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Google Cloud Dataflow vs. Informatica Cloud Data Integration

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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

    Informatica Cloud Data Integration

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AInformatica Cloud Data Integration, for Cloud ETL and ELT, enables users to ingest, integrate and cleanse data within Informatica's cloud-native ETL and ELT solution. Users can link source and target data with thousands of connectors that recognize metadata, to make it easier to run complex integrations.N/A
    Pricing
    Google Cloud DataflowInformatica Cloud Data Integration
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Cloud DataflowInformatica Cloud Data Integration
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Google Cloud DataflowInformatica Cloud Data Integration
    Streaming Analytics
    Comparison of Streaming Analytics features of Google Cloud Dataflow and Informatica Cloud Data Integration
    Feature
    Google Cloud Dataflow
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Informatica Cloud Data Integration
    -
    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
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Google Cloud Dataflow and Informatica Cloud Data Integration
    Feature
    Google Cloud Dataflow
    -
    Ratings
    Informatica Cloud Data Integration
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Google Cloud Dataflow and Informatica Cloud Data Integration
    Feature
    Google Cloud Dataflow
    -
    Ratings
    Informatica Cloud Data Integration
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Simple transformations00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Google Cloud Dataflow and Informatica Cloud Data Integration
    Feature
    Google Cloud Dataflow
    -
    Ratings
    Informatica Cloud Data Integration
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Data model creation00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Metadata management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Testing and debugging00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Google Cloud Dataflow and Informatica Cloud Data Integration
    Feature
    Google Cloud Dataflow
    -
    Ratings
    Informatica Cloud Data Integration
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Google Cloud DataflowInformatica Cloud Data Integration
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Cloud DataflowInformatica Cloud Data Integration
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Informatica
    We use it a lot for importing data. We transform the incoming data to match the formatting of our CRM. We also match on existing records to avoid creating duplicates. Informatica handles all of this exceptionally well. Our users are system administrators. The tool is not well-suited for users who do not have a technical background
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Google
    • Streaming, Real time work load
    • Batch processing
    • Auto scaling
    • flexible pricing
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    Informatica
    • Data synchronisation
    • Data replication
    • Data integration
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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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    Informatica
    • There is a moderately steep learning curve
    • Has some idiosyncrasies
    • Can be finicky with date formats
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Informatica
    There is a learning curve with Informatica. It is not always intuitive to use. It is best suited for technical users such as system administrators
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    Google Cloud Dataproc Cloud Datafusion
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    Informatica
    It is really easy to comply and understand its features.
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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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    Informatica
    • Really greatest than any other conventional application.
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