IBM DataStage

IBM DataStage

34 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
IBM DataStage	Score 8.6 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

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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 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?
Top Pros	Pro Large numbers Pro Backwards compatibility Pro Data extraction
Top Cons	Minus Technical support Minus Support engineer Minus Custom reports

Features

IBM DataStage

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
Connect to traditional data sources	9.59 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL	8.88 Ratings

Data Transformations

Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
	IBM DataStage 9.5 9 Ratings 13% above category average
Simple transformations	9.89 Ratings
Complex transformations	9.39 Ratings

Data Modeling

Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
	IBM DataStage 9.0 9 Ratings 10% above category average
Data model creation	9.46 Ratings
Metadata management	8.78 Ratings
Business rules and workflow	8.18 Ratings
Collaboration	9.09 Ratings
Testing and debugging	9.59 Ratings

Data Governance

Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
	IBM DataStage 8.9 8 Ratings 8% above category average
Integration with data quality tools	8.88 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools	9.08 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	IBM DataStage
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User Ratings
	IBM DataStage
Likelihood to Recommend	8.8 (9 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (2 ratings)
Performance	9.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	9.6 (3 ratings)

User Testimonials
	IBM DataStage
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. Incentivized Edger Loredo Project Manager Read full review
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 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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. Incentivized HG Herber Gonzalez Lead Developer 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 I believe that IBM generally has one of the worst and most complex assistance systems (physical and online) that exists. Incentivized Filippo Orlando Data Analyst \| Data Developer - Advanced Analytics Read full review
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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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. Incentivized Gonzalo Angeleri Regional Product & Solution Architect Manager Read full review
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