We performed a comparison between AWS Database Migration Service and IBM InfoSphere DataStage 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 solution is stable and reliable."
"I am very impressed by the scalability of AWS Database Migration Service."
"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."
"The initial setup is simple. Not that much complex."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"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."
"Scalable and stable solution for migrating databases to AWS, with valuable features such as parallel full load and continuous data replication."
"What I like about AWS Database Migration Service is that it's a good product that allows you to migrate terabytes of data. My team was able to migrate almost 16TB of data using AWS Database Migration Service. The solution works fine for my use case."
"Highly customizable: Allowing you to handle multiple data latencies (scheduled batch, on-demand, and real-time) in the same job."
"The data lineage report can be filtered for reporting. The reports are user-friendly and take less time to find what you need."
"Finding logs is very easy on the solution."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"When we have needed help from the IBM team, they were helpful. Our company is a premium partner so we get fast responses."
"The solution's scalability is really good...we are using multi-instance jobs where you can scale them easily."
"DataStage works better with Linux operating systems when the application services are hosted on Linux system equipment, but it's powerful on Windows too."
"It is quite useful and powerful."
"This solution can offer more tweaks where the latency can be brought down to fifteen seconds."
"There are a set of complexities and challenges when a user wants to integrate AWS products with Microsoft products."
"The cost is a concern. We use DMS because of its simplicity, but the price could definitely be more competitive."
"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."
"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."
"The performance of data migration could be smoother."
"We would like to see some improvement in the performance of large scale procedures, such as when we migrate from Oracle to csSQL."
"One area that AWS DMS can improve on is its conversion of data types. For example, in Oracle, you have a data type called RAW, but in PostgreSQL there is no such thing. Thus, AWS DMS doesn't know what type I want to use when migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL, and when performing the migration, AWS DMS changed the RAW data type to the byte data type, which isn't what I wanted."
"It would be useful to provide support for Python, AR, and Java."
"Their web interface is good but the on-prem sites are outdated. The solution could also be improved if they could integrate the data pipeline scheduling part of their interface."
"The graphical user interface (GUI) feels a lot like the interfaces from the 1980s."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"DataStage is quite expensive. It is too hard to find a consultant using DataStage in Turkey."
"The interface needs improvement."
"The template mapping could be easier."
"The documentation and in-application help for this solution need to be improved, especially for new features."
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AWS Database Migration Service is ranked 2nd in Cloud Data Integration with 27 reviews while IBM InfoSphere DataStage is ranked 7th in Data Integration with 37 reviews. AWS Database Migration Service is rated 7.8, while IBM InfoSphere DataStage is rated 7.8. 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 IBM InfoSphere DataStage writes "User-friendly with a lot of functions for transmission rules, but has slow performance and not suitable for a huge volume of data". AWS Database Migration Service is most compared with AWS Glue, Oracle GoldenGate, Qlik Replicate, Fivetran and Confluent, whereas IBM InfoSphere DataStage is most compared with SSIS, IBM Cloud Pak for Data, Azure Data Factory, Talend Open Studio and Informatica PowerCenter. See our AWS Database Migration Service vs. IBM InfoSphere DataStage report.
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