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Informatica PowerCenter vs Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Informatica PowerCenter
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
85
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (4th), Data Visualization (13th)
Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Ser...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (21st)
 

Featured Reviews

Garima Goel - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Principal Engineer at Nagarro
Has supported complex data pipeline creation but performance tuning and monitoring responsiveness need improvement
Sometimes, I see various performance issues with Informatica PowerCenter, including caching concerns, whether it's a joiner transformation or other transformations, so I believe the team can enhance the performance perspectives of these transformations. Additionally, sometimes the Informatica Monitor hangs or takes time to open the current run or logs, which the team can also look into. Informatica is transitioning to cloud solutions and discontinuing on-premise support after 2026, so when we discuss Informatica Cloud and its support, it becomes quite expensive for the organization compared to peers such as SnapLogic or Netezza, which offer lower pricing. Informatica Cloud Intelligence's pricing is notably high.
Tarek Diab - PeerSpot reviewer
Advisor Business Analysis & Data Management at Saudi Telecom Company
Real-time integration and seamless data synchronization enhance user experience
The stability of Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service is one of its most useful features, although its performance is not too steady. It excels with bidirectional data synchronization. It supports diverse databases and platforms. We link the ODS with numerous source systems, including Oracle, Tarek Data, and Microsoft, with no integration issues. The solution caters to enterprise needs, fitting any organizational requirement, apart from data security issues common to cloud solutions. The cloud data security challenge is notable, necessitating solutions such as private cloud offerings to allay security concerns.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Informatica is 100% value for money, and the kind of flexibility and stability it offers in dealing with heterogeneous data is amazing."
"It provides everything I need. Nothing is missing. PowerCenter is a good tool for on-premise databases."
"It is UI friendly and has all the advantages of an ETL tool."
"What I like most about Informatica PowerCenter is that it's the best tool in the market for data integration."
"Informatica PowerCenter has been implementing mapping design, data flow, and workflow execution for years."
"The most valuable feature is the new Data Lake feature, which provides the basic capabilities needed."
"It reduces a lot of legacy coding."
"Enterprise-scale ETL solution that's very stable and is easy to scale. It integrates and connects with multiple new systems, both structured and semi-structured."
"GoldenGate's best features are the desktop security features."
"We are heavily involved with GitHub for managing repositories, automatic deployments, and inner source projects."
"This has significantly eased the process of migration from on-premise to cloud, as instead of configuring everything from the ground up, the Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service has made it seamless to build and render databases in cloud."
"The stability of Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service is one of its most useful features, although its performance is not too steady; it excels with bidirectional data synchronization and supports diverse databases and platforms."
"GoldenGate is a good solution to implement in terms of scalability and flexibility."
"Oracle Database generally guarantees a good response for customer use cases."
"GoldenGate can aggregate various data types from different sources."
"Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service is valued for its ability to replicate data in real-time, offering significant benefits from a data perspective."
 

Cons

"Technical support could be faster."
"While Informatica is great for data-integration, it does not have any analytics features. Thus, organizations have to always look for another product for their BI needs."
"Licensing is frustrating as you have to pay for some additional features."
"Informatica, in my opinion, is very rigid and not very flexible, whereas platforms like Alteryx or Matillion are very flexible and agile."
"There is some room for improvement in terms of pricing."
"Informatica PowerCenter can be improved by integrating features that allow scheduling a workflow more easily on the main window itself, and also, I miss the ability to connect to several repositories at the same time; if that's possible, it would be very handy."
"Informatica are very rigid when it comes to cloud migrations which discourages customers in moving their solution to the cloud."
"The developer tool documentation can be enhanced with a more clear explanation of each utility, accompanied by relevant examples, so that developers are able to create programs with ease."
"The initial setup was a little complex, and we required support from Oracle to complete it."
"Oracle is always adding new features. I can't think of anything that's urgent currently."
"I am not very happy with Oracle Support. Over the past four to five years, I have experienced many problems when opening support requests."
"Support could be improved. They lack knowledge."
"With Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service, we have usual cloud solution issues such as privacy and data security."
"More technical documentation is needed, especially in terms of mapping and conversion of data, while integration would also be very helpful."
"Pricing is rather expensive. Oracle typically prices on the higher side, and there is scope for them to reconsider the price, especially since it is a cloud service."
"Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service lacks AI. If AI gets introduced in Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service, it would be much easier to do analysis."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is mostly reasonable."
"We have a site license, but we do pay by the division."
"The pricing for Informatica PowerCenter is expensive. Some clients have simple needs and only want to integrate and store data. Some clients have small needs, while some clients have bigger needs and focus more on performance and time. The licensing cost for Informatica PowerCenter isn't good. In my project, if I remember correctly, the company pays €20,000 per year for the Informatica PowerCenter license. I'm not aware of additional costs that you need to pay for some features of the solution. On a scale of one to five, I'm rating its price a three."
"A basic setup can be from $100,000 and up annually."
"I consider this to be an expensive product."
"I am not sure about the most recent price, but I think it should be $100,000 or more."
"The pricing is a little expensive, but in the same range as IBM and other competitors."
"Compared to other tools, I think PowerCenter is a bit expensive. When I compare it to Oracle, if you want to use Oracle databases, you can easily get an ODI tool, so it's easier to handle. Informatica is a standalone tool—it's an independent company—and there are no databases around them, so it's quite expensive to use. Generally, large companies use PowerCenter because of the price. If companies want to expand their usage areas, they try to consider if it's easy to implement and easy to understand the pricing. I think the pricing is a barrier for Informatica."
"I rate the product price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
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Comparison Review

it_user90069 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Expert at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 20, 2014
Informatica PowerCenter vs. Microsoft SSIS - each technology has its advantages but also have similarities
Technology has made it easier for businesses to organize and manipulate data to get a clearer picture of what’s going on with their business. Notably, ETL tools have made managing huge amounts of data significantly easier and faster, boosting many organizations’ business intelligence operations…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Insurance Company
6%
Construction Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise76
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service?
I do not have an idea about the solution's cost, but given the ongoing use, it appears to be good for them.
What needs improvement with Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service?
With Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service, we have usual cloud solution issues such as privacy and data security. These issues especially concern clients needing a private cloud solution to meet regulat...
What is your primary use case for Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service?
We are using Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service for real-time data integration, as our audience is real-time. Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service is used for ODS operating data store in SSD. For the ODS, ...
 

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