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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

    Infer

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AInfer is a predictive intelligence lead scoring platform with pre-built integrations to Salesforce, Eloqua, and Marketo.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerInfer
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerInfer
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerInfer
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Infer
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Infer
    -
    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 Infer
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Infer
    -
    Ratings
    Simple transformations10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex transformations9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Infer
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Infer
    -
    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 Infer
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Infer
    -
    Ratings
    Integration with data quality tools10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerInfer
    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
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    User Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerInfer
    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 ServerInfer
    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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    IgniteTech
    It is ideal to expand the range of customers, to have an updated and optimized database with interested customers, and allows sales and marketing agents to work in achieving sales and not in the laborious task of finding customers. This software is very effective and delivers what it promises.
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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
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    IgniteTech
    • Provides insights on companies to help you infer if they would be a good fit to prospect into, or not
    • Collects data on external sites very well
    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.
    Incentivized
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    IgniteTech
    • The user interface and all the information it generates on the main screen can be cumbersome.
    • The learning curve is quite considerable and it takes a few hours of training to understand the system.
    • The software becomes cumbersome when information needs to be passed to Salesforce.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
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    IgniteTech
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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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    IgniteTech
    I believe that the two complement each other. Datanyze pulls off of a number of data points. Onsite it can pull technologies used (javascript based and also infrastructural), products offered, SEO ranking, and it even integrates with LinkedIn to pull names. Datanyze also has prospecting features - you can pull lists of companies based on technologies used, location, SEO (Alexa/changes with Alexa rank, SEO strategy, speed testing), SEM data points, industry, employee or revenue size, funding round dates and amounts, business segment, founding date, etc. It integrates with salesforce too so you can import leads directly into the system with the paid version. We bought for the scoring, but there is a lot that it can do.
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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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    IgniteTech
    • Once adapted to the software, we have been able to get a lot out of it, as we have been able to increase sales with the leads we have found.
    • Also, the sales department is more focused and works in a much more organized way, increasing their daily performance and productivity.
    Incentivized
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