Informatica PowerCenter vs Pentaho Data Integration

Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 2nd in Data Integration Tools with 7 reviews vs Pentaho Data Integration which is ranked 2nd in Other Data Integration and Access Tools with 3 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 Pentaho Data Integration writes "Simple to install and simple to use and helps us mine, clean, and arrange terabytes of data". Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with SSIS, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and Informatica Cloud Data Integration. Pentaho Data Integration is most compared with IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Informatica PowerCenter and StreamSets.

Informatica PowerCenter

Pentaho Data Integration

18001

Informatica PowerCenter

Based on 7 reviews.

17936

Pentaho Data Integration

Based on 3 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 »

Juan Vidal Gil

Project Manager - Business Intelligence at www.datademy.es

It has improved our data integration capabilities

Developed ETL processes to load a data warehouse. Has improved our data integration capabilities.

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Quotes From Members Comparing Informatica PowerCenter vs Pentaho Data Integration

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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 »	It has improved our data integration capabilities.Provides a good open source option.It's very simple compared to other products out there.Data transformation within Pentaho is a nice feature that they have and that I value. 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 »	There is not a data quality or MDM solution in the Pentaho DI suite.I could not connect to our Hadoop environment in an easy and flexible way, and it was important to scale our data warehouse.I work with the Community Edition, therefore I do not have support. There was an issue that I could not resolve with community support.One thing that I don't like, just a little, is the backward compatibility.I would like to see more improvements with AS400 DB2. 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.

There is a good open source option (Community Edition).

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Ranking
RANKING	2nd out of 64 In Data Integration Tools Views 33,638 Comparisons 21,963 Reviews 7 Followers 1,044 Avg. Rating 8.0	2nd out of 58 In Other Data Integration and Access Tools Views 14,181 Comparisons 5,865 Reviews 4 Followers 359 Avg. Rating 7.8
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 »	IBM InfoSphere DataStage vs. Pentaho Data Integration Compared 21% of the time. Informatica PowerCenter vs. Pentaho Data Integration Compared 11% of the time. StreamSets vs. Pentaho Data Integration Compared 8% of the time. See more Pentaho Data Integration competitors »

Also Known As
Also Known As	PowerCenter	Kettle
Website/Video
Website/Video	Informatica	Hitachi
Overview
Overview	Enterprise data integration platform to help organizations access, transform, and integrate data from a variety of systems.	Pentaho data integration prepares and blends data to create a complete picture of your business that drives actionable insights. The complete data integration platform delivers accurate, "analytics ready" data to end users from any source. With visual tools to eliminate coding and complexity, Pentaho puts big data and all data sources at the fingertips of business and IT users alike.
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Sample Customers
Sample Customers	University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, LexisNexis, Rabobank	66Controls, Providential Revenue Agency of Ro Negro, NOAA Information Systems, Swiss Real Estate Institute
Top Industries
Top Industries	REVIEWERS Healthcare Company 20% Financial Services Firm 20% Hospitality Company 10% Government 10% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Financial Services Firm 22% University 13% Healthcare Company 10% Comms Service Provider 8%	REVIEWERS Healthcare Company 20% Financial Services Firm 20% Comms Service Provider 20% Transportation Company 10% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Financial Services Firm 19% University 14% Media Company 11% Manufacturing 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 23% Midsize Enterprise 27% Large Enterprise 50% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Small Business 11% Midsize Enterprise 16% Large Enterprise 73%

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