Formstack Sync (discontinued) vs. IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Formstack Sync (discontinued)

IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Formstack Sync (discontinued)	Score 7.0 out of 10	N/A	Formstack Sync (formerly Bedrock Data) was a bi-directional sync tool from Formstack since the company acquired Bedrock Data in 2019. The product was sunsetted in April of 2022 and is no longer available.	N/A
IBM InfoSphere Information Server	Score 8.1 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

Formstack Sync (discontinued)

IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Formstack Sync (discontinued)	IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Formstack Sync (discontinued)	IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Top Pros	No answers on this topic	Pro Data profiling Pro Data cleansing Pro Integrating data
Top Cons	No answers on this topic	Minus Web development Minus Development environment Minus Using different

Features

Formstack Sync (discontinued)

IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Data Source Connection

Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
	Formstack Sync (discontinued) - Ratings	IBM InfoSphere Information Server 10.0 5 Ratings 19% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources	00 Ratings	10.05 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL	00 Ratings	10.05 Ratings

Data Transformations

Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
	Formstack Sync (discontinued) - Ratings	IBM InfoSphere Information Server 10.0 5 Ratings 18% above category average
Simple transformations	00 Ratings	10.05 Ratings
Complex transformations	00 Ratings	10.05 Ratings

Data Modeling

Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
	Formstack Sync (discontinued) - Ratings	IBM InfoSphere Information Server 9.7 5 Ratings 18% above category average
Data model creation	00 Ratings	10.03 Ratings
Metadata management	00 Ratings	10.05 Ratings
Business rules and workflow	00 Ratings	10.05 Ratings
Collaboration	00 Ratings	10.05 Ratings
Testing and debugging	00 Ratings	9.05 Ratings

Data Governance

Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
	Formstack Sync (discontinued) - Ratings	IBM InfoSphere Information Server 9.5 5 Ratings 15% above category average
Integration with data quality tools	00 Ratings	10.05 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools	00 Ratings	9.04 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Formstack Sync (discontinued)	IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Small Businesses	Skyvia Score 9.6 out of 10	Skyvia Score 9.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	IBM InfoSphere Information Server Score 8.1 out of 10	dbt Score 9.4 out of 10
Enterprises	IBM InfoSphere Information Server Score 8.1 out of 10	Astera Centerprise Score 8.8 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Formstack Sync (discontinued)	IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (6 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Formstack Sync (discontinued)	IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Likelihood to Recommend	Formstack No answers on this topic	IBM It's super terrific with workflow automation. Terrific with data backup and convenient with encryption of data. Reliable with asset management Great to discover virtual servers Incentivized jamie anderson Warehouse Manager Read full review
Pros	Formstack No answers on this topic	IBM Any source to any target support. ETL flexibility without coding. Extreme data volume processing. Native integration with other Data integration functionalities such as data profiling, data cleansing, metadata management. Karina Gonzalez Manager Data Management Read full review
Cons	Formstack No answers on this topic	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. Incentivized Gonzalo Angeleri Regional Product & Solution Architect Manager Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Formstack No answers on this topic	IBM Scale of implementation IBM techsupport Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Formstack No answers on this topic	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Formstack No answers on this topic	IBM If you don't use all of the product family, it will be expensive. But if you want to plan use all the products and you will position it in the center of your infrastructure ROI will be effective. Incentivized Gunes INAL Data Warehouse Consultant Read full review
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