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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AInformatica PowerCenter was data integration technology designed to form the foundation for data integration initiatives, application migration, or analytics. It is a legacy product.N/A

    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AThe SAP Signavio portfolio offers an integrated platform that helps usersto realign the organization and bring changes, with a suite of products that support business processes. The SAP Signavio portfolio offers a range of business transformation solutions to serve the emerging practice of customer excellence (CEX). SAP Signavio solutions bring together a full 360-degree view of outside-in and inside-out thinking, translating experiences into operational reality by putting the customer at the…N/A
    Pricing
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    95%
    Would buy again
    77 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    59 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    75 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    51 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    55 Answers
    Features
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Informatica PowerCenter (legacy) and SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Feature
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    8.5
    18 Ratings
    1% above category average
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Connect to traditional data sources9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL8.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Informatica PowerCenter (legacy) and SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Feature
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    7.5
    18 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Simple transformations8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex transformations7.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Informatica PowerCenter (legacy) and SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Feature
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    8.2
    18 Ratings
    3% above category average
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Data model creation9.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata management8.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration6.116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing and debugging9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Informatica PowerCenter (legacy) and SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Feature
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    9.0
    15 Ratings
    11% above category average
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Integration with data quality tools9.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Informatica PowerCenter (legacy) and SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Feature
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    7.1
    60 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings7.259 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings7.257 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Informatica PowerCenter (legacy) and SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Feature
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    7.4
    75 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Process designer00 Ratings8.171 Ratings
    Process simulation00 Ratings7.366 Ratings
    Business rules engine00 Ratings7.122 Ratings
    SOA support00 Ratings7.442 Ratings
    Process player00 Ratings7.347 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages00 Ratings7.549 Ratings
    Form builder00 Ratings7.140 Ratings
    Model execution00 Ratings7.740 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of Informatica PowerCenter (legacy) and SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Feature
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    7.5
    57 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Social collaboration tools00 Ratings7.557 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Informatica PowerCenter (legacy) and SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Feature
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    7.8
    49 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Content management00 Ratings7.849 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (21 ratings)
    7.6
    (79 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.4
    (2 ratings)
    6.3
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.2
    (33 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (41 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    1.- Scenaries with poor sources of data is not recomended (Very bad ROI). The solution is for medium-big enterprises with a lot of sources of data and users. 2.- Bank and finance enviroment to integrate differente data form trading, Regulatory reports, decisions makers, fraud and financial crimes because in this kind of scenary the quality of data is the base of the business. 3.- Departments of development and test of applications in enterprises because you can design enviroments, out of the production systems, to development and test the new API's or updateds made.
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    SAP
    Pros: 1. It reduces technical debt and accelerates a smooth transition, while harmonizing across data migration regions which replaces the legacy customization that are not for S4/HANA. 2. It cuts operational cost by 30% - 40% and improves SLA adherence, while process intelligence identifies duplicate or redundant approval steps when we know SAP ecosystems ties all modules together for better data insights. Cons: 1. Complicated and costly for small businesses. 2. Mature process required for better data feeding and data insights. 3. If non-SAP system data feed might cause misleading and incomplete data insights
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    Pros
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    • Informatica Powercenter is an innovative software that works with ETL-type data integration. Connectivity to almost all the database systems.
    • Great documentation and customer support.
    • It has a various solution to address data quality issues. data masking, data virtualization. It has various supporting tools or MDM, IDQ, Analyst, BigData which can be used to analyze data and correct it.
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    SAP
    • Location agnostic (or home office agnostic) collaboration in virtual workshops
    • Internally within the team or with clients, I can prepare, gather materials, and lead during a workshop or meeting with SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite and feel incredibly positioned as the facilitator. Whether in real time or in an asynchronous manner.
    • The combination of highly adaptable and visual work with collaborative tools like forms, comments, timers, and point voting transforms it into a tool I use frequently.
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    Cons
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    • There are too many ways to perform the same or similar functions which in turn makes it challenging to trace what a workflow is doing and at which point (ex. sessions can be designed as static or re-usable and the override can occur at the session or workflow, or both which can be counter productive and confusing when troubleshooting).
    • The power in structured design is a double edged sword. Simple tasks for a POC can become cumbersome. Ex. if you want to move some data to test a process, you first have to create your sources by importing them which means an ODBC connection or similar will need to be configured, you in turn have to develop your targets and all of the essential building blocks before being able to begin actual development. While I am on sources and targets, I think of a table definition as just that and find it counter intuitive to have to design a table as both a source and target and manage them as different objects. It would be more intuitive to have a table definition and its source/target properties defined by where you drag and drop it in the mapping.
    • There are no checkpoints or data viewer type functions without designing an entire mapping and workflow. If you would like to simply run a job up to a point and check the throughput, an entire mapping needs to be completed and you would workaround this by creating a flat file target.
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    SAP
    • For businesses looking to improve their current business processes, I think SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite is incredibly well-suited.
    • In my opinion, SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite excels in sectors with strict regulatory requirements.
    • I think SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite is the best option when teams from several departments must work together on process design or improvement initiatives because of its real-time collaboration capabilities.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    Our team enjoys using Informatica and feels that it is one of the best ETL tools on the market.
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    SAP
    Signavio is part of our process ownership and is key for visible of end-to-end process
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    Usability
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    Positives; - Multi User Development Environment - Speed of transformation - Seamless integration between other Informatica products. Negatives; - There should be less windows to maintain developers' focus while using. You probably need 2 big monitors when you start development with Informatica Power Center. - Oracle Analytical functions should be natively used. - E-LT support as well as ETL support.
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    SAP
    Really great and well designed
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
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    SAP
    Yes its always available
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    PowerCenter is robust and fast, and it does a great job meeting all the needs, not just the most commercially vocal needs. In the hands of an expert power user, you can accomplish almost anything with your data. It is not for new users or intermittent users-- for that the Cloud version is a better fit. Be prepared for costly connectors (priced differently for each source or destination you are working with), and just be planful of your projects so you are not paying for connectors you no longer need or want
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    SAP
    Everything is very fast
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Informatica power center is a leader of the pack of ETL tools and has some great abilities that make it stand out from other ETL tools. It has been a great partner to its clients over a long time so it's definitely dependable. With all the great things about Informatica, it has a bit of tech burden that should be addressed to make it more nimble, reduce the learning curve for new developers, provide better connectivity with visualization tools.
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    SAP
    i contacted support via sap for me via the person who implemented and also via our customer support executive. all 3 channels i was satisfied. of course it was the slowest via the ticket, but even that one i got proper solution in relatively OK time frame
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    In-Person Training
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    SAP
    Real useful trainings and hand ons
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    Online Training
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    SAP
    Very complete and useful for day to day operations
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
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    SAP
    Training is taking way longer than expected. We have had more than 50 hours of training and still do not feel proficient enough to do anything meaningful with Process Intelligence. The Process Insights are pretty intuitive but does take a willingness to dig in and explore, but in general good right out of the box.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    While Talend offers a much more comfortable interface to work with, Informatica's forte is performance. And on that front, Informatica Enterprise Data Integration certainly leaves Talend in the dust. For a more back-end-centric use case, Informatica is certainly the ETL tool of choice. On the other hand, if business users would be using the tool, then Talend would be the preferred tool.
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    SAP
    We were able to end the use of archive versions thanks to SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite, and everyone has access to the most recent archive. Mac and Windows users can collaborate on a single document. A design tool that spans the concept phase, design phase, and delivery to engineering
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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    SAP
    Not really, its easy to comprehend
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
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    SAP
    Definitely a 10!
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    Return on Investment
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    • The data pipeline automation capability of Informatica means that few resources are needed to pre-process the data that ultimately resides in a Data Warehouse. Once a workflow is implemented, manual intervention is not needed.
    • PowerCenter did require more resources and time for installation and configuration than was expected/planned for.
    • The lack of or minimal support of unstructured data means that newer sources of dynamic/changing data cannot be easily processed/transformed through PowerCenter workflows.
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    SAP
    • With the help of Signavio, we are now much more operationally efficient, which saves money and makes better use of our resources.
    • The software's emphasis on collaboration has encouraged innovation within our teams, resulting in original solutions and better project outputs.
    • Compliance is crucial for our sector. We have lowered the danger of regulatory problems by maintaining stringent compliance standards with the aid of Signavio.
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    Screenshot of SAP Signavio Process InsightsScreenshot of SAP Signavio Process Intelligence - InvestigationScreenshot of SAP Signavio Process Intelligence - DashboardsScreenshot of SAP Signavio Journey Modeler - Journey Complexity ScoreScreenshot of SAP Signavio Process Explorer - Best practice and process knowledgeScreenshot of SAP Signavio Process Manager - Live Insights