IBM DataStage vs. Informatica Cloud Data Integration

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM DataStage
Score 8.6 out of 10
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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
Informatica Cloud Data Integration
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Informatica 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
IBM DataStageInformatica Cloud Data Integration
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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IBM DataStageInformatica Cloud Data Integration
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
IBM DataStageInformatica Cloud Data Integration
Considered Both Products
IBM DataStage
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 …
Informatica Cloud Data Integration

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Top Pros
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Features
IBM DataStageInformatica Cloud Data Integration
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
IBM DataStage
9.1
9 Ratings
10% above category average
Informatica Cloud Data Integration
9.0
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources9.59 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL8.88 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
IBM DataStage
9.5
9 Ratings
13% above category average
Informatica Cloud Data Integration
9.0
1 Ratings
7% above category average
Simple transformations9.89 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Complex transformations9.39 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
IBM DataStage
9.0
9 Ratings
10% above category average
Informatica Cloud Data Integration
9.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Data model creation9.46 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Metadata management8.78 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Business rules and workflow8.18 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Collaboration9.09 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Testing and debugging9.59 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
IBM DataStage
8.9
8 Ratings
8% above category average
Informatica Cloud Data Integration
9.0
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Integration with data quality tools8.88 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools9.08 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM DataStageInformatica Cloud Data Integration
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(9 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.6
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM DataStageInformatica Cloud Data Integration
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
Excellent Cloud data mapping tool and easy creating multiple project data analytics in real-time and the report distribution are excellent via this IBM product. Easy tool to provide data visualization and the integration is effective and helpful to migrating huge amounts of data across other platforms and different websites insights gathering.
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Informatica
Its best for the people who are less exposed to programming and even Informatica Cloud Data Integration is trying hard to make it less code or no code. They have more than 300+ connection support to third party applications which make them unique in the data and analytics field. They have some bugs in glitch on which they are continuously working.
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Pros
IBM
  • Data movement
  • Seamless integration of scripts and etl jobs
  • Descriptive logging
  • Ability to work with myriad of data assets
  • Direct integration for Governance catalog
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Informatica
  • Data synchronisation
  • Data replication
  • Data integration
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Cons
IBM
  • Connector Stages to Snowflake on the cloud. We had some issues initially but since then had been corrected.
  • Accessing tool from a browser (zero foot-print). Currently we need to either install locally or connect to a server to do ETL work.
  • Diversify ways of authenticating users.
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Informatica
  • Glitches are noticed often.
  • Kafka support is really low.
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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.
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Informatica
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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.
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Informatica
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Support Rating
IBM
I believe that IBM generally has one of the worst and most complex assistance systems (physical and online) that exists.
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Informatica
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
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.
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Informatica
It is really easy to comply and understand its features.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Reduce development time by 65% compared with hand coding.
  • Reduces ETL process maintenance times.
  • Better data governance for technical and non-technical people.
  • Improve time to market for initiatives that require data integration.
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Informatica
  • Really greatest than any other conventional application.
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