We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Informatica PowerCenter 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."This solution is extremely flexible and scalable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The integration with different technologies is the most valuable feature."
"IBM InfoSphere Information Server is stable."
"Informatica PowerCenter is a very good ETL tool."
"Good interface, reasonable documentation."
"It reduces a lot of legacy coding."
"It is UI friendly and has all the advantages of an ETL tool."
"The support is valuable. There are also open-source ETL products, which work very well, but there is no support. When we face a production problem, being able to get support is valuable, and it brings efficiency. With an open-source solution, we can't engage anyone to resolve the problem as quickly as possible."
"The technical support is excellent."
"It's very easy to use it to develop mappings and workflows."
"It provides monitoring and we can therefore be aware of what is happening when we are handling jobs."
"IBM InfoSphere Information Server should be more scalable. It should have the option to change the configuration to run on a single, non-multiple node, or multi-threading processing."
"This solution would benefit from the engine being made more lightweight."
"There are certain shortcomings in the cloud side of the solution, where improvements are required."
"Their technical support needs improvement."
"We had stability issues, mostly with JVM size."
"There is a need to buy a separate license if one wishes to connect with some kind of SAP system, such as SalesForce."
"The solution must improve the integration with new services."
"Informatica PowerCenter is outdated and would benefit from modernization. They should have a very good migration strategy from Informatica PowerCenter to AACF. Informatica PowerCenter there is no point in using it, you have to use a cloud version."
"Its scalability can be improved. It is not scalable."
"Informatica are very rigid when it comes to cloud migrations which discourages customers in moving their solution to the cloud."
"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."
"We need another tool for monitoring. It would be easier if all the features were consolidated into one tool."
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IBM InfoSphere Information Server is ranked 36th in Data Integration with 7 reviews while Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 3rd in Data Integration with 78 reviews. IBM InfoSphere Information Server is rated 8.4, while Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere Information Server writes "Prompt support, reliable, but lacking scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Informatica PowerCenter writes "Stable, provides good support, and integrating it with other systems is very fast, but its pricing is expensive". IBM InfoSphere Information Server is most compared with IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Qlik Replicate, IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog, IBM Cloud Pak for Data and Oracle GoldenGate, whereas Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks and AWS Glue. See our IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. Informatica PowerCenter report.
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