We performed a comparison between Ab Initio Co>Operating System and Azure Data Factory 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."Ab Initio reaches the highest performance and is very flexible in processing huge amounts of data."
"Co>Operating System's most valuable feature is its ability to process bulk data effectively."
"Microsoft supported us when we planned to provision Azure Data Factory over a private link. As a result, we received excellent support from Microsoft."
"For developers that are very accustomed to the Microsoft development studio, it's very easy for them to complete end-to-end data integration."
"From my experience so far, the best feature is the ability to copy data to any environment. We have 100 connects and we can connect them to the system and copy the data from its respective system to any environment. That is the best feature."
"Data Factory's best features are simplicity and flexibility."
"The solution is okay."
"An excellent tool for pipeline orchestration."
"The workflow automation features in GitLab, particularly its low code/no code approach, are highly beneficial for accelerating development speed. This feature allows for quick creation of pipelines and offers customization options for integration needs, making it versatile for various use cases. GitLab supports a wide range of connectors, catering to a majority of integration needs. Azure Data Factory's virtual enterprise and monitoring capabilities, the visual interface of GitLab makes it user-friendly and easy to teach, facilitating adoption within teams. While the monitoring capabilities are sufficient out of the box, they may not be as comprehensive as dedicated enterprise monitoring tools. GitLab's monitoring features are manageable for production use, with the option to integrate log analytics or create custom dashboards if needed. The data flow feature in Azure Data Factory within GitLab is valuable for data transformation tasks, especially for those who may not have expertise in writing complex code. It simplifies the process of data manipulation and is particularly useful for individuals unfamiliar with Spark coding. While there could be improvements for more flexibility, overall, the data flow feature effectively accomplishes its purpose within GitLab's ecosystem."
"The two most valuable features of Azure Data Factory are that it's very scalable and that it's also highly reliable."
"An awesome improvement would be big data solutions, for example, implementing some kind of business intelligence or neural networks for artificial intelligence."
"Co>Operating System would be improved with more integrations for less well-known technologies."
"Occasionally, there are problems within Microsoft itself that impacts the Data Factory and causes it to fail."
"Azure Data Factory's pricing in terms of utilization could be improved."
"Azure Data Factory can improve by having support in the drivers for change data capture."
"It would be better if it had machine learning capabilities."
"This solution is currently only useful for basic data movement and file extractions, which we would like to see developed to handle more complex data transformations."
"There's space for improvement in the development process of the data pipelines."
"One area for improvement is documentation. At present, there isn't enough documentation on how to use Azure Data Factory in certain conditions. It would be good to have documentation on the various use cases."
"The solution should offer better integration with Azure machine learning. We should be able to embed the cognitive services from Microsoft, for example as a web API. It should allow us to embed Azure machine learning in a more user-friendly way."
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Ab Initio Co>Operating System is ranked 28th in Data Integration with 2 reviews while Azure Data Factory is ranked 1st in Data Integration with 81 reviews. Ab Initio Co>Operating System is rated 9.6, while Azure Data Factory is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Ab Initio Co>Operating System writes "Excellent bulk data processing for large enterprises". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Azure Data Factory writes "The data factory agent is quite good but pricing needs to be more transparent". Ab Initio Co>Operating System is most compared with SSIS, Collibra Catalog, AWS Glue, Talend Data Management Platform and Informatica Cloud Data Integration, whereas Azure Data Factory is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Alteryx Designer, Snowflake and IBM InfoSphere DataStage. See our Ab Initio Co>Operating System vs. Azure Data Factory report.
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