We performed a comparison between Informatica PowerCenter and TIBCO Spotfire 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."The most valuable features are the dynamic reading of the file metadata profile, and the ability to define business rules that are used to verify and validate the uploaded files."
"It is easy to use, and it is quick for developing things. It is fairly powerful, and it can integrate with a lot of different platforms without much hassle."
"What I like most about Informatica PowerCenter is that it's the best tool in the market for data integration. Currently, I work in L'Oréal, where a new system from SAP is used. Informatica PowerCenter integration with SAP is very, very fast and very, very simple, so you have the server flow from SAP, and through Informatica PowerCenter, you can ingest the data and make that data available for the business more quickly."
"The performance and design of Informatica have been very valuable. I find the performance faster than, say, Oracle Data Integrator or DataStage."
"Complex transformations can be easily achieved by using PowerCenter. The processing layer does transformations and other things. About 80% of my transformations can be achieved by using the middle layer. For the remaining 15% to 20% transformations, I can go in and create stored procedures in the respective databases. Mapplets is the feature through which we can reuse transformations across pipelines. Transformations and caching are the key features that we have been using frequently. Informatica PowerCenter is one of the best solutions or products in the data integration space. We have extensively used PowerCenter for integration purposes. We usually look at the best bridge solution in our architecture so that it can sustain for maybe a couple of years. Usually, we go with the solution that fits best and has proven and time-tested technology."
"The technical support for Informatica PowerCenter is good."
"Informatica PowerCenter has been implementing mapping design, data flow, and workflow execution for years."
"Good interface, reasonable documentation."
"Data discovery is very simple."
"We particularly like the data angling feature of this solution. This gives us the ability to work on data transformations, join files, and carry out other data preparation tasks all in a single tool."
"It's scalable."
"The ability to create a real-time data mark, using just one piece of software, is the best feature of this product."
"Live Query data on demand, R and Python integration, and the ability to write HTML and JavaScript text areas are all valuable features."
"Spotfire is excellent for scientific applications, especially because of its integration with RNG."
"The product's initial setup phase was simple."
"The out-of-the-box features are simple and easy to use across the board."
"Include more instruments for LOGs analysis, interpretation, and job corrections."
"The performance of Informatica PowerCenter could improve."
"We had stability issues, mostly with JVM size."
"Integrated Reporting service should be more smoothly transitioned from view to function to be in sync with the main design."
"They should release new versions for the solution's on-premises setup."
"Unstructured data handling is an important area with a shortcoming that needs improvement in the solution."
"The solution must improve the integration with new services."
"Informatica PowerCenter could improve the data threshold for large sets of data. Additionally, they should add real-time integration."
"When you do the data loading, it is slow."
"The initial setup is complicated and needs experience and knowledge."
"Compared to competitors, the UI is quite dated."
"We would like to see some development in the visualization aspect of this solution, as they can currently only be configured in the cloud, which limits us to one endpoint. It would be helpful if this could be integrated with other tools."
"We would like an easier way to get the product to the cloud. Right now, we have the on-premise version, and we would like to find a way to make it easier to migrate it over to the cloud."
"I would like more easy-to-implement analytical algorithms. At the moment they include things like forecasts and regressions. They need to add a lot more of these types of things to the product because not everyone is a data scientist."
"The initial setup of TIBCO Spotfire is in the middle range of difficulty. The initial setup of Power BI is easier."
"Print capability and trigger-based events."
Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 3rd in Data Integration with 78 reviews while TIBCO Spotfire is ranked 13th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 66 reviews. Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0, while TIBCO Spotfire is rated 8.2. 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 TIBCO Spotfire writes "A robust BI tool, with good dashboard features and adverse event tracking". Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks and AWS Glue, whereas TIBCO Spotfire is most compared with Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Qlik Sense, QlikView and Amazon QuickSight. See our Informatica PowerCenter vs. TIBCO Spotfire report.
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