We performed a comparison between Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Informatica PowerCenter, and Zapier based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), MuleSoft, Matillion and others in Cloud Data Integration."Data integration is the most valuable feature. The ability to connect to any of the sources and enterprise applications makes our lives easier."
"The solution's initial setup is quite straightforward."
"We have a lot of integrations, and it's very easy to create integrations. They have a lot of connectors."
"It has become an easy way to exchange information through any cloud application."
"I like the fact that you can find almost any product connection that you need and the list is always expanding."
"I do a quite a lot of data transformations, and the fact that I can do them without changing any of my SQL queries from the code, using the inbuilt tools, is very helpful."
"The most valuable features of Informatica Cloud Data Integration for our clients are the AI capabilities within Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services."
"The Mapping Designer allows for declarative ETL development (visual scripting) that leverages a wide array of different transformations."
"Good product if you are trying implement data quality, data integration, and data management projects."
"It provides monitoring and we can therefore be aware of what is happening when we are handling jobs."
"It has a Data Catalog that uses the Model repository."
"Once you have learned Informatica, it is very easy to use."
"It is very comprehensive in terms of connector and transformation capabilities from both a source and target perspective."
"It has good standard features for ETL development."
"The solution is stable."
"It has helped us monetize."
"Zapier's interface, for me, is the solution's greatest value proposition. It is designed and developed for people who don't have a clue about what they're trying to do. It has a very user-friendly interface."
"There are a few valuable features, like the stability that it comes with and also the number of features that it offers. I've used other services like Pabbly, but they don't offer similar numbers of applications that Zapier has or allows to integrate with – it's maximum."
"The product's initial setup phase was very easy."
"The product's most valuable feature is automation."
"Zapier handles everything under the sun that you would think you need in automation. It is the most mature integration platform and service on the market."
"With the previous CRM we were using – the Google Ads landing pages we had – we were collecting leads manually. That process was not efficient and took a sales team a lot of time to insert these leads manually. Currently, the process is smooth and we use Zapier to collect the leads for us."
"Zapier’s most valuable feature is its ability to interconnect applications or devices."
"Zapier luckily has a wide range of integrations, I would say."
"I have received feedback from certain teams and there is a steep learning curve to use this solution."
"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."
"While my company operates on the cloud, we have seen that Informatica Cloud Data Integration has some performance issues causing it to lag."
"Performance also needs to be significantly improved, especially when connecting to SFDC for read and write operations."
"The vendor should have more training resources: online classes, free tutorial videos, etc."
"Cost-wise, it could be better."
"The current features are a bit complicated, and we need to write big scripts and test."
"User/group administration could use improvement."
"There is a need to buy a separate license if one wishes to connect with some kind of SAP system, such as SalesForce."
"I would like to see improvements made to the custom transformations. It should be more open for users that want to write their own code and use cases."
"Integration with Artificial Intelligence would benefit this solution."
"Integrating new tools can be tricky and challenging."
"We had stability issues, mostly with JVM size."
"Informatica are very rigid when it comes to cloud migrations which discourages customers in moving their solution to the cloud."
"The UI is a little outdated."
"The reputation of Informatica is that it is expensive."
"With Zapier, improvements are required in the areas of concerns like bugs, ease of use, and documentation."
"It is not worth the money if you have a little bit of a technical mind...Zapier is not able to set up different modules. When automation doesn't work, it's not that easy to find why it didn't work."
"The solution does not work properly when we apply filters and we get errors."
"I think that this solution should have more apps connected to it."
"At the moment, they allow a limited number of apps. I look forward to getting more apps for each package."
"Some apps are not available yet. For instance, a connection with Joomla! would be great. In general, all the most-used apps are available, but I bumped into Joomla! with a client."
"There is room for improvement in the support. They are not responsive, and they don't take much time to get resolved."
"Zapier needs more YouTube or video tutorials or more training for people. That would help a lot. In particular, Zapier should have documentation for every connector. Its documentation needs to be more detailed and visual."
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