Informatica PowerCenter vs Oracle GoldenGate

Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 2nd in Data Integration Tools with 7 reviews vs Oracle GoldenGate which is ranked 5th in Data Integration Tools with 4 reviews. The top reviewer of Informatica PowerCenter writes "It can work with any kind of database, including NoSQL ones, but when a database object changes then object definitions do not get refreshed automatically". The top reviewer of Oracle GoldenGate writes "Enables migration from system to system with no downtime at incredible speed". Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with SSIS, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and Informatica Cloud Data Integration. Oracle GoldenGate is most compared with Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), Quest SharePlex and Attunity Replicate. See our Informatica PowerCenter vs Oracle GoldenGate report.

Informatica PowerCenter

Oracle GoldenGate

18001

Informatica PowerCenter

Based on 7 reviews.

20276

Oracle GoldenGate

Based on 4 reviews.

Most Helpful Review

Azhar Ahamad

Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Lead at Bank of America

It can work with any kind of database, including NoSQL ones, but when a database object changes then object...

Our organization had to import data from AS400, implement a sales cost analysis and load data into Data Mart, which was further consumed by... Read more »

DBA95de

DBA

Transforms data in real-time from one database to many or from many to one

If you have one environment that is for some application and it has a lot of data, and you need this information not only for the application but... Read more »

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Pros
Informatica PowerCenter has been implementing mapping design, data flow, and workflow execution for years.It reduces a lot of legacy coding.It works with any multi-databases, so it works with Sybase, SQL Server. Also, the performance is really good and it is easy to use.Reusable definition of data sources and the out-of-the-box availability of a large number maplets for common transformation functions.Easy, scalable, robust platform to integrate heterogeneous source platform's data into the unified data warehouse.UI-based ability to create data mapping.Good product if you are trying implement data quality, data integration, and data management projects.The ability to scale through partitions helped us to improve the performance. Read more »	You can put data together from a few databases into one database or the other way, from one database into several. It transforms data in real-time.It allows us to migrate from one system to another, from one server to another, with no downtime, no outage. We can get the data synchronized with multiple databases and then switch the connectivity across to the new servers.It's very simple to configure, it's very simple to implement. In addition, the ability it has to capture data and transmit it with incredible speed is better than any of the product out there. It's extremely powerful.It scales well. You can either have it working in with the databases, or you can move it outside. It's got the ability to parallelize up, so you can certainly extract and replay the data from your databases in parallel. So it does have horizontal scalability. That is probably one of its stronger features, the ability just to automatically parallelize the replay and playing of data to allow to scale to large volumes.Ease of installation, maintenance and powerful outputs and supporting Big Data and Cloud environment as well as OGGCS (Oracle Golden Gate Cloud Service). Read more »
Cons
Integrated Reporting service should be more smoothly transitioned from view to function to be in sync with the main design.The initial setup is not straightforward. You need expertise to do it.While Informatica is great for data-integration, it does not have any analytics features. Thus, organizations have to always look for another product for their BI needs.There can be scalability issues. Huge amounts of data ingestion will impact performance.We had stability issues, mostly with JVM size.We had to take on a large volume of data from the legacy Sybase system. This was taking a very long time, i.e., more than a day. We were trying to improve it with partitions to gpload, but we were told that we can't go more than four partitions.The UI is outdated and old-fashioned, at least in our current version. Also, we have experienced some stability issues with the Workflow Monitor application. Read more »	It's stable but you have to know how to maintain it. That's why it's not 10 out of 10 for me. There are some bugs, there are some issues here and there. All of a sudden your process is not working and you have to figure out why, and sometimes it's not so clear.It would be better for Oracle Golden Gate Studio GUI to include other licensed products (i.e. Veridata or others). Read more »

Pricing and Cost Advice

Licensing is a one time cost. But maintenance costs depend on what you want, how long you need it. Maintenance is a kind of insurance. With health insurance, you don't know whether you will get sick or need to go to hospital or not but you have to have insurance. It's the same thing with support. If you have that expertise in resolving issues, if you have enough experience in your IT department, I would say you don't need the support. But in practice, they recommend you go with the support. If you want support you have to pay for it.Cost could be improved.We have found the pricing very cost-effective. The licensing is CPU and data source-based.

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.

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RANKING	2nd out of 64 In Data Integration Tools Views 33,638 Comparisons 21,963 Reviews 7 Followers 1,044 Avg. Rating 8.0	5th out of 64 In Data Integration Tools Views 18,250 Comparisons 11,311 Reviews 4 Followers 686 Avg. Rating 9.0
Top Comparisons
Top Comparisons	SSIS vs. Informatica PowerCenter Compared 21% of the time. Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) vs. Informatica PowerCenter Compared 13% of the time. Informatica Cloud Data Integration vs. Informatica PowerCenter Compared 13% of the time. See more Informatica PowerCenter competitors »	Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) vs. Oracle GoldenGate Compared 17% of the time. Quest SharePlex vs. Oracle GoldenGate Compared 15% of the time. Attunity Replicate vs. Oracle GoldenGate Compared 14% of the time. See more Oracle GoldenGate competitors »

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Also Known As	PowerCenter	GoldenGate
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Overview
Overview	Enterprise data integration platform to help organizations access, transform, and integrate data from a variety of systems.	Oracle GoldenGate is a comprehensive software package for real-time data integration and replication in heterogeneous IT environments. The product set enables high availability solutions, real-time data integration, transactional change data capture, data replication, transformations, and verification between operational and analytical enterprise systems.
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Sample Customers
Sample Customers	University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, LexisNexis, Rabobank	Japan Exchange Group, Daewoo E&C, Herbalife, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Canon, Turk Telekom
Top Industries
Top Industries	REVIEWERS Healthcare Company 20% Financial Services Firm 20% Comms Service Provider 10% Pharma/Biotech Company 10% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Financial Services Firm 22% University 13% Healthcare Company 10% Comms Service Provider 8%	VISITORS READING REVIEWS Financial Services Firm 21% Comms Service Provider 11% Government 9% Energy/Utilities Company 8%
Company Size
Company Size	REVIEWERS Midsize Enterprise 14% Large Enterprise 86% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Small Business 10% Midsize Enterprise 11% Large Enterprise 79%	REVIEWERS Small Business 55% Midsize Enterprise 9% Large Enterprise 36% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Small Business 7% Midsize Enterprise 16% Large Enterprise 77%

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