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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM InfoSphere Information Server

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AIBM 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

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AIBM InfoSphere QualityStage is a data quality offering from IBM.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerIBM InfoSphere QualityStage
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    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
    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
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    IBM
    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
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerIBM InfoSphere QualityStage
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
    -
    Ratings
    Connect to traditional data sources9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
    -
    Ratings
    Simple transformations10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex transformations9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
    -
    Ratings
    Data model creation8.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata management7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing and debugging7.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
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    Ratings
    Integration with data quality tools10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Quality
    Comparison of Data Quality features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Data source connectivity00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Data profiling00 Ratings7.42 Ratings
    Master data management (MDM) integration00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Data element standardization00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Match and merge00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Address verification00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerIBM InfoSphere QualityStage
    Small Businesses
    Skyvia
    Score10 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    Score9.3 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    SolarWinds Task Factory
    Score8.3 out of 10
    SAP Data Services
    Score7.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerIBM InfoSphere QualityStage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerIBM InfoSphere QualityStage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Information Server is extremely useful to replace manual developments that require a lot of coding effort. It significantly increases the productivity of the initial development and the future maintenance of the processes since it has a visual development environment with self-documentation.
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    IBM
    Standardization of data using rules for names and addresses. Possibility of building our own rules to standardize other data. Contruction of complex rules of matching and consolidation of data. Native integration with ETL tools and data governance.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    IBM
    • IIS best for ETL ,not ELT , and many and diffrent source systems.
    • It also can process big data , unstuctured data
    • It is not only DWH , you can use infosphere for analys and see the bigger architecture of your OLTP systems
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    • Create rules
    • Standardization and normalization of data
    • Integration with DataStage
    Incentivized
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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
    • Should include all the data profiling functionality
    • Better features to tune matching capability
    • Include AI to automatically recommend actions to improve processes
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
    Incentivized
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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
    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
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Productivity of the development of integration processes.
    • Better documentation and governance.
    • Reduce training costs of various technologies.
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    IBM
    • Improving Data Quality
    • Reducing costs due to better Data Quality
    • Single view of customer / product
    • Better data governance
    Incentivized
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