We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere DataStage and SAP Data Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The best feature of IBM InfoSphere DataStage for me was that it was very much user-friendly. The solution didn't require that much raw coding because most of its features were drag and drop, plus it had a large number of functionalities."
"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."
"When we have needed help from the IBM team, they were helpful. Our company is a premium partner so we get fast responses."
"Highly customizable: Allowing you to handle multiple data latencies (scheduled batch, on-demand, and real-time) in the same job."
"It's a robust solution."
"The solution is stable."
"The concept of integration is a valuable feature of the product."
"Finding logs is very easy on the solution."
"The reporting on the data, even from third-party software, is very good."
"I appreciate having access to the SAP data."
"We can extract data at a table level, extract data at the ETL level, and we can extract data at an ODP level."
"The logic is also simple. It makes it easy to build your extraction."
"The initial setup is not complex."
"The feature of SAP Data Services has enhanced our company's business processes because we are able to run around 800 jobs in areas like data extraction and transaction objects."
"The most valuable feature of SAP Data Services is the integration with data sources."
"I like how SAP Data Services links reporting and data integration. That's what's most interesting. You also have the opportunity to leverage the power of the Data Services server."
"The pricing should be lower."
"Reduced cost would allow more customers to choose the product. It's quite expensive in relation to the cost of other similar solutions."
"What needs improvement in IBM InfoSphere DataStage is its pricing. The pricing for the solution is higher than its competitors, so a lot of the clients my company has worked with prefer other tools over IBM InfoSphere DataStage because of the high price tag. Another area for improvement in the solution stems from a lot of new types of databases, for example, databases in the cloud and big data have become available, and IBM InfoSphere DataStage is working on various connectors for different data sources, but that still isn't up-to-date, meaning that some connectors are missing for modern data sources. The latest version of IBM InfoSphere DataStage also has a complex architecture, so my team faced frequent outages and that should be improved as well."
"The setup is extremely difficult."
"The interface needs improvement. It is really too technical. That is the main problem."
"There are three things that could improve - the cloud, monitoring and cloud integration. It's a solid product but not a modern one and of course it depends what you're looking for."
"I really like this tool, but the administration should be on the same client application because a lot of administration features are not on the client-side, and they usually need to have administrative access. It's quite complicated to force IT teams to have separate administrative access from the developers."
"The documentation and in-application help for this solution need to be improved, especially for new features."
"In the future, Data Services should offer a cloud version."
"The solution shows a lack of cloud support data services."
"There should be some kind of enhancement that can be done on the admin side of certain sites where we can assign the roles and responsibilities. We should be able to control who is using the tool and how."
"We would like the different tools offered within this solution to be available as standalone entities, rather than having to purchase the entire package when we only require a few features."
"They could make it easier to work with web services."
"With SAP Data Services, the problem arises when I try to connect to Azure Databricks."
"It would be nice if this solution was a bit easier to move from development to production."
"Integration with other products could be improved."
IBM InfoSphere DataStage is ranked 7th in Data Integration with 15 reviews while SAP Data Services is ranked 10th in Data Integration with 15 reviews. IBM InfoSphere DataStage is rated 7.8, while SAP Data Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere DataStage writes "User-friendly with a lot of functionalities, and doesn't require much coding because of its drag-and-drop features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Data Services writes "Easy to use, simple to implement, and offers very good mapping capabilities". IBM InfoSphere DataStage is most compared with IBM Cloud Pak for Data, SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Talend Open Studio and Informatica Cloud Data Integration, whereas SAP Data Services is most compared with Azure Data Factory, Syniti Data Quality, Informatica PowerCenter, SSIS and Informatica Cloud Data Integration. See our IBM InfoSphere DataStage vs. SAP Data Services report.
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