We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) 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."This solution is extremely flexible and scalable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The integration with different technologies is the most valuable feature."
"IBM InfoSphere Information Server is stable."
"The most valuable feature that we use is the Knowledge Modules."
"The most valuable feature of ODI is the to use of the whole ETL to create a data lake."
"Integration with all systems is easy with Oracle Data Integrator, and it is easy to use. I have not used any other product, but with Oracle Data Integrator, we can easily connect to an ERP system, an SAP system, or a cloud application."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward, especially compared to Mule, which our team has worked with before and found to be a bit more complex in terms of setup."
"The scalability is great. It's one of the reasons we chose the solution."
"ODI's best features are customization, integration with other versioning tools, and the ability to define new knowledge modules."
"Oracle provides great documentation."
"All our systems can be widely integrated by ODI, such as transactional systems, our data warehouses, and B2B integration."
"This solution would benefit from the engine being made more lightweight."
"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."
"Their technical support needs improvement."
"Stability could be improved because some operators have issues."
"It lacks a suite of tools suitable for fully processing data and moving it into decision support warehouses."
"ODI could improve the ease of use. There is a steep learning curve to use the solution."
"Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is already good as a solution. Still, it needs some editing of its preview package, or if the package is upgraded, that will make Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) even better."
"I would only point out some minor bugs or glitches in the development interface (ODI studio)."
"Overall the product is fine, but sometimes its reports unknown errors while we compile ETL scripts."
"The stability of the software could be improved. Sometimes, the software just crashes. "
"It has been very good. Just recently, I've faced an issue, but I solved it somehow. While integrating with a file, I faced an issue where I wanted output files, and I had used the text field limited quotations, but at the end of the file, there was a line breakage for the last column. So, we just removed the text field because it was not working correctly for us."
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IBM InfoSphere Information Server is ranked 36th in Data Integration with 7 reviews while Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is ranked 4th in Data Integration with 67 reviews. IBM InfoSphere Information Server is rated 8.4, while Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere Information Server writes "Prompt support, reliable, but lacking scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) writes "Straightforward to implement, scalable, and has good stability and documentation, but technical support could still be improved". 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 Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is most compared with Oracle Integration Cloud Service, SSIS, Informatica PowerCenter, Azure Data Factory and Oracle GoldenGate. See our IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) report.
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