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Ab Initio Co>Operating System vs Azure Data Factory comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Ab Initio Co>Operating System
Ranking in Data Integration
47th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Workload Automation (29th)
Azure Data Factory
Ranking in Data Integration
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Warehouse (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Ab Initio Co>Operating System is 1.6%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Azure Data Factory is 8.9%, down from 12.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

AM
Enables creation of sophisticated applications with powerful parallelism and quick, effective support
The most valuable features of Ab Initio Co>Operating System are its performance and the ability to implement parallelism. There are three kinds of parallelism in Ab Initio Co>Operating System, which allow us to create very sophisticated solutions for almost any kind of application. This parallelism is one of the strongest features. Additionally, its scalability offers a unique way to escalate applications that differs from other technologies. In terms of data processing, the emphasis is on understanding the data. Data profiling is fundamental, and Ab Initio Co>Operating System integrates tools to perform this within the GDE, as well as specialized products for this purpose. Data profiling graphs can be implemented when necessary to understand the data sources.
Joy Maitra - PeerSpot reviewer
Facilitates seamless data pipeline creation with good analytics and and thorough monitoring
Azure Data Factory is a low code, no code platform, which is helpful. It provides many prebuilt functionalities that assist in building data pipelines. Also, it facilitates easy transformation with all required functionalities for analytics. Furthermore, it connects to different sources out-of-the-box, making integration much easier. The monitoring is very thorough, though a more readable version would be appreciable.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Ab Initio Co>Operating System support is the best I have encountered."
"Co>Operating System's most valuable feature is its ability to process bulk data effectively."
"Ab Initio reaches the highest performance and is very flexible in processing huge amounts of data."
"Azure Data Factory is a low code, no code platform, which is helpful."
"Azure Data Factory's most valuable features are the packages and the data transformation that it allows us to do, which is more drag and drop, or a visual interface. So, that eases the entire process."
"I enjoy the ease of use for the backend JSON generator, the deployment solution, and the template management."
"Allows more data between on-premises and cloud solutions"
"The feature I found most helpful in Azure Data Factory is the pipeline feature, including being able to connect to different sources. Azure Data Factory also has built-in security, which is another valuable feature."
"The trigger scheduling options are decently robust."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Data Factory is the core features that help you through the whole Azure pipeline or value chain."
"I think it makes it very easy to understand what data flow is and so on. You can leverage the user interface to do the different data flows, and it's great. I like it a lot."
 

Cons

"An awesome improvement would be big data solutions, for example, implementing some kind of business intelligence or neural networks for artificial intelligence."
"Co>Operating System would be improved with more integrations for less well-known technologies."
"There is room for improvement primarily in its streaming capabilities. For structured streaming and machine learning model implementation within an ETL process, it lags behind tools like Informatica."
"The setup and configuration process could be simplified."
"Azure Data Factory should be cheaper to move data to a data center abroad for calamities in case of disasters."
"Lacks a decent UI that would give us a view of the kinds of requests that come in."
"I have not found any real shortcomings within the product."
"There's no Oracle connector if you want to do transformation using data flow activity, so Azure Data Factory needs more connectors for data flow transformation."
"Currently, smaller businesses face a disadvantage in terms of pricing, and reducing costs could address this issue."
"Lacks in-built streaming data processing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Co>Operating System's pricing is on the expensive end since it tends to be used by big enterprises."
"It's not particularly expensive."
"My company is on a monthly subscription for Azure Data Factory, but it's more of a pay-as-you-go model where your monthly invoice depends on how many resources you use. On a scale of one to five, pricing for Azure Data Factory is a four. It's just the usage fees my company pays monthly."
"I don't see a cost; it appears to be included in general support."
"ADF is cheaper compared to AWS."
"This is a cost-effective solution."
"In terms of licensing costs, we pay somewhere around S14,000 USD per month. There are some additional costs. For example, we would have to subscribe to some additional computing and for elasticity, but they are minimal."
"I rate the product price as six on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."
"Our licensing fees are approximately 15,000 ($150 USD) per month."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
38%
Computer Software Company
10%
Insurance Company
7%
University
5%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Ab Initio Co>Operating System?
Ab Initio Co>Operating System has its own paradigm, requiring a new approach to problem-solving that differs from traditional paradigms like object-oriented programming. While many people sugges...
What is your primary use case for Ab Initio Co>Operating System?
My main experience with Ab Initio Co>Operating System has been in banking. I have architected and developed many applications, some in the backend as ETL solutions but also to generate different...
What advice do you have for others considering Ab Initio Co>Operating System?
On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Ab Initio Co>Operating System a nine. It is a very good technology for solving large data problems or approaching big data solutions. However, it is not su...
How do you select the right cloud ETL tool?
AWS Glue and Azure Data factory for ELT best performance cloud services.
How does Azure Data Factory compare with Informatica PowerCenter?
Azure Data Factory is flexible, modular, and works well. In terms of cost, it is not too pricey. It offers the stability and reliability I am looking for, good scalability, and is easy to set up an...
How does Azure Data Factory compare with Informatica Cloud Data Integration?
Azure Data Factory is a solid product offering many transformation functions; It has pre-load and post-load transformations, allowing users to apply transformations either in code by using Power Q...
 

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Sample Customers

A multinational transportation company
1. Adobe 2. BMW 3. Coca-Cola 4. General Electric 5. Johnson & Johnson 6. LinkedIn 7. Mastercard 8. Nestle 9. Pfizer 10. Samsung 11. Siemens 12. Toyota 13. Unilever 14. Verizon 15. Walmart 16. Accenture 17. American Express 18. AT&T 19. Bank of America 20. Cisco 21. Deloitte 22. ExxonMobil 23. Ford 24. General Motors 25. IBM 26. JPMorgan Chase 27. Microsoft (Azure Data Factory is developed by Microsoft) 28. Oracle 29. Procter & Gamble 30. Salesforce 31. Shell 32. Visa
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