Informatica PowerCenter vs SAS Access vs Zapier comparison

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We performed a comparison between Informatica PowerCenter, SAS Access, and Zapier based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Informatica PowerCenter is 3.4%, down from 10.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Access is 0.7%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zapier is 0.8%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Informatica PowerCenter	3.4%
Zapier	0.8%
SAS Access	0.7%
Other	95.1%

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Featured Reviews

Garima Goel

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.

The solution is stable, scalable, and flexible

Robert Heck

Co Owner at Hecht und Heck GmbH

I rate the solution eight out of ten. The number of people required to maintain the solution is dependent on the other applications running. The solution in itself does not require a lot of maintenance. The solution is flexible and I recommend it when you have more complex applications with special requirements.

Diverse integration options support workflow automation while pricing and support need improvements

René Ludwigs

Product Owner | Integration

You can build similar or dependent automations in one Zap, which helps with understanding the process without switching between different records. I would appreciate quicker response times and more direct interactions. It would be great to have a direct contact person for support, but bigger companies usually have solution partners handling support. I do not have a solution partner for Zapier due to using it for small use cases.

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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

"Good interface, reasonable documentation."

"Can manage a huge quantity of data and provide reliability."

"The setup is straightforward."

"The interface is very clean and clear."

"The most valuable aspects of Informatica PowerCenter are the many features, ease of use, and user-friendliness."

"It works with any multi-databases, so it works with Sybase, SQL Server. Also, the performance is really good and it is easy to use."

"In the end, you have structured, proper data for use in an integrated BI solution."

"The solution is stable."

"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the ease of access to the data in those databases."

"The most valuable feature is you have native access to the external databases."

"The most valuable part of SAS/ACCESS is what it is made for: connecting to remote systems that are not part of your physical SAS environment."

"Zapier is user friendly and makes it easy to integrate different tools. It has a drag and drop functionality which makes it easy to connect environments."

"What's most valuable in Zapier is its simplicity, seamlessness, and smooth plug-in, so you won't need to build code for every action. I'm not a developer, but I can use Zapier."

"The solution is time efficient and has saved considerable development effort."

"Zapier handles everything under the sun that you would think you need in automation. It is the most mature integration platform and service on the market."

"Zapier luckily has a wide range of integrations, I would say."

"There are a few valuable features, like the stability that it comes with and also the number of features that it offers. I've used other services like Pabbly, but they don't offer similar numbers of applications that Zapier has or allows to integrate with – it's maximum."

"I recommend Zapier because there is demand and it is easy to use."

"We can connect Zapier with Zoho CRM for lead generation. I like the tool's drag and drop feature."

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Cons

"Integrated Reporting service should be more smoothly transitioned from view to function to be in sync with the main design."

"The UI is a little outdated."

"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."

"In terms of performance improvement and tuning, there should be a bit more guidance and documentation."

"Some of the conversions are done inside the product. We use work tables that are created by the engine itself, but the names of the work tables are very long, and they don't have any meaning, which makes it a bit difficult to understand and follow exactly what is happening inside."

"The multiple interfaces in Informatica PowerCenter are not great for the user experience. Because of this, I think it can cause confusion for any beginner developer."

"There is some room for improvement in terms of pricing."

"The only problem with this product is the level of complexity with the number of levels of transformation that you have to go through."

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"The pricing model needs to be reconsidered and adjusted."

"I can't really recall any missing feature or general improvement that is needed. We don't really add too many new kinds of databases and therefore our needs are already met."

"The solution can provide access to the newer databases that come out sooner."

"With Zapier, improvements are required in the areas of concerns like bugs, ease of use, and documentation."

"The solution does not work properly when we apply filters and we get errors."

"The user interface for Zapier could be improved. It also takes some time to sync the data between different environments."

"Being able to share Zaps and organize them with teammates would allow sharing and refining scenarios and even combining steps that require different people's credentials."

"System-to-system is fine, but when it comes to system-to-user, where Zapier is helping to communicate to a user, that's a one-way communication. If that user has to perform some action on that notification, the action isn't handled by Zapier. So there's no way to orchestrate that and it's very cumbersome."

"If the scenario or automation is complex, it becomes difficult to create and deploy because of various routes. For example, with 20 routes, it becomes really difficult to create them due to certain limits, and the UI is not conducive for viewing all the routes."

"Some recent changes to the solution have made it bulky and not as intuitive to use as it previously was."

"Zapier needs to improve in the same way most RPA solutions should, such as Robocorp, Make, or UiPath. They are not good at helping you find the connections that you need for the problem that you have. For example, if need something on Instagram. I'm going to have to do research for hours to be able to find the components or the app, which is going to do what I need it to do. It makes it difficult to use the system when you don't know what to use."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its licensing is expensive in terms of scaling."

"Cost could be improved."

"A basic setup can be from $100,000 and up annually."

"The solution is in the middle price range compared to other solutions."

"Our client has purchased the license, and we are using it."

"The price of this solution is high."

"Its maintenance is expensive."

"I rate the product's price a ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."

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"The solution's pricing and licensing are expensive."

"The pricing model is complex and is based on modular packages as well as the size of the applicable environment."

"Zapier is a paid service. Its license renews monthly, and Zapier will downgrade your subscription to the free version when your credit card doesn't have funds. That significantly impacts your service because everything halts completely. Zapier doesn't have any hidden costs."

"It's very affordable."

"Think your Zaps through to make sure you don't use more Zaps than you need."

"Per task, there is a monthly plan involving 15 euros...Also, in different forms, they just give you the ability to use different features. They charge 18.58 euros for the first standard plan, which includes 750 tasks. So, it is about 25 cents per task."

"The price of Zapier is approximately $75 monthly."

"It's very straightforward licensing. There's only one cost you have to pay, and if you want a relevant pricing plan, I think you have two or three different models or packages which include the number of notifications or Zaps, as they call it, that you can program."

"Zapier's price is good."

"The product is reasonably priced."

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Comparison Review

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BI Expert at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Feb 20, 2014

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

18%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

Insurance Company

University

11%

Financial Services Firm

Retailer

Computer Software Company

Company Size

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	73

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	30
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	7

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Overview

Informatica PowerCenter is a data integration and data visualization tool. The solution works as an enterprise data integration platform that helps organizations access, transform, and integrate data from various systems. The product is designed to support companies in the full cycle of a project, from its initial rollout to critical deployments. Informatica PowerCenter allows developers and analysts to collaborate while accelerating the work process to deploy projects within days instead of months.

The Advanced edition of the product provides an additional real-time engine which allows companies to have always-on enterprise data integration. This ensures seamless collaboration and increment of data lineage visibility and impacts analysis.

The Premium edition of the solution offers an early warning system that detects unexpected behaviors or incorrect utilization of resources in the workflows and alerts companies in the case that these occur. This version of the product also offers automatic data validation, which ensures data accuracy and reduces testing time and expenditure of resources for by up to 90%.

Informatica PowerCenter Features

The product provides users with various features which allow them to execute data integration initiatives such as analytics, data warehousing, data governance, consolidation, and application migration. The features of the solution include:

Collaboration: Informatica PowerCenter offers role-based tools and processes which enable business self-service while benefiting from high-quality IT resources.
Automation: Through various automations and easy-to-use software, users can utilize graphical and codeless tools and initiate effective data integration without additional knowledge.
Scalability: The tool provides high scalability to users, which ensures seamless performance and minimum downtime. PowerCenter also has adaptive load balancing, pushdown optimization, and dynamic partitioning.
Monitoring: Through the extensive monitoring feature, the operations and governance of the solution are easily overseen by users. The tool also provides alerts that can prevent damage to the system.
Real-time data: Through real-time data, users can monitor applications and analytics, ensuring their efficient operation.
Prototyping: Informatica lets its users collaborate with information technology to prototype, profile, and validate results in a timely manner.
Connectivity: Users can access and integrate data from different types of sources through high-performance connectors.
Automated data validation testing: The product offers script-free automated and repeatable audit and validation of data.
Data transformation: This feature allows users to use comprehensive parsing of JSON, PDF, XML, Microsoft Office, and the Internet of Things (IoT) for non-relation data.
Cloud applications connectivity: The product allows for seamless connection to cloud application sources and targets.

Informatica PowerCenter Benefits

The benefits of using Informatica PowerCenter include:

The tool can work over a wide range of systems and platforms and also allows for lean integration.
It enhances the quality and speed of performance and optimizes the cost of the process for your organization.
PowerCenter supports multiple databases, including TPump, Parallel Transporter Fastload, and Teradata MLoad.
The tool is very easy to monitor and maintain, which simplifies the data integration process for companies.
The centralized error logging system allows users to locate errors in a timely manner and correct them.
The tool can convert data from an application to another format, as it serves as one of the most powerful data transformation solutions.
PowerCenter can also serve as middleware between two applications.
The solution offers both parallel processing and load balancing.
PowerCenter is a tool with a high level of security, which also minimizes essential administration activities.
The solution ensures the quality of information, as it does not allow invalid or unwanted data to be uploaded to the source.

Reviews from Real Users

Yahya T., a developer and architect at L'Oreal, says the product is stable, provides good support, and integrating it with other systems is very fast.

Mohamed E., a senior manager for Data management and data governance at a tech company, says PowerCenter is stable, mature, and offers flexibility in building the pipeline and has a drag-and-drop mode because it's GUI-based; technical support is brilliant.

Informatica

SAS/ACCESS is an out-of-the-box solution for integrating SAS and third-party databases. You can read, write and update data regardless of the database or platform. Because the data appears native to SAS, there is no need to learn Structured Query Language (SQL) or any other database-specific query languages.

SAS

Zapier connects thousands of apps, enabling seamless automation without coding. It supports webhooks, multi-step tasks, and a wide array of integrations. Despite needing enhancements in Google Sheets capabilities, API limits, and UI, it remains a tool for boosting productivity across many sectors.

By linking tools such as Google Sheets, HubSpot, Slack, and Salesforce, Zapier allows users to automate workflows without coding expertise. Its integrations serve logistics operations, CRM, and social media management. Users can process tracking exceptions and streamline operations with third-party software like QuickBooks, Zoho, and Power BI. Although users suggest features like better Google Sheets handling and improved collaboration tools, Zapier continues to provide expansive automation, enhancing efficiency and facilitating new opportunities through integrations.

What Features Stand Out in Zapier?

App Connectivity: Integrates thousands of tools, simplifying task automation.
Ease of Use: No coding needed to set up integrations.
Webhooks: Offers real-time data transfer between applications.
Multi-step Zaps: Allows complex workflows across various apps.
Comprehensive Library: Extensive list of app integrations for users.

What Benefits Should You Expect?

Increased Productivity: Facilitates seamless automation of tasks.
Efficiency Improvement: Streamlines processes across multiple tools.
Business Agility: Supports varied workflows to meet specific needs.
Integration Flexibility: Connects a wide range of popular applications.
Simple Automation: Users automate processes without technical skills.

In logistics, Zapier enhances operations by automating exception tracking and third-party software integration. Its use in CRM and social media streamlines lead creation and workflow automation. Users from diverse industries leverage its extensive connectivity to support intelligence management, generate analytical insights, and execute cross-functional tasks efficiently.