We performed a comparison between AWS Database Migration Service and Informatica PowerExchange 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 fact that it's well-integrated into multiple targets that are good for different use cases is pretty good."
"The database migration services allow us to do real-time synchronization of on-premise and database to plan out our releases."
"The installation is easy."
"It's pretty useful when we need to migrate something big from a different type of database that AWS Data Migration Services supports."
"I am very impressed by the scalability of AWS Database Migration Service."
"The initial setup is simple. Not that much complex."
"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."
"For our simple requirement of migration, DMS is just a typical AWS RDS with an IPSec tunnel to Oracle. The most valuable features for us are the networking capabilities like VPCs and VPNs."
"Provides a significant amount of control over the landscape and overall implementation."
"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."
"The solution can connect to different systems i.e. mainframe, IMS or AS/400 Legacy Systems."
"The product’s flexibility is valuable."
"The most valuable feature is connectivity to data sources."
"The user interface and user experience are perfectly all right."
"It is a scalable and versatile solution."
"The transformation work called for Informatica PowerExchange. It was easy to work with this and very stable."
"Whatever solution worked today can not be reused in the next migration."
"The server has limits on how many can connect to the database."
"What needs improvement in AWS Database Migration Service is that it lacks a log file validation feature. If the solution could provide more details about a particular transaction, that would be helpful. The stability of AWS Database Migration Service for online CDC records also needs to be improved."
"The cost is a concern. We use DMS because of its simplicity, but the price could definitely be more competitive."
"The product's performance could be a little bit better."
"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."
"There are a set of complexities and challenges when a user wants to integrate AWS products with Microsoft products."
"There is no connectivity to the source database or the target database."
"The solution could be made more user-friendly. The configurations are also quite difficult."
"Should diversify more, maybe with a reporting and visualization utility,"
"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."
"Apache Spark has a machine learning algorithm, an area where Informatica PowerExchange lacks."
"The product's high costs can be an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Pushdown optimization 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."
"I would like the stability to improve."
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AWS Database Migration Service is ranked 2nd in Cloud Data Integration with 27 reviews while Informatica PowerExchange is ranked 21st in Data Integration with 19 reviews. AWS Database Migration Service is rated 7.8, while Informatica PowerExchange 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 Informatica PowerExchange writes "Handles big data better than competitors". AWS Database Migration Service is most compared with AWS Glue, Oracle GoldenGate, Qlik Replicate, Fivetran and Confluent, whereas Informatica PowerExchange is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, Oracle GoldenGate, Azure Data Factory, SSIS and Qlik Replicate. See our AWS Database Migration Service vs. Informatica PowerExchange report.
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