We performed a comparison between Informatica PowerCenter, TIBCO BusinessWorks, and Unifi based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"Informatica PowerCenter has good user feedback. The developers can easily make mappings in the solution."
"I found the map links, work links, and workflows valuable. They are important features."
"Complex transformations can be easily achieved by using PowerCenter. The processing layer does transformations and other things. About 80% of my transformations can be achieved by using the middle layer. For the remaining 15% to 20% transformations, I can go in and create stored procedures in the respective databases. Mapplets is the feature through which we can reuse transformations across pipelines. Transformations and caching are the key features that we have been using frequently. Informatica PowerCenter is one of the best solutions or products in the data integration space. We have extensively used PowerCenter for integration purposes. We usually look at the best bridge solution in our architecture so that it can sustain for maybe a couple of years. Usually, we go with the solution that fits best and has proven and time-tested technology."
"UI-based ability to create data mapping."
"The solution is stable."
"The technical support is excellent."
"Can manage a huge quantity of data and provide reliability."
"The OSGI console is available to debug different issues and get low level informations on the applications development, like bundle, dependencies, etc."
"The ability to link to different technologies is valuable to us."
"Customer support is very efficient."
"The most valuable feature is the low-code platform."
"Good performance and reliability."
"I work in operations, so I value BusinessWorks' performance the most."
"One of the most valuable features is that it's a simple development. It takes a short time to get services to work."
"The solution is very scalable. It can handle a lot. We have encryption plus integration servers running on that platform currently."
"It's easy to manage and support the user, our guests, and our customers if they have a problem."
"The controller makes it easy to control everything from one platform. The management is easy."
"Informatica PowerCenter could improve the data threshold for large sets of data. Additionally, they should add real-time integration."
"The UI is a little outdated."
"If you want to transfer a ZIP file, it is a pain. You need to use Command-Line. Sometimes we just want to transfer a file. It should be easy to move them from A to B."
"Requires an established data center because there is no option for software as a service."
"As a connector to big data, it is not well developed. We've had problems connecting Informatica with Hadoop. The functionality to connect Informatica with Hadoop, for me it's not good."
"Unstructured data handling is an important area with a shortcoming that needs improvement in the solution."
"They should release new versions for the solution's on-premises setup."
"The only problem with this product is the level of complexity with the number of levels of transformation that you have to go through."
"Though it is a stable product, if we have an issue with the product, it gets difficult, and it gets really difficult to explain the issue to the support team. Also, it takes a long time to get resolved."
"I'd like to see a new cloud approach in the next release. They need to work on integrations, stability and management issues on their cloud platform."
"Cloud fitness is lacking"
"Scaling with the solution is costly because if we need to scale up, we have to buy more memory. That means more money. Solutions like Camel or Pulsar come with built-in options to scale horizontally, vertically, region-wide or country-wide."
"The Business Studio tool can be improved, which is the tool for designing the processes. Improving the Business Studio tool will make this solution more stable. It has a steep learning curve, and it is pretty tough to learn."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"They don't support out of the box - you have to buy adapters or you have to have the technology."
"The technical support's turnaround time is an area where TIBCO needs to consider improvements...Getting support from TIBCO on a particular issue takes a lot of turnaround time."
"It's stable, but it depends on the office and location."
"There are issues with certain Apple devices."
