Informatica Enterprise Data Lake vs Toad Data Point comparison

Informatica and Quest Software are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Informatica is ranked #41 with an average rating of 7.0, while Quest Software is ranked #28 with an average rating of 9.0. Informatica holds a 0.4% mindshare in DI, compared to Quest Software’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Informatica users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

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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

Toad Data Point

Ranking in Data Integration

28th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Preparation Tools (5th)

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 Toad Data Point is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Toad Data Point	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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Aaron Payne

ERP Manager at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Offers power developers the tooling they need

I am not the end user of this solution. I am not close enough to it because I manage the platform that it runs against. The end users who use the Toad tool come against the database that my team manages, so it is hard for me to provide any area for improvement when it comes to the Toad tool. However, in the administration case, cost is a significant issue. The Mac license is incredibly expensive. It is 1,600 dollars each, which is more than the Windows version. Scalability is difficult when it is that costly.

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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."

"It provides better SQL development tooling than SQL Developer, which is not a sufficient tool for all development use cases. It offers power developers the tools they need."

"I have never experienced any issues with customer service."

"One of the greatest features is that you can get data from anywhere to anywhere with Toad Data Point."

"The most valuable features of Toad Data are you could write a parameterized query and it wouldn't error out, it would give you the parameters that you could input. The auto-formatting feature is useful because it was great for keeping your queries neat and understandable. The auto comment, and uncomment toggles that you could do were convenient."

"The Connectivity and Connection Manager supports a broad number of connection types, and it is trivial for end-users to set up their own connections to sources."

"The best thing about it is its automation features."

"With Toad Data Point, I can automate most steps automatically."

"We love it."

Cons

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

"It's not user-friendly. Once you start using it, you eventually get to know the features."

"The Mac license is incredibly expensive. It is 1,600 dollars each, which is more than the Windows version. Scalability is difficult when it is that costly."

"I used their report writing a little bit, however, it could improve since it's not a really good report writer and it's a little clunky."

"It's not user-friendly. Once you start using it, you eventually get to know the features."

"On the scheduling server, some scheduled reports just sit there and never execute for the first time. After manually executing the first time, they run with no issues."

"Toad Data could improve by having additional features, such as query prediction. This could help someone who's not the strongest programmer. If the software could help them write queries correctly it would be very helpful, especially for small development teams or teams that lack the input skills necessary to write and program efficiently."

"The Mac license is incredibly expensive. It is 1,600 dollars each, which is more than the Windows version."

"I used their report writing a little bit, however, it could improve since it's not a really good report writer and it's a little clunky."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"The price of Toad Data Point was approximately $500 annually."

"The cost of this product is reasonable."

"The Mac licenses are expensive, costing 1,600 dollars each. This is much higher than for the Windows version. I maintain a very limited number of licenses due to this cost."

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Financial Services Firm

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Healthcare 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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Toad Data Point?

The pricing for Toad Data Point is where it gets into trouble. Microsoft is free, so if you get SQL Server, you get all the other stuff with it. You have to use several Microsoft tools that don't a...

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What needs improvement with Toad Data Point?

I used their report writing a little bit, however, it could improve since it's not a really good report writer and it's a little clunky.

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What is your primary use case for Toad Data Point?

When I use it, I'm using it for writing SQL or testing SQL code. I used to use it for moving data, loading files into database tables, from tables to other tables.

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Also Known As

Informatica Intelligent Data Lake, Intelligent Data Lake

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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

Toad Data Point is a cross-platform, self-service, data-integration tool that simplifies data access, preparation and provisioning. It provides nearly limitless data connectivity, desktop data integration, visual query building and workflow automation.

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