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We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere Optim and Oracle GoldenGate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Featured Review
Kenneth Estanislao
Can easily restore the database, but the cost needs to be reduced
Anonymous User
The solution has good monitoring features and can be installed and maintained easily
With Oracle GoldenGate, you will have ODS databases, and you can create a foundation layer on top of it. You can also directly create ODS reports... Read more →
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Pros
"We like that we can easily restore the database with just a few clicks. The database is linked as well.""I feel the solution to be a bit faster than the traditional methods, which makes it easy to customize."

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"They've recently improved the ease of implementation.""You can use Oracle GoldenGate as a DR for your system.""Since the world is going towards open source, the solution's heterogeneous data migration feature is very useful.""One feature that stands out for me is the data center capability.""When we are replicating data between similar databases then it is straightforward.""The live application feature is most valuable. The solution is stable. I rate it a seven out of ten.""This is a powerful solution provided by one of the most respected companies in the computer industry.""Ease of installation, maintenance and powerful outputs and supporting Big Data and Cloud environment as well as OGGCS (Oracle Golden Gate Cloud Service)."

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Cons
"While the solution is very supportive of Db2, it is not so friendly when it comes to IMS databases.""We're looking for a solution that can be implemented on AWS. IBM InfoSphere Optim can be implemented on AWS, but it costs more than double what we're currently paying. So, it's not really of good value for us."

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"The solution costs a lot.""It would be better for Oracle Golden Gate Studio GUI to include other licensed products (i.e. Veridata or others).""The GoldenGate license is very costly.""In some cases, expectations were not met, especially when specific tables were expected to be disabled, and changes were anticipated in the target environment. We had to take backups from the source and refresh the address to address this.""We struggle with memory. It's limited. However, it may be because of our unique business case and how we use it that it's limiting for us.""IBM CDC has one central control while Oracle GoldenGate has two controls. In IBM CDC we can do all things in frontend. The solution needs to incorporate a feature where we can connect it to a standby database.""The solution needs to improve its latency, monitoring and support.""It should be easier to integrate this solution with non-Oracle databases, including cloud-based solutions hosted on Azure."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "IBM InfoSphere Optim is a very expensive solution. Actually, it's the most expensive archiving solution that we have."

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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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    Anonymous User
    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 Optim?
    Top Answer:We like that we can easily restore the database with just a few clicks. The database is linked as well.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM InfoSphere Op...
    Top Answer:IBM InfoSphere Optim is a very expensive solution. Actually, it's the most expensive archiving solution that we have. The cost is per license and per gigabytes.
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    What needs improvement with IBM InfoSphere Optim?
    Top Answer:The cost needs to be reduced. It is a very expensive solution. We're looking for a solution that can be implemented on AWS. IBM InfoSphere Optim can be implemented on AWS, but it costs more than… more »
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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
    17th
    out of 62 in Database Development and Management
    Views
    849
    Comparisons
    296
    Reviews
    2
    Average Words per Review
    489
    Rating
    6.0
    6th
    out of 100 in Data Integration
    Views
    10,338
    Comparisons
    7,458
    Reviews
    26
    Average Words per Review
    382
    Rating
    8.2
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    IBM Optim, Optim
    GoldenGate
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    Overview
    IBM Optim solutions manage data from requirements to retirement. They boost performance, empower collaboration, and improve governance across applications, databases and platforms. By managing data properly over its lifetime, organisations are better equipped to support business goals with less risk.

    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
    Durham Police Department, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., Continental, KCE Electronics Public Company Limited, The University of Adelaide, Migros Zurich, COPROB
    Japan Exchange Group, Daewoo E&C, Herbalife, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Canon, Turk Telekom
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm33%
    Insurance Company10%
    Computer Software Company8%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    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
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise78%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business42%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise73%
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    IBM InfoSphere Optim is ranked 17th in Database Development and Management with 3 reviews while Oracle GoldenGate is ranked 6th in Data Integration with 47 reviews. IBM InfoSphere Optim is rated 6.6, while Oracle GoldenGate is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere Optim writes "Can easily restore the database, but the cost needs to be reduced". 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 Optim is most compared with Solix Enterprise Data Management, Informatica Data Archive, Informatica Persistent Data Masking and Oracle Enterprise Manager, whereas Oracle GoldenGate is most compared with AWS Database Migration Service, Qlik Replicate, Quest SharePlex, Azure Data Factory and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI).

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