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Informatica PowerExchange [EOL] vs SAP Process Orchestration 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 PowerExchange [...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP Process Orchestration
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Business-to-Business Middleware (7th)
 

Featured Reviews

HA
Sr. IT & Data Governance and Management Consultant & Technical Lead at a government with 51-200 employees
Facilitates seamless data exchange for Middle Eastern government entities while reducing costs and simplifying integration processes
Informatica PowerExchange is important for services and common services implementations. This allows workflow communication between different entities, providing proper services. The tool's governance features include HA rules, responsibilities, and policies which are highly valued. It also reduces the number of APIs needed for new integrations by offering a unified exchange platform that facilitates easy-to-use services without the need for coding.
Vasanth Kumar Sabaapathi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Lead Architect at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Simplified integrations bring flexibility and efficiency to diverse industries through comprehensive features and robust support
SAP is already trying to make improvements for SAP Process Orchestration by releasing updates every quarter, including patches and modules, and from a security standpoint, while it's a tightly coupled tool, they are introducing a lot of enhancements aligned with current market trends. There are standard contents readily available for starting integrations, which suit around 90% of every industry across verticals including pharma, manufacturing, and employee data central with SuccessFactors integration. Regarding functionality-wise improvements in SAP Process Orchestration, they are now incorporating the Salesforce system. Previously, we needed to rely on a third-party adapter for integration within SAP, but now they are building their own adapters to connect with Salesforce. Additionally, there are options like data connectors using Ariba coming up with SAP Process Orchestration. There's much more to explore, especially as they release new patches, enhancements, and adapters each quarter.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The main benefit of PowerExchange is its native real-time capabilities."
"The scalability is excellent."
"This product is easy to install and it can be done in a few hours."
"The agentless RCDC enablement through PowerExchange is a great idea and has worked very well so far."
"We can now update data from several source files from both a database or java source."
"PowerExchange is a very good tool to work with; it has the capabilities and compared to other tools, this tool has more features."
"I would say that this is one of the best tools for any data ingestion mechanism."
"The transformation work called for Informatica PowerExchange; it was easy to work with and very stable."
"Overall, I would rate SAP Process Orchestration a 10 out of 10."
"SAP is the best solution for them to integrate with many other third-party systems or other VRP systems."
"SAP is now one of the leaders in integration."
"Orchestration is beneficial for us."
"It provides essential features such as continuous monitoring of all interfaces are crucial for our needs."
"With the migration into the new version, the performance has improved and our customers are pleased with this improvement."
"It is strategically focused to forecast a global integration platform for our business."
"In my opinion, SAP PO is the most mature suite of tools to integrate processes across SAP environments at this moment."
 

Cons

"Technical support can be improved with respect to delays in ticket response time."
"I have minimal exposure to PowerExchange at this point."
"Informatica is very expensive in all aspects, so the pricing is something that could be improved."
"V10.2 is very stable, but we are still struggling to make V10.5 stable. We found services that were down, and PowerExchange stopped working."
"Integration with the largest number of databases and other systems would be important."
"The solution could be made more user-friendly. The configurations are also quite difficult."
"It's not a good product in the end."
"Pushdown optimization could be improved."
"It's very difficult to find errors in a simple way."
"Its administration management feature needs to be simpler to use."
"It is scalable and it requires some maintenance."
"I feel that support is an area that needs improvement. They need to improve the response time and address the customer's issues as soon as possible."
"The solution needs to move to the cloud."
"SAP Process Orchestration could improve from an API standpoint. This is not an API management tool, which is one of its drawbacks."
"We have experienced latency and reliability issues when using large amounts of data."
"The usability, for example, is an area where it can be improved upon."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Many users don't prefer to use the product, considering the high costs attached to the licensing part of the solution."
"It's expensive. In fact, nobody would buy any product of Informatica if the price was the only consideration. It costs money, and it doesn't come cheap, but it provides value for money in many ways."
"The cost of PowerExchange is reasonable. It does not rely on complicated formulas or unrealistic equations. The pricing model is straightforward. There is one component, and real-time integration is included. Some other solutions require purchasing additional modules or third-party plugins for this capability."
"There is a need to pay towards the licensing cost of the product. It is an expensive product."
"There are licensing and connector costs. Basically, Informatica is pay-as-you-use."
"The product is not very expensive."
"An annual package license fee is required."
"The cost of SAP products is quite high but the quality is really good."
"Looking at market conditions, vendors nowadays are giving products at very low price levels. However, SAP Process Orchestration have not yet reduced their prices. The prices could be reduced a lot to stay competitive."
"The price of SAP Process Orchestration was reasonable."
"The product is not a low-priced solution, but I can say that it is competitively priced in the market."
"There are fees in addition to the licensing."
"Normally, you will have to choose CPU-based licensing...I rate the tool price a five out of ten."
"My company deals with different pricing models of the product, according to which we don't pay for the solution directly, but we do pay for the maintenance part."
"The fee for maintenance is costly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Government
6%
Marketing Services Firm
6%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise12
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise26
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Informatica PowerExchange?
Informatica PowerExchange is considered cost-efficient due to reduced number of APIs needed, enabling re-utilization of existing channels, cutting down on development and training costs.
What needs improvement with Informatica PowerExchange?
It would be helpful to have more metadata provided, which is useful for engaging more users in data exchange. The addition of data quality dashboards or measures would also help in profiling data t...
What is your primary use case for Informatica PowerExchange?
We utilize Informatica PowerExchange ( /products/informatica-powerexchange-reviews ) for data sharing and data monitoring across government entities in the Middle East. The tool facilitates data ex...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Process Orchestration?
The price for SAP Process Orchestration is a little high when compared to market trends, which is just how the business is. I would rate it an eight.
What needs improvement with SAP Process Orchestration?
SAP is already trying to make improvements for SAP Process Orchestration by releasing updates every quarter, including patches and modules, and from a security standpoint, while it's a tightly coup...
What is your primary use case for SAP Process Orchestration?
The main use case for SAP Process Orchestration is that it's an SAP proprietary tool which integrates within SAP and outside SAP. It's the most familiar middleware tool which is used for integrations.
 

Also Known As

PowerExchange, Connectors
SAP NetWeaver Process Integration, NetWeaver Process Integration
 

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Sample Customers

ACH Food, BNSF Railway Company, Illinois State University
Lenovo, Dansk Supermarked A/S, Ego Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd, Kaeser Kompressoren
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