We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere DataStage and TIBCO Spotfire 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 the solution is the ability to incorporate very complex business rules in Data Stage."
"Highly customizable: Allowing you to handle multiple data latencies (scheduled batch, on-demand, and real-time) in the same job."
"It's a robust solution."
"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 concept of integration is a valuable feature of the product."
"I am impressed with the tool's ETL tracing."
"In IBM DataStage, the Transformer is the most valuable feature for me. It enables me to apply complex transformations, generate the gateway key, and map source tables into the session table."
"The solution is an affordable one."
"The ability to create a real-time data mark, using just one piece of software, is the best feature of this product."
"It allows users to quickly analyze data from a variety of sources and visualize it with powerful, interactive graphs, and charts."
"I appreciate Spotfire's range of visualization options, advanced analytics features, and seamless integration with other TIBCO products."
"Spotfire is excellent for scientific applications, especially because of its integration with RNG."
"The most valuable features of TIBCO Spotfire are visualization. It's very nice, clear, and, flexible. You can analyze many data types and the user interface is very good."
"We used it pretty heavily in gathering data, which goes to our VPs. They are able to base their next revenue planning based on this metric. So, it has been invaluable."
"R and automation services."
"It would be great if they can include some basic version of data quality checking features."
"I really like this tool, but the administration should be on the same client application because a lot of administration features are not on the client-side, and they usually need to have administrative access. It's quite complicated to force IT teams to have separate administrative access from the developers."
"Currently lacking virtualization ability."
"The interface needs improvement."
"The pricing should be lower."
"The template mapping could be easier."
"I'd like to be able to do more with the data and metadata, including copy and pasting, et cetera."
"Reduced cost would allow more customers to choose the product. It's quite expensive in relation to the cost of other similar solutions."
"Print capability and trigger-based events."
"One aspect where Spotfire could improve is its global recognition, especially in terms of support."
"The initial setup can be difficult."
"The Text Area feature needs to be more user-friendly. It is a little clunky to use, and it is difficult to consistently format text."
"The number of charts available out of the box in Spotfire can be enhanced."
"The initial setup is complicated and needs experience and knowledge."
"We would like to see some improvement in the default properties of the solution, so that there is less need for us to spend our time coding."
"When you do the data loading, it is slow."
IBM InfoSphere DataStage is ranked 7th in Data Integration with 37 reviews while TIBCO Spotfire is ranked 10th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 66 reviews. IBM InfoSphere DataStage is rated 7.8, while TIBCO Spotfire is rated 8.2. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TIBCO Spotfire writes "A robust BI tool, with good dashboard features and adverse event tracking". IBM InfoSphere DataStage is most compared with IBM Cloud Pak for Data, SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Talend Open Studio and Informatica PowerCenter, whereas TIBCO Spotfire is most compared with Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, QlikView, Qlik Sense and Amazon QuickSight. See our IBM InfoSphere DataStage vs. TIBCO Spotfire report.
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