We performed a comparison between IBM App Connect and IBM InfoSphere DataStage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It can handle API conversions with mapping and transformation rules, simplifying the development process."
"When using IBM stacks, IBM App Connect is suitable and integrates well with other IBM products like WebSphere."
"I would say that the most valuable feature is the array of connectors and integration tools."
"Technical support is good."
"It has an efficient design flow."
"The most valuable feature is the security."
"Very scalable, flexible, and user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendliness of the application."
"Once you have Infosphere up and running properly, it is stable."
"I am impressed with the tool's ETL tracing."
"When we have needed help from the IBM team, they were helpful. Our company is a premium partner so we get fast responses."
"DataStage works better with Linux operating systems when the application services are hosted on Linux system equipment, but it's powerful on Windows too."
"The product is easy to deploy."
"The concept of integration is a valuable feature of the product."
"It's a robust solution."
"The most valuable feature for our data processing needs is IBM InfoSphere DataStage's capability to handle ETL tasks with large record volumes."
"It is not easy to deploy. It requires someone with a high level of knowledge in the solution to deploy it, not just anyone can do it."
"In the next release, I would like to get some quality connectors."
"The addition of string functionality would be a benefit, particularly in the ESQL space that IBM already uses internally."
"When we do a version upgrade of the system, the platform is kind of complicated."
"Updates are constantly delayed."
"More connectors could be available for the product as some of the third-party software doesn't have default connectors."
"IBM App Connect is scalable. From the administration side, they need to improve the RBAC model, as well as the clustering of this product. It will be good if we can start up the cluster, via IBM Connect Console. Some other products like MuleSoft, are providing this type of administration. MuleSoft is easy to use and user friendly."
"The installation of containers could be simplified, as it currently requires a senior-level installer."
"The solution can be a bit more user-friendly, similar to Informatica."
"Its documentation is not up to the mark. While building APIs, we had a lot of problems trying to get around it because it is not very user-friendly. We tried to get hold of API documentation, but the documentation is not very well thought out. It should be more structured and elaborate. In terms of additional features, I would like to see good reporting on performance and performance-tuning recommendations that can be based on AI. I would also like to see better data profiling information being reported on InfoSphere."
"The initial setup can be complex."
"We would be happy to see in next versions the ability to return several parameters from jobs. Now, jobs can return just one parameter. If they could return several parameters, that would be great."
"The error messaging needs to be improved."
"The template mapping could be easier."
"DataStage is quite expensive. It is too hard to find a consultant using DataStage in Turkey."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
IBM App Connect is ranked 11th in Cloud Data Integration with 21 reviews while IBM InfoSphere DataStage is ranked 7th in Data Integration with 37 reviews. IBM App Connect is rated 8.2, while IBM InfoSphere DataStage is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM App Connect writes "Offers flexible adapters, good scalability but logging can be difficult at times". 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". IBM App Connect is most compared with IBM Cloud Pak for Integration, Mule Anypoint Platform, webMethods Integration Server, TIBCO BusinessWorks and SAP Process Orchestration, 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 IBM App Connect vs. IBM InfoSphere DataStage report.
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