IBM App Connect vs SAS Data Integration Server comparison

IBM and SAS are both solutions in the Cloud Data Integration category. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of SAS users who would recommend it.

IBM App Connect

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100% willing to recommend

SAS Data Integration Server

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83% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM App Connect and SAS Data Integration Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM App Connect

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

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Cloud Data Integration (6th)

SAS Data Integration Server

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

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Data Integration (37th)

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Mehdi El Filahi

Co-Founder at tenekit

Offers flexible adapters, good scalability but logging can be difficult at times

There is room for improvement in the logging messages. Sometimes, if you put someone new into App Connect, they can abandon it the same day. The logging is really painful. However, IBM has made efforts to integrate with Elasticsearch for logging, so that's an improvement. Overall, the logging can be difficult at times. One more important point is that if IBM improves its CI/CD capabilities, it will make a big difference. Right now, I have to create my own CI/CD setup from scratch for every client, which is inefficient. Back in 2013, I worked with Sonic ESB, and even then, it had CI/CD with Maven. With App Connect, you need to build everything yourself when using tools like Jenkins, Bamboo, or CircleCI. IBM really needs to provide official support for this.

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reviewer2937544

Works at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Offloads processes on the server side but needs better installation syntax

One area for improvement is the installation process. Another point could be the syntax, as it sometimes involves using syntax names that are not intuitive. For example, to calculate the difference between two dates, the general syntax in SAS is called the data difference or data net function. However, another name is used, such as NF and INK. Without knowledge of SAS programming, it becomes unclear what these functions mean. It is not good to define function names this way.

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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

"App Connect's best feature is that it can be deployed in a container."

"It's stable to use, connect with the cloud, and to deploy."

"We use IBM App Connect for the integration between the applications."

"It's a powerful application for collaboration. It has many features for customization and integration."

"Technical support is good."

"It can handle API conversions with mapping and transformation rules, simplifying the development process."

"It has different type of interfaces that can integrate with companies."

"I recommend IBM App Connect Enterprise to everyone."

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"The most valuable feature of the solution is its amazing capabilities in regard to data handling."

"A key feature allows us to enhance job performance by offloading processing to the server side, rather than processing on the server itself."

"The solution offers very good data manipulation and loading."

"The solution is very stable."

Cons

"The user interface of IBM App Connect can be a little bit more user-friendly, I would say because the first-time developer is onboarded while using IBM App Connect, he or she may get a little intimidated or daunted looking at all the options available or the pipelines, et cetera."

"The installation of containers could be simplified, as it currently requires a senior-level installer."

"One more important point is that if IBM improves its CI/CD capabilities, it will make a big difference. Right now, I have to create my own CI/CD setup from scratch for every client, which is inefficient."

"IBM App Connect should improve security features."

"The product should improve its support."

"The interface could be better."

"It is not easy to deploy. It requires someone with a high level of knowledge in the solution to deploy it, not just anyone can do it."

"They reply in one or two hours at most, but they could be better."

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"The initial setup had issues, and even after using it for about one year, it was still not fixed."

"One area for improvement is the installation process."

"The transform tool has limited access. They should make it more flexible."

"So I would like to see improved integration with other software."

"The initial setup of SAS Data Integration Server was complex."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost depends upon the consumer."

"IBM App Connect's pricing is high compared to other products."

"The licensing cost for IBM App Connect is very high."

"The solution's pricing isn't cheap, but you can get good discounts based on your competitive deal."

"Initially, App Connect was quite expensive because the cost was based on the number of processors we used. However, it's now based on containers, which means we can be more specific about our consumption and get a better price."

"App Connect is not cheap."

"It is very expensive if we want to scale."

"The price could be better."

"It is an expensive program."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

45%

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

26%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

12%

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM App Connect?

I like the adapters. The adapters help us achieve scalability. If you want to connect to SAP, there's an adapter. Salesforce? There's an adapter. You want to connect to another system? There's like...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM App Connect?

IBM App Connect's pricing is high compared to other products.

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What is your primary use case for IBM App Connect?

I have been using IBM App Connect for application integration.

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What do you like most about SAS Data Integration Server?

The most valuable feature of the solution is its amazing capabilities in regard to data handling.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAS Data Integration Server?

I don't handle the cost and budget part. From the tool's perspective, I can say that it is an amazing product.

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Also Known As

IBM Cast Iron

SAS Enterprise Data Integration Server, Enterprise Data Integration Server

Overview

Rapidly connect public clouds, private clouds and on-premises application

App Connect Professional is IBM’s cloud integration offering which delivers an integration solution
• With ease-of-use, flexibility and increased responsiveness to the evolving business needs, while removing the daunting complexities of integration.
• Provides the powerful combination of a ‘simple integration experience’ for business users looking to automate how their applications talk to each other; coupled with a ‘configuration based integration’ approach for IT.
• App Connect Professional is for the teams and integration developers who need to solve more complex problems and need powerful tooling for integration scenarios

IBM

SAS Data Integration Server is a powerful, configurable and comprehensive solution that can meet a wide variety of data integration requirements, from small tactical projects to strategic business initiatives. It can access virtually all data sources, support data warehousing, migration, synchronization, federation and provisioning initiatives. It can support both batch-oriented and real-time master data management solutions. It can create reusable data integration services in support of service-oriented architectures and data governance and extract, cleanse, transform, conform, aggregate, load and manage data.

SAS

Sample Customers

United Way of Allegheny County, Saint-Gobain CPS, Ricoh, SunTrust Banks Inc.

Credit Guarantee Corporation, Cr_dito y Cauci‹n, Delaware State Police, Deutsche Lufthansa, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, DSM, Livzon Pharmaceutical Group, Los Angeles County, Miami Herald Media Company, Netherlands Enterprise Agency, New Zealand Ministry of Health, Nippon Paper, West Midlands Police, XS Inc., Zenith Insurance

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