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."Reusable definition of data sources and the out-of-the-box availability of a large number maplets for common transformation functions."
"One of the most valuable features for us is the metadata repository because it can easily understand the lineage of first target mapping. My company and I also find Informatica really easy to use—when a consultant joins our company, in just a few days to a few weeks, they can understand how to use it—so we prefer to use this ETL tool."
"The performance and design of Informatica have been very valuable. I find the performance faster than, say, Oracle Data Integrator or DataStage."
"What I like the most is that we have to deal with less while writing the queries."
"The ability to scale through partitions helped us to improve the performance."
"UI-based ability to create data mapping."
"Once you have learned Informatica, it is very easy to use."
"We have found the PowerCenter and B2B data transformation most valuable."
"It's easy to create fully-functional Dashboards."
"We do you use Oracle support. We've been paying for an Oracle support subscription for four or five years, and not one ticket has ever been logged. When I came in, I've encouraged the team to ask Oracle questions. They do get back quite quickly. Their support is good. Working with our account managers, if I need to escalate anything, I can speak to them and they escalate the call. I've got that ecosystem working quite well. That does work for us."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle OBIEE, for me, would be the Web Catalog. From a development perspective, I do not need any client or any software to be installed on my laptop or desktop. Everything is browser-based, so I just open the browser and start development."
"The most valuable feature is the reporting."
"It is easy to use...I rate the scalability of the solution a nine out of ten."
"The technical support services are good."
"I have found the most valuable features are business intelligence and reporting."
"The most valuable features are the lexical parameters and distribution."
"Informatica PowerCenter is outdated and would benefit from modernization. They should have a very good migration strategy from Informatica PowerCenter to AACF. Informatica PowerCenter there is no point in using it, you have to use a cloud version."
"Its interface can be modernized. It is an old product. I have been working with it for 14 years, and it still looks the same. It hasn't been modernized much. It also needs to handle more modern formats, such as JSON files. It works with the old text files and databases, but it does not always work with the newer, modern stuff. You need to make your own programs to support that kind of stuff. Support is also a kind of difficult with Informatica. They don't do direct support and rely on using their distributors around the globe for support, which means that you kind of have to go through this layer of different companies before you get help."
"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."
"It would be good to recreate the entire interface to make it easier for users to build workflows."
"If we could have the option of performance improvement within Informatica, and if it could have more features, that would be ideal."
"It should be more cloud-centric than on-prem-centric."
"Informatica PowerCenter could improve the data threshold for large sets of data. Additionally, they should add real-time integration."
"There is some room for improvement in terms of pricing."
"It is complex for designing RPD, and it can be simpler. Their support can also be improved in terms of response time."
"The performance and the complex setup are the main reason for switching to Qlik Sense."
"Expanding beyond pure data reporting and into analytics, or expanding data science, would be areas for improvement."
"It was a little bit tedious to install a new release."
"For a beginner, this is a product that is difficult to learn. You cannot learn it quickly."
"It could be more user-friendly. For example, the RPD layer could be more straightforward. From a user's point of view, the visualization, especially the graphs, are not as attractive when compared to other tools like QlikView and Qlik Sense."
"BI Server"
"The ability to migrate from one version to another, such as doing so from version 11 to an upgraded 12 of Oracle business environment, can be difficult."
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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