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."The features I find most valuable is that the solution is very user-friendly and the graphical design is very easy to understand."
"It is UI friendly and has all the advantages of an ETL tool."
"The number of docs has been reduced drastically, which is very good."
"What I like most about Informatica PowerCenter is that it's the best tool in the market for data integration. Currently, I work in L'Oréal, where a new system from SAP is used. Informatica PowerCenter integration with SAP is very, very fast and very, very simple, so you have the server flow from SAP, and through Informatica PowerCenter, you can ingest the data and make that data available for the business more quickly."
"We have found the PowerCenter and B2B data transformation most valuable."
"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."
"Complex transformations can be easily achieved by using PowerCenter. The processing layer does transformations and other things. About 80% of my transformations can be achieved by using the middle layer. For the remaining 15% to 20% transformations, I can go in and create stored procedures in the respective databases. Mapplets is the feature through which we can reuse transformations across pipelines. Transformations and caching are the key features that we have been using frequently. Informatica PowerCenter is one of the best solutions or products in the data integration space. We have extensively used PowerCenter for integration purposes. We usually look at the best bridge solution in our architecture so that it can sustain for maybe a couple of years. Usually, we go with the solution that fits best and has proven and time-tested technology."
"It has very good monitoring and process monitoring."
"We have scheduled reports delivered automatically to our business users using enterprise features."
"I have found the most valuable features are business intelligence and reporting."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle OBIEE is the security of the solution."
"Both the vertical and horizontal scalability of the solution is good. In terms of scalability, I would rate this solution a nine out of ten."
"There are some great new features in the latest version."
"I like the architecture of this solution. RPV is a powerful feature in Oracle OBIEE. It lets us design as per the needs of the organization. I can have multiple presentation folders and presentation layers. I can have customization in a single node in VMware, which is a very good feature of Oracle OBIEE. It helps customers in designing as per their requirements."
"The scalability of the product is good."
"Easy to create ad hoc reporting for different solutions."
"The solution could have better documentation on basic steps or blocks that specify what to do."
"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 good to recreate the entire interface to make it easier for users to build workflows."
"We need another tool for monitoring. It would be easier if all the features were consolidated into one tool."
"PowerCenter has three clients. I wish they would consolidate everything into one GUI, not three. Also, we had a persistent issue with the Informatica Developer tool but it was solved when we migrated to the newest one."
"There can be scalability issues. Huge amounts of data ingestion will impact performance."
"Unstructured data handling is an important area with a shortcoming that needs improvement in the solution."
"The real-time database connectivity when getting the real-time data using the VPN is an area that needs improvement."
"The platform's data visualization features need improvement."
"Oracle OBIEE only displays KPIs, but it does not include strategic objectives or display risk in a strategic map."
"From the point of view of strategic management, I would like to have a feature, perhaps a form after we get to the KPI dashboard, to be used to note if something unusual happens in the operations. That way we could record extreme KPI situations, and track why a number is very low or too high."
"The pricing of the solution should be bettered."
"They should make the dashboard more intuitive."
"While it is a user-friendly, data-driven tool, the data modeling should be easier to use."
"There's a lot of redundancy, especially in relation to creating the code."
"The performance and the complex setup are the main reason for switching to Qlik Sense."
Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 3rd in Data Integration with 78 reviews while Oracle OBIEE is ranked 3rd in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 154 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, IBM Cognos, Tableau and Oracle Analytics Cloud.
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