How do cloud data integration tools help enterprise tech professionals?
In the review excerpts below, PeerSpot users share how their companies have benefited from cloud data integration software and what problems it has solved.
1. Mule Anypoint Platform
Mule Anypoint Platform solves connectivity problems across SOA, SaaS, and APIs.
A Sr. Enterprise Architect at Teranet Inc says Mule Anypoint’s best feature is the constant improvement to help connect applications, data, and devices. "The monitoring capabilities of this product are very good because of the feedback it supplies in statistics," he says. He finds the API management very useful and the graphic interface easy to use. “Specifically, the monitoring capabilities are good because of the statistics and feedback it supplies.”
A senior technical architect says, "Customers can make use of Runtime Fabric, an RTF environment. Mule Anypoint has good stability with an easy setup and good technical support. Many companies work via an API economy. By leveraging APIs, and thereby leveraging MuleSoft, the total cost of ownership can be reduced dramatically."
2. AWS Glue
AWS Glue is a fully managed extract, transform, and load (ETL) Amazon service that simplifies preparing and loading data for analytics. Let’s see what our users are saying about AWS Glue.
An ECM consultant architect at a tech services company commends the ease of performing ETL on multiple data sources. He says the most valuable feature is “the high-performance functionality” and the ease of use after you pass the learning curve. The NoSQL concept makes it easy to manage other data sources and integrate with other AWS services.
3. Informatica Cloud Data Integration
Informatica Cloud Data Integration provides a unified and modern user experience across IPaaS patterns, supported by the intelligence-based microservices architecture. Here’s what our users say about Informatica Cloud Data Integration:
A data architect at a retail company says "Their new licensing is very flexible. With Informatica Cloud, you have plenty of items under the same umbrella, such as services, offerings, data quality, and data masking. You have also got master data management and API management.” They add that the initial setup is also easy and quick.
Another user, a senior technical architect at a tech services company, calls Informatica Cloud Data Integration “a one-stop-shop with everything provided in one platform.” He says the most valuable feature is the connectivity of the suite.
Other users mention valuable features like powerful data transformation capabilities and strong support.
4. Denodo
Denodo provides high-performance, unified data virtualization to enterprises. It offers access to structured and unstructured data, big data, and cloud sources.
A senior data analytics strategist says “the most valuable feature is Data Catalogs.” They use Denodo for data anonymization and say the integration capabilities with data are one of the best features. The setup takes some months but it is pretty straightforward. They add that the price is also reasonable.
5. Equalum
Equalum is a single platform for architectural use cases, including streaming and batch ETL and change data capture (CDC) replication. The goal is to simplify the development and deployment of enterprise data pipelines.
A managing director at a consultancy says Equalum’s best feature is that “it frees staff to focus on data workflow and on what can be done with data.”
"It's got it all, from end-to-end. It's the glue. There are a lot of other products out there, good products, but there's always a little bit of something missing from the other products. Equalum did its research well and understood the requirements of large enterprises and governments in terms of one tool to rule them all, from a data migration integration perspective."
6. Palantir Foundry
Palantir Foundry is a supply chain analytics tool that helps enterprises integrate and analyze their data. The solution is user-friendly and offers great end-to-end capabilities.
“We use this solution for everything, including sales. One of our use cases is performing machine learning to give us an understanding of customer behavior, and which message should be used to target different customers”, says an in-house consultant at a pharma company with more than 10,000 employees.
The best features about Palantir Foundry are that it is user-friendly, has good automation, and enables you to do a better job at data governance.
7. Matillion ETL
Matillion ETL is a powerful ETL tool for Amazon Redshift that is faster than traditional ETL technology.
A Managing director at a medium-sized tech company says, "The simplicity of this tool is nice. It has a good graphical user interface. You can also do a lot of generic stuff in the tool. If there is good connectivity to a cloud database, such as Snowflake, and you can have a lot of Snowflake functionality in the tool." The solution is very useful for any case when you need an on-premise solution since it provides multi-environment support.”
