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IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. Oracle GoldenGate
March 2024
Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Oracle GoldenGate 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.
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Prompt support, reliable, but lacking scalability
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Pros
"IBM InfoSphere Information Server is stable.""The integration with different technologies is the most valuable feature.""Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.""This solution is extremely flexible and scalable."

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"It's very simple to configure, it's very simple to implement. In addition, the ability it has to capture data and transmit it with incredible speed is better than any of the product out there. It's extremely powerful.""We use the tool to pull on-prem data.""It is a scalable solution.""Data migration is the most valuable feature of Oracle GoldenGate.""The replication of the data table is one of the best features.""GoldenGate can connect and collect data from multiple sources, such as SQL Server.""The product's microservice architecture is scalable.""The solution's existing SaaS platform for data integration gives us an edge."

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Cons
"Their technical support needs improvement.""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.""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."

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"It would be better for Oracle Golden Gate Studio GUI to include other licensed products (i.e. Veridata or others).""It should be easier to integrate this solution with non-Oracle databases, including cloud-based solutions hosted on Azure.""It's stable but you have to know how to maintain it. That's why it's not 10 out of 10 for me. There are some bugs, there are some issues here and there. All of a sudden your process is not working and you have to figure out why, and sometimes it's not so clear.""The solution's licensing price is very expensive and could be made more competitive.""The main problem of Oracle GoldenGate is that sometimes, the processes get abended. Data consistency is also challenging.""You cannot put everything in Golden Gate for the license and large models.""It is not a very stable tool, and you need to monitor it perfectly.""The process of transforming the data between two different databases is inefficient and needs to be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The licensing cost of IBM InfoSphere Information Server depends on how many users there are."

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  • "The one feature that I think Oracle could perhaps consider is, at the moment, the Veridata option is an extra cost. Golden Gate is an expensive product. You pay a lot for the best. But not including the Veridata license to prove that everything is working correctly... The big improvement for me would be to have that license built in. That would take it to the next level. That would make it a much better product. You may want to look at buying term licenses if you've just got a single migration to do. In that situation, you might want a term license for perhaps a year to save a lot of money, rather than buying a perpetual license."
  • "The licensing model should be improved to be more cost-effective for the end users."
  • "We do like the price of this solution."
  • "Pricing is based on anual licensing with additional costs for support packages."
  • "The price of this solution is good."
  • "We have an enterprise license for it. It might be for three years or so. I'm not aware of any additional costs to the standard licensing fee."
  • "Its price can be better. It is a bit crazy, and its licensing is very difficult to understand. I would rate it one out of five in terms of pricing. There don't seem to be any additional costs."
  • "We have purchased corporate licensing to use Oracle GoldenGate."

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    Oracle GoldenGate vs. Oracle Active Dataguard
    As an Oracle DBA, while working upon high availability of your database you may stumble upon various Oracle strategic capabilities that fall into categories of Oracle Replication. Oracle provides various technologies for replication like GoldenGate, streams, and Active Dataguard. Replication being the primary purpose of all the mentioned technologies, each have different internal operational behavior. The purpose is to achieve maximum database availability, these mentioned technologies fully accommodate the requirement but internally there are differences at internal operational level. DBA's must learn and understand the functionality of both and know which technique can be used and in what scenario. Let's discuss the differences between Oracle Active Dataguard and Oracle GoldenGate. Oracle Active Dataguard is simple and the most economical solution for replication. The concept of active dataguard is a super set of traditional dataguard. It offers real time data protection and availability. Here in active replication you can place your secondary database in read-only mode, where the secondary database is available to users for limited usage like reporting and query offloading. Active Dataguard promises zero data loss across large distances without hampering performance. Other benefits to count on you can consider the capability of Active Dataguard to automatically repair the physical corruption without incurring any performance impact and availability of… Read more →
    Questions from the Community
    What do you like most about IBM InfoSphere Information Server?
    Top Answer:Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
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    What needs improvement with IBM InfoSphere Information Server?
    Top Answer:There are certain shortcomings in the cloud side of the solution, where improvements are required. In our company, we are presently in the process of doing a PoC phase since we have the solution… more »
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    What is your primary use case for IBM InfoSphere Information Server?
    Top Answer:I use IBM InfoSphere Information Server in retail banking for transformation purposes.
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    What do you like most about Oracle GoldenGate?
    Top Answer:The product is reliable for data integrity.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle GoldenGate?
    Top Answer:It's a middleware. The price depends on the customers and the number of licenses they buy.
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    What needs improvement with Oracle GoldenGate?
    Top Answer:Microservices Architecture is not user-friendly. It would have been great if the product would have stayed with the classic architecture and expanded into Microservices. However, it has completely… more »
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    Ranking
    36th
    out of 100 in Data Integration
    Views
    1,664
    Comparisons
    1,367
    Reviews
    2
    Average Words per Review
    373
    Rating
    7.5
    6th
    out of 100 in Data Integration
    Views
    10,338
    Comparisons
    7,458
    Reviews
    26
    Average Words per Review
    382
    Rating
    8.2
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    Also Known As
    InfoSphere Information Server, IBM Information Server
    GoldenGate
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    Overview
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server is a market-leading data integration platform which includes a family of products that enable you to understand, cleanse, monitor, transform, and deliver data, as well as to collaborate to bridge the gap between business and IT. InfoSphere Information Server provides massively parallel processing (MPP) capabilities to deliver a highly scalable and flexible integration platform that handles a variety of data volumes (big, small, and everything in between).

    Oracle GoldenGate is a real-time data integration and database replication solution. It can detect data events and route them across networks at very low latencies and integrates well with 100s of combinations of non-Oracle databases, data stores, and clouds.

    Oracle GoldenGate Features

    Oracle GoldenGate has many valuable key features, including:

    • Simple to use web interface
    • Fast and easy installation or provisioning
    • Command line access via AdminClient that can run anywhere
    • RESTful APIs for DevOps
    • Offers built-in monitoring but also can be easily adapted to roll your own monitoring
    • APIs are protected by Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) authentication.

    Oracle GoldenGate Benefits

    Some of the benefits of using Oracle GoldenGate include:

    • Oracle GoldenGate is deeply integrated with the Oracle Database (logging, redo, backup and recovery layer, security, administration, data guard, data vault, autonomous database etc.).

    • It is the most stable, performant, and reliable CDC / replication solution for Oracle.

    • High performance: Oracle GoldenGate is capable of sub-second latency for data movement. featuring low impact capture, routing, transformation, and delivery of transactional data.

    • GoldenGate is the only CDC / replication tool that keeps pace with new and emerging innovations (security, features, data types, etc) in the core Oracle Database.

    • The solution supports a wide range of use cases, from conventional OLTP data replication and high availability to data lake ingestion or multi-cloud ingestion, SaaS application replication, and messaging replication.
    • GoldenGate is the only CDC / replication technology certified for Exadata, Exadata Cloud Service, and Exadata Cloud at Customer.

    • For fault-tolerance, GoldenGate has its own mechanism to keep track of how much work is completed and how much is pending. This mechanism is independent of any database and ensures, with the help of automatic gap-resolution, that no data loss occurs.

    • GoldenGate uses its own proprietary format files for keeping the committed data coming from the source database, making it independently functional irrespective of the database in use.

    • To maintain the performance and consistency, only committed data is sent. Uncommitted data is captured by GoldenGate, but is discarded after receiving a Rollback.

    • With GoldenGate, data sending is in “near real time,” which reduces the possibility of latency.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by Oracle GoldenGate users.

    PeerSpot user Steve-J., Cloud Migration Software Consultant - UK & EMEA at 1PLACE, says, "What I have found the most valuable about GoldenGate is that it does real-time and no-downtime migrations. Its migrations are fast. There are not many tools like it on the marketplace."

    Pinak S., Senior Manager of System and Database at ESL, mentions, “We like how in GoldenGate the heterogeneous database is supported. Sometimes the client actually needs a schedule and needs to ensure the state of databases for reporting purposes. With that in mind, we have been able to configure GoldenGate for certain schema. The solution is quite stable. They've recently improved the ease of implementation.”

    A Database Administrator at a manufacturing company explains, "It moves the data as you set it up, and it works. I am also very impressed with its stability and scalability. It is not super feature-rich, but the new releases have more functionality. It recently had more native integrations with Oracle Database. If you are using it against an Oracle database, it has a lot more functionality."

    An Oracle ERP DBA Consultant - Oracle Super Cluster T5-8 Admin at a government comments, "GoldenGate can connect and collect data from multiple sources, such as SQL Server."






    Sample Customers
    Canadian National Railway Company, Chickasaw Nation Division of Commerce, Swedish Armed Forces, BG RCI, Janata Sahakari Bank Ltd., University of Arizona, Biogrid Australia
    Japan Exchange Group, Daewoo E&C, Herbalife, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Canon, Turk Telekom
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Government10%
    Insurance Company9%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm19%
    Computer Software Company19%
    Healthcare Company12%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm22%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise43%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise75%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business42%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise73%
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    IBM InfoSphere Information Server is ranked 36th in Data Integration with 7 reviews while Oracle GoldenGate is ranked 6th in Data Integration with 47 reviews. IBM InfoSphere Information Server is rated 8.4, while Oracle GoldenGate is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere Information Server writes "Prompt support, reliable, but lacking scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle GoldenGate writes "Performs real-time replication without data loss, but we cannot do much automation". IBM InfoSphere Information Server is most compared with IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Qlik Replicate, IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog, IBM Cloud Pak for Data and Alation Data Catalog, whereas Oracle GoldenGate is most compared with AWS Database Migration Service, Qlik Replicate, Quest SharePlex, Azure Data Factory and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI). See our IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. Oracle GoldenGate report.

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