We compared Informatica PowerCenter and Informatica PowerExchange based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Informatica PowerCenter is praised for its excellent data integration capabilities, strong metadata management, and user-friendly interface, while the pricing and ROI are highlighted positively. In contrast, Informatica PowerExchange stands out for its seamless connectivity, robust performance, and flexibility, but users mention the need for improvements in UI, documentation, and error handling.
Features: Informatica PowerCenter stands out for its excellent data integration capabilities, efficient workflow design and strong metadata management. PowerExchange is highly valued for its seamless integration and connection of data sources, robust data transformation capabilities, and user-friendly interface.
Pricing and ROI: Informatica PowerCenter has a manageable setup cost and a straightforward licensing process, according to user feedback. On the other hand, Informatica PowerExchange offers reasonable pricing compared to other similar products. Its setup cost is straightforward and does not require extensive time or resources. In terms of licensing, it is customizable and adaptable to specific needs, allowing for flexible usage and scalability., Informatica PowerCenter has a highly positive ROI, resulting in improved data integration and management processes and increased efficiency. It offers comprehensive reporting capabilities for better decision-making. On the other hand, Informatica PowerExchange also provides a positive ROI by integrating with various systems and enhancing productivity. It ensures reliability and scalability for handling large data volumes. Both products optimize business processes and deliver value to users.
Room for Improvement: Informatica PowerCenter has room for improvement in its user interface, documentation, training resources, performance, and stability. On the other hand, Informatica PowerExchange needs enhancements in its user interface usability, reliability, documentation, error handling capabilities, and simplified functionality. Both products aim to improve user experience and streamline processes.
Deployment and customer support: Based on user feedback, the duration required to establish a new tech solution like Informatica PowerCenter can vary, with some users spending three months on deployment and others spending an extra week on setup. However, there are users who report a week for both deployment and setup, indicating these terms may refer to the same period. On the other hand, the user feedback for Informatica PowerExchange suggests that the implementation duration varies, with some users spending three months on deployment and others spending only a week on setup. There are also users who mention a week for both deployment and setup, suggesting these terms may refer to the same period and should not be assessed separately., Informatica PowerCenter and PowerExchange both excel in customer service. PowerCenter prioritizes users' needs, with prompt and efficient assistance. PowerExchange receives high praise for its excellent support team, reliable assistance, and valuable solutions to address issues.
The summary above is based on 36 interviews we conducted recently with Informatica PowerCenter and Informatica PowerExchange users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"We have found the PowerCenter and B2B data transformation most valuable."
"Informatica PowerCenter has been implementing mapping design, data flow, and workflow execution for years."
"Easy, scalable, robust platform to integrate heterogeneous source platform's data into the unified data warehouse."
"I found the map links, work links, and workflows valuable. They are important features."
"The ability to scale through partitions helped us to improve the performance."
"Among all the solutions I have used, I found Informatica PowerCenter to be much more stable in terms of application."
"The setup is very simple."
"It's very easy to use it to develop mappings and workflows."
"Mainstream integration and real-time integration are the best features."
"This product is easy to install and it can be done in a few hours."
"The most valuable feature is connectivity to data sources."
"Provides a significant amount of control over the landscape and overall implementation."
"The transformation work called for Informatica PowerExchange. It was easy to work with this and very stable."
"Overall, it's a good tool. It's currently number one on the market. It pretty much has all the necessary capabilities to pull the incremental data from the source system, technically speaking."
"The scalability is excellent."
"It is a scalable and versatile solution."
"There can be scalability issues. Huge amounts of data ingestion will impact performance."
"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."
"PowerCenter could integrate better with cloud applications. We had to do a lot of configuration work using API integrations to connect with cloud applications. Informatica Cloud Data Integration has a generic connector that you can use directly, so it's much easier."
"If you want to transfer a ZIP file, it is a pain. You need to use Command-Line. Sometimes we just want to transfer a file. It should be easy to move them from A to B."
"I would like to see it be able to import data from NoSQL."
"The initial setup is not straightforward. You need expertise to do it."
"Some of the conversions are done inside the product. We use work tables that are created by the engine itself, but the names of the work tables are very long, and they don't have any meaning, which makes it a bit difficult to understand and follow exactly what is happening inside."
"We had to take on a large volume of data from the legacy Sybase system. This was taking a very long time, i.e., more than a day. We were trying to improve it with partitions to gpload, but we were told that we can't go more than four partitions."
"I would like to have easier integration with cloud platforms."
"V10.2 is very stable, but we are still struggling to make V10.5 stable. We found services that were down, and PowerExchange stopped working."
"Pushdown optimization could be improved."
"The product is not suitable for application integration."
"The solution could be made more user-friendly. The configurations are also quite difficult."
"Technical support can be improved with respect to delays in ticket response time."
"Real-time has not been enhanced that much over the past few years. There has not been as many features added like they did before."
"Should diversify more, maybe with a reporting and visualization utility,"
Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 3rd in Data Integration with 78 reviews while Informatica PowerExchange is ranked 21st in Data Integration with 19 reviews. Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0, while Informatica PowerExchange 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 Informatica PowerExchange writes "Handles big data better than competitors". Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks and IBM InfoSphere DataStage, whereas Informatica PowerExchange is most compared with Oracle GoldenGate, Azure Data Factory, Qlik Replicate, Informatica Cloud Data Integration and SSIS. See our Informatica PowerCenter vs. Informatica PowerExchange report.
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