Fivetran vs. IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Fivetran
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Fivetran 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…
$0.01
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
IBM 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
Pricing
FivetranIBM InfoSphere Information Server
Editions & Modules
Starter
$0.01
per credit
Standard
$0.01
per credit
Enterprise
$0.01
per credit
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FivetranIBM InfoSphere Information Server
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
Fivetran
10.0
8 Ratings
20% above category average
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
8.7
4 Ratings
6% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources10.08 Ratings9.94 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL10.06 Ratings7.54 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
Fivetran
6.8
7 Ratings
17% below category average
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.6
4 Ratings
18% above category average
Simple transformations7.07 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Complex transformations6.65 Ratings9.24 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Fivetran
6.1
8 Ratings
25% below category average
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
8.0
4 Ratings
2% above category average
Data model creation2.06 Ratings8.72 Ratings
Metadata management4.04 Ratings7.74 Ratings
Business rules and workflow8.06 Ratings8.44 Ratings
Collaboration7.75 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Testing and debugging9.04 Ratings7.14 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
Fivetran
8.7
7 Ratings
10% above category average
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.7
4 Ratings
21% above category average
Integration with data quality tools8.76 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools8.74 Ratings9.53 Ratings
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User Ratings
FivetranIBM InfoSphere Information Server
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(9 ratings)
8.9
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
FivetranIBM InfoSphere Information Server
Likelihood to Recommend
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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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
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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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
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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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
Fivetran
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IBM
  • Scale of implementation
  • IBM techsupport
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Usability
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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IBM
No answers on this topic
Performance
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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IBM
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
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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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
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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IBM
  • Productivity of the development of integration processes.
  • Better documentation and governance.
  • Reduce training costs of various technologies.
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