IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. Salesforce Starter

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
IBM 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
Salesforce Starter
Score 9.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Salesforce Starter (formerly Salesforce Essentials) is a small business CRM that replaces the former SalesforceIQ product. It is priced at $35 per user, on a monthly basis, or at $25 per month for if billed annually ($300) and can be tried free for 14 days on a trial.N/A
Pricing
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerSalesforce Starter
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerSalesforce Starter
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerSalesforce Starter
Considered Both Products
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
I particularly believe that Information Server, especially DataStage, is superior in many aspects to the Oracle Data Integrator tool. Several market analysts such as Gartner and / or Forrester better position DataStage on the Oracle solution.
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
DataStage is more robust and stable than ODI
The ability to perform complex transformations or implement business rules is much more developed in DS
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Denodo not an ETL tool but you can manage your data with it as well as Infosphere
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Information Server and Informatica PowerCenter are the two leading integration platforms worldwide. Information Server has a better integration with other IBM products such as MDM or Cognos but the decision to use one or another platform is more a price decision and quantity of …
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Information can be used for large but simple implementation. InfoSphere provides more intergaration options with outside world. Abinitio is great product but stopped innvoating and is not kept up to date with market needs and changes. Talend is good new product. Good Big Data …
Salesforce Starter
Chose Salesforce Starter
The Zoho system is free and gives a long trial product. The salesforce brand is well known, and I wanted to try a good European crm product. The account manager was South African and very friendly. The system was trained on a demo, whereas Zoho did not offer an account …
Chose Salesforce Starter
more expensive but as an industry leader and go, the learning curve pays for itself in ROI in lost time in onboarding
Chose Salesforce Starter
Salesforce Starter is exactly what it says. It's specific to getting a small business up and running effectively, without unnecessary development or internal overhead required. It doesn't allow for a ton of customization, but it provides more than most other providers across …
Chose Salesforce Starter
We selected SalesforceIQ over insightly because of the email automation they offered. Their app also seemed to be a little more robust. I highly recommend a trial before you make a decision. The trial with SalesforceIQ is what sold us on the product.
Features
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerSalesforce Starter
Data Source Connection
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IBM InfoSphere Information Server
8.7
Ratings
5% above category average
Salesforce Starter
-
Ratings
Connect to traditional data sources9.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.6
Ratings
17% above category average
Salesforce Starter
-
Ratings
Simple transformations10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Complex transformations9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
8.0
Ratings
2% above category average
Salesforce Starter
-
Ratings
Data model creation8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Metadata management7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Business rules and workflow8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Testing and debugging7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.7
Ratings
19% above category average
Salesforce Starter
-
Ratings
Integration with data quality tools10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.7
Ratings
10% above category average
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Marketing Automation
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IBM InfoSphere Information Server
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
7.4
Ratings
5% below category average
Lead management00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.2
Ratings
6% above category average
Task management00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
9.0
Ratings
16% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Customization
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IBM InfoSphere Information Server
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
7.0
Ratings
9% below category average
Custom fields00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings5.90 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Security
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IBM InfoSphere Information Server
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.7
Ratings
3% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.6
Ratings
13% above category average
Social engagement00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.2
Ratings
9% above category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.3
Ratings
8% above category average
Mobile access00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerSalesforce Starter
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
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9.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
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4.0
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Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerSalesforce Starter
Likelihood to Recommend
You can use infosphere: -If you have multiple targets and source systems and they are different than each other. -If your infostructure is so big and unplaned well so you can't find what you want to see. -If your databases not so strong to process your data
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SalesforceIQ is a perfect CRM to start with and get your organization used to tracking customer contact. It was an easy setup and well adopted. It allowed us to rollout completely in just 30 days. We have seen a large increase in our ability to communicate. It may be lacking in some items if you already have a tracking method but was the perfect starting point for us.
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Pros
  • It is very strong to make transformations/data derivations
  • It is very easy to connect to various external data sources. It has an interface (stages) for each connection that simplifies the task
  • It is a stable platform. And that parallelism helps make it fast for loading, if the process is well designed
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  • Sales CRM with built-in guidance and reminders to manage and track opportunities.
  • Self-service for customers and internal employee needs. Integrates forms and chatbots very easily into your existing website.
  • Guided setup with inherent flows to make transitioning from legacy systems to new age cloud-based technologies
  • Integrates with Outlook and Gmail extremely well. Includes the Salesforce Inbox mobile app to link records with calendar and email. Email reminders included automatically.
  • The Salesforce Mobile App comes with Starter, making it super easy to work on the go, even in remote areas.
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Cons
  • Lack of a strong web development environment.
  • Metadata propagation in Jobs is somewhat complex.
  • The possibility to develop jobs in Parallel and/or Server Engines is confusing.
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  • Table views can be sorted by column. Filters can be applied, but only to one column. Multi-column filtering like Excel allows would be extremely useful and a big improvement.
  • The ability to quick copy data in a table view would also be helpful, like (ctrl ') in excel.
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Likelihood to Renew
  • Scale of implementation
  • IBM techsupport
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Usability
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easy to use, training is intuitive and can be peer taught if needed. Not overly complex so that users can get started within a very short period of time.
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Alternatives Considered
I particularly believe that Information Server, especially DataStage, is superior in many aspects to the Oracle Data Integrator tool. Several market analysts such as Gartner and / or Forrester better position DataStage on the Oracle solution.
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Salesforce Starter is exactly what it says. It's specific to getting a small business up and running effectively, without unnecessary development or internal overhead required. It doesn't allow for a ton of customization, but it provides more than most other providers across sales, service, and integration/automating business processes. Some tools are more specific to organizations that want to focus on a specific area to grow or manage their business. That's where the other package types and integrations with specific tools come in
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Return on Investment
  • Information Server can positively impact the costs of companies by increasing the productivity of development and therefore reduce their time and costs. It is estimated that DataStage can increase a developer's productivity by 40% on average.
  • Better data governance
  • Improve data quality and reduce bad data impacts
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  • It made the job more efficient for staff so they can spend time doing other tasks rather than configuring and maintaining Salesforce Starter.
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