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    Fivetran

    Score8.3 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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    SharePlex

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASharePlex from Quest Software is a data replication software offering near real-time replication and supporting a wide variety of databases.N/A
    Pricing
    FivetranSharePlex
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $0.01
    per credit
    Standard
    $0.01
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    Enterprise
    $0.01
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FivetranSharePlex
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    FivetranSharePlex
    Considered Both Products
    Fivetran
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    Quest Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
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    Features
    FivetranSharePlex
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Fivetran and SharePlex
    Feature
    Fivetran
    10.0
    8 Ratings
    19% above category average
    SharePlex
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    Ratings
    Connect to traditional data sources10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Fivetran and SharePlex
    Feature
    Fivetran
    7.5
    7 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SharePlex
    -
    Ratings
    Simple transformations7.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex transformations7.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Fivetran and SharePlex
    Feature
    Fivetran
    6.2
    8 Ratings
    24% below category average
    SharePlex
    -
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    Data model creation2.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata management4.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration7.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing and debugging9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Fivetran and SharePlex
    Feature
    Fivetran
    8.3
    7 Ratings
    3% above category average
    SharePlex
    -
    Ratings
    Integration with data quality tools8.36 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    FivetranSharePlex
    Small Businesses
    Skyvia
    Score10 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Score10 out of 10
    Qlik Replicate
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SolarWinds Task Factory
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Qlik Replicate
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FivetranSharePlex
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FivetranSharePlex
    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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    Quest Software
    SharePlex really shines when set alongside GoldenGate. The licensing costs of the two products would appear to place them in entirely different ballparks yet they perform nearly identically in practice. SharePlex is suitable for heterogenous replication of one database to another. The list of targets is ever increasing, with support for all major RDBMS vendors as well as support for popular NoSQL and JSON replication. SharePlex is effective when replicating from on-premise to cloud. Whether that's migrating data, creating a high-availability presence in a public or private cloud, or populating a data mart, it does the job quite well.
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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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    Quest Software
    • SharePlex is highly configurable and versatile. It can handle virtually any kind of data replication needs.
    • SharePlex is very robust. Its message queuing mechanism provides fast data transfer from the source to the target.
    • SharePlex software is very stable and mature, and it is highly scalable and reliable.
    • SharePlex support is exceptionally good. We are very satisfied with its support engineers.
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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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    Quest Software
    • When first introduced the Change Data Capture process was awkward. Each subsequent release has improved the process.
    • Sometimes the Shareplex monitoring service in Foglight gets overly aggressive in sending out error notifications and can end up spamming the admins with email alerts for one problem. We have had to tone that down.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Fivetran
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    Quest Software
    We depend on it to supply data to our various OLTP and Data Warehouse environments
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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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    Quest Software
    It is very usable once you get over the initial setup.
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    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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    Quest Software
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    Support Rating
    Fivetran
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    Quest Software
    Support is very responsive. They take ownership of the problems and see them through to the finish. When a bug is found they work towards developing testing and making the fix available to us to solve the problem.
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    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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    Quest Software
    SharePlex support is an award-winning team, which is available for 24 hours, and any time they have solutions with perfect expertise. Besides, SharePlex has supported data migration, with multiple reporting features that ensure there are comprehensive database evaluations. The simplicity of SharePlex installation also gives it a higher mark, is very efficient, and allows companies to understand it easily.
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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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    Quest Software
    • Postive: easy to replicate data for non-prod use
    • Negative: we spent a lot time due to data out of sync
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