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    IBM Data Replication

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AThe IBM Data Replication portfolio provides log based change data capture with transactional integrity to support big data integration and consolidation, warehousing and analytics initiatives at scale.N/A

    IBM DataStage

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AIBM® DataStage® is a data integration tool that helps users to design, develop and run jobs that move and transform data. At its core, the DataStage tool supports extract, transform and load (ETL) and extract, load and transform (ELT) patterns. A basic version of the software is available for on-premises deployment, and the cloud-based DataStage for IBM Cloud Pak® for Data offers automated integration capabilities in a hybrid or multicloud environment.N/A
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    IBM Data ReplicationIBM DataStage
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    IBM Data ReplicationIBM DataStage
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Data ReplicationIBM DataStage
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    89%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    IBM Data ReplicationIBM DataStage
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of IBM Data Replication and IBM DataStage
    Feature
    IBM Data Replication
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    Ratings
    IBM DataStage
    7.7
    11 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings7.911 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings7.610 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of IBM Data Replication and IBM DataStage
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    IBM Data Replication
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    Ratings
    IBM DataStage
    7.6
    11 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Simple transformations00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings7.311 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of IBM Data Replication and IBM DataStage
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    IBM Data Replication
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    Ratings
    IBM DataStage
    7.2
    11 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Data model creation00 Ratings7.18 Ratings
    Metadata management00 Ratings5.010 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow00 Ratings7.410 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings7.411 Ratings
    Testing and debugging00 Ratings6.711 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of IBM Data Replication and IBM DataStage
    Feature
    IBM Data Replication
    -
    Ratings
    IBM DataStage
    5.3
    10 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings5.310 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings5.310 Ratings
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    Skyvia
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Replicate
    Score10 out of 10
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Qlik Replicate
    Score10 out of 10
    SolarWinds Task Factory
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Data ReplicationIBM DataStage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.9
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
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    8.0
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    Performance
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Data ReplicationIBM DataStage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    IBM InfoSphere Data Replication replication allows work on the daily operation and analyzes the replicated data in real-time with no downgrade of performance. This happens thanks to the incremental data load using the log files instead of querying the database for any changes. It serves as an online backup of the database uploading the data to the cloud in real-time.
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    IBM
    DataStage is somewhat outdated for an ETL. I guess that's what makes it a bit lagged behind its competitors. It can be used for data processing, sure, but its performance seems to be lagging behind or quite slow given the server it is running from. I won’t depend on this application if it's handling a lot of mission-critical banking and business data.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Performance to detect changes using Incremental Data Delivery with logs.
    • Update data in the cloud in real time.
    • Saves data in clusters using Apache Hadoop
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    • Connect to multiple types of data-sources including Oracle, Teradata, Snowflake, SQl Server.
    • Powerful tool to load large volumes of data.
    • Transformation stages allow us to reduce the amount of code needed to create ETL scripts.
    • Allow us to synchronize and refresh data as much as needed.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Better documentation and examples of Console and API.
    • Integration with machine learning to analyze the data.
    • Examples of how to replicate data from multiple sources and databases to one data lake.
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    • Technical support is a key area IBM should improve for this product. Sometimes our case is assigned to a support engineer and he has no idea of the product or services.
    • Provide custom reports for datastage jobs and performance such as job history reports, warning messages or error messages.
    • Make it fully compatible with Oracle and users can direct use of Oracle ODBC drivers instead of Data Direct driver. Same for SQL server.
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    Usability
    IBM
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    IBM
    Because it is robust, and it is being continuously improved. DS is one of the most used and recognized tools in the market. Large companies have implemented it in the first instance to develop their DW, but finding the advantages it has, they could use it for other types of projects such as migrations, application feeding, etc.
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    Performance
    IBM
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    IBM
    It could load thousands of records in seconds. But in the Parallel version, you need to understand how to particionate the data. If you use the algorithms erroneously, or the functionalities that it gives for the parsing of data, the performance can fall drastically, even with few records. It is necessary to have people with experience to be able to determine which algorithm to use and understand why.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
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    IBM
    IBM offers different levels of support but in my experience being and IBM shop helps to get direct support from more knowledgeable technicians from IBM. Not sure on the cost of having this kind of support, but I know there's also general support and community blogs and websites on the Internet make it easy to troubleshoot issues whenever there's need for that.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
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    IBM
    With effective capabilities and easy to manipulate the features and easy to produce accurate data analytics and the Cloud services Automation, this IBM platform is more reliable and easy to document management. The features on this platform are equipped with excellent big data management and easy to provide accurate data analytics.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Analize the daily data in real time using data lakes and Machine Learning.
    • Performance of the replication without affecting the relational database of the applications.
    • Use of Apache Hadoop for data clustering improving performance.
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    IBM
    • It’s hard to say at this point, it delivers, but not quite as I expected. It takes a lot of resources to manage and sort this out (manpower, financial).
    • Definitely, I don’t have the exact numbers, but given the data it processes, it is A LOT. So props to the developer of this application.
    • Again, based on my experience, I’d choose other ETL apps if there is one that's more user-friendly.
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