We performed a comparison between Informatica PowerCenter and Sigma based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Visualization solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like the automated scheduling feature."
"It provides everything I need. Nothing is missing. PowerCenter is a good tool for on-premise databases."
"It provides monitoring and we can therefore be aware of what is happening when we are handling jobs."
"UI-based ability to create data mapping."
"To me, what's most valuable in Informatica PowerCenter is the flexibility in building the integration pipeline. Usually, you need to have a platform to be able to integrate with different technologies, including legacy data such as the mainframe. The platform should also be rich enough to transform the data per your business requirement, with no restrictions. Rich integration and rich transformation capabilities are the two key capabilities in Informatica PowerCenter. The solution also offers ease of use. Another valuable feature of Informatica PowerCenter is the drag-and-drop integration because it's GUI-based, similar to IBM and Oracle."
"PowerCenter performs well during data transformation and optimization."
"I would recommend that others considering the solution go ahead and use it for any batch and high volume loads with complex transactions."
"The ability to scale through partitions helped us to improve the performance."
"The tool's interface is easy to use. The functions listed as a part of the menu items are easy to use."
"The most valuable aspect for me is having real-time data."
"Sigma is a great software for non-technical business users. If someone's familiar with pivot tables or Excel or Google Sheets, they should be able to pick up Sigma pretty quickly. There is a very low bar for onboarding."
"In terms of performance improvement and tuning, there should be a bit more guidance and documentation."
"In the future, I would like to see Informatica PowerCenter integrate a more powerful dashboard."
"What I didn't like about it is that the platform itself is not great at distributed processing. When you need high parallel processing, it has some inherent issues. We had to use Java transformation, and it did not go very well. I have heard that it is going to the cloud, but we haven't tried that."
"The documentation could be improved."
"Support could be better."
"Informatica, in my opinion, is very rigid and not very flexible, whereas platforms like Alteryx or Matillion are very flexible and agile."
"It would be better if I could do all the work within a single window. If I'm working on any mapping and if I have to switch to sessions, I have to open a new window altogether. If I have to get into workflows, I have to open a new window. It was also very expensive. In the next release, I would like it to be more user-friendly."
"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 only minor area for improvement lies in handling highly complex visualizations."
"The product's roadmap regarding introducing new features in the solution or new versions of the tool can be made better in the future."
"I would like to see better visualization options. That would allow me to build out more visually pleasing dashboarding in Sigma."
Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 5th in Data Visualization with 78 reviews while Sigma is ranked 15th in Data Visualization with 3 reviews. Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0, while Sigma is rated 9.4. 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 Sigma writes "Streamlines reporting; like Excel on steroids ". Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks and AWS Glue, whereas Sigma is most compared with Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Apache Superset, Hex and Amazon QuickSight. See our Informatica PowerCenter vs. Sigma report.
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