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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

    Rational BI

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Rational BI provides analytics, data science and business intelligence in an analytical platform that connects to databases, data files and cloud drives including AWS and Azure data sources, enabling users to explore and visualize data. Users can build real-time notebook-style reports directly in a web browser with JavaScript and SQL with direct and live connections to data. Filter and query data with an SQL database embedded in the client, without network…

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    Pricing
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerRational BI
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    single user
    Professional
    $129
    single user
    Enterprise
    Varies
    single user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerRational BI
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Additional cost per extra user (varies by edition)
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    Features
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerRational BI
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Rational BI
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Rational BI
    -
    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 Rational BI
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Rational BI
    -
    Ratings
    Simple transformations10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex transformations9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Rational BI
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Rational BI
    -
    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 Rational BI
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Rational BI
    -
    Ratings
    Integration with data quality tools10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Rational BI
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    -
    Ratings
    Rational BI
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.63 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Rational BI
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    -
    Ratings
    Rational BI
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Rational BI
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    -
    Ratings
    Rational BI
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings8.63 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Rational BI
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    -
    Ratings
    Rational BI
    8.2
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerRational BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerRational BI
    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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    Rational BI
    Definitely well suited for small companies, but again many of their competitors are also well suited in this segment. We were in general happy with the solution provided, but I'm not blown away by their solution or support. If you want to get more data-driven visual boards with data displayed in nice graphics is in my opinion a good start, and here Rational BI delivers what it should.
    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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    Rational BI
    • Arrange data.
    • Dashboard.
    • Automatic reports.
    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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    Rational BI
    • Not seeing anything at this time, comprehensive product.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
    Incentivized
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    Rational BI
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Rational BI
    Overall Rational BI is a valuable enterprise reporting tool for any data driven organization. It offers great depth and breadth of features for reporting and analytics that can lead to better business outcomes. Its easy to use and highly configurable to evolve to changing reporting needs of organizations of any scale.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Rational BI
    I haven't used the support myself, but my colleagues have been satisfied with the support. As I have understood from my colleagues the support is as you could expect. Still, the documentation could be better and that could avoid the need to contact their support, but overall we're still happy with the support as well.
    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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    Rational BI
    Rational BI allows a deeper data analysis with respect to the other software I experimented with. The velocity to perform the analysis is similar to the other one. The predictive analysis could be very useful, but at the moment I do not use it in my activities. Dashboards are nice and easy to understand.
    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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    Rational BI
    • Allows folks to work on other items as reporting is done in the background.
    • Scheduling and delivery of reports with one click.
    • Single pane of management.
    • Ease of use.
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Modern Business IntelligenceScreenshot of Drag-and-drop InsightsScreenshot of Accessible for everyone, power when you need itScreenshot of Beautiful analytics on every screen and deviceScreenshot of Scheduled reporting: Broadcast your findings to everyoneScreenshot of Connect all your data no matter where it lives