We performed a comparison between Informatica PowerCenter and Talend Data Fabric based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It has very good monitoring and process monitoring."
"Among all the solutions I have used, I found Informatica PowerCenter to be much more stable in terms of application."
"It is an excellent ETL tool."
"I would recommend that others considering the solution go ahead and use it for any batch and high volume loads with complex transactions."
"Good interface, reasonable documentation."
"I found the map links, work links, and workflows valuable. They are important features."
"The partitioning and optimization to help enhance our development is a very valuable aspect of Informatica PowerCenter."
"In the end, you have structured, proper data for use in an integrated BI solution."
"We've had no issues with the stability so far."
"It is a smart tool for us to design data pipelines. It lets us populate our three data lake instances. We like this solution for its connection capabilities, since it is very important to be able to use many different types of software. We tested a lot of SAP sources successfully, including cloud sources with SAP. It is also very easy to anonymize data with TIBCO, as well as populating HDFS files, packet files, and raw files. It is very easy to do that with Talend Data Fabric."
"The Talend data integration has been one of the most valuable features."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"If you want to transfer a ZIP file, it is a pain. You need to use Command-Line. Sometimes we just want to transfer a file. It should be easy to move them from A to B."
"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."
"The solution must improve the integration with new services."
"The documentation could be improved."
"There is a need to buy a separate license if one wishes to connect with some kind of SAP system, such as SalesForce."
"Include more instruments for LOGs analysis, interpretation, and job corrections."
"Integrating new tools can be tricky and challenging."
"We are currently using version 7.3.1, but preferred the version before. The problem that we currently have is that Talend are releasing patches for Talend Studio every quarter. Our technical team has to be on top of these patches and constantly ensure everything is updated."
"Deployment can be difficult, but I didn't test the latest version yet. With Talend products, every release brings a lot of new features and functionalities. This is never a small adaptation, because the tool is maturing, but we need to test the latest version and to check its deployment capabilities."
"We encounter issues getting email notifications. They should provide enough information about the configuration process for email components."
"I would like to see better integration with other tools."
Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 3rd in Data Integration with 78 reviews while Talend Data Fabric is ranked 26th in Data Integration with 4 reviews. Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0, while Talend Data Fabric is rated 8.6. 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 Talend Data Fabric writes "Smart tool to design data pipelines that has good connection capabilities ". Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks and AWS Glue, whereas Talend Data Fabric is most compared with Talend Open Studio, Talend Data Management Platform, Azure Data Factory, Palantir Foundry and Alteryx Designer. See our Informatica PowerCenter vs. Talend Data Fabric report.
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