We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere Information Server and SSIS 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."This solution is extremely flexible and scalable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The integration with different technologies is the most valuable feature."
"IBM InfoSphere Information Server is stable."
"It has good data integration and good processes."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"The performance is good."
"Overall, it's a good product."
"The product's deployment phase is easy."
"It is easy to set up the product."
"This solution is easy to implement, has a wide variety of connectors, has support for Visual Basic, and supports the C language."
"It is easily scheduled and integrates well with SQL Server and SQL Server Agent jobs."
"Their technical support needs improvement."
"There are certain shortcomings in the cloud side of the solution, where improvements are required."
"This solution would benefit from the engine being made more lightweight."
"IBM InfoSphere Information Server should be more scalable. It should have the option to change the configuration to run on a single, non-multiple node, or multi-threading processing."
"A change in the metadata source cripples the whole ETL process, requiring each module to be manually reopened."
"We'd like them to develop data exploration more."
"It's a legacy tool, that is nearing the end of its useful life."
"The debugging could be improved because when it came to solving the errors that I've experienced in the past, I've had to look at the documentation for more information."
"Performance could be better."
"Sometimes, there are compatibility issues with some features. From time to time, I also face issues when trying to migrate. If I misconfigure things when I use Snapshot, the migration will fail.It can take a long time to migrate huge amounts of data, so it would be nice if that could be faster."
"We have a stability problem because when something works, it works one time. The next time, it doesn't work."
"Options for scaling could be improved."
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IBM InfoSphere Information Server is ranked 36th in Data Integration with 7 reviews while SSIS is ranked 2nd in Data Integration with 69 reviews. IBM InfoSphere Information Server is rated 8.4, while SSIS is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere Information Server writes "Prompt support, reliable, but lacking scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SSIS writes "Maintaining the solution and contacting its support team is easy". IBM InfoSphere Information Server is most compared with IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Qlik Replicate, IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog, IBM Cloud Pak for Data and Oracle GoldenGate, whereas SSIS is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, Talend Open Studio, IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and AWS Glue. See our IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. SSIS report.
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