We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere Information Server 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."IBM InfoSphere Information Server is stable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"This solution is extremely flexible and scalable."
"The integration with different technologies is the most valuable feature."
"The HANA database, which is very fast, is a valuable feature."
"You can always manipulate a lot of things as long as you have the skill level."
"The solution is easy to use since it's a graphical tool. It also requires only low-level coding."
"The solution offers very good integration capabilities."
"The reporting on the data, even from third-party software, is very good."
"I appreciate having access to the SAP data."
"The fact that it's built on SQL, it makes it easy to write code. The database and the connection are quite smooth."
"Data Services' table comparison mechanism is very powerful. It's pretty hard to find a similar feature in other solutions."
"Their technical support needs improvement."
"IBM InfoSphere Information Server should be more scalable. It should have the option to change the configuration to run on a single, non-multiple node, or multi-threading processing."
"There are certain shortcomings in the cloud side of the solution, where improvements are required."
"This solution would benefit from the engine being made more lightweight."
"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."
"In the future, Data Services should offer a cloud version."
"Integration with other products could be improved."
"It will work fine only in an SAP environment. It could be said that the integration with other vendors could be better."
"With SAP Data Services, the problem arises when I try to connect to Azure Databricks."
"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."
"The solution shows a lack of cloud support data services."
"It's an ETL that is very good with relational databases but not as good with files and semi-structured files."
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IBM InfoSphere Information Server is ranked 36th in Data Integration with 7 reviews while SAP Data Services is ranked 10th in Data Integration with 45 reviews. IBM InfoSphere Information Server is rated 8.4, while SAP Data Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere Information Server writes "Prompt support, reliable, but lacking scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Data Services writes "Responsive support, scalable, and beneficial integration". IBM InfoSphere Information Server is most compared with IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Qlik Replicate, IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog, IBM Cloud Pak for Data and Oracle GoldenGate, whereas SAP Data Services is most compared with Azure Data Factory, Syniti Data Quality, Informatica PowerCenter, SAP Process Orchestration and Palantir Foundry. See our IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. SAP Data Services report.
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