We performed a comparison between Informatica PowerCenter and Mule Anypoint Platform 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."The solution is stable."
"The most complex task, in this case, was to read and transform BLOB data, and Java transformation in Informatica Power Center was a great solution."
"The most valuable features of Informatica PowerCenter are the ease of use, and development, and is simple to find resources."
"The setup is straightforward."
"What I like the most is that we have to deal with less while writing the queries."
"To me, what's most valuable in Informatica PowerCenter is the flexibility in building the integration pipeline. Usually, you need to have a platform to be able to integrate with different technologies, including legacy data such as the mainframe. The platform should also be rich enough to transform the data per your business requirement, with no restrictions. Rich integration and rich transformation capabilities are the two key capabilities in Informatica PowerCenter. The solution also offers ease of use. Another valuable feature of Informatica PowerCenter is the drag-and-drop integration because it's GUI-based, similar to IBM and Oracle."
"What I like most about Informatica PowerCenter is that it's the best tool in the market for data integration. Currently, I work in L'Oréal, where a new system from SAP is used. Informatica PowerCenter integration with SAP is very, very fast and very, very simple, so you have the server flow from SAP, and through Informatica PowerCenter, you can ingest the data and make that data available for the business more quickly."
"I would recommend that others considering the solution go ahead and use it for any batch and high volume loads with complex transactions."
"Customers can make use of Runtime Fabric, an RTF environment."
"The solution's market place for different kinds of integration platforms is the most valuable feature."
"The ability to define multi-tiered APIs and reuse them is a fantastic platform feature."
"It's easy to develop APIs."
"The most valuable features for us are flexibility, all the features related to connectivity with multiple connectors to the business, and the flexibility of on-premises and cloud deployments."
"The exchange and API management features are the best in the market."
"When we talk about the APIs, there are multiple policies one can apply on APIs, like rate limiting policies, OWASP policies, and OWASP security policies, that can be easily configured in Mule Anypoint Platform."
"It is a stable product...The initial setup was simple."
"It would be nice to have all tools in one place. CDC needs more effort, as it's only easy to develop if you are familiar with Linux."
"Now they are migrating to a new version, and they have something that is called Informatica Developer. Previously, they just had PowerCenter. Now, when they move everything to Informatica Developer it's not as good or stable like it was when it was PowerCenter, though it has some nice features. This Developer tool could be better."
"The only problem with this product is the level of complexity with the number of levels of transformation that you have to go through."
"I would like to see improvements made to the custom transformations. It should be more open for users that want to write their own code and use cases."
"We need another tool for monitoring. It would be easier if all the features were consolidated into one tool."
"In the future, I would like to see Informatica PowerCenter integrate a more powerful dashboard."
"The solution's commercial cost is very high. Other open-source tools can do the tool's functions for free. The world is moving to the cloud, but the solution hasn't updated its drivers. I presume that its downfall will start soon. The tool is trying to cross-sell or upsell without helping customers derive benefits from the existing products. They have multiple tools and licenses. It is better to bring the smaller tools in one umbrella."
"If you want to transfer a ZIP file, it is a pain. You need to use Command-Line. Sometimes we just want to transfer a file. It should be easy to move them from A to B."
"The solution's pricing model is very strange, and it will be really expensive if you use APIs a lot."
"The initial setup should be made easy and the documentation should have some guidance."
"Mule should have better B2B integration."
"The runtime management and connectors could use some work and are vulnerable to breakage after upgrades."
"One area we'd like to see improvement in is the error logging and troubleshooting process."
"This becomes an expensive solution over time."
"It doesn't work well when you try using it for the processing layer."
"Mule Anypoint Platform is complex for beginners. Users without programming skills will find it complex. It should also improve its pricing."
Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 3rd in Data Integration with 78 reviews while Mule Anypoint Platform is ranked 3rd in Cloud Data Integration with 40 reviews. Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0, while Mule Anypoint Platform is rated 8.2. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Mule Anypoint Platform writes "Robust, reliable, and stable, ensuring high availability for critical integrations". Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks and AWS Glue, whereas Mule Anypoint Platform is most compared with MuleSoft Composer, Microsoft Azure Logic Apps, Oracle Integration Cloud Service, SAP Process Orchestration and SAP Cloud Platform. See our Informatica PowerCenter vs. Mule Anypoint Platform report.
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