We performed a comparison between Informatica PowerCenter and SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"Easy, scalable, robust platform to integrate heterogeneous source platform's data into the unified data warehouse."
"Good product if you are trying implement data quality, data integration, and data management projects."
"The most valuable feature is the new Data Lake feature, which provides the basic capabilities needed."
"The most valuable features of Informatica PowerCenter are the ease of use, and development, and is simple to find resources."
"The technical support for Informatica PowerCenter is good."
"The features I find most valuable is that the solution is very user-friendly and the graphical design is very easy to understand."
"It reduces a lot of legacy coding."
"It includes valuable features like a dashboard, reporting, visualization, etc."
"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."
"The solution can improve by providing more connectivity by having native ODBC or JDBC connections available. It will be easier and more people could start using it."
"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 initial setup is not straightforward. You need expertise to do it."
"Integrating new tools can be tricky and challenging."
"What I didn't like about it is that the platform itself is not great at distributed processing. When you need high parallel processing, it has some inherent issues. We had to use Java transformation, and it did not go very well. I have heard that it is going to the cloud, but we haven't tried that."
"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."
"Its interface can be modernized. It is an old product. I have been working with it for 14 years, and it still looks the same. It hasn't been modernized much. It also needs to handle more modern formats, such as JSON files. It works with the old text files and databases, but it does not always work with the newer, modern stuff. You need to make your own programs to support that kind of stuff. Support is also a kind of difficult with Informatica. They don't do direct support and rely on using their distributors around the globe for support, which means that you kind of have to go through this layer of different companies before you get help."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement."
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Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 4th in Data Visualization with 78 reviews while SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio is ranked 22nd in Data Visualization with 1 review. Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0, while SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 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 BusinessObjects Design Studio writes "Comprehensive product with valuable dashboard and reporting features ". Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks and AWS Glue, whereas SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio is most compared with SAP Lumira.
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