We performed a comparison between Azure Data Factory and webMethods Integration Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like the basic features like the data-based pipelines."
"The data factory agent is quite good and programming or defining the value of jobs, processes, and activities is easy."
"The data mapping and the ability to systematically derive data are nice features. It worked really well for the solution we had. It is visual, and it did the transformation as we wanted."
"We have been using drivers to connect to various data sets and consume data."
"In terms of my personal experience, it works fine."
"The most valuable features are data transformations."
"The most valuable feature is the copy activity."
"The solution has a good interface and the integration with GitHub is very useful."
"One of the most important features is that it gives you the possibility to do low-level integration. It provides a lot of features out of the box, and over the years, it has matured so much that any problem that is there in the market can be solved with this product. We can meet any requirements through customizations, transformations, or the logic that needs to be put in. Some of the other products struggle in this aspect. They cannot do things in a certain way, or they have a product limitation, whereas, with webMethods, I have never faced this kind of problem."
"webMethods platform is used to build an EAI platform, enabling communication between many internal systems and third-party operators."
"It's a visual tool, so our transformations can be quickly implemented without a lot of fuss. The fact that we have an easy way to expose REST services is also very interesting. It offers the possibility to connect over GMS to synchronize message brokers."
"The comprehensiveness and depth of Integration Servers' connectors to packaged apps and custom apps is unlimited. They have a connector for everything. If they don't, you can build it yourself. Or oftentimes, if there is value for other customers as well, you can talk with webMethods about creating a new adapter for you."
"It frankly fills the gap between IT and business by having approval and policy enforcement on each state and cycle of the asset from the moment it gets created until it is retired."
"The most valuable feature of the webMethods Integration Server is the built-in monitoring, auditing, RETS, and SOAP services."
"We have a reusable code that we can replicate for any new interfaces."
"The tool supports gRPC."
"I would like to see this time travel feature in Snowflake added to Azure Data Factory."
"There's space for improvement in the development process of the data pipelines."
"It would be better if it had machine learning capabilities."
"My only problem is the seamless connectivity with various other databases, for example, SAP."
"Data Factory's monitorability could be better."
"DataStage is easier to learn than Data Factory because it's more visual. Data Factory has some drag-and-drop options, but it's not as intuitive as DataStage. It would be better if they added more drag-and-drop features. You can start using DataStage without knowing the code. You don't need to learn how the code works before using the solution."
"It does not appear to be as rich as other ETL tools. It has very limited capabilities."
"The need to work more on developing out-of-the-box connectors for other products like Oracle, AWS, and others."
"For code version control, you need to use some external software."
"wM SAP Adapter User Guide - Example, like Message Broker setup was unclear, leading to issues during Testing and we had refer the internet forums to understand that there is a Message Broker Cleanup utility and that needs to be setup as well."
"There should be better logging, or a better dashboard, to allow you to see see the logs of the services."
"The solution has big instances when deployed under microservices or in a containerized platform. They need to improve that so that it is competitive with other integration solutions, like Redis and Kafka. Deployments under microservices with those solutions are much more lightweight, in the size of the runtime itself, compared with Software AG."
"We need more dashboards and reporting engines that can provide detailed information for management. In short, we need better analytics."
"The market webMethods Integration Server falls under is a very crowded market, so for the product to stand out, Software AG would need to get traction in the open source community by releasing a new version or a base version and open source it, so people can create new custom components and add it to the portfolio."
"One area that needs improvement is the version upgrade process. Many customers I've worked with encounter challenges when transitioning from their current version, such as x or 9, to a newer version. The process is not smooth, and they must shift their entire website."
"We'd like for them to open up to a more cloud-based solution that could offer more flexibility and maybe a better rules engine or more integration with rules engines."
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Azure Data Factory is ranked 1st in Data Integration with 81 reviews while webMethods Integration Server is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 60 reviews. Azure Data Factory is rated 8.0, while webMethods Integration Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Azure Data Factory writes "The data factory agent is quite good but pricing needs to be more transparent". On the other hand, the top reviewer of webMethods Integration Server writes "Event-driven with lots of helpful formats, but minimal learning resources available". Azure Data Factory is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Alteryx Designer, Snowflake and Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, whereas webMethods Integration Server is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, webMethods.io Integration, Mule ESB, TIBCO BusinessWorks and IBM WebSphere Message Broker. See our Azure Data Factory vs. webMethods Integration Server report.
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