We performed a comparison between SSIS and webMethods Integration Server 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."The setup is straightforward. It's very easy to install."
"The performance and stability are good."
"SSIS provides you with lookup and transformation functions, and you have the flexibility to write your own custom code."
"The scalability of SSIS is good."
"SSIS is an easy way to do data integration from various data sources. It doesn't matter whether it's a database, flat files, XML, or Web API. It can talk to the and join them all together."
"The interface is very user-friendly."
"It is easy to set up. The deployment is also very quick."
"You can get data from any data source with SSIS and dump it to any outside source. It is helpful. Getting, extracting, converting, and dumping data doesn't require much effort because we can do everything in the user interface. You drag and drop, then give the required input. It's intuitive."
"It’s fairly easy to view, move, and mange access across different components. Different component types are categorized and can be viewed in a web based administration console."
"The product supports various types of digital documents, including XMLs and EDI."
"When it comes to the user interface, I'm already really used to it. I cannot say anything against it. For me, it's easy to use."
"The stability is good."
"Some of the key features are the integration platform, query mechanism, message handling within the bus, and the rules engine. We've had a really good experience with webMethods Integration Server."
"The most valuable feature of the webMethods Integration Server is its reliability. It has a lot of great documentation from the service providers. Additionally, it is easy to use."
"Best feature is Insight for monitoring, and as a debugging tool. It has saved us a lot of time during crisis situations."
"It's very flexible and a good platform to use."
"We have issues with SSIS connectors while extracting data from Excel sources."
"We purchase an add on called task factory primarily to allow bulk delete, update and upsert capability. I'd like to see this be part of the standard package."
"SSIS doesn't have a very good user interface, but if you can work with it, it'll provide you with almost all of the functionality."
"It's a legacy tool, that is nearing the end of its useful life."
"Future releases should improve the data lineage, as it currently is not good."
"We've had issues in terms of the amount of data that is transferred when we are scheduling."
"This solution needs full support for real-time processing."
"There was also not enough instructions from Microsoft in regards to this application or this technology, which can easily be improved upon."
"In terms of scale, I would give it a four out of 10."
"The initial setup of the webMethods Integration Server is not easy but it gets easier once you know it. It is tiresome but not difficult."
"As webMethods Integration Server is expensive, that's its area for improvement."
"The patching of infrastructure is not very smooth and improved authentication should be added in the next feature."
"Rapid application development has to be considered, especially for UI, where user interference is crucial."
"The learning curve is a little steep at first."
"I'd like to see the admin portal for managing the integration server go up a level, to have more capabilities and to be given a more modern web interface."
"We'd like for them to open up to a more cloud-based solution that could offer more flexibility and maybe a better rules engine or more integration with rules engines."
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SSIS is ranked 2nd in Data Integration with 69 reviews while webMethods Integration Server is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 60 reviews. SSIS is rated 7.6, while webMethods Integration Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SSIS writes "Maintaining the solution and contacting its support team is easy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of webMethods Integration Server writes "Event-driven with lots of helpful formats, but minimal learning resources available". SSIS is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, Talend Open Studio, IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and AWS Glue, whereas webMethods Integration Server is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, webMethods.io Integration, Mule ESB, TIBCO BusinessWorks and Boomi AtomSphere Integration. See our SSIS vs. webMethods Integration Server report.
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