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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

    Panoply by Sqream (discontinued)

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/APanoply, from Sqream since the late 2021 acquisition, was an ETL-less, smart end-to-end data management system built for the cloud. Panoply specializes as a unified ELT and Data Warehouse platform with integrated visualization capabilities and storage optimization algorithms. Panoply was owned by Sqream since the December 2021 acquisition, but the product has since been discontinued, and is no longer available.N/A

    SAS Data Management

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AA suite of solutions for data connectivity, enhanced transformations and robust governance. Solutions provide a unified view of data with access to data across databases, data warehouses and data lakes. Connects with cloud platforms, on-premises systems and multicloud data sources.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerPanoply by Sqream (discontinued)SAS Data Management
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerPanoply by Sqream (discontinued)SAS Data Management
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Panoply offers simple, transparent pricing. All plans have a 21-day free trial—no credit card required. You'll get an account executive and data architect to help you get the most out of your smart data warehouse. Pricing starts at $325/month.—
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    Community Pulse
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerPanoply by Sqream (discontinued)SAS Data Management
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    IBM
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    SAS
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    4 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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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 ServerPanoply by Sqream (discontinued)SAS Data Management
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Panoply by Sqream (discontinued) and SAS Data Management
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Panoply by Sqream (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    SAS Data Management
    8.3
    10 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Connect to traditional data sources9.94 Ratings00 Ratings8.610 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL7.54 Ratings00 Ratings8.19 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Panoply by Sqream (discontinued) and SAS Data Management
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Panoply by Sqream (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    SAS Data Management
    6.7
    8 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Simple transformations10.04 Ratings00 Ratings6.18 Ratings
    Complex transformations9.24 Ratings00 Ratings7.48 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Panoply by Sqream (discontinued) and SAS Data Management
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Panoply by Sqream (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    SAS Data Management
    6.7
    8 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Data model creation8.72 Ratings00 Ratings5.56 Ratings
    Metadata management7.74 Ratings00 Ratings7.47 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow8.44 Ratings00 Ratings6.67 Ratings
    Collaboration8.04 Ratings00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
    Testing and debugging7.14 Ratings00 Ratings6.17 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Panoply by Sqream (discontinued) and SAS Data Management
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Panoply by Sqream (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    SAS Data Management
    7.9
    9 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Integration with data quality tools10.04 Ratings00 Ratings7.69 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools9.53 Ratings00 Ratings8.27 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Apache Spark
    Score8.8 out of 10
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SolarWinds Task Factory
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerPanoply by Sqream (discontinued)SAS Data Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.6
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (6 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerPanoply by Sqream (discontinued)SAS Data Management
    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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    Discontinued Products
    Panoply is well suited for companies with large amounts of data that do not want all users of the company to see or view. It is appropriate for companies that have to store data for several years in case clients need the data. It is not made to constantly be downloading or looking at the documents.
    Incentivized
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    SAS
    When data is in a system that needs a complex transformation to be usable for an average user. Such tasks as data residing in systems that have very different connection speeds. It can be integrated and used together after passing through the SAS Data Integration Studio removing timing issues from the users' worries. A part that is perhaps less appropriate is getting users who are not familiar with the source data to set up the load processes.
    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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    Discontinued Products
    • Ease of data integrations. Importing data into the data warehouse is a point-and-click effort.
    • Automated data modeling. The data is modeled in a way that facilitates analysis without having to look into it myself.
    • Query speed. Automated query optimization has really sped up our dashboards.
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    SAS
    • SAS/Access is great for manipulating large and complex databases.
    • SAS/Access makes it easy to format reports and graphics from your data.
    • Data Management and data storage using the Hadoop environment in SAS/Access allows for rapid analysis and simple programming language for all your data needs.
    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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    Discontinued Products
    • The user interface could use some improvement for analytical tools. Apart from that, it’s great.
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    SAS
    • Requires third-party drivers to connect to common data sources like SFDC, MS SQL, Postgres.
    • Debugging errors from the logs is a complicated process.
    • E-mail alert system is very primitive and needs customization to make it more modern,
    • Cannot send SMS alerts for jobs.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    SAS
    We are happy with the software and its functionality. As a SAS-shop, DataFlux is a logical choice for complex data integration.
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    Usability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    It’s a good choice for building a quick, multipurpose data stack for a variety of businesses needs.
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    SAS
    The main negative point is the use of a non-standard language for customizations, as well as the poor integration with non-SAS systems. However, there is no doubt that it is a high-performance and powerful product capable of responding optimally to certain requirements.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    SAS
    It worked as expected.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    SAS
    With SAS, you pay a license fee annually to use this product. Support is incredible. You get what you pay for, whether it's SAS forums on the SAS support site, technical support tickets via email or phone calls, or example documentation. It's not open source. It's documented thoroughly, and it works.
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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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    Discontinued Products
    Panoply has much more storage and better organization tools for searching. There are better folders and tools for keeping documents secure and stored for a long period of time. It is better to offload data in mass than singular or Zip drive documents like you would do in Google Drive.
    Incentivized
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    SAS
    Because of ease of using SAS DI and data processing speed. There were lots of issues with AWS Redshift on cloud environment in terms of making connections with the data sources and while fetching the data we need to write complex queries.
    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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    Discontinued Products
    • Saved time on Redshift setup
    • Saved support costs (monetary and temporal) by not having to set up on-premise
    • Widens the BI tool use in organization; lowers the barrier to entry and makes organization more productive in analytical terms
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    SAS
    • We have more users who can connect to the many different data sources.
    • Our users do have existing SAS programming knowledge and that can carry over.
    • Business functions are starting to rely on SAS Data Integration Studio work product shortly after introduction.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Panoply by Sqream (discontinued) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Simply click to connect 100 data sources.