Compare Azure Data Factory vs. Informatica PowerCenter
Azure Data Factory is ranked 14th in Data Integration Tools with 2 reviews while Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 2nd in Data Integration Tools with 12 reviews. Azure Data Factory is rated 9.6, while Informatica PowerCenter is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Azure Data Factory writes "A straightforward solution with a nice interface and ability to integrate with GitHub". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Informatica PowerCenter writes "Assists us with integration as we migrate from on-premise to cloud, but it needs a performance analyzer". Azure Data Factory is most compared with Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog, Talend Open Studio and Dell Boomi AtomSphere, whereas Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with SSIS, Informatica Cloud Data Integration and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI). See our Azure Data Factory vs. Informatica PowerCenter report.
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The solution has a good interface and the integration with GitHub is very useful. This solution will allow the organisation to improve its existing data offerings over time by adding predictive analytics, data sharing via APIs and other enhancements readily. Data Flow and Databricks are going to be extremely valuable services, allowing data solutions to scale as the business grows and new data sources are added. | Technical support, and their approach is good. They have a support portal and support tickets. If you open a ticket it has multiple levels of severity from level one to very high or critical. The features I find most valuable is that the solution is very user-friendly and the graphical design is very easy to understand. In the end, you have structured, proper data for use in an integrated BI solution. The performance and design of Informatica have been very valuable. I find the performance faster than, say, Oracle Data Integrator or DataStage. The partitioning and optimization to help enhance our development is a very valuable aspect of Informatica PowerCenter. Technical support is great. It's one of the reasons we really like them. When you compare support from IBM and support from Informatica, Informatica is much better. The most valuable features are the dynamic reading of the file metadata profile, and the ability to define business rules that are used to verify and validate the uploaded files. Informatica PowerCenter has been implementing mapping design, data flow, and workflow execution for years. |
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In the next release, it's important that some sort of scheduler for running tasks is added. The thing we missed most was data update, but this is now available as of two weeks ago. | The licensing cost for Informatica is very high. Other all-in-one solutions have much lower prices than Informatica. I would like to see an improvement in the digital adoption. Integration with Artificial Intelligence would benefit this solution. 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. The multiple interfaces in Informatica PowerCenter are not great for the user experience. Because of this, I think it can cause confusion for any beginner developer. Now they are migrating to a new version, and they have something that is called Informatica Developer. Previously, they just had PowerCenter. Now, when they move everything to Informatica Developer it's not as good or stable like it was when it was PowerCenter, though it has some nice features. This Developer tool could be better. The developer tool documentation can be enhanced with a more clear explanation of each utility, accompanied by relevant examples, so that developers are able to create programs with ease. Integrated Reporting service should be more smoothly transitioned from view to function to be in sync with the main design. |
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Information Not Available | Price-wise, it's more expensive than SSIS, but it's a better tool, so it has more features. Licensing is on a yearly basis. Licensing is a one time cost. But maintenance costs depend on what you want, how long you need it. Maintenance is a kind of insurance. With health insurance, you don't know whether you will get sick or need to go to hospital or not but you have to have insurance. It's the same thing with support. If you have that expertise in resolving issues, if you have enough experience in your IT department, I would say you don't need the support. But in practice, they recommend you go with the support. If you want support you have to pay for it. Cost could be improved. |
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| PowerCenter | |
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Overview | |
Create, schedule, and manage your data integration at scale with Azure Data Factory - a hybrid data integration (ETL) service. Work with data wherever it lives, in the cloud or on-premises, with enterprise-grade security. | Enterprise data integration platform to help organizations access, transform, and integrate data from a variety of systems. |
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Learn more about Azure Data Factory | Learn more about Informatica PowerCenter |
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| Milliman, Pier 1 Imports, Rockwell Automation, Ziosk, Real Madrid | University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, LexisNexis, Rabobank |
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Software R&D Company45% Comms Service Provider7% Retailer7% Government5% | Healthcare Company15% Financial Services Firm15% Comms Service Provider15% Hospitality Company8% Software R&D Company36% Comms Service Provider12% Financial Services Firm12% Insurance Company7% |
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No Data Available | Small Business19% Midsize Enterprise15% Large Enterprise67% Small Business19% Midsize Enterprise11% Large Enterprise70% |
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