IBM App Connect vs SSIS comparison

IBM and Microsoft are both solutions in the Cloud Data Integration category. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

IBM App Connect

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100% willing to recommend

SSIS

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80% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM App Connect and SSIS 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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IBM App Connect vs. SSIS

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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

7.2

IBM App Connect enhances efficiency and ROI with centralized integrations, requiring expertise for long-term success across various sectors.

Sentiment score

7.6

SSIS is praised for cost-effective, efficient data management with significant savings, but users may switch with more budget.

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The tool has made us tremendously more efficient and saved us a significant amount of money.

Chris Farris

Manager, Data Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Using SSIS has proven cost-effective as there are no additional fees outside the SQL Server license, and it significantly enhances data management efficiency.

Albert Lacerda

Managing Partner at Dynamis Informatica

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.6

IBM App Connect support is responsive and competent, but inconsistencies and delays exist, especially in non-urgent and local support.

Sentiment score

6.0

Users rely on forums for SSIS issues; Microsoft support is mixed, with some finding response times and quality lacking.

When opening a ticket with the global team, problems are resolved promptly and effectively.

Emirhan Guven

Team Leader, Software Development at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees

The technical support from IBM is good.

AvinashArepaka1

Developer at Wipro Limited

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The first line of support needs to be more knowledgeable.

Chris Farris

Manager, Data Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.4

IBM App Connect is praised for scalability in cloud and container environments, with suggestions for improved administration features.

Sentiment score

6.7

SSIS is scalable and excels in data integration, but efficiency varies with large datasets and real-time processing challenges.

I would rate the scalability of IBM App Connect as nine out of ten.

AvinashArepaka1

Developer at Wipro Limited

IBM App Connect demonstrates good scalability.

Emirhan Guven

Team Leader, Software Development at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.5

IBM App Connect is stable, with high reliability, though occasional issues arise from environment, configuration, or resource management.

Sentiment score

7.4

SSIS is generally praised for stability and reliability, though some users note issues and the need for strong infrastructure.

IBM App Connect occasionally crashes for various reasons, requiring problem-solving intervention.

Emirhan Guven

Team Leader, Software Development at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees

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It processes large volumes of data quickly.

Albert Lacerda

Managing Partner at Dynamis Informatica

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Room For Improvement

IBM App Connect users seek improved logging, interface enhancements, better community support, and simpler, more cost-effective version transitions.

SSIS needs improved scalability, data source support, real-time processing, cloud integration, and user-friendly interfaces for better performance.

Version 13 includes around 200 features with cloud platform compatibility.

Emirhan Guven

Team Leader, Software Development at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees

I find it particularly good for on-premises and now cloud use.

AvinashArepaka1

Developer at Wipro Limited

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Within the South African context, if you are getting your enterprise agreement from First Technology, they don't provide support.

Sean Achim

Managing Director at Knights Innovation Support Centre

SSIS has a difficult learning curve when dealing with complex transformations.

Albert Lacerda

Managing Partner at Dynamis Informatica

The logging capabilities could be improved, particularly for error logging.

Chris Farris

Manager, Data Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

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Setup Cost

IBM App Connect's annual pricing varies by transactions and partnership, with complexities and flexibility in setup and licensing.

SSIS offers a cost-effective ETL solution for enterprises using Microsoft, enhancing affordability by integrating with SQL Server licenses.

For insurance companies with simple JDBC connections, the process is straightforward.

Emirhan Guven

Team Leader, Software Development at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees

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Utilizing SSIS involves no extra charges beyond the SQL Server license.

Albert Lacerda

Managing Partner at Dynamis Informatica

It was included in our licensing for SQL server, and our licensing for SQL server was extremely cheap, making it a very good price point for us.

Chris Farris

Manager, Data Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

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Valuable Features

IBM App Connect excels with robust integration, user-friendly design, scalability, and flexibility for seamless, secure, and complex integrations.

SSIS provides user-friendly drag-and-drop functionality, excellent integration, scalability, cost-efficiency, and robust data transformation features.

The features I find most valuable are message routing, message transformation, and protocol translation.

AvinashArepaka1

Developer at Wipro Limited

File operations are simple to execute, and converting between XML to JSON formats is effortless with IBM App Connect.

Emirhan Guven

Team Leader, Software Development at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees

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I would rate it at a 10 as it is highly reliable; we have never had any problems with it.

Chris Farris

Manager, Data Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

One of the best aspects of SSIS is that it is built into Microsoft SQL Server, so there are no additional costs involved.

Albert Lacerda

Managing Partner at Dynamis Informatica

We end up with people not understanding that you need to build your models correctly, and then they try to model everything inside of Power BI, or another visualization tool, without first building the data model.

Sean Achim

Managing Director at Knights Innovation Support Centre

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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 (13th)

SSIS

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (2nd)

Featured Reviews

Emirhan Guven

Team Leader, Software Development at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees

Transforms data efficiently and navigates licensing challenges with ease

The transition between version 12 and version 13 presents some challenges. While version 12 had approximately 10 features, version 13 includes around 200 features with cloud platform compatibility. The learning curve for developers moving from version 12 to 13 could be smoother. When using new components, better context explanations would be beneficial. In version 13, accessing new features requires connecting through a web browser, which can be challenging to understand. The explanation of new features could be more user-friendly.

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Chris Farris

Manager, Data Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

User-friendly interface facilitates efficient data migration and reduces operational overhead

Its usability and ease of use are standout features. It is really easy to use - almost too easy at times. Users don't have to be experts to use their tool set and utilize the clicking mechanisms, drop down boxes, and other features to build a package and run it. The configuration is very easy and the system is very stable. I would rate it at a 10 as it is highly reliable; we have never had any problems with it. Very little maintenance is required on my side. While you need to keep the product up to date, the maintenance requirements are minimal. SSIS integrates with all Microsoft tools seamlessly. We have used it against Oracle, DB2 and SQL. It integrates and can move data around from any data platforms, making it very diverse in that standpoint. It is a very robust tool that can work with many data sources, and its main strength is that it is extremely easy to use.

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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…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Government

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	19

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	26
Midsize Enterprise	19
Large Enterprise	57

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?

Configuration time varies by implementation. For insurance companies with simple JDBC connections, the process is straightforward. However, companies requiring multiple configurations for ODBC, JDB...

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What is your primary use case for IBM App Connect?

I am a developer specializing in IBM App Connect. We have a customer interested in comparing ESB tools, such as webMethods, which was previously owned by Software AG company before IBM acquired the...

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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 SSIS. The collection helps organizations boost productivity with code-free compo...

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What do you like most about SSIS?

The product's deployment phase is easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SSIS?

It was included in our licensing for SQL server, and our licensing for SQL server was extremely cheap, making it a very good price point for us.

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Also Known As

IBM Cast Iron

SQL Server Integration Services

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

SSIS is a versatile tool for data integration tasks like ETL processes, data migration, and real-time data processing. Users appreciate its ease of use, data transformation tools, scheduling capabilities, and extensive connectivity options. It enhances productivity and efficiency within organizations by streamlining data-related processes and improving data quality and consistency.

Microsoft

Sample Customers

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

1. Amazon.com 2. Bank of America 3. Capital One 4. Coca-Cola 5. Dell 6. E*TRADE 7. FedEx 8. Ford Motor Company 9. Google 10. Home Depot 11. IBM 12. Intel 13. JPMorgan Chase 14. Kraft Foods 15. Lockheed Martin 16. McDonald's 17. Microsoft 18. Morgan Stanley 19. Nike 20. Oracle 21. PepsiCo 22. Procter & Gamble 23. Prudential Financial 24. RBC Capital Markets 25. SAP 26. Siemens 27. Sony 28. Toyota 29. UnitedHealth Group 30. Visa 31. Walmart 32. Wells Fargo

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