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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

    Progress MarkLogic

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMarkLogic Server is a multi-model database that has both NoSQL and trusted enterprise data management capabilities. The vendor states it is the most secure multi-model database, and it’s deployable in any environment. They state it is an ideal database to power a data hub.

    $0.01

    per MCU/per hour + 0.10 per GB/per month

    Pricing
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerProgress MarkLogic
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Low Priority Fixed
    $0.01
    per MCU/per hour + 0.10 per GB/per month
    Standard Reserved
    $0.07
    per MCU/per hour + 0.10 per GB/per month
    Standard On-Demand
    $0.13
    per MCU/per hour + 0.10 per GB/per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerProgress MarkLogic
    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 ServerProgress MarkLogic
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Progress MarkLogic
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Progress MarkLogic
    -
    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 Progress MarkLogic
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Progress MarkLogic
    -
    Ratings
    Simple transformations10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex transformations9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Progress MarkLogic
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Progress MarkLogic
    -
    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 Progress MarkLogic
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Progress MarkLogic
    -
    Ratings
    Integration with data quality tools10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    NoSQL Databases
    Comparison of NoSQL Databases features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Progress MarkLogic
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    -
    Ratings
    Progress MarkLogic
    7.9
    2 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Performance00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Availability00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Concurrency00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Security00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Data model flexibility00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Deployment model flexibility00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerProgress MarkLogic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerProgress MarkLogic
    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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    Progress Software
    If you are storing META data then MarkLogic is super useful as it retrieves everything so fast, while storing the whole data shows performance issues some times. If you have legacy systems then migrating from it would really require sweat and blood, on the other hand if you are in systems like Node.js you can simply integrate two systems easily. If you don't know how in the end your your data schema will look like then it's better to make a prototype using MarkLogic.
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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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    Progress Software
    • Search was really advanced. Hard to set up and had limitations about semantical meanings between xml nodes, but provided very good search abilities.
    • The organization of documents across collections and metadata was particularly useful.
    • The REST abilities were very advanced and worked with XQuery 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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    Progress Software
    • MarkLogic still has a long way to go in fostering the developer community. Many developers are gravitating to the simple integrations and do not delve into the deeper capabilities. They have made tremendous strides in recent months and I am sure this will improve over time.
    • Many of the best features are left on the floor by enterprises who end up implementing MarkLogic as a data store. MarkLogic needs to help customers find ways to better leverage their investment and be more creative in how they use the product.
    • Licensing costs become a major hurdle for adoption. The pricing model has improved for basic implementations, but the costs seem very prohibitive for some verticals and for some of the most advanced features.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
    Incentivized
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    Progress Software
    MarkLogic is expensive but solid. While we use open source for almost everything else, the backend database is too critically important. At this point, re-tooling for a different back end would take too much time to be a viable option.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Progress Software
    Very little about it can be done better or with greater ease. Even things that seem difficult aren't really that bad. There's multiple ways to accomplish any admin task. MarkLogic requires a fraction of administrative effort that you see with enterprise RDBMS like Oracle. MarkLogic is continually improving the tools to simplify cluster configuration and maintenance.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Progress Software
    There's always room for improvement. Some problems get solved faster than others, of course. MarkLogic's direct support is very responsive and professional. If they can't help immediately, they always have good feedback and are eager to receive information and details to work to replicate the problem. They are quick to escalate major support issues and production show-stopping problems. In addition to MarkLogic's direct support, there are several employees who are very active among the community and many questions and common issues get quick attention from helpful responses to email and StackOverflow questions.
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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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    Progress Software
    We had Fast in place when Microsoft had bought it up and was going to change / deprecate it. One of the biggest advantages of MarkLogic for search actually had to do with the rest of the content pipeline - it allowed us to have it all in one technology. On the NoSQL side, we looked at MongoDB a couple years back. At that time, MarkLogic came in stronger on indexing, transaction reliability, and DR options. For us, that was worth using a commercial product.
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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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    Progress Software
    • MarkLogic reduced the amount of time that the DevOps team needed to dedicate to database updates, as the engineering team was mostly able to easily design and maintain database upgrades without requiring specialists such as database architects on the DevOps side. This capability flowed from the product's speed and the versatility of its XQuery language and libraries.
    • MarkLogic required significant education and buy-in time for the engineering team.
    Incentivized
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