We performed a comparison between AWS Glue and Informatica PowerCenter based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Of the two solutions, users prefer Informatica PowerCenter because AWS Glue only integrates with AWS services.
"I like its integration and ability to handle all data-related tasks."
"AWS Glue is quite better than other tools, but you have to learn it properly before you start using it."
"I also like that you can add custom libraries like JAR files and use them. So, the ability to use a fast processing engine and embed basic jobs easily are significant advantages."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Glue is that it provides a GUI format with a drag-and-drop feature."
"AWS Glue's most valuable features are the data catalog, including crawlers and tables, and Glue Studio, which means you don't have to use custom code."
"The product has a valuable feature for data catalog."
"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."
"The solution is serverless so it allows us to transform data while optimizing the cost and performance of Spark jobs."
"The features I find most valuable is that the solution is very user-friendly and the graphical design is very easy to understand."
"The most valuable features are the monitoring tools and the reporting manager."
"Good product if you are trying implement data quality, data integration, and data management projects."
"The setup is straightforward."
"The interface is very clean and clear."
"We have found the PowerCenter and B2B data transformation most valuable."
"It reduces a lot of legacy coding."
"UI-based ability to create data mapping."
"On occasion, the solution's dashboard reports that a project failed due to runtime but it actually succeeded."
"I have encountered challenges with multi-region support."
"There should be more connectors for different databases."
"The product is expensive for data streaming. This area needs improvement."
"The monitoring is not that good."
"I haven't looked into Glue in terms of seeking out flaws. I've not come across missing features."
"In terms of performance, if they can further optimize the execution time for serverless jobs, it would be a welcome improvement."
"We face performance issues when using AWS Glue for data transformation and integration."
"This product is going to decommission in the next couple of years."
"The UI is a little outdated."
"Lacks ability to calculate cost of the product."
"The price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required, considering the fact that the present licensing charges of the tool are expensive."
"Include more instruments for LOGs analysis, interpretation, and job corrections."
"I would like to see improvements made to the custom transformations. It should be more open for users that want to write their own code and use cases."
"There is a need to buy a separate license if one wishes to connect with some kind of SAP system, such as SalesForce."
"The solution's commercial cost is very high. Other open-source tools can do the tool's functions for free. The world is moving to the cloud, but the solution hasn't updated its drivers. I presume that its downfall will start soon. The tool is trying to cross-sell or upsell without helping customers derive benefits from the existing products. They have multiple tools and licenses. It is better to bring the smaller tools in one umbrella."
AWS Glue is ranked 1st in Cloud Data Integration with 37 reviews while Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 3rd in Data Integration with 78 reviews. AWS Glue is rated 7.8, while Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0. 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 PowerCenter writes "Stable, provides good support, and integrating it with other systems is very fast, but its pricing is expensive". AWS Glue is most compared with AWS Database Migration Service, SSIS, Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Talend Open Studio and Confluent, whereas Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI). See our AWS Glue vs. Informatica PowerCenter report.
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