We compared Informatica PowerCenter and Informatica PowerExchange based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Informatica PowerCenter is praised for its excellent data integration capabilities, strong metadata management, and user-friendly interface, while the pricing and ROI are highlighted positively. In contrast, Informatica PowerExchange stands out for its seamless connectivity, robust performance, and flexibility, but users mention the need for improvements in UI, documentation, and error handling.
Features: Informatica PowerCenter stands out for its excellent data integration capabilities, efficient workflow design and strong metadata management. PowerExchange is highly valued for its seamless integration and connection of data sources, robust data transformation capabilities, and user-friendly interface.
Pricing and ROI: Informatica PowerCenter has a manageable setup cost and a straightforward licensing process, according to user feedback. On the other hand, Informatica PowerExchange offers reasonable pricing compared to other similar products. Its setup cost is straightforward and does not require extensive time or resources. In terms of licensing, it is customizable and adaptable to specific needs, allowing for flexible usage and scalability., Informatica PowerCenter has a highly positive ROI, resulting in improved data integration and management processes and increased efficiency. It offers comprehensive reporting capabilities for better decision-making. On the other hand, Informatica PowerExchange also provides a positive ROI by integrating with various systems and enhancing productivity. It ensures reliability and scalability for handling large data volumes. Both products optimize business processes and deliver value to users.
Room for Improvement: Informatica PowerCenter has room for improvement in its user interface, documentation, training resources, performance, and stability. On the other hand, Informatica PowerExchange needs enhancements in its user interface usability, reliability, documentation, error handling capabilities, and simplified functionality. Both products aim to improve user experience and streamline processes.
Deployment and customer support: Based on user feedback, the duration required to establish a new tech solution like Informatica PowerCenter can vary, with some users spending three months on deployment and others spending an extra week on setup. However, there are users who report a week for both deployment and setup, indicating these terms may refer to the same period. On the other hand, the user feedback for Informatica PowerExchange suggests that the implementation duration varies, with some users spending three months on deployment and others spending only a week on setup. There are also users who mention a week for both deployment and setup, suggesting these terms may refer to the same period and should not be assessed separately., Informatica PowerCenter and PowerExchange both excel in customer service. PowerCenter prioritizes users' needs, with prompt and efficient assistance. PowerExchange receives high praise for its excellent support team, reliable assistance, and valuable solutions to address issues.
The summary above is based on 36 interviews we conducted recently with Informatica PowerCenter and Informatica PowerExchange users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"We can scale the product."
"If the systems get migrated or upgraded, the amount of resources required are very minimal. We can change the connections and establish a new connection. It's very helpful."
"The support is valuable. There are also open-source ETL products, which work very well, but there is no support. When we face a production problem, being able to get support is valuable, and it brings efficiency. With an open-source solution, we can't engage anyone to resolve the problem as quickly as possible."
"Once you have learned Informatica, it is very easy to use."
"Good interface, reasonable documentation."
"One of the most valuable features for us is the metadata repository because it can easily understand the lineage of first target mapping. My company and I also find Informatica really easy to use—when a consultant joins our company, in just a few days to a few weeks, they can understand how to use it—so we prefer to use this ETL tool."
"Technical support, and their approach is good. They have a support portal and support tickets. If you open a ticket it has multiple levels of severity from level one to very high or critical."
"The reliability of the product and the way of orchestration of different services is valuable to us."
"The scalability is excellent."
"The agentless RCDC enablement through PowerExchange is a great idea and has worked very well so far."
"Overall, it's a good tool. It's currently number one on the market. It pretty much has all the necessary capabilities to pull the incremental data from the source system, technically speaking."
"This product is easy to install and it can be done in a few hours."
"The product’s flexibility is valuable."
"Provides a significant amount of control over the landscape and overall implementation."
"Mainstream integration and real-time integration are the best features."
"The user interface and user experience are perfectly all right."
"While on-premises is a better product, we really need to move to the cloud and need the cloud to be as robust as this product."
"The UI is outdated and old-fashioned, at least in our current version. Also, we have experienced some stability issues with the Workflow Monitor application."
"Integrated Reporting service should be more smoothly transitioned from view to function to be in sync with the main design."
"It would be nice to have all tools in one place. CDC needs more effort, as it's only easy to develop if you are familiar with Linux."
"Informatica are very rigid when it comes to cloud migrations which discourages customers in moving their solution to the cloud."
"The initial setup is not straightforward. You need expertise to do it."
"Integration with Artificial Intelligence would benefit this solution."
"We had stability issues, mostly with JVM size."
"Should diversify more, maybe with a reporting and visualization utility,"
"The solution needs better integration with other tools."
"V10.2 is very stable, but we are still struggling to make V10.5 stable. We found services that were down, and PowerExchange stopped working."
"The product is not suitable for application integration."
"The major shortcoming of PowerExchange is high availability and failover. None of the versions we've used to date have had the out-of-the-box ability to enable failover and high-availability requirements. This is a significant challenge and risk."
"They should make it quick and easy for use of citizen data integration or for people or integrators developing at the customer side. They could be development teams within the business team. For them, the product owners can consider making it a little bit more seamless and a little bit more democratized."
"The product's high costs can be an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The connectivity with T24 core banking could be improved."
Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 3rd in Data Integration with 78 reviews while Informatica PowerExchange is ranked 21st in Data Integration with 19 reviews. Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0, while Informatica PowerExchange is rated 7.8. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Informatica PowerExchange writes "Handles big data better than competitors". Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks and IBM InfoSphere DataStage, whereas Informatica PowerExchange is most compared with Oracle GoldenGate, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Qlik Replicate and Informatica Cloud Data Integration. See our Informatica PowerCenter vs. Informatica PowerExchange report.
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