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We performed a comparison between Fivetran and IBM App Connect 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 Fivetran vs. IBM App Connect Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"Fivetran's most valuable feature is replication.""You can manage all of your connectors individually, which gives you a very good ability to trace which one of your ETL processes is running and when.""Fivetran can perform data migration incredibly fast, depending on the source and target.""The solution is stable. We've never faced any stability issues.""Fivetran is remarkably easy to use; I haven't encountered any other data integration tool that is as user-friendly.""The general data ingestion is valuable. It's used for a lot of data. It provides about 90% of the data we use in our data warehouse without needing data engineering.""The most important feature of the solution is its ability to build data pipelines in less time.""For us, Fivetran has been able to scale both in terms of the data we bring into our warehouse and the amount of data that we use as well."

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"Technical support is good.""When using IBM stacks, IBM App Connect is suitable and integrates well with other IBM products like WebSphere.""The most valuable feature is the user-friendliness of the application.""It can handle API conversions with mapping and transformation rules, simplifying the development process.""The solution is fast and supports Open UI 3.0 certification.""It's a powerful application for collaboration. It has many features for customization and integration.""It's stable to use, connect with the cloud, and to deploy.""The most valuable feature is the security."

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Cons
"The connections with SAP must be improved.""The documentation is decent, but it's hard to find information online about Fivetran. For example, if you try to search for an error code, you won't find much information about it in forums.""Fivetran is very expensive for data sources with a lot of rows, such as email data. I would like to see cheaper pricing for data sources like that.""Some of the pain points we're looking at are trying to integrate some of the items in the Microsoft stack, so SharePoint and Excel, and then some of the newer Azure services.""It should have a few more monitoring functionalities.""More connectors are needed for exotic, popular, and rising star portals.""HVR Software's technical support could be improved. Whenever we log a case, the response that we get from the support is a bit delayed.""The interface needs to be more user-friendly."

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"The user interface of IBM App Connect can be a little bit more user-friendly, I would say because the first-time developer is onboarded while using IBM App Connect, he or she may get a little intimidated or daunted looking at all the options available or the pipelines, et cetera.""In the next release, I would like to get some quality connectors.""Plugins for the repositories are difficult to find.""More connectors could be available for the product as some of the third-party software doesn't have default connectors.""When we do a version upgrade of the system, the platform is kind of complicated.""The interface could be better.""The addition of string functionality would be a benefit, particularly in the ESQL space that IBM already uses internally.""IBM App Connect should improve security features."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I don't have the exact information, but I know it is high, and it is on a yearly basis. There is no additional cost for what we're doing. We're always open to doing things cheaper, so we might potentially implement a different solution."
  • "I've heard that the license for HVR is a bit costly compared to its competitors, but since it's reliable and efficient, I think the customer shouldn't be bothered about the cost."
  • "Fivetran is very expensive, and its database-driven pricing model is outdated."
  • "I can't give exact amounts because that's based on usage, but it's more expensive than some of its competitors."
  • "In the first year, we were given a very good discount. It was approximately 20,000 Euros per year. In the third year, we purchased credit for two years and the price was 33,000 Euros per year."
  • "I would say they're a little bit on the expensive side, and their contract process is not particularly good, but there is a lot of potential flexibility."
  • "The pricing model is okay and mid to large companies will not have an issue with it."
  • "The licensing costs are extremely high for the usage of somebody who has one GB or two GB of usage per day for real-time traffic. There are many other players in the market which are similarly priced or competitively priced. On average per month, it used to come around 12,000-15,000 USD, which is very high."
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  • "It is very expensive if we want to scale."
  • "The price could be better."
  • "The licensing cost for IBM App Connect is very high."
  • "The cost depends upon the consumer."
  • "Initially, App Connect was quite expensive because the cost was based on the number of processors we used. However, it's now based on containers, which means we can be more specific about our consumption and get a better price."
  • "The solution's pricing isn't cheap, but you can get good discounts based on your competitive deal."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:As a user of HVR Software I followed this deal closely. Fivetran is apparently trying to establish more in its sector and by buying an already established data replication software, they become some… more »
    Top Answer: I honestly can't think of another data replication software that can give you better statistics and insight than HVR Software. There's the feature for topology and statistics and both of them can… more »
    Top Answer:As someone who works at a company where a high volume of information is replicated and has tried several data replication softwares, I can tell you that you're looking at the right one. HVR Software… more »
    Top Answer:The solution's pricing isn't cheap, but you can get good discounts based on your competitive deal.
    Top Answer:We use the product mainly for the integration of enterprise applications.
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    Overview

    Fivetran is a data integration and migration solution that centralizes data from various sources into a data warehouse (such as Snowflake or BigQuery) for analytics. Its most valuable features include replication and managed pipelines, integration with DBT for data transformation, and many source connections. 

    Fivetran is easy to use, with fast data migration and an intuitive portal for easy setup and troubleshooting. It has helped organizations integrate and manage data, saving time and resources.

    Rapidly connect public clouds, private clouds and on-premises application

    App Connect Professional is IBM’s cloud integration offering which delivers an integration solution
    • With ease-of-use, flexibility and increased responsiveness to the evolving business needs, while removing the daunting complexities of integration.
    • Provides the powerful combination of a ‘simple integration experience’ for business users looking to automate how their applications talk to each other; coupled with a ‘configuration based integration’ approach for IT.
    • App Connect Professional is for the teams and integration developers who need to solve more complex problems and need powerful tooling for integration scenarios

    Sample Customers
    DocuSign, Oldcastle Infrastructure, Crossmedia, Talkdesk, Chubbies, Brandwatch
    United Way of Allegheny County, Saint-Gobain CPS, Ricoh, SunTrust Banks Inc.
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Manufacturing Company42%
    Outsourcing Company17%
    Transportation Company8%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization24%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm38%
    Computer Software Company23%
    Manufacturing Company15%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization55%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Energy/Utilities Company3%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise26%
    Large Enterprise61%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise30%
    Large Enterprise57%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise71%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business9%
    Midsize Enterprise61%
    Large Enterprise30%
    Buyer's Guide
    Fivetran vs. IBM App Connect
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Fivetran vs. IBM App Connect and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    768,740 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Fivetran is ranked 7th in Cloud Data Integration with 19 reviews while IBM App Connect is ranked 11th in Cloud Data Integration with 20 reviews. Fivetran is rated 8.0, while IBM App Connect is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Fivetran writes "Solution reduces time-to-value; high ROI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM App Connect writes "Very flexible and user-friendly; embeds with other technologies; no dependency on queue manager". Fivetran is most compared with AWS Database Migration Service, Qlik Replicate, Azure Data Factory, Oracle GoldenGate and Informatica Cloud Data Integration, whereas IBM App Connect is most compared with IBM Cloud Pak for Integration, Mule Anypoint Platform, webMethods Integration Server, IBM InfoSphere DataStage and TIBCO BusinessWorks. See our Fivetran vs. IBM App Connect report.

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