We performed a comparison between Informatica PowerCenter and Zapier based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We have found the PowerCenter and B2B data transformation most valuable."
"It's a complete package, which is why we use this solution."
"The number of docs has been reduced drastically, which is very good."
"PowerCenter performs well during data transformation and optimization."
"Deployment was simple and straightforward."
"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 features of Informatica PowerCenter are the ease of use, and development, and is simple to find resources."
"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."
"There are a few valuable features, like the stability that it comes with and also the number of features that it offers. I've used other services like Pabbly, but they don't offer similar numbers of applications that Zapier has or allows to integrate with – it's maximum."
"Webhooks are the most valuable feature of Zapier."
"The solution is a SaaS and does not require a complex setup."
"We can connect Zapier with Zoho CRM for lead generation. I like the tool's drag and drop feature."
"Zapier's interface, for me, is the solution's greatest value proposition. It is designed and developed for people who don't have a clue about what they're trying to do. It has a very user-friendly interface."
"Zapier luckily has a wide range of integrations, I would say."
"With the previous CRM we were using – the Google Ads landing pages we had – we were collecting leads manually. That process was not efficient and took a sales team a lot of time to insert these leads manually. Currently, the process is smooth and we use Zapier to collect the leads for us."
"What's most valuable in Zapier is its simplicity, seamlessness, and smooth plug-in, so you won't need to build code for every action. I'm not a developer, but I can use Zapier."
"There is some room for improvement in terms of pricing."
"Its scalability can be improved. It is not scalable."
"Integrating new tools can be tricky and challenging."
"This solution needs the functionality to do batch processing of data. It also lacks connectivity to NoSQL, unstructured data sources."
"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."
"Lacks ability to calculate cost of the product."
"Integration with Artificial Intelligence would benefit this solution."
"The initial setup is not straightforward. You need expertise to do it."
"Being able to share Zaps and organize them with teammates would allow sharing and refining scenarios and even combining steps that require different people's credentials."
"At the moment, they allow a limited number of apps. I look forward to getting more apps for each package."
"Zapier needs more YouTube or video tutorials or more training for people. That would help a lot. In particular, Zapier should have documentation for every connector. Its documentation needs to be more detailed and visual."
"The solution does not work properly when we apply filters and we get errors."
"I think that this solution should have more apps connected to it."
"With Zapier, improvements are required in the areas of concerns like bugs, ease of use, and documentation."
"After mapping them out, and they'd worked for a while, I've had Zapier fail."
"System-to-system is fine, but when it comes to system-to-user, where Zapier is helping to communicate to a user, that's a one-way communication. If that user has to perform some action on that notification, the action isn't handled by Zapier. So there's no way to orchestrate that and it's very cumbersome."
Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 3rd in Data Integration with 78 reviews while Zapier is ranked 10th in Cloud Data Integration with 40 reviews. Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0, while Zapier is rated 8.6. 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 Zapier writes "A tool for automation purposes requiring an easy initial setup while offering a very helpful technical support team ". Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks and AWS Glue, whereas Zapier is most compared with AWS Glue, Alteryx Designer, Tray.io, MuleSoft Composer and Coefficient. See our Informatica PowerCenter vs. Zapier report.
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