We performed a comparison between AWS Database Migration Service, Boomi AtomSphere Integration, and Quest SharePlex 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."I like that I can focus on the logic and I don't have to worry about the administration stuff. AWS handles that for me."
"Even if it does break down, it will automatically recover itself and resumes from where it stopped."
"It's pretty useful when we need to migrate something big from a different type of database that AWS Data Migration Services supports."
"Scalable and stable solution for migrating databases to AWS, with valuable features such as parallel full load and continuous data replication."
"As the solution is on the cloud, we don't have to worry about the maintenance of software."
"The tools are very user-friendly."
"This solution is very good at mini-batch processing."
"The database migration services allow us to do real-time synchronization of on-premise and database to plan out our releases."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"This is a fairly easy-to-use tool for integration which can be self-taught for those with a bit of a technical background."
"It is a low-code and high-configuration platform, which is very valuable. Develop once and run anywhere is another useful feature. It also has connectors for more than 200 applications. It provides value for money. Our customers who have implemented this solution have a very high ROI."
"The iPaaS functionality is very mature. The browser based IDE is also very mature and stable."
"It is easy to learn and implement."
"I really appreciate the on-the-go access through the browser and the B2B integration."
"Very effective with its drag-and-drop feature."
"I have found the solution to be scalable."
"The core replication and its performance. Performance is crucial, and SharePlex is by far the fastest. The way it handles replication to multiple targets along with basic filtering, as well as from multiple sources to a single target, is very efficient."
"The core features of the solution we like are the reliability of the data transfer and the accuracy of data read and write. The stability of the solution is also excellent."
"I like SharePlex's Compare and Repair tool."
"Because of the volume of the transactions, we heavily use a feature that allows SharePlex to replicate thousands of transactions. It's called PEP, Post Enhancement Performance, and that has helped us scale tremendously."
"There are some capabilities within SharePlex where you can see how the data is migrating and if it still maintains good data integrity. For example, if there are some tables that get out of sync, there are ways to find them and fix the problem on the spot. Since these are very common issues, we can easily fix these types of problems using utilities, like compare and repair. So, if you find something is out of sync, then you can just repair that table. It basically syncs that table from source to target to see if there are any differences. It will then replicate those differences to the target."
"This solution can offer more tweaks where the latency can be brought down to fifteen seconds."
"There is no connectivity to the source database or the target database."
"It would be helpful if the bandwidth could be independent of the network or if we could have a dedicated bandwidth for this product."
"The initial setup can be difficult for beginners in AWS Database Migration Service. You will need the training to complete it."
"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."
"The cost is a concern. We use DMS because of its simplicity, but the price could definitely be more competitive."
"I think that Amazon needs to improve the migration scenarios after analytics"
"Boomi AtomSphere Integration is not yet exposed to the world as a good product owing to certain shortcomings in the area of marketing where improvements are required."
"There are very few string handling functions and few mathematical functions are available."
"It is a costly platform. Its pricing could be better."
"It crashes if we run high-volume integration."
"The API can use some work to come up to speed with the competition but Dell has plans and is working on resolving that."
"There are still some areas that need improvement. For example, when updates are going on, the product becomes very slow."
"There is no validation in the mapping profile custom scripting, such as IntelliSense or advanced error checking."
"Boomi AtomSphere Integration should scale up on the migration area."
"The reporting features need improvement. It would be very good for users to have a clear understanding of the status of replication."
"I don't know how easy it would be to change the architecture in an already implemented replication. For example, if we have a certain way of architecting for a particular database migration and want to change that during a period of time, is that an easy or difficult change? There was a need for us to change the architecture in-between the migration, but we didn't do it. We thought, "This is possibly complicated. Let's not change it in the middle because we were approaching our cutover date." That was one thing that we should have checked with support about for training."
"For its function in relation to replication (i.e. filtering), I'd give it a six or seven out of 10. GoldenGate has much more functionality by comparison."
"I would like the solution to have some kind of machine learning and AI capabilities. Often, if we want to improve the performance of posting, we have to bump up a parameter. That means we need to stop the process, come up with a figure that we want to bump the parameter up to, and then start SharePlex. Machine learning and AI capabilities for these kinds of improvement would tremendously help boost productivity for us."
"I would like more ability to automate installation and configuration in line with some of the DevOps processes that are more mature in the market. That would be a considerable improvement."
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