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    Overview
    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

    Infor Cloverleaf Integration Platform

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACloverleaf improves healthcare outcomes and operations by connecting organizations and streamlining interoperability—with FHIR and API management support.N/A

    SolarWinds Task Factory

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AAccording to the vendor, SolarWinds Task Factory saves time managing tedious ELT/ETL tasks with high-performing SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) components that can be used within the Visual Studio environment to connect to nearly any data source. Task Factory’s components and tasks have been optimized to ensure fast performance of data-centric applications, and the user can run Task Factory…N/A
    Pricing
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerInfor Cloverleaf Integration PlatformSolarWinds Task Factory
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Task Factory
    1,245 (annual subscription license)
    per server
    Task Factory Azure Data Factory
    1,495 (annual subscription license)
    per ADF node
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerInfor Cloverleaf Integration PlatformSolarWinds Task Factory
    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerInfor Cloverleaf Integration PlatformSolarWinds Task Factory
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Infor Cloverleaf Integration Platform and SolarWinds Task Factory
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Infor Cloverleaf Integration Platform
    -
    Ratings
    SolarWinds Task Factory
    9.4
    40 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Connect to traditional data sources9.94 Ratings00 Ratings9.440 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL7.54 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Infor Cloverleaf Integration Platform and SolarWinds Task Factory
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Infor Cloverleaf Integration Platform
    -
    Ratings
    SolarWinds Task Factory
    9.2
    39 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Simple transformations10.04 Ratings00 Ratings8.739 Ratings
    Complex transformations9.24 Ratings00 Ratings9.635 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Infor Cloverleaf Integration Platform and SolarWinds Task Factory
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Infor Cloverleaf Integration Platform
    -
    Ratings
    SolarWinds Task Factory
    -
    Ratings
    Data model creation8.72 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata management7.74 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow8.44 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration8.04 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing and debugging7.14 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Infor Cloverleaf Integration Platform and SolarWinds Task Factory
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Infor Cloverleaf Integration Platform
    -
    Ratings
    SolarWinds Task Factory
    9.4
    3 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Integration with data quality tools10.04 Ratings00 Ratings9.22 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools9.53 Ratings00 Ratings9.63 Ratings
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    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerInfor Cloverleaf Integration PlatformSolarWinds Task Factory
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (40 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerInfor Cloverleaf Integration PlatformSolarWinds Task Factory
    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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    Infor
    Web API integration, healthcare integration is best suited in Cloverleaf. It is robust. So it's perfectly well suited where infrastructure is advanced and up to date.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    Since I started working with this great tool all data analysis programs have been running effectively. Implementation of projects and tasks have been effective and reliable. Data collected from each department gives us working plan on better management of various programs. The Dimension Merge SCD Transform helps us to load large volumes of data within a short period of time.
    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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    Infor
    • Translation and support of all HL7 version data.
    • Easy database integration.
    • Debuggers while translation of data.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    • The single most beneficial component to Task Factory is the Upsert component. If you're familiar with writing MERGE statements in T-SQL, you'll appreciate the Upsert component. Drag the component into your Data Flow and a few clicks later you have a MERGE without the code complexities.
    • Where some native SSIS components leave you wanting more, Task Factory extends on many of these components as well as support for data sources not native to SSIS components.
    • The number of extra components that come in the Task Factory tool kit will expand your tool belt to do just about anything you need or want to accomplish in SSIS.
    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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    Infor
    • High cost if one needs to migrate to another environment like cloud.
    • Customer engagement. We are not yet fully aware of all services and capabilities Infor provides.
    • Does not offer bundled deals. Each solutions is sold separately.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    • It was built by Pragmatic Works who sold it to SentryOne and now Solar Winds, concerned about future support. SolarWinds is discontinuing support for related products such as BiXpress.
    • Had issues with connecting to certain versions of SQL Server - would fail when deploying one package - had to deploy the entire solutions.
    • Occasional random failures observed with the Filter tranform.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
    Incentivized
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    Infor
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    Task Factory has become a key product for our use of doing ETL work in SSIS. Their custom SSIS components allow us to work simply on the data engineering side of things. We can ignore the lower level work needed to connect to disparate data sources. This allows us to work faster and provide more value to the business
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Infor
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    Compared to some of the other transformations I have worked with, it really is pretty simple for the type of functionality you get
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Infor
    Good support for what is needed or to be resolved. They have knowledge and required information when you approach them.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    Overall, the best vendor we currently have on the data side of the house. No issues, issues are resolved very quickly and upgrades go without any issues.
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Infor
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    Overall it went smoothly. Had a couple of gotchas with licensing and upgrading but nothing that really stopped us.
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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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    Infor
    Easy to implement. Cost effective. Less complex. Less support and maintenance required comparatively.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    ZappySys is an alternative provider that we tested. However, we found the ease of use, set up and installation to be much simplier and quicker using Task Factory. ZappySys has a number of the same connectors but are more difficult to setup and the GUI is not as intuitive and simple to use.
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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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    Infor
    • Return wise it has a huge impact since a lot of healthcare data is integrated.
    • It gives us a different option to be offered to our clients as compared with other integration engine tools.
    Incentivized
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    SolarWinds
    • We were able to support our developers with Task Factory features and reduce the development time by 40%.
    • Recently Task Factory has changed their pricing module and it seems to be pretty costly for our process. Our business team has started to evaluate whether this is worth it going forward.
    Incentivized
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