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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Hex

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AHex is a Full-Stack Business Intelligence platform for querying organizational data, performing analysis in notebooks, creating interactive data applications, and sharing results with technical and business users. The platform combines SQL and Python-based analysis with dashboards, semantic models, and AI-assisted data exploration.

    $36

    per month per editor

    IBM InfoSphere Information Server

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AIBM 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
    HexIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Editions & Modules
    Professional
    $36
    per month per editor
    Team
    $75
    per month per editor
    Enterprise
    Custom
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HexIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    HexIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Hex.tech and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Hex.tech
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Hex.tech and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Hex.tech
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Simple transformations00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Hex.tech and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Hex.tech
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Data model creation00 Ratings8.72 Ratings
    Metadata management00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Testing and debugging00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Hex.tech and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Hex.tech
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    HexIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HexIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hex Technologies, Inc
    Hex.tech is an excellent tool for a product intelligence or product analytics team that wants to enable widespread use of available data for decision-making. It requires some SQL experience in many cases but makes it possible to go far without complex querying skills.
    Incentivized
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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
    Hex Technologies, Inc
    • Powerful interactive notebook environment
    • Balances the need of code and non-code users
    • Provides free and easy sharing to viewers of analyses across the company
    • Responds promptly to support requests and needs
    • High quality native charting capabilities
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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
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Hex Technologies, Inc
    • Limited support for R notebooks
    • Limited sharing outside of the app (e.g., no slack integration)
    • Some Python knowledge needed for highest levels of aggregations
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Hex Technologies, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Hex Technologies, Inc
    Hex.tech is the easiest to use, most enjoyable experience, most powerful environment, and most cost scalable of all the above.
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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
    Hex Technologies, Inc
    • Increased visibility into analyses with free membership tier across company
    • Increased capacity for self-service analytics among R&D stakeholders (e.g., product managers)
    • Improved productivity of data science team with ease of use
    Incentivized
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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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