We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Informatica PowerExchange 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 integration with different technologies is the most valuable feature."
"This solution is extremely flexible and scalable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"IBM InfoSphere Information Server is stable."
"It is a scalable and versatile solution."
"The product’s flexibility is valuable."
"The agentless RCDC enablement through PowerExchange is a great idea and has worked very well so far."
"The scalability is excellent."
"The transformation work called for Informatica PowerExchange. It was easy to work with this and very stable."
"Provides a significant amount of control over the landscape and overall implementation."
"The product's initial setup phase was not complex. The tool is easy to install onto any of the servers, and you can integrate it."
"The most valuable feature is connectivity to data sources."
"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."
"Their technical support needs improvement."
"There are certain shortcomings in the cloud side of the solution, where improvements are required."
"The solution could be made more user-friendly. The configurations are also quite difficult."
"V10.2 is very stable, but we are still struggling to make V10.5 stable. We found services that were down, and PowerExchange stopped working."
"The major shortcoming of PowerExchange is high availability and failover. None of the versions we've used to date have had the out-of-the-box ability to enable failover and high-availability requirements. This is a significant challenge and risk."
"Informatica is very expensive in all aspects, so the pricing is something that could be improved."
"Technical support can be improved with respect to delays in ticket response time."
"The solution needs better integration with other tools."
"Real-time has not been enhanced that much over the past few years. There has not been as many features added like they did before."
"The product's high costs can be an area of concern where improvements are required."
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IBM InfoSphere Information Server is ranked 36th in Data Integration with 7 reviews while Informatica PowerExchange is ranked 21st in Data Integration with 19 reviews. IBM InfoSphere Information Server is rated 8.4, while Informatica PowerExchange is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere Information Server writes "Prompt support, reliable, but lacking scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Informatica PowerExchange writes "Handles big data better than competitors". 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 PowerExchange is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, Oracle GoldenGate, Azure Data Factory, SSIS and Qlik Replicate. See our IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. Informatica PowerExchange report.
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