We performed a comparison between Informatica Cloud Data Integration and Informatica PowerCenter based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: These are two exceptional solutions under the Informatica Brand, which is synonymous with quality, reliability, and high price. Informatica Cloud Data is created and best suited for small to medium organizations and it remains somewhat limited in the regions it can be used. Informatica PowerCenter is best for large enterprises that can utilize all of the numerous options PowerCenter has to offer. Large enterprises can more easily absorb the high cost and make better use of their current bundle licensing tier.
"The most valuable feature of Informatica Cloud Data Integration is Pushback. You are able to push the data to the solution itself, and it can handle the queries. It helps us a lot. With other tools, the burden is kept on the server."
"The solution is straightforward."
"The product is scalable and excellent for enterprise-level organizations."
"The features I find most valuable is the synchronization, verification, functionalities and all the data integration features."
"Informatica is good for integrating data and cloud applications. We have connectors for integrating cloud applications like Salesforce. You can quickly integrate anything with an exposed API or a REST API. The industry is increasingly shifting to the cloud, so we need more products that can connect to cloud-based applications. The integration is seamless and works in real time. It's also secure because you don't need to expose databases or tables."
"Whether we need data cleansing or data mastering, we get it all in one platform."
"Replication allows us to fully replicate all objects from Shop Floor Data Collection (SFDC) to in-house/on-premises database in one job."
"REST API: Excellent for scripting control and reporting mechanisms"
"We have found the PowerCenter and B2B data transformation most valuable."
"The setup is very simple."
"It reduces a lot of legacy coding."
"The setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable aspects of Informatica PowerCenter are the many features, ease of use, and user-friendliness."
"Among all the solutions I have used, I found Informatica PowerCenter to be much more stable in terms of application."
"The interface is very clean and clear."
"What I like the most is that we have to deal with less while writing the queries."
"The integration process is not easy."
"One area where Informatica Cloud Data Integration could improve is in providing more accelerators for certain functionalities."
"There are a small number of UI bugs that occur on occasion."
"It would be helpful if there was a GenAI feature integrated into the system, especially regarding the data quality."
"While my company operates on the cloud, we have seen that Informatica Cloud Data Integration has some performance issues causing it to lag."
"Informatica Cloud Data Integration can improve by being more user-friendly. When you're working with the solution a lot of technical knowledge is required. It's not a solution that anyone can use properly, you need knowledge of what's happening at the back end, such as SQL. When you get stuck, you need to look into your logic. For other tools, such as Dell Boomi, anyone can use them."
"The price modeling could be more flexible."
"The biggest challenge I see is the IDE's for the cloud and automization are different."
"It would be good to recreate the entire interface to make it easier for users to build workflows."
"PowerCenter could be improved by having more big data components. Normally, we prefer Informatica as a relational database, but nowadays, companies are trying to understand and use big data components. I think it would be useful if we had more chances to create a hub ecosystem because customers try to use some data integration tasks by SQL, Spark and Spark codes, and Scala, but at the end of the day, the company will understand that we need to trace all the steps. An ETL tool is a must for that company, if we're talking about the regulated industries like finance, telcos, etc. If Informatica's biggest ecosystems feature were okay, I would prefer to use it."
"I would like to see improvements made to the custom transformations. It should be more open for users that want to write their own code and use cases."
"I found it is kind of weird that not all of the mapping changes are treated as true changes."
"I would like to see an improvement in the digital adoption."
"The pricing could be improved."
"The initial setup is not straightforward. You need expertise to do it."
"The documentation could be improved."
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Informatica Cloud Data Integration is ranked 5th in Cloud Data Integration with 40 reviews while Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 3rd in Data Integration with 78 reviews. Informatica Cloud Data Integration is rated 7.8, while Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Informatica Cloud Data Integration writes "A stable, scalable, and user-friendly solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Informatica PowerCenter writes "Stable, provides good support, and integrating it with other systems is very fast, but its pricing is expensive". Informatica Cloud Data Integration is most compared with Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, Fivetran, Mule Anypoint Platform and Matillion ETL, whereas Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks, AWS Glue and Informatica PowerExchange. See our Informatica Cloud Data Integration vs. Informatica PowerCenter report.
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Both are powerful solutions and most of the actions can be done by both.
You should choose based on your organization and the business requirements taking a valid decision in terms of the quality and price.
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