Informatica PowerExchange vs SAS Access comparison

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Pros
"The most valuable feature is connectivity to data sources.""From the product feature or product capability perspective, the aspects around integration, transformation, and standardization are valuable. It's fairly easy to use. It has a GUI-based interface.""The user interface and user experience are perfectly all right.""Mainstream integration and real-time integration are the best features.""The product’s flexibility is valuable.""The product's initial setup phase was not complex. The tool is easy to install onto any of the servers, and you can integrate it.""This product is easy to install and it can be done in a few hours.""It is a scalable and versatile solution."

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"The most valuable part of SAS/ACCESS is what it is made for: connecting to remote systems that are not part of your physical SAS environment.""The most valuable feature is you have native access to the external databases.""The most valuable aspect of the solution is the ease of access to the data in those databases."

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Cons
"The one place where it could be improved is definitely pricing. That's a very big problem. It depends product to product, but pricing is an issue.""Real-time has not been enhanced that much over the past few years. There has not been as many features added like they did before.""V10.2 is very stable, but we are still struggling to make V10.5 stable. We found services that were down, and PowerExchange stopped working.""They should make it quick and easy for use of citizen data integration or for people or integrators developing at the customer side. They could be development teams within the business team. For them, the product owners can consider making it a little bit more seamless and a little bit more democratized.""The product is not suitable for application integration.""Pushdown optimization could be improved.""The connectivity with T24 core banking could be improved.""Integration with the largest number of databases and other systems would be important."

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"The pricing model needs to be reconsidered and adjusted.""I can't really recall any missing feature or general improvement that is needed. We don't really add too many new kinds of databases and therefore our needs are already met.""The solution can provide access to the newer databases that come out sooner."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "An annual package license fee is required."
  • "The cost of PowerExchange is reasonable. It does not rely on complicated formulas or unrealistic equations. The pricing model is straightforward. There is one component, and real-time integration is included. Some other solutions require purchasing additional modules or third-party plugins for this capability."
  • "It's expensive. In fact, nobody would buy any product of Informatica if the price was the only consideration. It costs money, and it doesn't come cheap, but it provides value for money in many ways."
  • "There is a need to pay towards the licensing cost of the product. It is an expensive product."
  • "Many users don't prefer to use the product, considering the high costs attached to the licensing part of the solution."
  • "The product is not very expensive."
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  • "The pricing model is complex and is based on modular packages as well as the size of the applicable environment."
  • "The solution's pricing and licensing are expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The product's initial setup phase was not complex. The tool is easy to install onto any of the servers, and you can integrate it.
    Top Answer:Many users don't prefer to use the product, considering the high costs attached to the licensing part of the solution.
    Top Answer:The product's functionality attached to the logs is an area of concern where improvements are required. Sometimes, the product takes time to identify certain gaps in scenarios where pipelines are… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature is you have native access to the external databases.
    Top Answer:The solution's pricing and licensing are expensive. It is not the cheapest software. However, SAS systems are solutions that customers use over decades of time and you can rely on the solution being… more »
    Top Answer:The solution can provide access to the newer databases that come out sooner.
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    Also Known As
    PowerExchange, Connectors
    SAS/Access
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    Overview

    Informatica PowerExchange Connectors provides high performance, out-of-the-box connectivity without having to develop custom data access programs.

    SAS/ACCESS is an out-of-the-box solution for integrating SAS and third-party databases. You can read, write and update data regardless of the database or platform. Because the data appears native to SAS, there is no need to learn Structured Query Language (SQL) or any other database-specific query languages.
    Sample Customers
    ACH Food, BNSF Railway Company, Illinois State University
    Los Angeles County, West Midlands Police, Credit Guarantee Corporation, Canada Post, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Insurance Company25%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm27%
    Insurance Company12%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm23%
    Insurance Company10%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Government7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business37%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise53%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business12%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise80%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise5%
    Large Enterprise73%
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    Informatica PowerExchange is ranked 21st in Data Integration with 19 reviews while SAS Access is ranked 38th in Data Integration with 3 reviews. Informatica PowerExchange is rated 7.8, while SAS Access is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Informatica PowerExchange writes "Handles big data better than competitors". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAS Access writes "The solution is stable, scalable, and flexible". Informatica PowerExchange is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, Oracle GoldenGate, Qlik Replicate, Azure Data Factory and Informatica Cloud Data Integration, whereas SAS Access is most compared with Delphix, SSIS and Zapier.

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