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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AOracle Data Integrator is an ELT data integrator designed with interoperability other Oracle programs. The program focuses on a high-performance capacity to support Big Data use within Oracle.N/A

    Qlik Talend Cloud

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Qlik Talend Cloud suite of solutions offer data integration, data quality, application integration, and data governance that work with key data sources, targets, architectures, or methodologies to ensure business users always have trusted and accurate data.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM DataStageOracle Data Integrator (ODI)Qlik Talend Cloud
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    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    IBM DataStageOracle Data Integrator (ODI)Qlik Talend Cloud
    Considered Multiple Products
    IBM
    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 …
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    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
    Oracle
    Chose Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    Oracle Data Integrator works very well if the rest of your systems are in the Oracle environment. There are some other good alternatives out there, but for what Oracle Data Integrator has to offer, it is good. It is also a little harder to use compared to the other ones I have …
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    Chose Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    Talend Data Integrator has been evaluated during the setup of the architecture for a customer, in comparison to ODI, since it's an open source ETL. But, differently from the meaning of "open source", it has licence costs too that aren't that different from ODI ones. Moreover, …
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    Qlik
    Chose Qlik Talend Cloud
    Most other tools of similar nature work well for small and medium sized data warehouses, but fail to maintain performance for very large data warehouses. However, Talend works decently well on large data as well. On the other hand, there are software tools like Oracle Data …
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    Chose Qlik Talend Cloud
    Talend is the best for ETL out of all the other products we looked at. Of course, it is not meant for synchronous services. But, batch jobs that we schedule and run on bulk data are the best fit for Talend Data Integration. Though Talend does not provide a preview of …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    90%
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    93%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    100%
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    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    IBM DataStageOracle Data Integrator (ODI)Qlik Talend Cloud
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of IBM DataStage and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and Qlik Talend Cloud
    Feature
    IBM DataStage
    7.7
    11 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    9.6
    11 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Qlik Talend Cloud
    9.5
    10 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Connect to traditional data sources7.911 Ratings9.911 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL7.610 Ratings9.39 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of IBM DataStage and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and Qlik Talend Cloud
    Feature
    IBM DataStage
    7.6
    11 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    9.9
    11 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Qlik Talend Cloud
    9.0
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Simple transformations8.011 Ratings9.911 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Complex transformations7.311 Ratings9.911 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of IBM DataStage and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and Qlik Talend Cloud
    Feature
    IBM DataStage
    7.2
    11 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    9.2
    11 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Qlik Talend Cloud
    9.0
    10 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Data model creation7.18 Ratings9.310 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Metadata management5.010 Ratings9.510 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow7.410 Ratings9.111 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Collaboration7.411 Ratings8.510 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Testing and debugging6.711 Ratings9.311 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of IBM DataStage and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and Qlik Talend Cloud
    Feature
    IBM DataStage
    5.3
    10 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    9.1
    9 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Qlik Talend Cloud
    8.5
    9 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Integration with data quality tools5.310 Ratings9.59 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools5.310 Ratings8.77 Ratings10.09 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM DataStageOracle Data Integrator (ODI)Qlik Talend Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.9
    (11 ratings)
    8.0
    (29 ratings)
    10.0
    (19 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.6
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    IBM DataStageOracle Data Integrator (ODI)Qlik Talend Cloud
    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.
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    Oracle
    Oracle Data Integrator is well suited in all the situations where you need to integrate data from and to different systems/technologies/environments or to schedule some tasks. I've used it on Oracle Database (Data Warehouses or Data Marts), with great loading and transforming performances to accomplish any kind of relational task. This is true for all Oracle applications (like Hyperion Planning, Hyperion Essbase, Hyperion Financial Management, and so on). I've also used it to manage files on different operating systems, to execute procedures in various languages and to read and write data from and to non-Oracle technologies, and I can confirm that its performances have always been very good. It can become less appropriate depending on the expenses that can be afforded by the customer since its license costs are quite high.
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    Qlik
    This tool fits all kinds of organizations and helps to integrate data between many applications. We can use this tool as data integration is a key feature for all organizations. It is also available in the cloud, which makes the integration more seamless. The firm can opt for the required tools when there are no data integration needs.
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    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.
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    Oracle
    • Oracle Data Integrator nearly addresses every data issue that one can expect. Oracle Data Integrator is tightly integrated to the Oracle Suite of products. This is one of the major strengths of Oracle Data Integrator. Oracle Data Integrator is part of the Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Suite - which is highly used by various industries. This tool replaced Informatica ETL in Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Suite.
    • Oracle Data Integrator comes with many pre-written data packages. If one has to load data from Excel to Oracle Database, there is a package that is ready available for them - cutting down lot of effort on writing the code. Similarly, there are packages for Oracle to SQL, SQL to Oracle and all other possible combinations. Developers love this feature.
    • Oracle Data Integrator relies highly on the database for processing. This is actually an ELT tool rather than an ETL tool. It first loads all the data into target instance and then transforms it at the expense of database resources. This light footprint makes this tool very special.
    • The other major advantage of Oracle Data Integrator, like any other Oracle products, is a readily available developer pool. As all Oracle products are free to download for demo environments, many organizations prefer to play around with a product before purchasing it. Also, Oracle support and community is a big advantage compared to other vendors.
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    Qlik
    • Talend Data Integration allows us to quickly build data integrations without a tremendous amount of custom coding (some Java and JavaScript knowledge is still required).
    • I like the UI and it's very intuitive. Jobs are visual, allowing the team members to see the flow of the data, without having to read through the Java code that is generated.
    • Dynamically table creation from new source.
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    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.
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    Oracle
    • ODI does not have an intuitive user interface. It is powerful, but difficult to figure out at first. There is a significant learning curve between usability, proficiency, and mastery of the tool.
    • ODI contains some frustrating bugs. It is Java based and has some caching issues, often requiring you to restart the program before you see your code changes stick.
    • ODI does not have a strong versioning process. It is not intuitive to keep an up to date repository of versioned code packages. This can create versioning issues between environments if you do not have a strong external code versioning process.
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    Qlik
    • Pricing for sure can be the area for improvement.
    • Real time processing is slow as compared to other tools like Abinitio.
    • While developing batches, it crashes a lot. It may be the issue with me, but I wanted to highlight it.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    It is maturing and over time will have a good pool of resources. Each new version has addressed the issues of the previous ones. Its getting better and bigger.
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    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Qlik
    We use Talend Data Integration day in and day out. It is the best and easiest tool to jump on to and use. We can build a basic integration super-fast. We could build basic integrations as fast as within the hour. It is also easy to build transformations and use Java to perform some operations.
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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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    Oracle
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    Qlik
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    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.
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    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Qlik
    Good support, specially when it relates to PROD environment. The support team has access to the product development team. Things are internally escalated to development team if there is a bug encountered. This helps the customer to get quick fix or patch designed for problem exceptions. I have also seen support showing their willingness to help develop custom connector for a newly available cloud based big data solution
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    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.
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    Oracle
    I have used Trifacta Google Data Prep quite a bit. We use Google Cloud Platform across our organization. The tools are very comparable in what they offer. I would say Data Prep has a slight edge in usability and a cleaner UI, but both of the tools have comparable toolsets.
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    Qlik
    In comparison with the other ETLs I used, Talend is more flexible than Data Services (where you cannot create complex commands). It is similar to Datastage speaking about commands and interfaces. It is more user-friendly than ODI, which has a metadata point of view on its own, while Talend is more classic. It has both on-prem and cloud approaches, while Matillion is only cloud-based.
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    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.
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    Oracle
    • From a business intelligence perspective, it allows us to provide users with the necessary data and information to make informed decisions.
    • Compared with other Oracle products and licensing, I do not think the pricing was unreasonable.
    • It is part of a larger install, so for ease of use, we purchased it with other Oracle products.
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    Qlik
    • It’s only been a positive RoI with Talend given we’ve interfaced large datasets between critical on-Prem and cloud-native apps to efficiently run our business operations.
    • 40K+ plots data, covering 1K+ crop varieties.
    • 3K+ Customer & their credit data, 3K+ product inventory & pricing.
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