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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

    Rapid SQL

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ARapid SQL is an SQL integrated development environment (IDE) from Embarcadero Technologies (acquired by Idera) in San Francisco.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerRapid SQL
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerRapid SQL
    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 ServerRapid SQL
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Rapid SQL
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Rapid SQL
    -
    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 Rapid SQL
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Rapid SQL
    -
    Ratings
    Simple transformations10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex transformations9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Rapid SQL
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Rapid SQL
    -
    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 Rapid SQL
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Rapid SQL
    -
    Ratings
    Integration with data quality tools10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Score9.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerRapid SQL
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerRapid SQL
    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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    Idera, Inc.
    Rapid SQL is great for smaller organizations and development teams who are experienced with an SQL environment. It is not suitable for most beginners who are not familiar and need a learning platform.
    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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    Idera, Inc.
    • Robust
    • Simple to use
    • Affordable
    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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    Idera, Inc.
    • User base support is not as great as MySQL, SQL Server, and Oracle.
    • The included editor could be refined. I notice some of the reserved words were not highlighted.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
    Incentivized
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    Idera, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Idera, Inc.
    Support is outstanding and gets answers quickly when confronted at a client site with an issue.
    Incentivized
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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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    Idera, Inc.
    The IT department uses it so we adopted the software. I would have chosen SQL Server myself.
    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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    Idera, Inc.
    • Customer insight on issues
    • Maintenance package is affordable.
    Incentivized
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