers, but given the data it processes, it is A LOT. So props to the developer of this application.
    • Again, based on my experience, I’d choose other ETL apps if there is one that's more user-friendly.
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