We performed a comparison between Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and SAP Data Services 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."The most valuable feature of ODI is the to use of the whole ETL to create a data lake."
"Easy to understand, very developer-friendly, and has a big forum community and lots of documentation for support."
"I do not have to maintain a separate ETL instance. I can change the SQL when something is not performing correctly."
"All our systems can be widely integrated by ODI, such as transactional systems, our data warehouses, and B2B integration."
"In our DW/BI solution, ODI is the main tool to integrate the data in a daily batch way."
"The initial setup is easy."
"All ETL code is stored in repositories in underlying database schemas. The number of users can access and work on the same solution using a client tool. So distributed teams can work on this tool in an efficient manner."
"The scalability is great. It's one of the reasons we chose the solution."
"The solution is easy to use since it's a graphical tool. It also requires only low-level coding."
"The product's most valuable features are data validation and rules."
"I have worked with Data Services for a long time, and currently, I find the dashboarding and reporting part to be the most valuable function."
"The initial setup is not complex."
"The BA reporting tools, such as Data Services, and ETL tool in SAP Data Services are the most valuable. When we had in-memory requirements, we used HANA. HANA is most preferably for most the customers for in-memory. SAP is the first company that created the in-memory concept."
"You can always manipulate a lot of things as long as you have the skill level."
"I appreciate having access to the SAP data."
"The most valuable features of SAP Data Services lie in its ability to effectively observe and interpret the information within data related to people or facts, stands out."
"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."
"There are certain things where it can be improved. Initial solution setup seems a bit complex at the start, it should be improved because it becomes bit tough for a novice to get started on this. Sometimes error description is not helpful to understand the problem it gives some generic type of errors which are at times not that helpful to understand the underlying root cause of the issue."
"ODI could improve the ease of use. There is a steep learning curve to use the solution."
"The performance of the user interface is in need of improvement."
"It would be really good if Oracle considered enabling the tool to integrate with some other platforms that are deprecated simply for commercial reasons"
"We used a third party to do the implementation of ODI."
"An area for improvement in Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is real-time integration. Currently, my company has a workaround to implement real-time integration, an area on which Oracle must focus more. Real-time integration should be easier in Oracle Data Integrator (ODI). Another area for improvement in Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is integration with more publishers and subscribers rather than just database integrations."
"The interface of ODI could be improved. For example, navigating and finding functions can be difficult. For example, you have to know which step you need to go to look at where your job status is. The logical step is a bit complex compared to other tools. It's much easier to get a graphical view, but with ODI, it's graphical, plus you have to know all the other pieces that fit around it. You have to think about the logical and physical aspects."
"The execution engines and processing engines have shortcomings and need improvements."
"Some of the jobs that are built within Data Services require local files, and during initial deployment, those local files cannot be transported between machines simply because of security issues."
"Source code control is another headache. When your source code base gets too large, managing the source code becomes cumbersome."
"Newer feature integration is lagging behind the company acquisitions and the product could do more to service a broader range of devices."
"We encounter challenges while exporting implemented rules, such as those applied to objects like the material master, into a format like Excel for documentation and further analysis."
"There should be some kind of enhancement that can be done on the admin side of certain sites where we can assign the roles and responsibilities. We should be able to control who is using the tool and how."
"At the integration level, there could be certain set of improvement to connect to various other systems."
"It's an ETL that is very good with relational databases but not as good with files and semi-structured files."
Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is ranked 4th in Data Integration with 67 reviews while SAP Data Services is ranked 10th in Data Integration with 45 reviews. Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is rated 8.2, while SAP Data Services 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 SAP Data Services writes "Responsive support, scalable, and beneficial integration". Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is most compared with Oracle Integration Cloud Service, SSIS, Informatica PowerCenter, Azure Data Factory and Apache Kafka, whereas SAP Data Services is most compared with Azure Data Factory, Syniti Data Quality, Informatica PowerCenter, SAP Process Orchestration and AWS Glue. See our Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) vs. SAP Data Services report.
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