We performed a comparison between Informatica PowerCenter and Oracle OBIEE based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Informatica, Oracle and others in Data Integration."Once you have learned Informatica, it is very easy to use."
"Informatica PowerCenter is a very good ETL tool."
"It's a complete package, which is why we use this solution."
"We have found the PowerCenter and B2B data transformation most valuable."
"We can scale the product."
"Easy, scalable, robust platform to integrate heterogeneous source platform's data into the unified data warehouse."
"The partitioning and optimization to help enhance our development is a very valuable aspect of Informatica PowerCenter."
"It has good standard features for ETL development."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle OBIEE is interactive reporting because it allows better analysis versus conventional reporting, especially on the data warehouse side."
"It has a lot workaround in order to do the report. data blending, and getting information from big data sources."
"Inter Process Communication."
"The centralized metadata model component is most valuable."
"They are introducing AI. There are good forecasting features and machine learning."
"The solution is easy to use and very flexible."
"I have not personally used any such products related to this service, however based on the popular opinion, Microsoft Power BI is more popular. We have never switched from this software due to infrastructure and license related costs. However, my team acknowledges that the Power BI is much more enhanced and includes features that are easier to use, including its drag and drop features. I am not sure, if OBIEE has these features, due to lack of updated versions."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle OBIEE is the security of the solution."
"In terms of performance improvement and tuning, there should be a bit more guidance and documentation."
"We had stability issues, mostly with JVM size."
"The solution could have better documentation on basic steps or blocks that specify what to do."
"The solution can improve by providing more connectivity by having native ODBC or JDBC connections available. It will be easier and more people could start using it."
"The price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required, considering the fact that the present licensing charges of the tool are expensive."
"It would be better if I could do all the work within a single window. If I'm working on any mapping and if I have to switch to sessions, I have to open a new window altogether. If I have to get into workflows, I have to open a new window. It was also very expensive. In the next release, I would like it to be more user-friendly."
"The solution does not scale."
"I would like to see an improvement in the digital adoption."
"Oracle OBIEE could improve the visualizations, such as diagrams, charts, and graphical user interface. Other tools on the market have better graphical visualizations this Oracle OBIEE."
"Warehouse and business intelligence are two different things, but OBIEE also has some warehouse features in it. I would like to see some of those capabilities improved."
"There should be more integration in the solution. For example, there should be one solution with multiple functionalities so that other solutions are not needed. Having one solution with all the needed functionality would be helpful."
"Oracle products have a lot of complications...Oracle has a history of not really providing great support."
"Supply chain and finance."
"The platform's interface needs improvement."
"BI Server"
"From an improvement perspective, the technical team should be able to provide more accurate answers by taking into consideration the context of the issues faced by users."
Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 3rd in Data Integration with 78 reviews while Oracle OBIEE is ranked 1st in Legacy BI Tools with 153 reviews. Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0, while Oracle OBIEE is rated 7.8. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle OBIEE writes "A solution that is easily accessible, scalable and requires a straightforward initial setup process to get started". Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks and AWS Glue, whereas Oracle OBIEE is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Tableau, IBM Cognos and Oracle Analytics Cloud.
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