We performed a comparison between Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and Oracle Integration Cloud Service based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Users prefer Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) due to its intuitive, easy-to-use dashboard, and say the vast amount of available adapters make integrations very simple.
"One of the standout features of ODI is its ability to prepare everything on a vertical level and create reusable components, which adds to its value."
"It's completely user-friendly."
"Integration with all systems is easy with Oracle Data Integrator, and it is easy to use. I have not used any other product, but with Oracle Data Integrator, we can easily connect to an ERP system, an SAP system, or a cloud application."
"ODI is a very accessible tool, especially since the mapping functionality has been added."
"It is an ETL tool, which does the extract, transform, and load."
"ODI's best features are customization, integration with other versioning tools, and the ability to define new knowledge modules."
"Most of the functions are very straightforward, like the data model, mapping, package, and load plan. Thus, a new user could get started very fast."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward, especially compared to Mule, which our team has worked with before and found to be a bit more complex in terms of setup."
"The most valuable features of Oracle Integration Cloud Service are the seeded integrations with many communication platforms, such as Slack and emails. It works best for the historical communication methods. Those are still prevalent with all the other clients. When we are doing the integrations, it makes it a little bit easier for us to communicate the same output over Slack, rather than sending out an email and downloading the report. The number of seeded functionalities within the Oracle Integration Cloud Service platform is better."
"Oracle Integration Cloud Service integrates well and is user-friendly. If you are not a developer or ops engineer you can still use the solution with ease. You do not need to have developers' knowledge, you can easily adapt and learn quickly to integrate the services. They have good documentation."
"The lack of features in something like Oracle Integration Cloud leaves some room for leads implementation partners like us"
"People are able to scale up, learn it quickly, and start delivering."
"The initial setup of Oracle Integration Cloud Service was easy."
"I particularly like the drag-and-drop feature for designing integrations and processes."
"The Oracle integration tool is the most comfortable tool for using those Oracle products."
"In general, there were a lot of great utilities for working with files."
"Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is already good as a solution. Still, it needs some editing of its preview package, or if the package is upgraded, that will make Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) even better."
"It lacks a suite of tools suitable for fully processing data and moving it into decision support warehouses."
"The initial setup is a bit complex compared to other tools."
"Technical Support could be better."
"It needs easier security."
"The solution lacks some functions and features."
"An area for improvement would be the lack of SQL compatibility - ODI has no ability to interact with SQL unstructured types and data types."
"It has been very good. Just recently, I've faced an issue, but I solved it somehow. While integrating with a file, I faced an issue where I wanted output files, and I had used the text field limited quotations, but at the end of the file, there was a line breakage for the last column. So, we just removed the text field because it was not working correctly for us."
"Our client was quite concerned about the cost, which is something that could be reduced."
"The solution doesn't currently have a fully fledged workflow feature like they have in OIM."
"Oracle-based automation blueprints for the majority of the integrations would be helpful to have in a future release."
"The solution's customer service could be better."
"Oracle Integration Cloud Service can improve the downloading and uploading of files. I've submitted this issue to the Oracle Idea Labs. The issue is from the front end of Oracle Integration Cloud, we cannot download or upload a file directly or drag and drop it."
"Configurable timeouts on each connection would be good."
"The solution is expensive."
"Oracle Integration Cloud Service can improve file handling. Currently, our real-time file polling limitation is 10 MB, if that size can be increased it would be helpful. For example, increasing the size from 10 MB to 1 GB."
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Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is ranked 4th in Data Integration with 68 reviews while Oracle Integration Cloud Service is ranked 3rd in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) with 32 reviews. Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is rated 8.2, while Oracle Integration Cloud Service is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) writes "Straightforward to implement, scalable, and has good stability and documentation, but technical support could still be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Integration Cloud Service writes "An integration tool that is highly compatible and easy to maintain". Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Oracle GoldenGate and Talend Open Studio, whereas Oracle Integration Cloud Service is most compared with AWS Glue, Mule Anypoint Platform, Oracle GoldenGate, Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Azure Logic Apps. See our Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) vs. Oracle Integration Cloud Service report.
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Integration Cloud is more focused on event-driven integration models. It is also an OCI native service.
ODI is primarily suited to bulk data activities such as data loads, data migration. Now ODI has two flavours: native OCI with a small feature set aimed at enabling cloud migration and then the traditional ODI.
The traditional version is the same product as used on-premise but packaged to run a VM. As a result, it is offered on the Oracle cloud marketplace.
Oracle Integration Cloud Service has a fairly easy initial setup, and Oracle offers initial support and guidance for those who might find the setup to be challenging. There are complications that come up, though, as far as integrating and maintaining the system. Organizations that choose this product will need to bring experts on board to oversee the security and system administration. Those aspects are so complex that to keep the system running smoothly and effectively, you need to employ people who know the proper IT procedures to manage them. Ultimately, an organization will have to make additional investments to get proper use out of Oracle Integration Cloud Service.
Oracle Data Integrator offers a comparable level of set up complexity to Oracle Integration Cloud Service. The program for the initial setup does offer step-by-step instructions which make deployment easier. However, additional software such as Agent Setup is required for ODI to function fully. Therefore, while an organization can follow a guide to set up ODI, additional steps beyond the initial deployment are necessary before one can use the product fully.
Oracle Integration Cloud Service offers different pricing models for their licenses. Among the easiest for businesses to deal with is a pay-as-you-go option. This provides organizations with great flexibility in choosing what they want to pay and the type of services that they want to receive. Organizations will be able to spend their resources more effectively when they control the prices that they are paying.
ODI has a price which is not exactly the most expensive solution on the market. However, it is not the cheapest either. There is no flexibility in ODI’s pricing like there is for Oracle Integration Cloud Service. Organizations really only have two options: they can pay the price or use another product. ODI does not allow for the kind of customization that Oracle Integration Cloud Service offers.
Conclusion
Oracle Integration Cloud Service and Oracle Data Integrator are comparable as far as the difficulty that an organization might have in setting them and deploying them. In both cases additional resources are needed after the initial setup stages in order to get them set up properly. The area in which they truly differ is in the ability of Oracle Integration Cloud Service to be customized, both in terms of price and in terms of services obtained. ODI lacks this flexibility.