We performed a comparison between Denodo and IBM InfoSphere DataStage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the performance. Denodo is very useful, especially in this huge pharma environment. I've found that older SAP solutions were very tightly coupled to each other, which resulted in data restrictions. Getting data from different sources was tough and tedious. Compared to these old solutions, Denodo is very easy to work with for the analytical team. Now that we've implemented this virtualization layer, we are capable of getting the data very smoothly. We implemented a very small unit, but the performance and integration have been very good."
"Denodo makes it easy to export data as a service or data link to other services."
"The logical data warehouse functionality is fantastic. It truly stands out. The ClearOptimizer and Virtual Cache are great features. They work together seamlessly to optimize performance."
"It can support a number of data sources, and it can pull flat files, from cloud-based databases or from those on-premises. Denodo can pull from any data source and interface with the view. Then, we can publish the view."
"While we may not be using all the features of Denodo at this time, we have found the data virtualization features to be very useful in helping us connect our data sources together, bringing all our data into one platform."
"The data abstraction is the most valuable feature."
"The best thing about Denodo is that creating and deploying a web service can be done in about 10 minutes, compared to a whole day when it comes to other solutions (such as when deploying with Java and AWS)."
"One thing that we have noticed is that when you have a BI tool, you end up building a lot of the logic in the BI tool, but as a company, every company wants to be tool agnostic because today, you could be in the Qlik Sense, and tomorrow, you may decide to go with Tableau or something else that is there. If you have put a lot of logic within the tool, transitioning or moving away from one BI tool to another tool becomes a very intensive process. By keeping the logic in Denodo, you can move to any tool."
"The product is a stable and powerful data management solution that can run in parallel mode for enhanced speed."
"Highly customizable: Allowing you to handle multiple data latencies (scheduled batch, on-demand, and real-time) in the same job."
"The solution is stable."
"Finding logs is very easy on the solution."
"We are mostly using transmission rules. It has a lot of functions and logic related to transmission. It is a user-friendly tool with in-built functions."
"Offers great flexibility."
"We like the flexibility of modeling."
"The Hierarchical Data Stage is good."
"The data catalog certainly has room for improvement. It is functional but we look forward to development. We are in constant contact with Denodo and they are fully aware of our needs."
"Monitoring event logs can be improved. In the older version, there was a monitoring schedule to get event reports and properly audit the reports. In the newer version, it is not there, and we have to manually configure data and audit events."
"We occasionally have some integration issues that we need to work through."
"Denodo can improve usage management-related aspects. If you deal with the mini views, it gets stuck. The performance is very slow when we go with a large number of views and high volume."
"There have been some issues when you are at a table. Currently, Denodo exports data sets for a tabular model. When you are finished modeling your database or data warehouse they export a link to be used in Tableau. They should support other tools like Power BI."
"The solution is slow when there are many virtualization layers."
"Documentation needs to be improved"
"We can't scale it to meet digital requirements."
"The error messaging needs to be improved."
"Working with some of the big data components is good, but I can see improvements are needed."
"The response time from support is slow and needs to be improved."
"The graphical user interface (GUI) feels a lot like the interfaces from the 1980s."
"The initial setup can be complex."
"In the future, I would like to see more integration with cloud technologies."
"The interface needs work to be more user-friendly."
"The interface needs improvement. It is really too technical. That is the main problem."
Denodo is ranked 12th in Data Integration with 29 reviews while IBM InfoSphere DataStage is ranked 7th in Data Integration with 37 reviews. Denodo is rated 7.8, while IBM InfoSphere DataStage is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Denodo writes "Saves our underwriters' time with data virtualization, but could provide more learning resources". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere DataStage writes "User-friendly with a lot of functions for transmission rules, but has slow performance and not suitable for a huge volume of data". Denodo is most compared with Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, Delphix, Mule Anypoint Platform and Informatica PowerCenter, whereas IBM InfoSphere DataStage is most compared with SSIS, IBM Cloud Pak for Data, Azure Data Factory, Talend Open Studio and Informatica PowerCenter. See our Denodo vs. IBM InfoSphere DataStage report.
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