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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Explorium

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AExplorium, headquartered in San Mateo, provides an External Data Platform that automatically discovers thousands of relevant data signals and uses them to improve analytics and machine learning. The automated Explorium Platform enables organizations to discover and use third party data to improve predictions and ML model performance. With faster, better insights, organizations can increase revenue, streamline operations and reduce risks.N/A

    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
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    ExploriumIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    ExploriumIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    ExploriumIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Platform Connectivity
    Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Explorium and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Explorium
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
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    Ratings
    Connect to Multiple Data Sources8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Extend Existing Data Sources8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic Data Format Detection7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    MDM Integration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Exploration
    Comparison of Data Exploration features of Explorium and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Explorium
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    25% below category average
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
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    Visualization6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive Data Analysis7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Preparation
    Comparison of Data Preparation features of Explorium and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Explorium
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    23% below category average
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
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    Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Encryption7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Built-in Processors7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Data Modeling
    Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Explorium and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Explorium
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    15% below category average
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
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    Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Machine Learning8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single platform for multiple model development8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Service Model Delivery6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model Deployment
    Comparison of Model Deployment features of Explorium and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Explorium
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
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    Flexible Model Publishing Options8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security, Governance, and Cost Controls8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Explorium and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Explorium
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Explorium and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Explorium
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Simple transformations00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Explorium and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Explorium
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Data model creation00 Ratings8.72 Ratings
    Metadata management00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Testing and debugging00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Explorium and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Explorium
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ExploriumIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ExploriumIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Explorium
    We need to constantly measures costs in our health business and we forecast pricing acoording to several values and conditions. Explorium works quite good analysing simple datasets, but when hierahies start to increase, meaning 6-10 olap variables, the system start to slow down quite a bit until was no longer to retrieve the info we required. This is why we test several tools, because even world-class solutions we purchase, don´t do the job we need. Explorium is a good tool, but complexity will be a minus in some scenarios.
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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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    Pros
    Explorium
    • Data ready for consumption.
    • Good enough relationships between entities.
    • Nice integration with other players. That's a good thing.
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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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    Cons
    Explorium
    • relationships between entities could be better. Would be great to have scenarios.
    • The data normalized needs improvement. Works pretty good, but it needs more refinement when using AND-OR Formulas that came from various datasets.
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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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Explorium
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    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
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    Alternatives Considered
    Explorium
    The simplicity of the tool is an advantage. The integrations as well work quite well. All these solutions have worked well until some point and what we have discovered over the years is that we need to combine various solutions. There is no such thing as one tool ruling them all. Explorium works quite well until we start testing more advanced relations, and here, the tool is promising but requires a little work.
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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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    Return on Investment
    Explorium
    • Positive. The time save in analysis per hour of internal consulting was the best compared to our SAP and Cognos solutions.
    • In term of objetives works as stated, but when using multi-conditions of dataset, start the issues.
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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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