We performed a comparison between AWS Database Migration Service and IBM InfoSphere DataStage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The process is now simplified because there won't be maintenance. Usually we can take a snapshot of the number I need. We can automate the backup snapshots and we can restore it very quickly. We get many benefits from the application."
"What I like about AWS Database Migration Service is that it's a good product that allows you to migrate terabytes of data. My team was able to migrate almost 16TB of data using AWS Database Migration Service. The solution works fine for my use case."
"It's scalable."
"The installation is easy."
"We particularly like that this solution has the facility to integrate with all ETL tools."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The most valuable features of the AWS Database Migration Service are the ease of migration, beneficial storage system, security, and simple instance creation. Additionally, the cloud that is provided is more complete than other solutions."
"The database migration services allow us to do real-time synchronization of on-premise and database to plan out our releases."
"When we have needed help from the IBM team, they were helpful. Our company is a premium partner so we get fast responses."
"In IBM DataStage, the Transformer is the most valuable feature for me. It enables me to apply complex transformations, generate the gateway key, and map source tables into the session table."
"It is quite useful and powerful."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the ability to incorporate very complex business rules in Data Stage."
"IBM is stable and accurate to monitor. It's easy to understand to monitor the data lineage from source to target."
"The data lineage report can be filtered for reporting. The reports are user-friendly and take less time to find what you need."
"ETL is the most valuable feature."
"As a data integration platform, it is easy to use. It is quite robust and useful for volumetric analysis when you have huge volumes of data. We have tested it for up to ten million rows, and it is robust enough to process ten million rows internally with its parallel processing. Its error logging mechanism is far simpler and easier to understand than other data integration tools. The newer version of InfoSphere has the data catalog and IDC lineage. They are helpful in the easy traceability of columns and tables."
"More endpoints need to be supported by AWS Database Migration Service. There's also a need for more control and transparency on the product, including better technical support."
"The solution’s scalability and performance could be improved."
"We would like to see some improvement in the performance of large scale procedures, such as when we migrate from Oracle to csSQL."
"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."
"AWS Database Migration Service can become complex when testing. Other solutions, such as Microsoft Azure makes it easy to do. There are more steps to complete tasks in AWS Database Migration Service than in Microsoft Azure."
"Support could be more expedient. Right now I am waiting on support for an extension."
"It would be helpful if the bandwidth could be independent of the network or if we could have a dedicated bandwidth for this product."
"There is no connectivity to the source database or the target database."
"It would be great if they can include some basic version of data quality checking features."
"I'd like to be able to do more with the data and metadata, including copy and pasting, et cetera."
"The documentation and in-application help for this solution need to be improved, especially for new features."
"The interface needs improvement."
"The template mapping could be easier."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"The error messaging needs to be improved."
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AWS Database Migration Service is ranked 2nd in Cloud Data Integration with 27 reviews while IBM InfoSphere DataStage is ranked 7th in Data Integration with 37 reviews. AWS Database Migration Service is rated 7.8, while IBM InfoSphere DataStage is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of AWS Database Migration Service writes "A cloud solution for live replication but has stability issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere DataStage writes "User-friendly with a lot of functions for transmission rules, but has slow performance and not suitable for a huge volume of data". AWS Database Migration Service is most compared with AWS Glue, Oracle GoldenGate, Qlik Replicate, Fivetran and Confluent, whereas IBM InfoSphere DataStage is most compared with IBM Cloud Pak for Data, SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Talend Open Studio and Informatica PowerCenter. See our AWS Database Migration Service vs. IBM InfoSphere DataStage report.
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