We performed a comparison between IBM App Connect and Informatica PowerCenter 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's a powerful application for collaboration. It has many features for customization and integration."
"It's stable to use, connect with the cloud, and to deploy."
"It has an efficient design flow."
"I would say that the most valuable feature is the array of connectors and integration tools."
"App Connect's best feature is that it can be deployed in a container."
"The most valuable feature is the security."
"Provides good security features."
"It has different type of interfaces that can integrate with companies."
"It is UI friendly and has all the advantages of an ETL tool."
"The support is valuable. There are also open-source ETL products, which work very well, but there is no support. When we face a production problem, being able to get support is valuable, and it brings efficiency. With an open-source solution, we can't engage anyone to resolve the problem as quickly as possible."
"I found the map links, work links, and workflows valuable. They are important features."
"It has a Data Catalog that uses the Model repository."
"Informatica PowerCenter is a very good ETL tool."
"Among all the solutions I have used, I found Informatica PowerCenter to be much more stable in terms of application."
"Once you have learned Informatica, it is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Informatica PowerCenter is the flow designer functionally. It is the best out of any ETL tool. Additionally, the solution is reliable and trustable in dealing with large data sources anytime. When we're using billions of data transactions, it's smooth."
"Updates are constantly delayed."
"The installation of containers could be simplified, as it currently requires a senior-level installer."
"The product should improve its support."
"One more important point is that if IBM improves its CI/CD capabilities, it will make a big difference. Right now, I have to create my own CI/CD setup from scratch for every client, which is inefficient."
"When we do a version upgrade of the system, the platform is kind of complicated."
"The user interface of IBM App Connect can be a little bit more user-friendly, I would say because the first-time developer is onboarded while using IBM App Connect, he or she may get a little intimidated or daunted looking at all the options available or the pipelines, et cetera."
"The setup time for App Connect could be improved."
"Plugins for the repositories are difficult to find."
"Integrating new tools can be tricky and challenging."
"Informatica PowerCenter could improve by having a single interface because half of the system is still in the legacy interface and many other elements are moved to the developer client. It would be good if there was a single interface for the end user and developers."
"Include more instruments for LOGs analysis, interpretation, and job corrections."
"The licensing is difficult."
"If we could have the option of performance improvement within Informatica, and if it could have more features, that would be ideal."
"Integrated Reporting service should be more smoothly transitioned from view to function to be in sync with the main design."
"An issue which should be addressed is that the solution only allows us to do structured, as opposed to unstructured, data processing."
"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."
IBM App Connect is ranked 11th in Cloud Data Integration with 21 reviews while Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 3rd in Data Integration with 78 reviews. IBM App Connect is rated 8.2, while Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0. 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 Informatica PowerCenter writes "Stable, provides good support, and integrating it with other systems is very fast, but its pricing is expensive". IBM App Connect is most compared with IBM Cloud Pak for Integration, Mule Anypoint Platform, webMethods Integration Server, IBM InfoSphere DataStage and TIBCO BusinessWorks, whereas Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks and AWS Glue. See our IBM App Connect vs. Informatica PowerCenter report.
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