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IBM Cloud Pak for Integration vs Matillion Data Productivity Cloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 18, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

IBM Cloud Pak for Integration
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
19th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
API Management (27th)
Matillion Data Productivity...
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
12th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
AI Data Analysis (17th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Cloud Data Integration category, the mindshare of IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is 1.3%, down from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Matillion Data Productivity Cloud is 5.7%, up from 3.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Matillion Data Productivity Cloud5.7%
IBM Cloud Pak for Integration1.3%
Other93.0%
Cloud Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

Igor Khalitov - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner/Full Stack Software Engineer at Maraphonic, Inc.
Manages APIs and integrates microservices with redirection feature
IBM Cloud Pak for Integration includes monitoring capabilities to track the performance and health of your integrations. You can quickly roll back to a previous version if an issue arises. Additionally, it supports incremental deployments, allowing you to shift traffic to a new version of an API gradually. For example, you can start by directing 10% of traffic to the new version while the rest continue using the legacy version. If everything works as expected, you can gradually increase the traffic to the new version over time. IBM Cloud Pak for Integration has a client base that includes numerous organizations using AI and machine learning technologies. We leverage an open-source machine learning framework and integrate it with Kafka to help create and manage various products and data retrieval processes. For companies with private data, the framework first retrieves relevant data from a GitHub database, which is then combined with the final request before being sent to a language model like GPT. This ensures that the language model uses your specific data to generate responses. Kafka plays a key role by streaming real-time data from file systems and databases like Oracle and Microsoft SQL. This data is published to Kafka topics, then vectorized and used with artificial intelligence to enhance the overall process. It's like an old-fashioned approach. The best way is to redesign it with products such as Kafka. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Jitendra Jena - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Axtria - Ingenious Insights! at Axtria - Ingenious Insights
Easy integration and workflow proposals streamline processes
The predefined connectors eliminate the need to write code for connectivity. If you have a predefined connector, it is easy to use with plug and play functionality. The processing time and ease of use are significant benefits. As everyone is moving into AI integration, it will definitely help. When creating workflows, they can propose solutions directly.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is a stable solution."
"In general, the solution works very, very well."
"The most valuable aspect of the Cloud Pak, in general, is the flexibility that you have to use the product."
"The most preferable aspect would be the elimination of the command, which was a significant improvement. In the past, it was a challenge, but now we can proceed smoothly with the implementation of our policies and everything is managed through JCP. It's still among the positive aspects, and it's a valuable feature."
"Cloud Pak for Integration is definitely scalable; that is the most important criteria."
"Redirection is a key feature. It helps in managing multiple microservices by centralizing control and access."
"Cloud Pak for Integration is definitely scalable. That is the most important criteria."
"It takes less than five minutes to set up and delivers results. It is much quicker than traditional ETL technologies."
"It is pretty user-friendly, even for people who aren't super technical."
"The predefined connectors eliminate the need to write code for connectivity; if you have a predefined connector, it is easy to use with plug and play functionality."
"It's highly scalable. It takes upon itself the Redshift scalability, so it's very good."
"We allow non-technical people to use Matillion to load data into our data warehouse for reporting, so it is easy enough to use that we don't always have to get a technical person involved in setting up a data movement (ETL)."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the CDC (Change Data Capture) component."
"Matillion's technical support is excellent."
"The most valuable feature of Matillion ETL is the ETL. The solution is open-source which provides advantages, such as good performance and high efficiency. Additionally, it supports three data types which eliminates predefining the data, and we can write script models in Python."
 

Cons

"Its queuing and messaging features need improvement."
"Setting up Cloud Pak for Integration is relatively complex. It's not as easy because it has not yet been fully integrated. You still have some products that are still not containerized, so you still have to run them on a dedicated VM."
"What needs to be improved is the restriction that they have on the product."
"The pricing can be improved."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"Setting up Cloud Pak for Integration is relatively complex. It's not as easy because it has not yet been fully integrated."
"Enterprise bots are needed to balance products like Kafka and Confluent."
"It needs integration with more data sources."
"Scalability in Matillion Data Productivity Cloud has some limitations. Depending on the nature of data sets, volume, and mixture of different data, the scalability could be improved as manual code writing is still required."
"Going forward, I would like them to add custom jobs, since we still have to run these outside of Matillion."
"In the next release, we would like to have connections to more databases."
"When using the SQL loader type there were not a lot of pre-processing features for the data. For example, if there is a table with twenty columns, but we only want to load ten columns. In that case, we can use a security script to select the specific columns needed. However, if we want to perform extensive pre-processing of the data, I faced some challenges with Matillion ETL. I did not encounter many challenges, but my overall experience is limited as I only have three years of experience."
"The cost of the solution is high and could be reduced."
"It could have better integrations with other databases and other services."
"Its integration with SAP connection is not so nice, which should be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an expensive solution."
"The solution's pricing model is very flexible."
"Its price depends on what you expect. You pay on a monthly basis, but there is a possibility to have special contracts depending on the installation."
"The absence of licensing commitments makes it easy to experiment with the tool, and if we decide it's not suitable, we can simply stop the ETL instance and cease incurring charges."
"I have heard from my manager and other higher ups, "This product is cheaper than other things on the market," and they have done the research."
"The prices needs to be lower."
"The product must improve its pricing."
"I think it is cost conscious. It used to be very cheap and they have more recently bumped up the pricing, so it is competitive now."
"The cost of the solution is high and could be reduced."
"The pricing depends on what edition the customer opts for. For example, the standard edition is priced at $2.00 per credit. And you are only charged when you use it. You're not charged when it's idle."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with IBM Cloud Pak for Integration?
Enterprise bots are needed to balance products like Kafka and Confluent.
What is your primary use case for IBM Cloud Pak for Integration?
It manages APIs and integrates microservices at the enterprise level. It offers a range of capabilities for handling APIs, microservices, and various integration needs. The platform supports thousa...
What advice do you have for others considering IBM Cloud Pak for Integration?
IBM Cloud Pak for Integration includes monitoring capabilities to track the performance and health of your integrations. You can quickly roll back to a previous version if an issue arises. Addition...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Matillion ETL?
The pricing is managed by the tooling team. The pricing is moderate, neither expensive nor cheap.
What needs improvement with Matillion ETL?
The main areas for improvement are AI features and scalability.
What is your primary use case for Matillion ETL?
For the ETL, we are using Matillion Data Productivity Cloud. We have skilled resources for Matillion Data Productivity Cloud, which is why we are using it. The infrastructure is provided by the cus...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Matillion ETL for Redshift, Matillion ETL for Snowflake, Matillion ETL for BigQuery
 

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Sample Customers

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