We performed a comparison between Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Metadata Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog is it provides clients with a full view of the enterprise data assets. For example, how many data assets they have and who owns them."
"We can scan anything."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to extract metadata from various sources- be it an old SaaS application or the latest cloud application."
"The metadata management of Informatica is great."
"The product seems stable enough."
"The way that the solution scans is very useful."
"I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"It can automatically connect or associate business terms with various options, providing flexibility beyond general capabilities."
"The product has an ELT approach."
"I do not have to maintain a separate ETL instance. I can change the SQL when something is not performing correctly."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward, especially compared to Mule, which our team has worked with before and found to be a bit more complex in terms of setup."
"All ETL code is stored in repositories in underlying database schemas. The number of users can access and work on the same solution using a client tool. So distributed teams can work on this tool in an efficient manner."
"ODI is a very accessible tool, especially since the mapping functionality has been added."
"I like that Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) has a straightforward setup and offers good technical support."
"It can integrate with more recent databases like Cassandra, Hadoop, and other more recent Big Data databases."
"In our DW/BI solution, ODI is the main tool to integrate the data in a daily batch way."
"It is more complicated to extract data using the product compared to Visio. The system could display the details on the screen."
"They have to improve their relationship discovery tool. They say that they have AI inside, but this AI did not automatically find relationships or suggested relationships between entities."
"The UX and UI of the solution are areas with certain shortcomings where improvements can be made in the future."
"Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog could improve by having a much better user interface. It is not user-friendly."
"Currently, there are limitations in processing and the interface."
"This solution is hard to set up and its interface is not user-friendly. It's also not as stable, and the technical support takes a lot of time to solve simple problems."
"The scalability is tough."
"IEDC can improve the comparison of lineages."
"It would be really good if Oracle considered enabling the tool to integrate with some other platforms that are deprecated simply for commercial reasons"
"An area for improvement in Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is real-time integration. Currently, my company has a workaround to implement real-time integration, an area on which Oracle must focus more. Real-time integration should be easier in Oracle Data Integrator (ODI). Another area for improvement in Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is integration with more publishers and subscribers rather than just database integrations."
"It has been very good. Just recently, I've faced an issue, but I solved it somehow. While integrating with a file, I faced an issue where I wanted output files, and I had used the text field limited quotations, but at the end of the file, there was a line breakage for the last column. So, we just removed the text field because it was not working correctly for us."
"ODI could improve by focusing on streamlining its features without unnecessary overhead."
"The initial setup is complex, especially if you also have to install a console."
"The interface of ODI could be improved. For example, navigating and finding functions can be difficult. For example, you have to know which step you need to go to look at where your job status is. The logical step is a bit complex compared to other tools. It's much easier to get a graphical view, but with ODI, it's graphical, plus you have to know all the other pieces that fit around it. You have to think about the logical and physical aspects."
"The price needs to be lowered. It's too expensive."
"The stability of the software could be improved. Sometimes, the software just crashes. "
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Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog is ranked 1st in Metadata Management with 13 reviews while Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is ranked 4th in Data Integration with 67 reviews. Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog is rated 7.6, while Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog writes "Great metadata management with more visibility and great technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) writes "Straightforward to implement, scalable, and has good stability and documentation, but technical support could still be improved". Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog is most compared with Alation Data Catalog, Collibra Catalog, AWS Glue, Informatica PowerCenter and data.world, whereas Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is most compared with Oracle Integration Cloud Service, SSIS, Informatica PowerCenter, Azure Data Factory and Oracle GoldenGate. See our Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog vs. Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) report.
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