Compare Informatica PowerCenter vs. Pentaho Data Integration
Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 2nd in Data Integration Tools with 14 reviews while Pentaho Data Integration is ranked 13th in Data Integration Tools with 1 review. Informatica PowerCenter is rated 7.8, while Pentaho Data Integration is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Informatica PowerCenter writes "Assists us with integration as we migrate from on-premise to cloud, but it needs a performance analyzer". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pentaho Data Integration writes "It has improved our data integration capabilities". Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with SSIS, Informatica Cloud Data Integration and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), whereas Pentaho Data Integration is most compared with SSIS, Informatica PowerCenter and Talend Open Studio.
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The most valuable feature is the new Data Lake feature, which provides the basic capabilities needed. 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. Technical support, and their approach is good. They have a support portal and support tickets. If you open a ticket it has multiple levels of severity from level one to very high or critical. The features I find most valuable is that the solution is very user-friendly and the graphical design is very easy to understand. In the end, you have structured, proper data for use in an integrated BI solution. The performance and design of Informatica have been very valuable. I find the performance faster than, say, Oracle Data Integrator or DataStage. The partitioning and optimization to help enhance our development is a very valuable aspect of Informatica PowerCenter. Technical support is great. It's one of the reasons we really like them. When you compare support from IBM and support from Informatica, Informatica is much better. | It has improved our data integration capabilities. Provides a good open source option. |
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I found it is kind of weird that not all of the mapping changes are treated as true changes. Include more instruments for LOGs analysis, interpretation, and job corrections. The licensing cost for Informatica is very high. Other all-in-one solutions have much lower prices than Informatica. I would like to see an improvement in the digital adoption. Integration with Artificial Intelligence would benefit this solution. As a connector to big data, it is not well developed. We've had problems connecting Informatica with Hadoop. The functionality to connect Informatica with Hadoop, for me it's not good. The multiple interfaces in Informatica PowerCenter are not great for the user experience. Because of this, I think it can cause confusion for any beginner developer. 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. | 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. |
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Price-wise, it's more expensive than SSIS, but it's a better tool, so it has more features. Licensing is on a yearly basis. 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. | There is a good open source option (Community Edition). |
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Views 38,056 Comparisons 30,370 Reviews 11 Average Words per Review 361 Avg. Rating 7.8 | Views 10,975 Comparisons 8,783 Reviews 1 Average Words per Review 226 Avg. Rating 8.0 |
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| PowerCenter | Kettle |
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| Informatica | Hitachi |
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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Learn more about Informatica PowerCenter | Learn more about Pentaho Data Integration |
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 |
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Financial Services Firm15% Comms Service Provider15% Healthcare Company15% Transportation Company8% Software R&D Company37% Comms Service Provider13% Financial Services Firm9% Insurance Company7% | Healthcare Company20% Financial Services Firm20% Comms Service Provider20% Government10% Software R&D Company30% Financial Services Firm13% Media Company9% Government9% |
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Small Business21% Midsize Enterprise14% Large Enterprise66% Small Business15% Midsize Enterprise15% Large Enterprise70% | Small Business22% Midsize Enterprise26% Large Enterprise52% |
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