We performed a comparison between AWS Database Migration Service and Fivetran based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The process is now simplified because there won't be maintenance. Usually we can take a snapshot of the number I need. We can automate the backup snapshots and we can restore it very quickly. We get many benefits from the application."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"AWS Database Migration Service is good for smaller workloads and provides compatibility."
"If your infrastructure is already on Amazon, it simply makes the most sense to use a tool officially provided by them as an additional service, rather than having to rely on a third-party solution."
"It's pretty useful when we need to migrate something big from a different type of database that AWS Data Migration Services supports."
"The most valuable features of the AWS Database Migration Service are the ease of migration, beneficial storage system, security, and simple instance creation. Additionally, the cloud that is provided is more complete than other solutions."
"For our simple requirement of migration, DMS is just a typical AWS RDS with an IPSec tunnel to Oracle. The most valuable features for us are the networking capabilities like VPCs and VPNs."
"The product is cheaper than all platforms"
"The general data ingestion is valuable. It's used for a lot of data. It provides about 90% of the data we use in our data warehouse without needing data engineering."
"The product is very easy to use and very easy to configure."
"The simplicity of the solution is its valuable feature."
"For us, Fivetran has been able to scale both in terms of the data we bring into our warehouse and the amount of data that we use as well."
"The portal is very intuitive and easy to use."
"It is not like a traditional ETL, but it gives quite a lot of flexibility."
"The compare feature is the most valuable piece of it."
"Fivetran is remarkably easy to use; I haven't encountered any other data integration tool that is as user-friendly."
"If they had some sort of functionality where, at a specific point in time, if I want to start a new job, it should automatically pick up from where it has been left rather than having people worry about the exact job number and the timing."
"AWS Database Migration Service can become complex when testing. Other solutions, such as Microsoft Azure makes it easy to do. There are more steps to complete tasks in AWS Database Migration Service than in Microsoft Azure."
"More endpoints need to be supported by AWS Database Migration Service. There's also a need for more control and transparency on the product, including better technical support."
"We would like to see some improvement in the performance of large scale procedures, such as when we migrate from Oracle to csSQL."
"Database Migration Service could be more integrated. I think that it makes sense to add integration to these functions. For example, AWS Glue has a feature called Orchestrator to create data flows, and that's more straightforward."
"Migrating from here and pushing the data from on-premise to AWS cloud is a big challenge and a few more services from AWS would be helpful. For example, we are currently using ILDB internet tools which move data from on-premise to the AWS cloud. A few more services would be really helpful for me to move the master data."
"The names of the services need improvement since AWS doesn't indicate what the function of the product is presently. You need to read a lot to find the service that you want in the product."
"The product's performance could be a little bit better."
"Fivetran is very expensive for data sources with a lot of rows, such as email data. I would like to see cheaper pricing for data sources like that."
"The solution is very expensive. I would like to have a better integration of the solution with Azure."
"It should have a few more monitoring functionalities."
"The connections with SAP must be improved."
"The documentation can be laid out better to make it easier to find things, and I really wish there was built-in support for changing passwords. Some features don't work as advertised for the platform/repository database, and HVR is not always the fastest at getting results."
"More connectors are needed for exotic, popular, and rising star portals."
"There was a random change to our contract in a unilateral manner after the first year. The overall cost of using Fivetran was then unclear and this is the reason I would not recommend this solution."
"This solution needs to improve its real-time data and transformation availability."
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AWS Database Migration Service is ranked 2nd in Cloud Data Integration with 26 reviews while Fivetran is ranked 6th in Cloud Data Integration with 20 reviews. AWS Database Migration Service is rated 7.8, while Fivetran is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of AWS Database Migration Service writes "A cloud solution for live replication but has stability issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fivetran writes "Solution reduces time-to-value; high ROI". AWS Database Migration Service is most compared with AWS Glue, Oracle GoldenGate, Qlik Replicate, Confluent and Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service, whereas Fivetran is most compared with Qlik Replicate, Azure Data Factory, Oracle GoldenGate, Informatica Cloud Data Integration and StreamSets. See our AWS Database Migration Service vs. Fivetran report.
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