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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Cloud Dataflow

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AGoogle offers Cloud Dataflow, a managed streaming analytics platform for real-time data insights, fraud detection, and other purposes.N/A

    IBM StreamSets

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AIBM® StreamSets enables users to create and manage smart streaming data pipelines through a graphical interface, facilitating data integration across hybrid and multicloud environments. IBM StreamSets can support millions of data pipelines for analytics, applications and hybrid integration.N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Google Cloud DataflowIBM StreamSets
    Streaming Analytics
    Comparison of Streaming Analytics features of Google Cloud Dataflow and IBM StreamSets
    Feature
    Google Cloud Dataflow
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
    IBM StreamSets
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    Ratings
    Real-Time Data Analysis8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visualization Dashboards5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Ingestion from Multiple Data Sources9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low Latency9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrated Development Tools6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data wrangling and preparation7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Linear Scale-Out8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Machine Learning Automation6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Enrichment8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Google Cloud DataflowIBM StreamSets
    Small Businesses
    Amazon Kinesis
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    Apache Spark
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Spotfire Streaming
    Score5 out of 10
    Apache Spark
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google Cloud DataflowIBM StreamSets
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Cloud DataflowIBM StreamSets
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    It is best in cases where you have batch as well as streaming data. Also in some cases where you have batch data right now and in future you will get streaming data. In those cases Dataflow is very good. Also in cases where most of your infra is on GCP. It might not be good when you already are on AWS or Azure. And also you want in-depth control over security and management. Then you can directly use Apache beam over Dataflow.
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    IBM
    IBM StreamSets excels in real-time logistics data ingestion and transformation across hybrid systems. It’s less ideal for lightweight ETL tasks or static datasets where simpler tools can achieve similar results with less overhead and complexity.
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    Pros
    Google
    • Streaming, Real time work load
    • Batch processing
    • Auto scaling
    • flexible pricing
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    IBM
    • It helps streaming huge data that we have in our Teradata database to various reporting applications that runs on cloud seamlessly.
    • We also use IBM StreamSets to power few BI dashboards that our product managers use on regular basis to showcase various data with clients.
    • I think the data quality is way better compared to Informatica tool.
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    Cons
    Google
    • More templates for Bigquery and App Engine. There is only limited options for templates so the things we use can limit.
    • I would like native connectors for Excel (XLSX) to reduce the need for custom wrappers in financial pipelines.
    • Debugging Google Cloud Dataflow using only logs in Cloud Logging can be overwhelming sometimes, and it’s not always obvious which specific element in the flow caused a failure. IT uses a lot of time.
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    IBM
    • The error messages I feel aren t always very descriptive so troubleshooting can take longer
    • Maybe more customisation options for scheduling can be done, rest it works pretty well.
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    Usability
    Google
    It really saved a lot of time and it's flexibility really can give you infra which is future-proof for most of the use cases may it be streaming or batch data. And with this you can avoid use of resource-heavy big data offerings.
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    IBM
    The StreamSets platform is very easy to use and the interface is extremely intuitive. The drag-and-drop, low-code design makes it accessible for teams with varying technical skills, allowing us to quickly connect sources, define transformations, and deploy pipelines without heavy coding. StreamSets allows us to get started quickly and not have to worry about our pipelines breaking once they're built.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    Google Cloud Dataproc Cloud Datafusion
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    IBM
    First advantage is that this software is particularly new and it keeps updating according to the needs of the user. Other advantage is the it organises and produces conclusions on the basis of data without leaving any relevant information. Other softwares lack in data summarising and readability of the charts and sheets they produce.
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • cost saving from managing our own data center for ETL servers
    • consumption based pricing
    • with auto scaling feature, we were able to expand components to support work load
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    IBM
    • time saving for automatic collection and integration of data
    • time saving thanks to live monitoring and reaction
    • time saving for standardization of data
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