IBM DataStage

IBM DataStage

IBM DataStage

42 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
IBM DataStage	Score 7.7 out of 10	N/A	IBM® 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

Pricing

IBM DataStage

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IBM DataStage
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	IBM DataStage
Considered Both Products	IBM DataStage Verified User Administrator Chose IBM DataStage No, it wasn’t my decision to use such an ETL product. I’m just the administrator at this point. I’ve heard there are other products there that are even on cloud support. That is much easier to use, more agile, and user-friendly. That doesn’t have that barrier from user to … Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose IBM DataStage IBM DataStage performes bettere than SSIS in every aspect. IBM DataStage performes better than SAP Data Services in terms of variables and job orchestration flexibility. It is as strong as ODI, but less complex to implement. It allows to write SQL queries as dbt and Glue, but I … Incentivized Helpful? niman goli Storage Lead Chose IBM DataStage its very good and i would get best support from ibm if their is any issue.i would upgrade it very easily.ibm red books are very good for learning and getting expertise on the product.we would get frequent updates when their is a patch released.it would be easy to integrate with … Incentivized Helpful? Edger Loredo Project Manager Chose IBM DataStage 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose IBM DataStage IBM Infosphere DataStage has been in the market for more than a decade now. It is reliable and the user community online is vast and which helps with the resolution identification easily. IBM has done a good job keeping up with guiding connectors and links for new databases … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Administrator Chose IBM DataStage It's obvious since they both are from the same vendors and it makes it easier and can get better rates for licensing. Also, sales rapes are very helpful in case of escalations and critical issues. Incentivized Helpful? Filippo Orlando Data Analyst \| Data Developer - Advanced Analytics Chose IBM DataStage We chose IBM InfoSphere DataStage because it is the tool that has been used, historically, at the company level. In the near future, nothing prevents us from orienting ourselves to new solutions in view of a restructuring of architecture. Incentivized Helpful? HG Herber Gonzalez Lead Developer Chose IBM DataStage Currently not using any of the Informatica tools, so, I don't have a real way of comparing the tools. But comparison against Microsoft SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) I'd say DataStage stacks favorably. DataStage is a powerful tool for ETL processes that integrates … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose IBM DataStage We have very limited experience of using Informix and should not provide any comments. But datastage works real well for us. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Team Lead Chose IBM DataStage Compared to other ETL tools, the connectors really work, and makes the developments less complex because they facilitate the development of the processes. The maintenance of the processes is simple, since it is a very visual tool, and you can count on the technical … Incentivized Helpful? Gonzalo Angeleri Regional Product & Solution Architect Manager Chose IBM DataStage DataStage offers better integration capabilities without the need to write code manually. It also has a native ETL engine whereas MSIS requires a SQL Server. It has better integration capabilities with data quality, data profiling and data governance tools. The main drawback of … Incentivized Helpful?

Features

IBM DataStage

Data Source Connection

Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
	IBM DataStage 8.2 11 Ratings 0% below category average
Connect to traditional data sources	8.411 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL	8.010 Ratings

Data Transformations

Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
	IBM DataStage 7.7 11 Ratings 5% below category average
Simple transformations	8.011 Ratings
Complex transformations	7.511 Ratings

Data Modeling

Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
	IBM DataStage 6.9 11 Ratings 13% below category average
Data model creation	6.68 Ratings
Metadata management	5.010 Ratings
Business rules and workflow	7.010 Ratings
Collaboration	7.011 Ratings
Testing and debugging	6.511 Ratings

Data Governance

Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
	IBM DataStage 5.5 10 Ratings 36% below category average
Integration with data quality tools	5.510 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools	5.510 Ratings

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	IBM DataStage
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User Ratings
	IBM DataStage
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (11 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (4 ratings)
Performance	9.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	9.6 (3 ratings)

User Testimonials
	IBM DataStage
Likelihood to Recommend	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. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	IBM 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. Incentivized HG Herber Gonzalez Lead Developer Read full review
Cons	IBM 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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Performance	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	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. Incentivized HG Herber Gonzalez Lead Developer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	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. Incentivized Edger Loredo Project Manager Read full review
Return on Investment	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. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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