IBM DataStage vs. Qlik Compose

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
Qlik Compose
Score 9.8 out of 10
N/A
Qlik Compose comes in two offerings: Qlik Compose for Data Warehouses and Qlik Compose for Data Lakes. Qlik Compose for Data Warehouse automates and streamlines the design, creation, loading, management, and update of data warehouses including Amazon Redshift, Azure Synapse, Google BigQuery, Snowflake and Oracle. Qlik Compose for Data Lakes automates the process of providing continuously updated, accurate, and trusted data to big data platforms like Apache Hadoop, Cloudera Customer Data Platform…N/A
Pricing
IBM DataStageQlik Compose
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM DataStageQlik Compose
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
IBM DataStageQlik Compose
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
Qlik Compose
-
Ratings
Connect to traditional data sources9.59 Ratings00 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL8.88 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
IBM DataStage
9.5
9 Ratings
13% above category average
Qlik Compose
-
Ratings
Simple transformations9.89 Ratings00 Ratings
Complex transformations9.39 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
IBM DataStage
9.0
9 Ratings
10% above category average
Qlik Compose
-
Ratings
Data model creation9.46 Ratings00 Ratings
Metadata management8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
Business rules and workflow8.18 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Testing and debugging9.59 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
IBM DataStage
8.9
8 Ratings
8% above category average
Qlik Compose
-
Ratings
Integration with data quality tools8.88 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM DataStageQlik Compose
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(9 ratings)
-
(0 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 DataStageQlik Compose
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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Qlik
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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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Qlik
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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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Qlik
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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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Qlik
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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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Qlik
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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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Qlik
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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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Qlik
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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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Qlik
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