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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Ellucian Ethos

    Score4 out of 10
    N/AThe Ellucian Ethos Framework is a data integration platform designed for higher education institutions and their business structures. The Ethos Framework can be extended to include other Ellucian products for greater analytics, workflow, and mobile capacities.N/A

    Fivetran

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AFivetran replicates applications, databases, events and files into a high-performance data warehouse, after a five minute setup. The vendor says their standardized cloud pipelines are fully managed and zero-maintenance. The vendor says Fivetran began with a realization: For modern companies using cloud-based software and storage, traditional ETL tools badly underperformed, and the complicated configurations they required often led to project failures. To streamline and accelerate…

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    Ellucian EthosFivetran
    Editions & Modules
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    Starter
    $0.01
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    Standard
    $0.01
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    Enterprise
    $0.01
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Ellucian EthosFivetran
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Ellucian EthosFivetran
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    Ellucian
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    Fivetran
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
    9 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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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    Ellucian EthosFivetran
    Cloud Data Integration
    Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of Ellucian Ethos and Fivetran
    Feature
    Ellucian Ethos
    7.4
    4 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Fivetran
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built connectors8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connector modification8.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for real-time and batch integration8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality services3.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data security features9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring console8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Ellucian Ethos and Fivetran
    Feature
    Ellucian Ethos
    -
    Ratings
    Fivetran
    10.0
    8 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Ellucian Ethos and Fivetran
    Feature
    Ellucian Ethos
    -
    Ratings
    Fivetran
    7.5
    7 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Simple transformations00 Ratings7.67 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings7.45 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Ellucian Ethos and Fivetran
    Feature
    Ellucian Ethos
    -
    Ratings
    Fivetran
    6.2
    8 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Data model creation00 Ratings2.06 Ratings
    Metadata management00 Ratings4.04 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Testing and debugging00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Ellucian Ethos and Fivetran
    Feature
    Ellucian Ethos
    -
    Ratings
    Fivetran
    8.3
    7 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings8.36 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Ellucian EthosFivetran
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Ellucian EthosFivetran
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ellucian
    Ethos Integration is a work in progress. Some API's are still not available under this framework. However, it has the advantage of being an abstraction layer on top of the database, supports the publish-subscribe model. Since some Banner 9 modules still do not support the direct SAML2 connection, Ethos Identity (EIS Server) is a necessity for SSO.
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    Fivetran
    Fivetran's business model justifies the use-case where we require data from a single source basically a lot of data but if the requirement is not on the heavier side, Fivetran comes to costly operation when compared to its peers. Otherwise, I'll recommend Fivetran for stability and update and seamless service provider.
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    Pros
    Ellucian
    • It allows connection between systems that are completely different
    • It allows you to use workflows in terms of if one thing happens in one system you can "notify" multiple subscribers to take actions
    • It has analytics to provide you insights into your applications
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    Fivetran
    • Easily connects to source data using delivered connectors
    • Transforms data into standard models and schemas
    • Has very good documentation to help quickly setup connectors
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    Cons
    Ellucian
    • Operational reporting: This does not replace or provide an easy platform for operational reports or warehousing. It would be nice if they provided a full stack.
    • Learning curve: Training and documentation are minimal.
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    Fivetran
    • Very difficult to get connectors enhanced if a specific needed object is not supported by them
    • Depending on the edition needed and the data volumes, can get quite expensive
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    Usability
    Ellucian
    Part of our issues could be from the original set up, but also because the system does not allow flexibility.
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    Fivetran
    Very easy and intuitive to setup and maintain as there usually are not that many options. Very well documented (e.g. how to setup each connector, how the schema looks like, any specific features of this connector etc.). Also the operation is intuitive, e.g. you have status pages, log pages, configuration pages etc. for each connector.
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    Performance
    Ellucian
    No answers on this topic
    Fivetran
    It runs pretty well and gets our data from point A to point cluster quickly enough. Honestly, it's not something I think about unless it breaks and that's pretty rare.
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    Support Rating
    Ellucian
    Support from Ellucian for Ethos Integration was generally good. The help in building Ethos was adequate, and resolving issues were handled professionally. However, for Ethos Identity module, the support in building the cluster failover architecture was lacking. After over a month of open engagement, the issue still has not been resolved.
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    Fivetran
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Ellucian
    We have not used any other product similar to this, but for us, it made sense that the first product we tried was made by the company who developed our ERP system because they know the system inside/out. Solutions made by other companies that only look into documentation does not mean they would be able to create a product that could do such integration well.
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    Fivetran
    We never seriously considered using anything else. Our data engineers had used Fivetran extensively in previous roles so when it came time to make a decision, there wasn't much of a process. They gladly signed the contract with Fivetran pretty quickly.
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    Return on Investment
    Ellucian
    • Our ROI is nonexistent at this time as we are still implementing. However, the minimal cost signifies that it will be a significant help.
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    Fivetran
    • It has been very positive in serving BI team with new source requests
    • It has been OK at scaling to match as data volumes as source data size grows
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