We performed a comparison between AWS Glue and Informatica Cloud Data Integration based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: For users vested in the AWS ecosystem, AWS is hands down the best choice. Informatica Cloud Data Integration is flexible and allows users to decide how to distribute their IPUs in their own networks. Data residency laws make it challenging to choose this solution, as their regions are currently very limited.
"Data catalog and triggers are the two best features for me. AWS Glue has its own data catalog, which makes it great and really easy to use. Triggers are also really good for scheduling the ETL process."
"It's fairly straightforward as a product; it's not very complicated."
"I appreciate AWS Glue for its cost-effectiveness."
"Its user interface is quite good. You just need to choose some options to create a job in AWS Glue. The code-generation feature is also useful. If you don't want to customize it and simply want to read a file and store the data in the database, it can generate the code for you."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Glue is its ease of use and good documentation. Additionally, we can do all the transformations that we need."
"The solution is highly user-friendly, and its features are easy to use. The new addition of AWS Glue Data Catalog is also very beneficial, making the tool even more helpful for its users."
"AWS Glue is a stable and easy-to-use solution."
"It is AWS-integrated. There is end-to-end integration with the other AWS services. It is also user-friendly."
"Informatica is good for integrating data and cloud applications. We have connectors for integrating cloud applications like Salesforce. You can quickly integrate anything with an exposed API or a REST API. The industry is increasingly shifting to the cloud, so we need more products that can connect to cloud-based applications. The integration is seamless and works in real time. It's also secure because you don't need to expose databases or tables."
"Data synchronization tasks."
"It has a more UI-based tool, and the scripting is good."
"I like the fact that you can find almost any product connection that you need and the list is always expanding."
"The product is scalable and excellent for enterprise-level organizations."
"We have a lot of integrations, and it's very easy to create integrations. They have a lot of connectors."
"The most valuable feature is the building of mockups and tasks."
"Data integration is the most valuable feature. The ability to connect to any of the sources and enterprise applications makes our lives easier."
"There is a learning curve to this tool."
"On occasion, the solution's dashboard reports that a project failed due to runtime but it actually succeeded."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"Cost-wise, AWS Glue is expensive, so that's an area for improvement. The process for setting up the solution was also complex, which is another area for improvement."
"The interface for AWS Glue could improve, they do not put a lot of details. You can write the code, in PySpark or in Scala, which is a big advantage, it is only easy to use for a developer. It will be difficult for new users to enter the cloud environment."
"The solution should offer features for streaming data in addition to batching data."
"The monitoring is not that good."
"The product is expensive for data streaming. This area needs improvement."
"Informatica Cloud Data Integration can improve by being more user-friendly. When you're working with the solution a lot of technical knowledge is required. It's not a solution that anyone can use properly, you need knowledge of what's happening at the back end, such as SQL. When you get stuck, you need to look into your logic. For other tools, such as Dell Boomi, anyone can use them."
"The cloud version could be better in terms of pricing."
"Certain applications are not being synced with the ION."
"The cloud version of the Informatica, it's a very substandard product. They might say it's enterprise-ready but it's not at all ready. They need to add more features, such as improved data replication features. If you look at other tools, such as Matillion they are now cloud-native and flexible. Additionally, Informatica Cloud Data Integration should have a good migration strategy from Informatica PowerCenter to Informatica Cloud Data Integration."
"There is room for improvement at the highest level in terms of useability and connectors for various types of new applications. The row processing performance could be better because you experience some latency dealing with high volumes of data. Most organizations will be dealing with multiple cloud applications, so you could see performance issues moving from one system to another."
"User/group administration could use improvement."
"The price modeling could be more flexible."
"It could be improved by including a buffer that saves data when there is a connectivity issue."
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AWS Glue is ranked 1st in Cloud Data Integration with 37 reviews while Informatica Cloud Data Integration is ranked 5th in Cloud Data Integration with 40 reviews. AWS Glue is rated 7.8, while Informatica Cloud Data Integration is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of AWS Glue writes "Provides serverless mechanism, easy data transformation and automated infrastructure management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Informatica Cloud Data Integration writes "A stable, scalable, and user-friendly solution". AWS Glue is most compared with AWS Database Migration Service, Informatica PowerCenter, SSIS, Talend Open Studio and Oracle Integration Cloud Service, whereas Informatica Cloud Data Integration is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, Azure Data Factory, Fivetran, IBM Cloud Pak for Data and Mule Anypoint Platform. See our AWS Glue vs. Informatica Cloud Data Integration report.
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