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    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

    SharePlex

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASharePlex from Quest Software is a data replication software offering near real-time replication and supporting a wide variety of databases.N/A
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    IBM DataStageSharePlex
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    IBM DataStageSharePlex
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM DataStageSharePlex
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    IBM DataStageSharePlex
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of IBM DataStage and SharePlex
    Feature
    IBM DataStage
    7.7
    11 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SharePlex
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    Ratings
    Connect to traditional data sources7.911 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL7.610 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of IBM DataStage and SharePlex
    Feature
    IBM DataStage
    7.6
    11 Ratings
    7% below category average
    SharePlex
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    Ratings
    Simple transformations8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex transformations7.311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of IBM DataStage and SharePlex
    Feature
    IBM DataStage
    7.2
    11 Ratings
    10% below category average
    SharePlex
    -
    Ratings
    Data model creation7.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata management5.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow7.410 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration7.411 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing and debugging6.711 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of IBM DataStage and SharePlex
    Feature
    IBM DataStage
    5.3
    10 Ratings
    42% below category average
    SharePlex
    -
    Ratings
    Integration with data quality tools5.310 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools5.310 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Skyvia
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    Score10 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    SolarWinds Task Factory
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM DataStageSharePlex
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.9
    (11 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM DataStageSharePlex
    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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    Quest Software
    SharePlex really shines when set alongside GoldenGate. The licensing costs of the two products would appear to place them in entirely different ballparks yet they perform nearly identically in practice. SharePlex is suitable for heterogenous replication of one database to another. The list of targets is ever increasing, with support for all major RDBMS vendors as well as support for popular NoSQL and JSON replication. SharePlex is effective when replicating from on-premise to cloud. Whether that's migrating data, creating a high-availability presence in a public or private cloud, or populating a data mart, it does the job quite well.
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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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    Quest Software
    • SharePlex is highly configurable and versatile. It can handle virtually any kind of data replication needs.
    • SharePlex is very robust. Its message queuing mechanism provides fast data transfer from the source to the target.
    • SharePlex software is very stable and mature, and it is highly scalable and reliable.
    • SharePlex support is exceptionally good. We are very satisfied with its support engineers.
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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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    Quest Software
    • When first introduced the Change Data Capture process was awkward. Each subsequent release has improved the process.
    • Sometimes the Shareplex monitoring service in Foglight gets overly aggressive in sending out error notifications and can end up spamming the admins with email alerts for one problem. We have had to tone that down.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Quest Software
    We depend on it to supply data to our various OLTP and Data Warehouse environments
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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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    Quest Software
    It is very usable once you get over the initial setup.
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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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    Quest Software
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Quest Software
    Support is very responsive. They take ownership of the problems and see them through to the finish. When a bug is found they work towards developing testing and making the fix available to us to solve the problem.
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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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    Quest Software
    SharePlex support is an award-winning team, which is available for 24 hours, and any time they have solutions with perfect expertise. Besides, SharePlex has supported data migration, with multiple reporting features that ensure there are comprehensive database evaluations. The simplicity of SharePlex installation also gives it a higher mark, is very efficient, and allows companies to understand it easily.
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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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    Quest Software
    • Postive: easy to replicate data for non-prod use
    • Negative: we spent a lot time due to data out of sync
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