We performed a comparison between Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), SAS Access, and webMethods Integration Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The most valuable feature is Data movement."
"The most valuable features of ODI are the ease of development, you can have a template, and you can onboard transfer very quickly. There's a lot of knowledge modules available that we can use. If you want to connect, for example, a Sibyl, SQL, Oracle, or different products, we don't have to develop them from scratch. They are available, but if it's not, we can go into the marketplace and see if there's a connector there. Having the connector available reduces the amount of hard work needed. We only have to put the inputs and outputs. In some of the products, we use there is already integration available for ODI, which is helpful."
"I like that Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) has a straightforward setup and offers good technical support."
"ODI's most valuable features are it utilizes the database engine and is very lightweight."
"ODI's best features are customization, integration with other versioning tools, and the ability to define new knowledge modules."
"Integration with all systems is easy with Oracle Data Integrator, and it is easy to use. I have not used any other product, but with Oracle Data Integrator, we can easily connect to an ERP system, an SAP system, or a cloud application."
"It's completely user-friendly."
"The most valuable part of SAS/ACCESS is what it is made for: connecting to remote systems that are not part of your physical SAS environment."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the ease of access to the data in those databases."
"The most valuable feature is you have native access to the external databases."
"High throughput and excellent scalability."
"It's very flexible and a good platform to use."
"One [of the most valuable features] is the webMethods Designer. That helps our developers develop on their own. It's very intuitive for design. It helps our developers to speed the development of services for the integrations."
"Ease of implementation and flexibility to hold the business logic are the most valuable features."
"How simple it is to create new solutions."
"It’s fairly easy to view, move, and mange access across different components. Different component types are categorized and can be viewed in a web based administration console."
"The tool is very powerful and user-friendly."
"The ease of mapping... is the single largest feature. It gives us the ability to craft anything. A lot of single-purpose technologies, like Mirth, are good for healthcare messages, but we use webMethods not only for healthcare messages but for other business-related purposes, like integrations to Salesforce or integrations to Office 365. It's multi-purpose nature is very strong."
"It needs easier security."
"Reverse engineering is complicated and challenging to manage."
"The solution lacks some functions and features."
"The interface of ODI could be improved. For example, navigating and finding functions can be difficult. For example, you have to know which step you need to go to look at where your job status is. The logical step is a bit complex compared to other tools. It's much easier to get a graphical view, but with ODI, it's graphical, plus you have to know all the other pieces that fit around it. You have to think about the logical and physical aspects."
"Stability could be improved because some operators have issues."
"It would be really good if Oracle considered enabling the tool to integrate with some other platforms that are deprecated simply for commercial reasons"
"I rate it a seven out of 10 because there is room for growth because ODI is still new, in comparison to Informatica, which is a mature product."
"Overall the product is fine, but sometimes its reports unknown errors while we compile ETL scripts."
"The pricing model needs to be reconsidered and adjusted."
"I can't really recall any missing feature or general improvement that is needed. We don't really add too many new kinds of databases and therefore our needs are already met."
"The solution can provide access to the newer databases that come out sooner."
"In terms of scale, I would give it a four out of 10."
"Rapid application development has to be considered, especially for UI, where user interference is crucial."
"Large file handling is pretty hard comparatively to other middleware tools."
"We got the product via a reseller, and the support from the reseller has been less than desirable."
"Technical support is an area where they can improve."
"The market webMethods Integration Server falls under is a very crowded market, so for the product to stand out, Software AG would need to get traction in the open source community by releasing a new version or a base version and open source it, so people can create new custom components and add it to the portfolio."
"wM SAP Adapter User Guide - Example, like Message Broker setup was unclear, leading to issues during Testing and we had refer the internet forums to understand that there is a Message Broker Cleanup utility and that needs to be setup as well."
"Forced migration from MessageBroker to Universal Messaging requires large scale reimplementation for JMS."
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