We performed a comparison between Informatica Cloud Data Integration and Informatica PowerCenter based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: These are two exceptional solutions under the Informatica Brand, which is synonymous with quality, reliability, and high price. Informatica Cloud Data is created and best suited for small to medium organizations and it remains somewhat limited in the regions it can be used. Informatica PowerCenter is best for large enterprises that can utilize all of the numerous options PowerCenter has to offer. Large enterprises can more easily absorb the high cost and make better use of their current bundle licensing tier.
"The most valuable feature is the building of mockups and tasks."
"The most valuable features of Informatica Cloud Data Integration for our clients are the AI capabilities within Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services."
"The user interface which is very easy to use if we have any problems to solve."
"The product improves data quality."
"The solution's initial setup is quite straightforward."
"The data mapping capability is a valuable feature."
"The program is stable and scalable."
"I like the fact that you can find almost any product connection that you need and the list is always expanding."
"The most valuable features of Informatica PowerCenter are the ease of use, and development, and is simple to find resources."
"UI-based ability to create data mapping."
"It's a complete package, which is why we use this solution."
"The ability to scale through partitions helped us to improve the performance."
"Deployment was simple and straightforward."
"Has a good visual tool for data mapping."
"It reduces a lot of legacy coding."
"It is an excellent ETL tool."
"A general improvement in icons and the virtual interface would be good."
"The cloud version could be better in terms of pricing."
"The integration process is not easy."
"There is room for improvement at the highest level in terms of useability and connectors for various types of new applications. The row processing performance could be better because you experience some latency dealing with high volumes of data. Most organizations will be dealing with multiple cloud applications, so you could see performance issues moving from one system to another."
"It could be improved by including a buffer that saves data when there is a connectivity issue."
"Its features for partitioning and optimization could be better."
"The price modeling could be more flexible."
"Its pricing model can be improved. The response time from technical support can also be improved."
"The performance of Informatica PowerCenter could improve."
"The documentation could be improved."
"While on-premises is a better product, we really need to move to the cloud and need the cloud to be as robust as this product."
"Informatica PowerCenter could improve the data threshold for large sets of data. Additionally, they should add real-time integration."
"I would like to see it be able to import data from NoSQL."
"The price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required, considering the fact that the present licensing charges of the tool are expensive."
"Its licensing can be improved. It should be features-wise and not bundle-wise. A bundle will definitely be costly. In addition, we might use one or two features. That's why the pricing model should be based on the features. The model should be flexible enough based on the features. Their support should also be more responsive to premium customers."
"If we could have the option of performance improvement within Informatica, and if it could have more features, that would be ideal."
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Informatica Cloud Data Integration is ranked 5th in Cloud Data Integration with 40 reviews while Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 3rd in Data Integration with 78 reviews. Informatica Cloud Data Integration is rated 7.8, while Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Informatica Cloud Data Integration writes "A stable, scalable, and user-friendly solution". 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". Informatica Cloud Data Integration is most compared with Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, Fivetran, Mule Anypoint Platform and Matillion ETL, whereas Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks, AWS Glue and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI). See our Informatica Cloud Data Integration vs. Informatica PowerCenter report.
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Both are powerful solutions and most of the actions can be done by both.
You should choose based on your organization and the business requirements taking a valid decision in terms of the quality and price.
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