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We performed a comparison between Ab Initio Co>Operating System and Informatica PowerExchange 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Ab Initio Co>Operating System vs. Informatica PowerExchange Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"Ab Initio reaches the highest performance and is very flexible in processing huge amounts of data.""Co>Operating System's most valuable feature is its ability to process bulk data effectively."

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"It is a scalable and versatile solution.""The product's initial setup phase was not complex. The tool is easy to install onto any of the servers, and you can integrate it.""The transformation work called for Informatica PowerExchange. It was easy to work with this and very stable.""The data transformation is the solution's most valuable feature.""The scalability is excellent.""Overall, it's a good tool. It's currently number one on the market. It pretty much has all the necessary capabilities to pull the incremental data from the source system, technically speaking.""Mainstream integration and real-time integration are the best features.""From the product feature or product capability perspective, the aspects around integration, transformation, and standardization are valuable. It's fairly easy to use. It has a GUI-based interface."

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Cons
"Co>Operating System would be improved with more integrations for less well-known technologies.""An awesome improvement would be big data solutions, for example, implementing some kind of business intelligence or neural networks for artificial intelligence."

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"Informatica is very expensive in all aspects, so the pricing is something that could be improved.""V10.2 is very stable, but we are still struggling to make V10.5 stable. We found services that were down, and PowerExchange stopped working.""The one place where it could be improved is definitely pricing. That's a very big problem. It depends product to product, but pricing is an issue.""Integration with the largest number of databases and other systems would be important.""I would like to have easier integration with cloud platforms.""I would like the stability to improve.""Real-time has not been enhanced that much over the past few years. There has not been as many features added like they did before.""Should diversify more, maybe with a reporting and visualization utility,"

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Co>Operating System's pricing is on the expensive end since it tends to be used by big enterprises."
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  • "An annual package license fee is required."
  • "The cost of PowerExchange is reasonable. It does not rely on complicated formulas or unrealistic equations. The pricing model is straightforward. There is one component, and real-time integration is included. Some other solutions require purchasing additional modules or third-party plugins for this capability."
  • "It's expensive. In fact, nobody would buy any product of Informatica if the price was the only consideration. It costs money, and it doesn't come cheap, but it provides value for money in many ways."
  • "There is a need to pay towards the licensing cost of the product. It is an expensive product."
  • "Many users don't prefer to use the product, considering the high costs attached to the licensing part of the solution."
  • "The product is not very expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Co>Operating System's most valuable feature is its ability to process bulk data effectively.
    Top Answer:Co>Operating System would be improved with more integrations for less well-known technologies. In the next release, Co>Operating System should include some AI capabilities on the data governance side… more »
    Top Answer:My primary use of this solution is in the banking sector to process financial movements and generate reports. I also use it in the risk area of banking to detect thefts and risky behaviors.
    Top Answer:The product is not very expensive. However, the price can grow depending on the customer’s needs and the data feed they want. It depends on how many tables and ingestion pipelines the customers have… more »
    Top Answer:Informatica is now moving to the cloud. PowerExchange is not being promoted as it used to be. The product is not suitable for application integration. There are other tools in the market that are… more »
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    Average Words per Review
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    Rating
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    Also Known As
    Co>Operating System
    PowerExchange, Connectors
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    Overview
    The Co>Operating System is an environment for building, integrating, and running enterprise business applications. The Co>Operating System is the foundation for all of Ab Initio's technologies. These technologies provide a complete and seamless application development and execution environment.

    Informatica PowerExchange Connectors provides high performance, out-of-the-box connectivity without having to develop custom data access programs.

    Sample Customers
    A multinational transportation company
    ACH Food, BNSF Railway Company, Illinois State University
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm41%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Insurance Company6%
    Educational Organization6%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Insurance Company25%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm26%
    Insurance Company12%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business12%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise81%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business37%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise53%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business12%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise80%
    Buyer's Guide
    Ab Initio Co>Operating System vs. Informatica PowerExchange
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Ab Initio Co>Operating System vs. Informatica PowerExchange and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Ab Initio Co>Operating System is ranked 28th in Data Integration with 2 reviews while Informatica PowerExchange is ranked 21st in Data Integration with 19 reviews. Ab Initio Co>Operating System is rated 9.6, while Informatica PowerExchange is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Ab Initio Co>Operating System writes "High performance and flexible solution for companies with large amounts of data". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Informatica PowerExchange writes "Handles big data better than competitors". Ab Initio Co>Operating System is most compared with SSIS, Collibra Catalog, AWS Glue, Informatica Cloud Data Integration and Talend Data Management Platform, whereas Informatica PowerExchange is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, Oracle GoldenGate, Azure Data Factory, SSIS and Qlik Replicate. See our Ab Initio Co>Operating System vs. Informatica PowerExchange report.

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