We performed a comparison between Boomi iPaaS and IBM InfoSphere DataStage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Low-code development is the most valuable feature."
"The platform is user-friendly."
"The tool's most valuable features I've found are related to debugging and testing. It makes it easy to track execution, documents, and process history. This functionality is particularly useful for identifying issues with data and providing insights to the business."
"The best features are that it is a cloud-based and a multi-tenant tool."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"It is a low-code and high-configuration platform, which is very valuable. Develop once and run anywhere is another useful feature. It also has connectors for more than 200 applications. It provides value for money. Our customers who have implemented this solution have a very high ROI."
"The solution has a lot of connectors, which is quite helpful."
"Very effective with its drag-and-drop feature."
"Once you have Infosphere up and running properly, it is stable."
"Finding logs is very easy on the solution."
"The most valuable feature is the data integration for data warehousing."
"Highly customizable: Allowing you to handle multiple data latencies (scheduled batch, on-demand, and real-time) in the same job."
"It is quite useful and powerful."
"ETL is the most valuable feature."
"When we have needed help from the IBM team, they were helpful. Our company is a premium partner so we get fast responses."
"We are mostly using transmission rules. It has a lot of functions and logic related to transmission. It is a user-friendly tool with in-built functions."
"The deployment was simple, but the implementation is missing a lot of capabilities."
"They are lacking in some streaming features, and messaging features from a listener's point of view."
"We would like to see more involvement between Dell Boomi and the end-users to help improve the customer experience."
"It crashes if we run high-volume integration."
"There is no validation in the mapping profile custom scripting, such as IntelliSense or advanced error checking."
"There are still some areas that need improvement. For example, when updates are going on, the product becomes very slow."
"The product could be a little bit more user-friendly."
"In my experience, I haven't encountered any major issues with the tool. However, there could be a learning curve for new users, especially depending on which tool you're using. For example, I've used MuleSoft in the past, which is more code-oriented and requires knowledge of Java. Transitioning to Boomi AtomSphere Integration took me a couple of months because of differences in terminology."
"DataStage is quite expensive. It is too hard to find a consultant using DataStage in Turkey."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"I'd like to be able to do more with the data and metadata, including copy and pasting, et cetera."
"The response time from support is slow and needs to be improved."
"The graphical user interface (GUI) feels a lot like the interfaces from the 1980s."
"Improvements for DataStage could include better integration with modern data sources like cloud solutions and documents, along with enhancing its capability to handle non-structured data."
"It would be great if they can include some basic version of data quality checking features."
"The solution can be a bit more user-friendly, similar to Informatica."
Boomi iPaaS is ranked 5th in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) with 25 reviews while IBM InfoSphere DataStage is ranked 7th in Data Integration with 37 reviews. Boomi iPaaS is rated 7.8, while IBM InfoSphere DataStage is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Boomi iPaaS writes "Stable product, suitable for limited integrations and lacks flexibility ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere DataStage writes "User-friendly with a lot of functions for transmission rules, but has slow performance and not suitable for a huge volume of data". Boomi iPaaS is most compared with Microsoft Azure Logic Apps, webMethods Integration Server, SSIS, Oracle Integration Cloud Service and AWS Glue, whereas IBM InfoSphere DataStage is most compared with IBM Cloud Pak for Data, SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Talend Open Studio and Informatica PowerCenter. See our Boomi iPaaS vs. IBM InfoSphere DataStage report.
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