We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere DataStage and Zapier 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."IBM is stable and accurate to monitor. It's easy to understand to monitor the data lineage from source to target."
"The Hierarchical Data Stage is good."
"The performance optimization is quite good in DataStage. It provides parallelism and pipelining mechanisms"
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature for our data processing needs is IBM InfoSphere DataStage's capability to handle ETL tasks with large record volumes."
"The solution 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."
"The best feature of IBM InfoSphere DataStage for me was that it was very much user-friendly. The solution didn't require that much raw coding because most of its features were drag and drop, plus it had a large number of functionalities."
"The connection between Facebook lead forms and MailChimp integrations is the most valuable feature."
"There are a few valuable features, like the stability that it comes with and also the number of features that it offers. I've used other services like Pabbly, but they don't offer similar numbers of applications that Zapier has or allows to integrate with – it's maximum."
"The solution is a SaaS and does not require a complex setup."
"The most valuable feature of Zapier is it saves me time doing repetitive tasks."
"Zapier luckily has a wide range of integrations, I would say."
"We find it effortless to set up. We really don't have to do anything other than finding the application in the Zapier catalog. And as long as the application has been re-integrated into Zapier, they're able to then just provide the connection details and hook it up."
"The product's most valuable feature is automation."
"We can connect Zapier with Zoho CRM for lead generation. I like the tool's drag and drop feature."
"The documentation and in-application help for this solution need to be improved, especially for new features."
"The troubleshooting guide is very bad."
"The initial setup can be complex."
"Improvements for DataStage could include better integration with modern data sources like cloud solutions and documents, along with enhancing its capability to handle non-structured data."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward."
"The template mapping could be easier."
"It doesn't have any big data connections. It would be good to have them because most of the systems are moving towards big data. There should also be a user-friendly way to interact with the cloud. Its loading process is very slow. It takes a lot of time for around 5 or 6 million records, and we are not able to provide real-time data to the vendors due to this delay. Its performance needs to be improved. It is also like a legacy system. It is not updated much. In higher versions, they only do small changes. We would like to have new features and new technologies."
"It takes a lot of time to actually trigger your job and then go into the logs and other stuff. So all of this is really time-consuming."
"Some recent changes to the solution have made it bulky and not as intuitive to use as it previously was."
"It could support various languages along with Python."
"The pricing of the solution is quite expensive."
"Some apps are not available yet. For instance, a connection with Joomla! would be great. In general, all the most-used apps are available, but I bumped into Joomla! with a client."
"Zapier could be a little faster, but that might not be possible. I would encourage Zapier to make more API endpoints for each application"
"It is not worth the money if you have a little bit of a technical mind...Zapier is not able to set up different modules. When automation doesn't work, it's not that easy to find why it didn't work."
"I think that this solution should have more apps connected to it."
"Being able to share Zaps and organize them with teammates would allow sharing and refining scenarios and even combining steps that require different people's credentials."
IBM InfoSphere DataStage is ranked 7th in Data Integration with 37 reviews while Zapier is ranked 10th in Cloud Data Integration with 40 reviews. IBM InfoSphere DataStage is rated 7.8, while Zapier is rated 8.6. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zapier writes "A tool for automation purposes requiring an easy initial setup while offering a very helpful technical support team ". IBM InfoSphere DataStage is most compared with SSIS, IBM Cloud Pak for Data, Azure Data Factory, Talend Open Studio and Informatica PowerCenter, whereas Zapier is most compared with AWS Glue, Alteryx Designer, Tray.io, MuleSoft Composer and Coefficient. See our IBM InfoSphere DataStage vs. Zapier report.
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