We performed a comparison between Fivetran 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 product is very easy to use and very easy to configure."
"For us, Fivetran has been able to scale both in terms of the data we bring into our warehouse and the amount of data that we use as well."
"The portal is very intuitive and easy to use."
"The compare feature is the most valuable piece of it."
"The simplicity of the solution is its valuable feature."
"There's the general feature of the platform where it just makes it very easy to integrate different things, but I would say a specific difference is their integration of DBT,."
"Making the decision to implement Fivetran was supported by the fact that they have better connectors than other competitors."
"Fivetran's most valuable feature is replication."
"We can view what we want to do. We can transform data and put them on tables."
"ETL is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature for our data processing needs is IBM InfoSphere DataStage's capability to handle ETL tasks with large record volumes."
"The Hierarchical Data Stage is good."
"Once you have Infosphere up and running properly, it is stable."
"Compared to other ETL tools, DataStage has excellent debugging and development capabilities. And the availability of connectors, even though we sometimes have to opt for specific ones. Also, the availability of patches is good."
"In IBM DataStage, the Transformer is the most valuable feature for me. It enables me to apply complex transformations, generate the gateway key, and map source tables into the session table."
"It is quite useful and powerful."
"The connections with SAP must be improved."
"I would like Fivetran to implement additional resource monitoring and restriction policies."
"Fivetran should add more connectors because its competitors, like Airbyte, have more connectors."
"The solution is very expensive. I would like to have a better integration of the solution with Azure."
"There was a random change to our contract in a unilateral manner after the first year. The overall cost of using Fivetran was then unclear and this is the reason I would not recommend this solution."
"More connectors are needed for exotic, popular, and rising star portals."
"Fivetran would be improved by adding the ability to integrate the data from third-party APIs."
"Some of the pain points we're looking at are trying to integrate some of the items in the Microsoft stack, so SharePoint and Excel, and then some of the newer Azure services."
"The pricing should be lower."
"The template mapping could be easier."
"DataStage is quite expensive. It is too hard to find a consultant using DataStage in Turkey."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward."
"The initial setup can be complex."
"The solution can be a bit more user-friendly, similar to Informatica."
"It would be useful to provide support for Python, AR, and Java."
Fivetran is ranked 13th in Data Integration with 19 reviews while IBM InfoSphere DataStage is ranked 7th in Data Integration with 37 reviews. Fivetran is rated 8.0, while IBM InfoSphere DataStage is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fivetran writes "Solution reduces time-to-value; high ROI". 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". Fivetran is most compared with AWS Database Migration Service, Qlik Replicate, Azure Data Factory, Oracle GoldenGate and Informatica Cloud Data Integration, 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 Fivetran vs. IBM InfoSphere DataStage report.
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