We performed a comparison between Informatica PowerCenter and SAP Data Services based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: SAP Data Services wins out in this comparison. The main difference between the two solutions is that Informatica PowerCenter cannot do batch processing and users also consider it to be expensive.
"It is an excellent ETL tool."
"Informatica PowerCenter has good user feedback. The developers can easily make mappings in the solution."
"I like the completeness of the way I can build ETL workflows."
"It provides monitoring and we can therefore be aware of what is happening when we are handling jobs."
"Informatica PowerCenter is very good for integrating a huge amount of data in a very short duration, such as a minute. It is also very easy to use. After you provide the source and the target, mappings are automatically done, which makes it easy to use for the development team."
"I found the map links, work links, and workflows valuable. They are important features."
"If the systems get migrated or upgraded, the amount of resources required are very minimal. We can change the connections and establish a new connection. It's very helpful."
"Enterprise-scale ETL solution that's very stable and is easy to scale. It integrates and connects with multiple new systems, both structured and semi-structured."
"The reporting on the data, even from third-party software, is very good."
"Technical support from SAP is awesome. If we have an issue, they give a good solution."
"The feature of SAP Data Services has enhanced our company's business processes because we are able to run around 800 jobs in areas like data extraction and transaction objects."
"The most valuable feature is the logging capability."
"The initial setup is not complex."
"Its integration capabilities and the data migration capabilities are the most valuable. It is very good for SAP and non-SAP tools. It has very good integration with SAP, but it also has the capabilities to connect to other systems. We find it very helpful and stable."
"The product's most valuable features are data validation and rules."
"The most valuable feature of SAP Data Services is the integration with data sources."
"The solution must improve the integration with new services."
"The UI is a little outdated."
"It should be more cloud-centric than on-prem-centric."
"While on-premises is a better product, we really need to move to the cloud and need the cloud to be as robust as this product."
"Its licensing can be improved. It should be features-wise and not bundle-wise. A bundle will definitely be costly. In addition, we might use one or two features. That's why the pricing model should be based on the features. The model should be flexible enough based on the features. Their support should also be more responsive to premium customers."
"Lacks ability to calculate cost of the product."
"The performance of Informatica PowerCenter could improve."
"I would like to see an improvement in the digital adoption."
"There needs to be multi-language support, however, my understanding is they are working on multi-language now."
"An area for improvement in SAP Data Services could involve making the product more accessible to non-technical end-users."
"Integration with other products could be improved."
"The solution shows a lack of cloud support data services."
"The pricing of the solution should be improved."
"Data Services SAP is lacking in sources and target databases compared to Informatica. SAP Data Services should have more connectivity."
"The solution could improve the overall features. There is a lot that can be done in the solution, therefor there are areas where it can improve. Additionally, there is a need to make it easier for one to create connections to other non-SAP systems. The flexibility to connect to other non-SAP systems is needed."
"There should be some kind of enhancement that can be done on the admin side of certain sites where we can assign the roles and responsibilities. We should be able to control who is using the tool and how."
Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 3rd in Data Integration with 78 reviews while SAP Data Services is ranked 10th in Data Integration with 45 reviews. Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0, while SAP Data Services is rated 8.0. 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 SAP Data Services writes "Responsive support, scalable, and beneficial integration". Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks and Talend Open Studio, whereas SAP Data Services is most compared with Azure Data Factory, Syniti Data Quality, SAP Process Orchestration, Palantir Foundry and SSIS. See our Informatica PowerCenter vs. SAP Data Services report.
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