We performed a comparison between Informatica PowerCenter and SAS Data Integration Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Informatica, Oracle and others in Data Integration."One of the most valuable features for us is the metadata repository because it can easily understand the lineage of first target mapping. My company and I also find Informatica really easy to use—when a consultant joins our company, in just a few days to a few weeks, they can understand how to use it—so we prefer to use this ETL tool."
"We have found the PowerCenter and B2B data transformation most valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the new Data Lake feature, which provides the basic capabilities needed."
"Good interface, reasonable documentation."
"I found the map links, work links, and workflows valuable. They are important features."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"The most valuable feature of Informatica PowerCenter is data transformation and user-friendliness."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its amazing capabilities in regard to data handling."
"The solution is very stable."
"The solution offers very good data manipulation and loading."
"The price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required, considering the fact that the present licensing charges of the tool are expensive."
"If we could have the option of performance improvement within Informatica, and if it could have more features, that would be ideal."
"The solution must improve the integration with new services."
"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."
"Integrating new tools can be tricky and challenging."
"We need another tool for monitoring. It would be easier if all the features were consolidated into one tool."
"The UI is outdated and old-fashioned, at least in our current version.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."
"The pricing could be improved."
"The transform tool has limited access. They should make it more flexible."
"The initial setup of SAS Data Integration Server was complex."
"So I would like to see improved integration with other software."
Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 3rd in Data Integration with 78 reviews while SAS Data Integration Server is ranked 34th in Data Integration with 3 reviews. Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0, while SAS Data Integration Server is rated 7.4. 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 SAS Data Integration Server writes "A stable and scalable tool with data handling capabilities and an amazing technical support". Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks and AWS Glue, whereas SAS Data Integration Server is most compared with Palantir Foundry, SSIS, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), Azure Data Factory and AWS Glue.
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