We performed a comparison between Informatica PowerCenter and Toad Data Point based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The features I find most valuable is that the solution is very user-friendly and the graphical design is very easy to understand."
"Once you have learned Informatica, it is very easy to use."
"Informatica PowerCenter has been implementing mapping design, data flow, and workflow execution for years."
"We use Informatica PowerCenter to transfer the transitional database to and from the data warehouse. This is very efficient as it enables us to quickly find our data reports and the data, so we can build AI models."
"The most valuable feature is the new Data Lake feature, which provides the basic capabilities needed."
"It provides everything I need. Nothing is missing. PowerCenter is a good tool for on-premise databases."
"Easy, scalable, robust platform to integrate heterogeneous source platform's data into the unified data warehouse."
"It is an excellent ETL tool."
"The most valuable features of Toad Data are you could write a parameterized query and it wouldn't error out, it would give you the parameters that you could input. The auto-formatting feature is useful because it was great for keeping your queries neat and understandable. The auto comment, and uncomment toggles that you could do were convenient."
"The Connectivity and Connection Manager supports a broad number of connection types, and it is trivial for end-users to set up their own connections to sources."
"The price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required, considering the fact that the present licensing charges of the tool are expensive."
"Requires an established data center because there is no option for software as a service."
"The licensing cost for Informatica is very high. Other all-in-one solutions have much lower prices than Informatica."
"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."
"Its licensing can be improved. It should be features-wise and not bundle-wise. A bundle will definitely be costly. In addition, we might use one or two features. That's why the pricing model should be based on the features. The model should be flexible enough based on the features. Their support should also be more responsive to premium customers."
"We need another tool for monitoring. It would be easier if all the features were consolidated into one tool."
"It would be good to recreate the entire interface to make it easier for users to build workflows."
"The solution can improve by providing more connectivity by having native ODBC or JDBC connections available. It will be easier and more people could start using it."
"On the scheduling server, some scheduled reports just sit there and never execute for the first time. After manually executing the first time, they run with no issues."
"Toad Data could improve by having additional features, such as query prediction. This could help someone who's not the strongest programmer. If the software could help them write queries correctly it would be very helpful, especially for small development teams or teams that lack the input skills necessary to write and program efficiently."
Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 3rd in Data Integration with 78 reviews while Toad Data Point is ranked 39th in Data Integration with 2 reviews. Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0, while Toad Data Point is rated 9.0. 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 Toad Data Point writes "Easy to learn, good connectivity to multiple data sources, and helpful supprt". Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks and AWS Glue, whereas Toad Data Point is most compared with SSIS, SAS Enterprise Guide, Alteryx, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and Azure Data Factory. See our Informatica PowerCenter vs. Toad Data Point report.
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