We performed a comparison between Informatica PowerCenter and webMethods Integration Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I found the map links, work links, and workflows valuable. They are important features."
"The greatest feature is that it is very easy to have someone come in and jump right in. It is one of the nicest tools in terms of getting a person acquainted quickly."
"We can scale the product."
"Reusable definition of data sources and the out-of-the-box availability of a large number maplets for common transformation functions."
"It's a very powerful tool you can use to load data, get data, do the drawing between the tables, and put into the packet in a very fast way."
"The most valuable feature of Informatica PowerCenter is data transformation and user-friendliness."
"The features I find most valuable is that the solution is very user-friendly and the graphical design is very easy to understand."
"Good interface, reasonable documentation."
"I feel comfortable using this product with its ease of building interfaces for developers. This is a better integration tool for integrating with various applications like Oracle, Salesforce, mainframes, etc. It works fine in the integration of legacy software as well."
"I like the stability of the webMethods Integration Server."
"The synchronous and asynchronous messaging system the solution provides is very good."
"How simple it is to create new solutions."
"Currently, we're using this solution for the integration server which helps us to integrate with the mainframe."
"The main assets are its flow language, debugging, and Broker. Flow language is far better and more flexible for debugging."
"The most valuable feature of the webMethods Integration Server is the built-in monitoring, auditing, RETS, and SOAP services."
"It is a bundled product stack for A2A and B2B usage. It is one of the best products which I have used during my integration career."
"The licensing is difficult."
"I would like to see an improvement in the digital adoption."
"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."
"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."
"I would like to see it be able to import data from NoSQL."
"PowerCenter could integrate better with cloud applications. We had to do a lot of configuration work using API integrations to connect with cloud applications. Informatica Cloud Data Integration has a generic connector that you can use directly, so it's much easier."
"An issue which should be addressed is that the solution only allows us to do structured, as opposed to unstructured, data processing."
"This product is going to decommission in the next couple of years."
"This product has too many gaps. You find them after update installations. This should be covered by automatic testing."
"It could be more user-friendly."
"Rapid application development has to be considered, especially for UI, where user interference is crucial."
"In terms of improvement, it would be better if it adapted quicker to open standards. It took a while for API specification before the last version was available. The spec of version two was rather quick."
"The patching of infrastructure is not very smooth and improved authentication should be added in the next feature."
"The logging capability has room for improvement. That way, we could keep a history of all the transactions. It would be helpful to be able to get to that without having to build a standalone solution to do so."
"The UI for the admin console is very old. It hasn't been updated for years and is pretty much the same one that we started with. This is something that could be refreshed and made more modern."
"The initial setup of the webMethods Integration Server is not easy but it gets easier once you know it. It is tiresome but not difficult."
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Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 3rd in Data Integration with 78 reviews while webMethods Integration Server is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 60 reviews. Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0, while webMethods Integration Server 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 webMethods Integration Server writes "Event-driven with lots of helpful formats, but minimal learning resources available". Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks and AWS Glue, whereas webMethods Integration Server is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, webMethods.io Integration, Mule ESB and TIBCO BusinessWorks. See our Informatica PowerCenter vs. webMethods Integration Server report.
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