We performed a comparison between Informatica Cloud Data Integration and Informatica PowerCenter based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: These are two exceptional solutions under the Informatica Brand, which is synonymous with quality, reliability, and high price. Informatica Cloud Data is created and best suited for small to medium organizations and it remains somewhat limited in the regions it can be used. Informatica PowerCenter is best for large enterprises that can utilize all of the numerous options PowerCenter has to offer. Large enterprises can more easily absorb the high cost and make better use of their current bundle licensing tier.
"The most valuable features of Informatica Cloud Data Integration for our clients are the AI capabilities within Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services."
"The solution provides increased efficiency while still being user-friendly and easy to operate."
"The Mapping Designer allows for declarative ETL development (visual scripting) that leverages a wide array of different transformations."
"Their new licensing is very flexible. With Informatica Cloud, you have plenty of items under the same umbrella, such as services, offerings, data quality, and data masking. You have also got master data management and API management. What I really like about them is that you don't need to go to Informatica and say that you need a data integration module. You would say that you need iPaaS or Informatica Cloud. They'll then try to understand your needs and give you IPUs, which are the processing units. If I purchased a hundred IPUs from Informatica as a customer, I can use 70 IPUs for data integration. I would also need data quality, so I can use 10 IPUs for data quality. I can use the remaining 20 IPUs for API management. Down the line, if I see that my initial data integration needs for the development phase are met, then out of the 70 IPUs assigned for data integration, I can use 30 IPUs for data masking. I can shuffle these numbers in any way within the Informatica Cloud umbrella for the tenure for which I have subscribed to these IPUs. I can use all services the way I want. This flexibility is what I really love about Informatica. It also has got good connectors."
"I like the fact that you can find almost any product connection that you need and the list is always expanding."
"Informatica Cloud Data Integration is stable."
"It has become an easy way to exchange information through any cloud application."
"Replication allows us to fully replicate all objects from Shop Floor Data Collection (SFDC) to in-house/on-premises database in one job."
"Has a good visual tool for data mapping."
"It provides monitoring and we can therefore be aware of what is happening when we are handling jobs."
"The most valuable feature of Informatica PowerCenter is the flow designer functionally. It is the best out of any ETL tool. Additionally, the solution is reliable and trustable in dealing with large data sources anytime. When we're using billions of data transactions, it's smooth."
"It's a complete package, which is why we use this solution."
"The most complex task, in this case, was to read and transform BLOB data, and Java transformation in Informatica Power Center was a great solution."
"We can scale the product."
"I would recommend that others considering the solution go ahead and use it for any batch and high volume loads with complex transactions."
"The setup is very simple."
"The current features are a bit complicated, and we need to write big scripts and test."
"The cloud version of the Informatica, it's a very substandard product. They might say it's enterprise-ready but it's not at all ready. They need to add more features, such as improved data replication features. If you look at other tools, such as Matillion they are now cloud-native and flexible. Additionally, Informatica Cloud Data Integration should have a good migration strategy from Informatica PowerCenter to Informatica Cloud Data Integration."
"With the solution, we had some issues, and we have every day, and we used to open a ticket. Sometimes, there are data issues and transformation issues."
"It could be improved by including a buffer that saves data when there is a connectivity issue."
"The regions in which the data resides are still limited. This could be an issue in terms of the data residency laws of some of the countries. They should get more regions."
"The vendor should have more training resources: online classes, free tutorial videos, etc."
"I have received feedback from certain teams and there is a steep learning curve to use this solution."
"The integration process is not easy."
"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."
"The solution must improve the integration with new services."
"While on-premises is a better product, we really need to move to the cloud and need the cloud to be as robust as this product."
"Include more instruments for LOGs analysis, interpretation, and job corrections."
"Now they are migrating to a new version, and they have something that is called Informatica Developer. Previously, they just had PowerCenter. Now, when they move everything to Informatica Developer it's not as good or stable like it was when it was PowerCenter, though it has some nice features. This Developer tool could be better."
"The documentation could be improved."
"Integrated Reporting service should be more smoothly transitioned from view to function to be in sync with the main design."
"I would like to see an improvement in the digital adoption."
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Informatica Cloud Data Integration is ranked 5th in Cloud Data Integration with 40 reviews while Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 3rd in Data Integration with 78 reviews. Informatica Cloud Data Integration is rated 7.8, while Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Informatica Cloud Data Integration writes "A stable, scalable, and user-friendly solution". On the other hand, 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". Informatica Cloud Data Integration is most compared with Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, Fivetran, Mule Anypoint Platform and SAP Data Services, whereas Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks, AWS Glue and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI). See our Informatica Cloud Data Integration vs. Informatica PowerCenter report.
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