Azure Data Factory vs WSO2 Enterprise Integrator comparison

Microsoft and WSO2 are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.2, while WSO2 is ranked #29 with an average rating of 8.0. Microsoft holds a 5.6% mindshare in DI, compared to WSO2’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 76% of WSO2 users who would recommend it.

Azure Data Factory

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76% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

WSO2 Enterprise Integrator and Azure Data Factory compete in the data integration and transformation domain. Azure Data Factory has an advantage due to its extensive cloud capabilities, scalability, and feature variety, making it a preferred choice for many organizations.

Features: WSO2 Enterprise Integrator offers API management, ESB functionality, and message brokering, providing a comprehensive integration solution on a single platform. In contrast, Azure Data Factory provides cloud-based data integration with data transformation, orchestration, and extensive third-party integration support. Its cloud-native approach ensures scalability and broad compatibility with various data services, giving it an edge in feature variety and cloud integration capabilities.

Room for Improvement: WSO2 Enterprise Integrator could enhance its cloud integration capabilities and ease of deployment in hybrid environments. It might also benefit from improved automation and scalability features. Azure Data Factory could improve its on-premises integration support, refine user interface consistency, and enhance its documentation for complex workflows.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: WSO2 Enterprise Integrator requires in-house expertise for on-premises or hybrid deployments, offering robust community and commercial support for complex implementations. Azure Data Factory uses a fully managed cloud environment, simplifying deployment within the Microsoft ecosystem and offering comprehensive documentation and a global support network, facilitating easier cloud deployments.

Pricing and ROI: WSO2 Enterprise Integrator is cost-effective due to its open-source nature, offering lower initial setup costs and higher ROI for organizations with dedicated IT resources. Azure Data Factory's scalable, pay-as-you-go pricing model demands a higher initial investment but results in significant ROI through reduced long-term infrastructure costs and extensive cloud capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Data Factory

Ranking in Data Integration

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Data Warehouse (2nd)

WSO2 Enterprise Integrator

Ranking in Data Integration

29th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Azure Data Factory is 5.6%, down from 11.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WSO2 Enterprise Integrator is 0.8%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Azure Data Factory	5.6%
WSO2 Enterprise Integrator	0.8%
Other	93.6%

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KandaswamyMuthukrishnan

Director at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Integrates diverse data sources and streamlines ETL processes effectively

Regarding potential areas of improvement for Azure Data Factory, there is a need for better data transformation, especially since many people are now depending on DataBricks more for connectivity and data integration. Azure Data Factory should consider how to enhance integration or filtering for more transformations, such as integrating with Spark clusters. I am satisfied with Azure Data Factory so far, but I suggest integrating some AI functionality to analyze data during the transition itself, providing insights such as null records, common records, and duplicates without running a separate pipeline or job. The monitoring tools in Azure Data Factory are helpful for optimizing data pipelines; while the current feature is adequate, they can improve by creating a live dashboard to see the online process, including how much percentage has been completed, which will be very helpful for people who are monitoring the pipeline.

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Ritesh_Shah

Senior Solution Architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Decreases the development timeframe and costs

The main issue with the product is pricing. It uses core-based pricing for WSO2 Enterprise Integrator and API Manager. It would be best if you had APIM by default. It provides many connectors for easy integration with third-party systems. Often, customers decide to develop using open-source tools like Spring Boot if there aren't many connectors required to avoid increasing costs. They'll develop this way and then deploy using APIM, the bare minimum needed. It is mainly required for very complicated setups with many connectors. In the implementations I've seen, people often used open-source tools because there weren't many third-party systems involved—just their organization's own systems. From WSO2 Enterprise Integrator, I expect them to bring up more and more connectors in the future. That's the main expectation. Having more connectors in various areas will help us when discussing new requirements. I don't have any specific use case right now, so I can't name a particular connector. But, as new technologies emerge, the relevant connectors should be there for those. WSO2 Enterprise Integrator mainly helps with the integration part, which can be simplified only if you have relevant connectors for whatever you're doing.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The data is more scalable."

"Data Factory's most valuable feature is Copy Activity."

"For developers that are very accustomed to the Microsoft development studio, it's very easy for them to complete end-to-end data integration."

"The most valuable feature is the copy activity."

"Data Factory's best feature is the ease of setting up pipelines for data and cloud integrations."

"Powerful but easy-to-use and intuitive."

"We haven't had any issues connecting it to other products."

"It has built-in connectors for more than 100 sources and onboarding data from many different sources to the cloud environment."

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"Currently, I find the configuration part quite valuable, where you can easily configure things."

"It's a consolidated product. It works and it does its job pretty well."

"The productivity is the most valuable feature. It is very easy to write remediations."

"The solution's customer service is good."

"The stability is excellent."

"I like the user-friendly system and development of the service-oriented architecture."

"The connectors have been the most impactful features for handling integrations. I can use these connectors when I need specific connectivity with a third party, like a core banking system in BFSI. I don't need to do all the development. I take the specific connector, put in the IP address and password, and it takes care of everything."

"The solution basically conforms to our standards."

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Cons

"Data Factory's performance during heavy data processing isn't great."

"Data Factory would be improved if it were a little more configuration-oriented and not so code-oriented and if it had more automated features."

"Azure Data Factory's pricing in terms of utilization could be improved."

"Data Factory could be improved by eliminating the need for a physical data area. We have to extract data using Data Factory, then create a staging database for it with Azure SQL, which is very, very expensive. Another improvement would be lowering the licensing cost."

"It's a good idea to take a Microsoft course. Because they are really helpful when you start from your journey with Data Factory."

"The setup and configuration process could be simplified."

"The speed and performance need to be improved."

"User-friendliness and user effectiveness are unquestionably important, and it may be a good option here to improve the user experience. However, I believe that more and more sophisticated monitoring would be beneficial."

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"In my opinion, the administration model and interface, of Carbon, are lacking in terms of its features and user experience."

"The setup can be difficult for those not familiar with the solution."

"The server is very specific and it is very difficult to get experience with it."

"The customization can be a bit difficult."

"They should introduce better pricing for small companies."

"They should release upgrades more frequently."

"You cannot include the validation of XPath."

"The micro integrator should be improved. There is room for enhancement considering alternative integration components."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"While I can't specify the actual cost, I believe it is reasonably priced and comparable to similar products."

"It's not particularly expensive."

"I don't see a cost; it appears to be included in general support."

"Data Factory is expensive."

"Understanding the pricing model for Data Factory is quite complex."

"The cost is based on the amount of data sets that we are ingesting."

"This is a cost-effective solution."

"I rate the product price as six on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

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"It is a low-cost solution."

"The solution costs about 20,000 or 30,000 euros per year, per instance."

"The open-source, unsupported version is available free of charge."

"The cost is better than IBM Cloud Pak."

"I rate the product price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"The pricing of WSO2 Enterprise Integrator for enterprise subscriptions can be considered expensive, especially from the perspective of someone who prefers open-source software."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

16%

Government

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	31
Midsize Enterprise	19
Large Enterprise	55

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	11

Questions from the Community

How do you select the right cloud ETL tool?

AWS Glue and Azure Data factory for ELT best performance cloud services.

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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...

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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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What do you like most about WSO2 Enterprise Integrator?

WSO2's analytics capability is good, considering the ELC support they provide.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WSO2 Enterprise Integrator?

The product has reasonable and competitive pricing for enterprise customers. It is expensive for small businesses especially. They are using the open-source solution, and they find it expensive sin...

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What needs improvement with WSO2 Enterprise Integrator?

Something that could be improved in WSO2 Enterprise Integrator is that the problem is not a lack of capability or functionalities. The problem is that it is a very complex environment. To put your ...

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Overview

Azure Data Factory efficiently manages and integrates data from various sources, enabling seamless movement and transformation across platforms. Its valuable features include seamless integration with Azure services, handling large data volumes, flexible transformation, user-friendly interface, extensive connectors, and scalability. Users have experienced improved team performance, workflow simplification, enhanced collaboration, streamlined processes, and boosted productivity.

Microsoft

WSO2 Enterprise Integrator, core to the WSO2 Integration Agile Platform, is an open source Integration product for cloud native and container-native projects. It enables enterprise integration experts to build, scale, and secure sophisticated integration solutions to achieve digital agility. Unlike other integration products, WSO2 Enterprise Integrator already contains integration runtimes, message brokering, business process modeling, analytics and visual tooling capabilities.

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Sample Customers

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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