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Denodo vs Informatica PowerCenter vs Perforce Delphix comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.5
Denodo boosts ROI by enabling rapid reporting, improving decision-making, and streamlining data integration for enhanced efficiency and customer satisfaction.
Sentiment score
8.3
Informatica PowerCenter is cost-effective, enhances decision-making, supports crucial operations, reduces costs, and manages complex data efficiently.
Sentiment score
7.4
Perforce Delphix enhances efficiency and cost savings, delivering $1 million ROI annually and improving resource management for companies.
It provides a positive return on investment for those who can connect multiple data sources and make data-driven decisions easily.
Information Technology Manager at Lockheed Martin
If you don't need to write a whole ETL to make the data virtualization, you need way fewer people to write a query instead of writing an ETL pipeline.
Senior Backend Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 51-200 employees
I have seen a return on investment, which showed up in improved customer satisfaction scores.
Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
It also plays a vital role in revenue calculations, net asset valuations, and other key factors that support customer data and investment data pipelines.
Associate Principal Engineer at Nagarro
The investment we have made is tremendous; it has saved a lot of time and effort, and fewer people are needed.
Operations Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
The return on investment is very good, as I previously mentioned, because the development team has been reduced to half, and it has saved us around one hour per day since we switched to Informatica PowerCenter.
Data engineer at Cognizant
We've reduced costs by 20 to 25% and improved our time efficiency by 50 to 70%.
Release Train Engineer at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
Denodo support is responsive and helpful, but some users face delays in bug resolution and unfriendliness in the portal.
Sentiment score
7.0
Informatica PowerCenter's technical support is generally praised for responsiveness and expertise, though some users note occasional delays.
Sentiment score
8.2
Perforce Delphix customer support is praised for efficiency, knowledgeable team, quick responses, and high user satisfaction ratings.
They have a good methodology for learning how to use the tool.
Data Architecture and Engineering Specialist at coprocenva
Denodo's customer support team is very competent and responsive.
Datawarehouse & BI consultant, Owner, Mananging partner at NesCon B.V.
If we raise a ticket, it can be resolved or addressed within a reasonable time frame, so support is good.
Principal Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The documentation is thorough, and anyone with minimal knowledge of ETL can easily understand it and work through errors.
Data engineer at Cognizant
I like the technical support provided by Informatica.
Professor of Economics of Informatic at CMAYOR
I have occasionally needed to communicate with the technical support of Informatica PowerCenter, especially when raising cases for complex mappings and performance optimization to identify bottlenecks in transformations.
Associate Principal Engineer at Nagarro
It has been consistent, and whenever we raise a ticket, we get prompt answers.
Student at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
The response was quick.
DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Helix has the features it offers, the scalability solutions it offers, and the support it provides.
Sr Engineer at Synopsys Inc
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Denodo effectively scales across organizations, managing many users and data sources, but performance may vary with automation and configuration.
Sentiment score
6.8
Informatica PowerCenter offers scalable performance for large data volumes, though licensing costs and price may be a concern.
Sentiment score
6.2
Perforce Delphix is scalable and flexible, with some challenges in data virtualization, but generally suits enterprises well.
For huge data requests, it cannot scale automatically; admin action is required.
Principal Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Denodo's scalability comes into play specifically when there is data transfer.
Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
My client has almost 100 million records, and the performance was impacted in a way that required optimization.
Data Consultant at IT-Bots
In the cloud, scaling up and down becomes easy when working with cloud providers.
Associate Principal Engineer at Nagarro
The scalability of Informatica PowerCenter is tremendous because we can install it on any of our employees' systems, and it handles each and every task very swiftly.
Operations Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
We can easily scale the memory and also the workflows.
Data engineer at Cognizant
The security and everything was straightforward.
DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Perforce Delphix's scalability works well on a much lower scale, where we have small and medium-sized databases, more than 100 to 150.
Student at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
Denodo is stable and reliable in production, with minor issues, praised for robustness but needs technical expertise for optimization.
Sentiment score
7.9
Informatica PowerCenter is praised for stability, effectiveness, and reliability, with minor issues easily resolved; highly valued by users.
Sentiment score
8.2
Perforce Delphix is praised for stability, reliability, handling large data efficiently, and supporting up to 500 users smoothly.
I would rate it nine out of ten because it is very reliable, always performing as expected.
Datawarehouse & BI consultant, Owner, Mananging partner at NesCon B.V.
If JVM does not function properly, it may cause Denodo to fail to connect to different sources.
Technology Leader at eTCaaS
Denodo is stable and good.
Data Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
We are getting 100% uptime every day.
Operations Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Informatica PowerCenter is stable and can scale well.
Professor of Economics of Informatic at CMAYOR
The product is very stable with very few issues encountered in production.
Associate Principal Engineer at Nagarro
Perforce Delphix is stable and highly scalable for mid and enterprise-level solutions.
Release Train Engineer at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Denodo should expand markets, improve UI and integration, address performance issues, and enhance support and documentation.
Informatica PowerCenter is costly, complex, and outdated, needing better performance, integration, and user support for modern needs.
Perforce Delphix needs enhancements in integration, usability, cost, AWS compatibility, self-service, data masking, and mainframe virtualization.
Ensuring data caching is up to date is critical.
Director Software Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Denodo needs better communication on how the product can be deployed for specific solutions.
Datawarehouse & BI consultant, Owner, Mananging partner at NesCon B.V.
The system has dependencies on other environments, like JVM, which can affect its performance.
Technology Leader at eTCaaS
With Informatica PowerCenter, I am looking for an AI interface that looks at the underlying data model of the databases and the metadata of the tables, allowing the developer to provide instructions on what data sources to connect to and how to apply or create Transformations.
Director at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Utilizing more stored procedures from Oracle databases in an easy way would significantly boost performance.
Professor of Economics of Informatic at CMAYOR
Informatica Cloud and its support becomes quite expensive for the organization compared to peers such as SnapLogic or Netezza, which offer lower pricing.
Associate Principal Engineer at Nagarro
Focus mostly on Identity Access Management for Perforce, as the market is heading toward IAM, and it has become mandatory.
DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Perforce Delphix needs improvements involving the level of integration it has with Oracle and SQL Server being much higher compared to SAP HANA and Salesforce.
Student at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
The initial implementation learning curve could be improved, as it is challenging for newcomers to navigate.
Release Train Engineer at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
 

Setup Cost

Denodo pricing is high, suitable for larger enterprises, with variable costs and value-enhancing features, seen as fair by many.
Informatica PowerCenter is costly compared to alternatives, justified for large enterprises due to robust features and flexible licensing.
Perforce Delphix pricing varies widely; perceived as expensive yet valuable, negotiable and generally suitable for enterprise budgets.
For small companies, it's not a solution that most small companies can afford.
Senior Backend Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 51-200 employees
Denodo is considered pricey, limiting its use to large enterprises or government organizations that can afford its comprehensive setup.
Datawarehouse & BI consultant, Owner, Mananging partner at NesCon B.V.
Denodo's pricing is not affordable for small companies and is more suitable for medium to large enterprises.
Technology Leader at eTCaaS
I find that the pricing and licensing for Informatica PowerCenter align with its quality.
Professor of Economics of Informatic at CMAYOR
The price of Informatica PowerCenter is high, especially for small and medium-sized businesses.
Director at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We haven't paid for it; our client had paid for this tool.
Operations Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
I felt the pricing was a little higher at that time, which is what I heard from my boss.
DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was that we had to talk with the team, and then they would give us a license code.
Student at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

Denodo excels in data integration, virtualization, governance, and scalability, enhancing user experience with API and query optimizations.
Informatica PowerCenter excels in data integration with a user-friendly interface, robust ETL features, and strong technical support.
Delphix optimizes data management with virtualization, masking, and efficient interfaces, improving privacy and reducing costs in large-scale applications.
Denodo's ability to connect to multiple data sources and perform extract-transform-load (ETL) operations on the fly is noteworthy.
Director Software Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
The most valuable feature of Denodo is its uniformity of self-site data access types, which allows it to connect to almost any storage technology and feed it transparently.
Datawarehouse & BI consultant, Owner, Mananging partner at NesCon B.V.
Denodo supports SQL base, so if you want to join two tables or two views, you can use SQL, which is an advantage as most developers or business people know SQL.
Principal Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The system supports real-time integration, which is essential for many of my tasks.
Professor of Economics of Informatic at CMAYOR
Informatica monitors can be used to monitor the jobs that we run, and if there is any kind of failure, we can diagnose it right away.
Operations Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Another valuable feature is the use of Mapplets; if we have one mapping created that we want to use again and again for other workflows, we can create a Mapplet and save it so that we can reuse the mapping, reducing our workload.
Data engineer at Cognizant
Perforce Delphix can deliver up to 25 terabytes of data in just minutes, making it approximately 100 times faster for development and testing needs.
Release Train Engineer at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
The most standout feature of Perforce Delphix is its ability to have multiple change lists, which is something Git does not have in a single sandbox version in a single client.
Sr Engineer at Synopsys Inc
Every algorithm is unique and allows me to make custom algorithms, not just masking letters but also numbers or any special characters or specific formats such as email.
Student at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Featured Reviews

Patel-Dhulva - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Manager at Lockheed Martin
Data virtualization has unified siloed sources and now supports real-time decisions
The best features Denodo offers stand out to me as the ability to develop REST web services fast and easily, create and combine new views, integrate different sources of data, and connect with other tools seamlessly. When I mention fast and easy creation of views and integration, I love the agile data provisioning and integration, where Denodo provides a comprehensive set of capabilities for implementing logical data integration, management, and delivery, which in turn enables agile data analytics and an informed decision-making process to be smooth. I also appreciate the performance optimization with AI, which improves performance optimization through the integration of artificial intelligence capabilities. Furthermore, I appreciate the unified security and governance, where it addresses the need for an organization to effectively manage security, data privacy, and data protection easily, offering a centralized platform that allows the application of governance policies and fine-grained security controls. Another feature I would add about Denodo is that it also provides a single point of control where we can establish security controls over the entire infrastructure and gain visibility into all our data assets. Denodo has positively impacted my organization as since we started using this tool, it has been very helpful because it is a huge advantage that we can connect to many different databases to provide data rapidly and accurately and also gain insights, which helps us to make data-driven decisions easily. It has proven to be a valuable environment for deploying data virtualization solutions, and its user community is active in finding and fixing issues more accurately. Through data insights from Denodo, we have been able to improve our decision making, which helps to better communication between the stakeholders thanks to the real-time experience. It also saves a lot of time.
Garima Goel - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Principal Engineer at Nagarro
Has supported complex data pipeline creation but performance tuning and monitoring responsiveness need improvement
Sometimes, I see various performance issues with Informatica PowerCenter, including caching concerns, whether it's a joiner transformation or other transformations, so I believe the team can enhance the performance perspectives of these transformations. Additionally, sometimes the Informatica Monitor hangs or takes time to open the current run or logs, which the team can also look into. Informatica is transitioning to cloud solutions and discontinuing on-premise support after 2026, so when we discuss Informatica Cloud and its support, it becomes quite expensive for the organization compared to peers such as SnapLogic or Netezza, which offer lower pricing. Informatica Cloud Intelligence's pricing is notably high.
PK
Release Train Engineer at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
Automated data masking and provisioning has improved compliance and accelerated secure testing workflows across cloud environments
Some of the best features of Perforce Delphix include its automation of sensitive data discovery and masking with referential integrity for Aurora and RDS, as well as support for diverse data sources including Oracle, SQL, SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. Additionally, its GUI workflows simplify the creation and scheduling of masking jobs and enhance data governance in cloud hybrid and on-premises environments. Perforce Delphix can deliver up to 25 terabytes of data in just minutes, making it approximately 100 times faster for development and testing needs. Perforce Delphix has positively impacted my organization by saving us 70 to 80% of the time, which has enabled us to complete data sprints earlier, and it has also helped reduce costs. The time to complete one story point has decreased from 10 hours to around 4 or 5 hours, leading to substantial cost savings. Furthermore, it's effective in managing scaled agile enterprise data management, as we orchestrate and govern masking jobs across multiple teams and agile release trains to ensure data privacy standards are maintained.
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Comparison Review

it_user90069 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Expert at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 20, 2014
Informatica PowerCenter vs. Microsoft SSIS - each technology has its advantages but also have similarities
Technology has made it easier for businesses to organize and manipulate data to get a clearer picture of what’s going on with their business. Notably, ETL tools have made managing huge amounts of data significantly easier and faster, boosting many organizations’ business intelligence operations…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
7%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
26%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Insurance Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise21
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise74
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise14
 

Questions from the Community

Does Denodo provide useful data virtualization education? Is it useful to attend their training?
If you are a Denodo user, it makes sense to undergo their training. Different types of professionals can benefit fro...
In experience, what might Denodo be lacking or need improvement on?
I like Denodo a lot. It offers quick and easy web service deployment within minutes. There are not any flaws that I ...
Which industries can benefit from Denodo the most?
Denodo is suitable for pretty much all sectors that deal with: Big data Cloud solutions Data governance Logical data...
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 stabil...
Which is better - SSIS or Informatica PowerCenter?
SSIS PowerPack is a group of drag and drop connectors for Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services, commonly called ...
Which Informatica product would you choose - PowerCenter or Cloud Data Integration?
Complex transformations can easily be achieved using PowerCenter, which has all the features and tools to establish a...
What do you like most about Delphix?
The performance offered by the product, its price, and its ability to handle structured and unstructured data were go...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Delphix?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was that we had to talk with the team, and then they would give...
What needs improvement with Delphix?
Perforce Delphix has been of great use when it comes to SQL Server, but it should improve mainly when it comes to SAP...
 

Also Known As

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