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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SSIS

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is a data integration solution.N/A

    Cyfe

    Score4 out of 10
    N/ACyfe is all-in-one dashboard software for analyzing data from online services like Google Analytics, Salesforce, AdSense, MailChimp, Amazon, Facebook, etc, from Traject.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    SSISCyfe
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $39
    per month
    Pro
    $65
    per month
    Premier
    $119
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SSISCyfe
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SSISCyfe
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Traject
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    84%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    SSISCyfe
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    7.0
    56 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Cyfe, by Traject
    -
    Ratings
    Connect to traditional data sources9.156 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL5.043 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    6.8
    56 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Cyfe, by Traject
    -
    Ratings
    Simple transformations8.956 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex transformations4.755 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    7.5
    54 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Cyfe, by Traject
    -
    Ratings
    Data model creation9.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata management6.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow7.145 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration9.140 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing and debugging6.451 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    5.4
    43 Ratings
    40% below category average
    Cyfe, by Traject
    -
    Ratings
    Integration with data quality tools6.338 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools4.638 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    -
    Ratings
    Cyfe, by Traject
    6.6
    28 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.817 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings4.028 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings9.120 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    -
    Ratings
    Cyfe, by Traject
    7.2
    26 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.715 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.120 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings2.026 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    -
    Ratings
    Cyfe, by Traject
    5.0
    23 Ratings
    49% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings4.015 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings4.021 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings6.89 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings1.017 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    -
    Ratings
    Cyfe, by Traject
    7.2
    19 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings3.018 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.614 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    -
    Ratings
    Cyfe, by Traject
    7.1
    22 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings6.314 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.416 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.76 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    -
    Ratings
    Cyfe, by Traject
    9.3
    19 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings9.418 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.713 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    -
    Ratings
    Cyfe, by Traject
    7.0
    7 Ratings
    10% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings2.05 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings5.94 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings5.83 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SSISCyfe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (56 ratings)
    8.0
    (29 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.4
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (27 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (27 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SSISCyfe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    As I mentioned earlier SQL Server Integration Services is suitable if you want to manage data from different applications. It really helps in fetching the data and generating reports. Its automation make it very easy and time efficient. It works well with large database as well. But it doesn't work well with real time data, it will take some time to gather the real time data. I would not recommend using it in a real time/fast-paced environment.
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    Traject
    Cyfe might be for you if you are looking for a cost-effective way to display all of your marketing metrics in one place. If you are looking for a detailed, fine-tuned, niche, or extremely specific metrics, this might not be the best solution. Cyfe is good for a general health check-up of marketing, but not a finely tuned examination.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Standard ETL use cases for daily loads
    • Loading incoming data from Vendors which is placed on FTP and adding them to the SQL Warehouse
    • Creating outgoing data files and writing them to Vendor FTPs
    • Easy Active Directory integration for seamless connections to SQL Server
    • CI/CD by hosting the code on visualstudio.com
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    Traject
    • Has preset metric groups that pull similar stats together in one "bucket" saving you the time of setting up each stat-line one by one
    • Allows you to easily adjust the timeframe for what stats you want to see, so you can find YOY stats or just last month's stats rather quickly
    • Colored visualizations of stats make it easy to notice when campaigns are taking off
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Connection managers for online data sources can be tricky to configure.
    • Performance tuning is an art form and trialing different data flow task options can be cumbersome. SSIS can do a better job of providing performance data including historical for monitoring.
    • Mapping destination using OLE DB command is difficult as destination columns are unnamed.
    • Excel or flat file connections are limited by version and type.
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    Traject
    • I'd love to see additional functionality to customize colors. The light/dark option is very nice, but a little more flexibility in the colors would go a long way, especially if it was possible at the dashboard level rather than just the account level. Along the same lines, being able to customize the charts a little more, for example being able to show an x-axis on single data type graphs, could make them easier to read in some cases.
    • Being able to choose to report on converted clicks or conversions in AdWords would be helpful.
    • Needs the ability to show the date range on the shared URL dashboards. Would be even better if the date range was adjustable on that view, too.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    Some features should be revised or improved, some tools (using it with Visual Studio) of the toolbox should be less schematic and somewhat more flexible. Using for example, the CSV data import is still very old-fashioned and if the data format changes it requires a bit of manual labor to accept the new data structure
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    Traject
    It has become a part of our internal tools so unless a competitor comes out with similar functionality as a similar price point it is unlikely that we would not renew. One area that would cause us not to renew would be if a competing service came out with more third-party integrations that match our needs. Price at this point is no longer an issue as it would allow us to automate a somewhat manual process that we have now connecting Cyfe widgets to Google Sheets.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    SSIS is a great tool for most ETL needs. It has the 90% (or more) use cases covered and even in many of the use cases where it is not ideal SSIS can be extended via a .NET language to do the job well in a supportable way for almost any performance workload.
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    Traject
    I gave it a rating of 7 because it does a good job at what it does, but there are missing that are missing which I would have benefited from. For instance, if I was able to drill down more on the specific metrics I was able to see, that would have been helpful.
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    SQL Server Integration Services performance is dependent directly upon the resources provided to the system. In our environment, we allocated 6 nodes of 4 CPUs, 64GB each, running in parallel. Unfortunately, we had to ramp-up to such a robust environment to get the performance to where we needed it. Most of the reports are completed in a reasonable timeframe. However, in the case of slow running reports, it is often difficult if not impossible to cancel the report without killing the report instance or stopping the service.
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    Traject
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    The support, when necessary, is excellent. But beyond that, it is very rarely necessary because the user community is so large, vibrant and knowledgable, a simple Google query or forum question can answer almost everything you want to know. You can also get prewritten script tasks with a variety of functionality that saves a lot of time.
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    Traject
    Because I had a very minor question and I was able to speak directly to the founder through LinkedIn and through email. I know that as they grow this may not always be an option but the fact that he made himself available to answer my questions said a lot about his passion for the product.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    The implementation may be different in each case, it is important to properly analyze all the existing infrastructure to understand the kind of work needed, the type of software used and the compatibility between these, the features that you want to exploit, to understand what is possible and which ones require integration with third-party tools
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    Traject
    Cyfe is a 15 minutes implementation, then some time to get your data sources created. This is an easy one person job that will not result in down time or unnecessary wasted man hours.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    I think SQL Server Integration Services is better suited for on-premises data movement and ADF is more suited for the cloud. Though ADF has more connectors, SQL Server Integration Services is more robust and has better functionality just because it has been around much longer
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    Traject
    The Salesforce dashboard is comparably flexible and intuitive, but designed more to its internal CRM focus. SumAll shares the social media dashboard capabilities, but lacks all others. Its interesting feature is side-by-side graph analysis for cross-channel performance. Cyfe might borrow from SumAll's default weekly email summary of performance from the dashboard, but implementation could be too complex. Nuvi dashboard is exclusively for social media marketing, but lacks Cyfe's flexibility for third party integration and window customization settings.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Without this, we would have to manually update a spreadsheet of our SQL Server inventory
    • We would also have poor alerting; if an instance was down we wouldn't know until it was reported by a user
    • We only have one other person who uses SQL Server Integration Services , he's the expert. It would fall to me without him and I would not enjoy being responsible for it.
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    Traject
    • Cyfe allows us to provide real time data to our clients
    • Cyfe allows us to provide detailed analytics to our clients showing actual results
    • Cyfe reduced our need to provide monthly "reports" to our marketing clients
    • Cyfe allows us to have better situational awareness and know what is going on throughout our multiple organizations
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