IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. IBM InfoSphere QualityStage

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
IBM InfoSphere Information Server is a data integration platform used to understand, cleanse, monitor and transform data. The offerings provide massively parallel processing (MPP) capabilities.N/A
IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
IBM InfoSphere QualityStage is a data quality offering from IBM.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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IBM InfoSphere Information ServerIBM InfoSphere QualityStage
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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IBM InfoSphere Information ServerIBM InfoSphere QualityStage
Considered Both Products
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
DataStage is more robust and stable than ODI
The ability to perform complex transformations or implement business rules is much more developed in DS
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Information Server and Informatica PowerCenter are the two leading integration platforms worldwide. Information Server has a better integration with other IBM products such as MDM or Cognos but the decision to use one or another platform is more a price decision and quantity of …
IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
Chose IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
It is a robust tool. It can be integrated with several DB. It works very well with DS. You can create your rules, and define the percentage of standardization or normalization
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Features
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerIBM InfoSphere QualityStage
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
10.0
5 Ratings
19% above category average
IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
-
Ratings
Connect to traditional data sources10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
10.0
5 Ratings
17% above category average
IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
-
Ratings
Simple transformations10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Complex transformations10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.7
5 Ratings
17% above category average
IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
-
Ratings
Data model creation10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Metadata management10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Business rules and workflow10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Testing and debugging9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.5
5 Ratings
15% above category average
IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
-
Ratings
Integration with data quality tools10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Quality
Comparison of Data Quality features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
-
Ratings
IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
9.0
3 Ratings
1% above category average
Data source connectivity00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Data profiling00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Master data management (MDM) integration00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Data element standardization00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Match and merge00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Address verification00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
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Score 8.2 out of 10
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Score 8.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerIBM InfoSphere QualityStage
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(6 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerIBM InfoSphere QualityStage
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
It's super terrific with workflow automation. Terrific with data backup and convenient with encryption of data. Reliable with asset management Great to discover virtual servers
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IBM
The best, flexible and powerful Cloud data classification and Cloud data management software and its capabilities are effective and very protective IBM solutions. Easy interface setting and its integration support are functional, allowing easy complex data pulling and the tool scalability and features performance, as well as data quality improvement, are the effective capabilities provided by this IBM platform.
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Pros
IBM
  • Any source to any target support.
  • ETL flexibility without coding.
  • Extreme data volume processing.
  • Native integration with other Data integration functionalities such as data profiling, data cleansing, metadata management.
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IBM
  • Worldwide address and name rules for data standardization
  • Integration with other tools like DataStage
  • Graphical interfase to develop processes
  • Performance and scalability
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Cons
IBM
  • I would be nice to have a new web development environment for DataStage.
  • Connectivity Packs such as Pack for SAP Application are a little pricey.
  • It is confusing for new developers the possibility of developing jobs using different execution engines such as Parallel or Server.
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IBM
  • You need to learn the language of pattern to create rules
  • Must be thorough for the definition of the rule, because it can give you unexpected results
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
  • Scale of implementation
  • IBM techsupport
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IBM
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
DataStage is more robust and stable than ODI The ability to perform complex transformations or implement business rules is much more developed in DS
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IBM
QualityStage is positioned as a world leader as a data cleaning tool, and competes face to face with PowerCenter. Particularly in Latin America we consider that QualityStage is better customized in terms of data cleaning rules for the region.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • If you don't use all of the product family, it will be expensive. But if you want to plan use all the products and you will position it in the center of your infrastructure ROI will be effective.
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IBM
  • Easy on unleashing of potential revenue opportunities.
  • Our data on Cloud are easily managed through the platform.
  • Easy to monitor user activities and generate multiple reports.
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