We performed a comparison between AWS Database Migration Service and Informatica PowerExchange 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 most valuable feature of the solution is the one I use for report generation. The security risk is very low."
"The solution is instantaneous. We can launch the service and reduce the end number of manpower."
"This solution is very good at mini-batch processing."
"The tools are very user-friendly."
"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 product is cheaper than all platforms"
"The Schema Conversion Tool helps to covert the convertible objects and define the non-convertible objects"
"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."
"The agentless RCDC enablement through PowerExchange is a great idea and has worked very well so far."
"The solution can connect to different systems i.e. mainframe, IMS or AS/400 Legacy Systems."
"The most valuable feature is connectivity to data sources."
"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."
"Mainstream integration and real-time integration are the best features."
"It is easy to integrate the solution with other tools."
"This product is easy to install and it can be done in a few hours."
"The product's initial setup phase was not complex. The tool is easy to install onto any of the servers, and you can integrate it."
"Whatever solution worked today can not be reused in the next migration."
"The solution’s scalability and performance could be improved."
"The server has limits on how many can connect to the database."
"I think that Amazon needs to improve the migration scenarios after analytics"
"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."
"As a solution, the better thing is if more platforms come with direct compatibility, like connecting to different data sources. The basic problem I faced the most was while transferring and reading data from Excel. So, one time, I found that all the components I had declared in my scripts were able to take it. And after some patching happens, it is not able to support that. Again, we need to update the version of Excel. So, it's not like a plug-in type place where you have done the solution and are confident that it will work. So, this is an area of improvement."
"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."
"We would like to see some improvement in the performance of large scale procedures, such as when we migrate from Oracle to csSQL."
"The one place where it could be improved is definitely pricing. That's a very big problem. It depends product to product, but pricing is an issue."
"The major shortcoming of PowerExchange is high availability and failover. None of the versions we've used to date have had the out-of-the-box ability to enable failover and high-availability requirements. This is a significant challenge and risk."
"The solution needs better integration with other tools."
"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."
"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."
"Informatica is very expensive in all aspects, so the pricing is something that could be improved."
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AWS Database Migration Service is ranked 2nd in Cloud Data Integration with 27 reviews while Informatica PowerExchange is ranked 20th in Data Integration with 19 reviews. AWS Database Migration Service is rated 7.8, while Informatica PowerExchange 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 Informatica PowerExchange writes "Handles big data better than competitors". AWS Database Migration Service is most compared with AWS Glue, Oracle GoldenGate, Qlik Replicate, Fivetran and Confluent, whereas Informatica PowerExchange is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, Oracle GoldenGate, Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Qlik Replicate and Azure Data Factory. See our AWS Database Migration Service vs. Informatica PowerExchange report.
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