We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere Information Server and SSIS 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."
"IBM InfoSphere Information Server is stable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The integration with different technologies is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the fast insert and fuzzy logic matching."
"SSIS provides you with lookup and transformation functions, and you have the flexibility to write your own custom code."
"The product's deployment phase is easy."
"The reporting on the solution is perfect. I didn't expect to see reporting features, but they are great."
"The initial setup of this solution is very straightforward."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is that it is simple to use and it offers a flexible custom script task."
"I have used most of the standard SQL features, but the ones that stand out are the Data Flows and Bulk Import."
"Like most Microsoft products, SSIS is user-friendly and easy to use."
"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."
"This solution would benefit from the engine being made more lightweight."
"Their technical support needs improvement."
"SSIS is cumbersome despite its drag-and-drop functionality. For example, let's say I have 50 tables with 30 columns. You need to set a data type for each column and table. That's around 1,500 objects. It gets unwieldy adding validation for every column. Previously, SSIS automatically detected the data type, but I think they removed this feature. It would automatically detect if it's an integer, primary key, or foreign key column. You had fewer problems building the model."
"We In upgrading SSIS, we encountered challenges fixing SQL Server and performance issues, including problems during a failover in our data warehouse."
"We have a stability problem because when something works, it works one time. The next time, it doesn't work."
"SSIS sometimes hangs, and there are some problems with servers going down after they've been patched."
"Options for scaling could be improved."
"I would like to see more standard components out of the box, such as SFTP, and Data Compression components."
"I would like to see better technical documentation because many times information is missing."
"It's a legacy tool, that is nearing the end of its useful life."
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IBM InfoSphere Information Server is ranked 36th in Data Integration with 7 reviews while SSIS is ranked 2nd in Data Integration with 69 reviews. IBM InfoSphere Information Server is rated 8.4, while SSIS is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere Information Server writes "Prompt support, reliable, but lacking scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SSIS writes "Maintaining the solution and contacting its support team is easy". 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 SSIS is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, Talend Open Studio, IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and AWS Glue. See our IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. SSIS report.
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