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Informatica Enterprise Data Lake vs SAS Data Integration Server comparison

Informatica and SAS are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Informatica is ranked #41 with an average rating of 7.0, while SAS is ranked #38 with an average rating of 7.0. Informatica holds a 0.4% mindshare in DI, compared to SAS’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Informatica users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of SAS users who would recommend it.

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83% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

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Categories and Ranking

Informatica Enterprise Data...

Ranking in Data Integration

41st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAS Data Integration Server

Ranking in Data Integration

38th

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Informatica Enterprise Data Lake is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Data Integration Server is 0.6%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SAS Data Integration Server	0.6%
Informatica Enterprise Data Lake	0.4%
Other	99.0%

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Santanu Bhattacharya

Technical manager at Cognizant

Have built an enterprise-level cloud data pipeline with reliable governance and integration

People use Informatica Enterprise Data Lake because we can create the whole journey from data migration projects from the legacy system to AWS and to the Lake architecture, covering the entire journey from the source to the landing zone, then to the curated zone, and finally consumed by both downstream and upstream applications. The main benefit of Informatica Enterprise Data Lake is that it allows you to use different types of data types, including blobs and storage; all types of data—structured, unstructured, and semi-structured—can exist in the Data Lake architecture, making it robust for retrieving data based on your filtration needs. Its value is actually governed by the client, who combined with our company and AWS, so we all work together to use the workspace and all these things for Informatica Enterprise Data Lake.

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reviewer2937544

Works at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Offloads processes on the server side but needs better installation syntax

One area for improvement is the installation process. Another point could be the syntax, as it sometimes involves using syntax names that are not intuitive. For example, to calculate the difference between two dates, the general syntax in SAS is called the data difference or data net function. However, another name is used, such as NF and INK. Without knowledge of SAS programming, it becomes unclear what these functions mean. It is not good to define function names this way.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The process of using the tool's scalability option is well documented."

"A key feature allows us to enhance job performance by offloading processing to the server side, rather than processing on the server itself."

"The solution is very stable."

"A key feature allows us to enhance job performance by offloading processing to the server side, rather than processing on the server itself."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its amazing capabilities in regard to data handling."

"The solution offers very good data manipulation and loading."

"A key feature allows us to enhance job performance by offloading processing to the server side, rather than processing on the server itself."

Cons

"Informatica Enterprise Data Lake's setup process was complex since it doesn't support a lot of real-time systems."

"The initial setup had issues, and even after using it for about one year, it was still not fixed."

"So I would like to see improved integration with other software."

"The transform tool has limited access. They should make it more flexible."

"One area for improvement is the installation process."

"The initial setup had issues, and even after using it for about one year, it was still not fixed."

"The initial setup of SAS Data Integration Server was complex."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licenses attached to the solution are highly priced."

"It is an expensive program."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

27%

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Insurance Company

Manufacturing Company

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Informatica Enterprise Data Lake?

The process of using the tool's scalability option is well documented.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Informatica Enterprise Data Lake?

The licenses attached to the solution are highly priced. Informatica has licensing models for every product and for every feature, like the web service feature, which is something my company doesn'...

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What needs improvement with Informatica Enterprise Data Lake?

Governance, data dictionary, and data cataloging are not available in Informatica Enterprise Data Lake. A lot of businesses are facing issues related to understanding the area revolving around insi...

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What needs improvement with SAS Data Integration Server?

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What is your primary use case for SAS Data Integration Server?

I am involved in the ETR job. My role is focused on executing the ETR job.

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What advice do you have for others considering SAS Data Integration Server?

I use it without further details. For example, if I use SAS to connect to a NetEazt database or purchase a shared asset to ODBC, I can connect to any database with ODBC connection support. The over...

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Also Known As

Informatica Intelligent Data Lake, Intelligent Data Lake

SAS Enterprise Data Integration Server, Enterprise Data Integration Server

Overview

The Intelligent Data Lake enables raw big data to be systematically transformed into fit-for-purpose data sets for a variety of data consumers. Data scientists and analysts can quickly find the data they’re looking for using semantic and faceted search. They can see data profiles, lineage, and other relationships to know whether they can trust the data and whether it’s fit-for-use in their analytic projects.

Informatica

SAS Data Integration Server is a powerful, configurable and comprehensive solution that can meet a wide variety of data integration requirements, from small tactical projects to strategic business initiatives. It can access virtually all data sources, support data warehousing, migration, synchronization, federation and provisioning initiatives. It can support both batch-oriented and real-time master data management solutions. It can create reusable data integration services in support of service-oriented architectures and data governance and extract, cleanse, transform, conform, aggregate, load and manage data.

SAS

Sample Customers

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Credit Guarantee Corporation, Cr_dito y Cauci‹n, Delaware State Police, Deutsche Lufthansa, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, DSM, Livzon Pharmaceutical Group, Los Angeles County, Miami Herald Media Company, Netherlands Enterprise Agency, New Zealand Ministry of Health, Nippon Paper, West Midlands Police, XS Inc., Zenith Insurance

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