We performed a comparison between Informatica Cloud Data Integration and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like the fact that you can find almost any product connection that you need and the list is always expanding."
"Data integration is the most valuable feature. The ability to connect to any of the sources and enterprise applications makes our lives easier."
"The product is scalable and excellent for enterprise-level organizations."
"We have a lot of integrations, and it's very easy to create integrations. They have a lot of connectors."
"The solution's initial setup is quite straightforward."
"It is quite easy to use and flexible."
"It has all the advantages of the Cloud in that you can use it without worrying about infrastructure, upkeep, or upgrades."
"The solution has the best feature for parameterization."
"Besides loading data, we do most of our transformations in ODI."
"The Knowledge Module approach provides an easy and reusable way to create our own integration strategies. It's easy to create these Knowledge Modules to connect to new technologies, for instance."
"I do not have to maintain a separate ETL instance. I can change the SQL when something is not performing correctly."
"ODI's most valuable features are it utilizes the database engine and is very lightweight."
"Oracle provides great documentation."
"It is an ETL tool, which does the extract, transform, and load."
"The product has an ELT approach."
"The most valuable feature of ODI is the to use of the whole ETL to create a data lake."
"There may be some types of limitations with the performance."
"Certain applications are not being synced with the ION."
"A general improvement in icons and the virtual interface would be good."
"The biggest challenge I see is the IDE's for the cloud and automization are different."
"I would also like to have profiling functionalities and quality transformations in the cloud."
"Error reporting and debugging need improvement."
"Informatica Cloud Data Integration can improve by being more user-friendly. When you're working with the solution a lot of technical knowledge is required. It's not a solution that anyone can use properly, you need knowledge of what's happening at the back end, such as SQL. When you get stuck, you need to look into your logic. For other tools, such as Dell Boomi, anyone can use them."
"While my company operates on the cloud, we have seen that Informatica Cloud Data Integration has some performance issues causing it to lag."
"In our company, we haven't tried consuming services from IoT in our company yet, and I would like to know if the solution will support IoT services in the next release."
"The initial setup is a bit complex compared to other tools."
"The price needs to be lowered. It's too expensive."
"ODI could improve by focusing on streamlining its features without unnecessary overhead."
"An area for improvement in Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is real-time integration. Currently, my company has a workaround to implement real-time integration, an area on which Oracle must focus more. Real-time integration should be easier in Oracle Data Integrator (ODI). Another area for improvement in Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is integration with more publishers and subscribers rather than just database integrations."
"The stability of the software could be improved. Sometimes, the software just crashes. "
"If you have something like Cisco on top of it, you will have endless problems."
"It needs easier security."
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Informatica Cloud Data Integration is ranked 5th in Cloud Data Integration with 40 reviews while Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is ranked 4th in Data Integration with 67 reviews. Informatica Cloud Data Integration is rated 7.8, while Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Informatica Cloud Data Integration writes "A stable, scalable, and user-friendly solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) writes "Straightforward to implement, scalable, and has good stability and documentation, but technical support could still be improved". Informatica Cloud Data Integration is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, Fivetran and Mule Anypoint Platform, whereas Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is most compared with Oracle Integration Cloud Service, SSIS, Informatica PowerCenter, Azure Data Factory and Oracle GoldenGate. See our Informatica Cloud Data Integration vs. Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) report.
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