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We performed a comparison between FME and Matillion ETL 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.
To learn more, read our detailed FME vs. Matillion ETL Report (Updated: March 2024).
768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"All spatial features are unrivaled, and the possibility to execute them based on a scheduled trigger, manual, e-mail, Websocket, tweet, file/directory change or virtually any trigger is most valuable.""It has a very friendly user interface. You don't need to use a lot of code. For us that's the most important aspect about it. Also, it has a lot of connectors and few forms. It has a strong facial aspect. It can do a lot of facial analysis.""It has standard plug-ins available for different data sources.""The most valuable feature of FME is the graphical user interface. There is nothing better. It is very easy to debug because you can see all steps where there are failures. Overall the software is easy to optimize a process.""We make minor subtle changes to the workbenches to improve it. We can share the workbenches. We don't have to use GitHub or anything else."

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"It's been able to do everything we require.""The new version with the Productivity Cloud is very simple. It's easy to use, navigate, and understand.""It's highly scalable. It takes upon itself the Redshift scalability, so it's very good.""We allow non-technical people to use Matillion to load data into our data warehouse for reporting. Thus, it is easy enough to use that we don't always have to get a technical person involved in setting up a data movement (ETL).""The simplicity of this tool is nice. It has a good graphical user interface. You can also do a lot of generic stuff in the tool. If there is good connectivity to a cloud database, such as Snowflake, and you can have a lot of Snowflake functionality in the tool.""It has helped us to get onto the cloud quickly.""Matillion ETL is one hundred percent stable.""The most valuable feature of Matillion ETL is the UI experience in which you can drag and drop most of the transformation."

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Cons
"FME's price needs improvement for the African market.""FME can improve the geographical transformation. I've had some problems with the geographical transformations, but it's probably mostly because I'm not the most skilled geographer in-house. The solution requires some in-depth knowledge to perform some functions.""The one thing that always appears in the community is the ability to make really easy loops to loop through data efficiently. That needs to be added at some point.""Improvements could be made to mapping presentations.""To get a higher rating, it would have to improve the price and the associated scalability. These are the main issues."

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"Matillion’s on-premises capabilities don’t allow you to build something customized.""The improvement area could be possible if the tool provides better integration capabilities with other ecosystems, including governance tools or data cataloging tools, as it is currently an area where the solution is lacking.""While the UI is good, it could be improved in its efficiency and made easier to use.""Our main challenge currently is that Matillion runs on an EC2 instance, limiting us to running only two processes simultaneously at the entry level.""Performance can be improved for efficiency, and it can be made faster.""In the next release, we would like to have connections to more databases.""It can have multi-environment support. We should be able to deploy it in different environments. Its integration with SAP connection is not so nice, which should be improved. It can also support an on-prem database.""I found some of the more complex aspects of ETL challenging, but I grasped the concepts fairly quickly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "We used the standard licensing for our use of FME. The cost was approximately €15,000 annually. We always welcome less expensive solutions, if the solution could be less expensive it would be helpful."
  • "The product's price is reasonable."
  • "FME Server used to cost £10,000; now it can cost over £100,000."
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  • "I have heard from my manager and other higher ups, "This product is cheaper than other things on the market," and they have done the research."
  • "It is cost-effective. Based on our use case, it's efficient and cheap. It saves a lot of money and our upfront costs are less."
  • "The prices needs to be lower."
  • "It was very easy to purchase through the AWS Marketplace, but it was also expensive."
  • "Purchasing it through the AWS Marketplace is pretty convenient. There is a little bit of back and forth in terms of the licensing based on the machine size, but it seems to have worked out well. it is convenient to have it all as part of our AWS billing."
  • "It is not necessarily a cheap solution. However, it's reasonable priced, especially with the smaller machines that we run it on."
  • "The AWS pricing and licensing are a cost-effective solution for data integration needs."
  • "It was procured through the AWS Marketplace because it keeps things simple. They offer retail-like checkout and bill through your existing Amazon Web Services account."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:We make minor subtle changes to the workbenches to improve it. We can share the workbenches. We don't have to use GitHub or anything else.
    Top Answer:The pricing is really bad. Last year, they rebranded the whole pricing structure. It used to be moderately priced at about £400 per user per year. Now they've changed the whole thing, and it's… more »
    Top Answer:The one thing that always appears in the community is the ability to make really easy loops to loop through data efficiently. That needs to be added at some point. There must be a technical or… more »
    Top Answer:It is an incredibly user-friendly and intuitive tool, making the learning curve quite smooth
    Top Answer:We pay $5.40 per EC2 running hour, and we can reduce costs by stopping and starting the EC2 instances strategically. For instance, in our production environment, we run it for sixteen hours a day… more »
    Top Answer:There's room for improvement in how it handles data streaming capabilities. Our main challenge currently is that Matillion runs on an EC2 instance, limiting us to running only two processes… more »
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    Also Known As
    Matillion ETL for Redshift, Matillion ETL for Snowflake, Matillion ETL for BigQuery
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    Overview

    FME is the data integration platform with the best support for spatial data. Run workflows on the desktop or deploy them in a server or cloud environment.

    Matillion ETL is a powerful tool for extracting, transforming, and loading large amounts of data from various sources into cloud data warehouses like Snowflake. Its ability to load data dynamically and efficiently using metadata is a standout feature, as is its open-source ETL with good performance and high efficiency. 

    The solution has a graphical interface for jobs, is easily adjustable and extensible, and allows for scheduling and error reporting. Matillion ETL has helped organizations move to a cloud-based solution, bridge the gap between on-premises and on-cloud, and perform complex migration projects.

    Sample Customers
    Shell, US Department of Commerce, PG&E, BC Hydro, City of Vancouver, Enel, Iowa DoT, San Antonio Water System
    Thrive Market, MarketBot, PWC, Axtria, Field Nation, GE, Superdry, Quantcast, Lightbox, EDF Energy, Finn Air, IPRO, Twist, Penn National Gaming Inc
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Government29%
    Energy/Utilities Company10%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Manufacturing Company5%
    REVIEWERS
    Manufacturing Company33%
    Financial Services Firm33%
    Healthcare Company8%
    Computer Software Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise63%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise35%
    Large Enterprise43%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise68%
    Buyer's Guide
    FME vs. Matillion ETL
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about FME vs. Matillion ETL and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    FME is ranked 25th in Data Integration with 5 reviews while Matillion ETL is ranked 4th in Cloud Data Integration with 24 reviews. FME is rated 8.6, while Matillion ETL is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of FME writes "Great for handling large volumes of data, but it is priced a bit high". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Matillion ETL writes "Efficient data integration and transformation with seamless cloud-native integration". FME is most compared with Azure Data Factory, Alteryx Designer, Talend Open Studio, SSIS and AWS Glue, whereas Matillion ETL is most compared with Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, Informatica PowerCenter and SSIS. See our FME vs. Matillion ETL report.

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