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JumpMind SymmetricDS vs Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) 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

JumpMind SymmetricDS
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Data Replication (16th)
Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
72
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

JumpMind SymmetricDS and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. JumpMind SymmetricDS is designed for Data Replication and holds a mindshare of 3.2%, up 1.7% compared to last year.
Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), on the other hand, focuses on Data Integration, holds 2.4% mindshare, down 4.6% since last year.
Data Replication Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
JumpMind SymmetricDS3.2%
NetApp SnapMirror6.9%
NetApp Snapshot6.6%
Other83.3%
Data Replication
Data Integration Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)2.4%
SSIS4.0%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)3.7%
Other89.9%
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1625691 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at a non-profit with 1-10 employees
Fully-featured, good performance, and easy to use and install
We are using it to back up the software across the network to a remote server It is fully featured. It has allowed me to do everything I wanted to do. It is also very easy to use and install. It is pretty self-explanatory, and their support was also very good. Everything is fine. The user…
Hafiz Mannan - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Data Services – Services Partner at 3 As Technologies
Facilitates complex data integration with ease and flexibility
It would be great if ODI could link the designer, mapping, and workflows in a more simplified manner, maybe in one combined interface. It would be excellent not to have to go into different areas to perform different activities but rather have a user-defined interface where we can configure a job, run it, monitor it, link packages, and link subprocesses all in one frame instead of having the designer separately, mapping separately, and monitoring and session management separately. With respect to data quality challenges, it would be great to give an option to fix data quality issues based on AI. Integrating AI with ODI that provides recommendations on how to fix those data quality issues after analyzing and profiling business data would be excellent. One of the main disadvantages of the Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is that it sometimes takes a lot of resources when handling multiple jobs. The scalability and the ability to handle multiple workloads of several parallel ETL jobs could use improvement, and certain parallel threads should be added along with the ability to configure multiple jobs from the same data directory structure.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is fully featured. It has allowed me to do everything I wanted to do."
"Besides loading data, we do most of our transformations in ODI."
"The initial setup is easy."
"What I found most valuable in Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is that it integrates well with almost all technologies currently being used in my company."
"One of the standout features of ODI is its ability to prepare everything on a vertical level and create reusable components, which adds to its value."
"The Knowledge Module approach provides an easy and reusable way to create our own integration strategies. It's easy to create these Knowledge Modules to connect to new technologies, for instance."
"ODI significantly improves data integration and management by allowing customization of data types from various sources like SQL Server databases."
"In our DW/BI solution, ODI is the main tool to integrate the data in a daily batch way."
"The most valuable features of ODI are the knowledge modules, such as the Loading Knowledge module and the Check Knowledge module, they are helpful. We can check for the constraints in ODI. That helps in figuring out what are the constraints that are the primary keys created in the tables. We can check them with the Check Knowledge module."
 

Cons

"The user interface could improve. We are looking at some cloud-based databases, and I don't think they support that."
"It needs easier security."
"It would be really good if Oracle considered enabling the tool to integrate with some other platforms that are deprecated simply for commercial reasons"
"An area for improvement would be the lack of SQL compatibility - ODI has no ability to interact with SQL unstructured types and data types."
"Reverse engineering is complicated and challenging to manage."
"It has been very good. Just recently, I've faced an issue, but I solved it somehow. While integrating with a file, I faced an issue where I wanted output files, and I had used the text field limited quotations, but at the end of the file, there was a line breakage for the last column. So, we just removed the text field because it was not working correctly for us."
"ODI could improve the ease of use. There is a steep learning curve to use the solution."
"We used a third party to do the implementation of ODI."
"Stability could be improved because some operators have issues."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"There is a standard license to use the solution but there are other costs in addition, such as hardware and operating system."
"The license can be costly, but in certain complex cases, ODI proves to be the optimal solution."
"Per user, it is $900 USD per year, though they will give some discount. However, even a 60% to 70% of discount for each won't help us much. On top of that, there is the perpetual license you must pay at the outset."
"We found that the cost compared to other integration tools is a little high, but the solution works great."
"The solution is very expensive."
"Being an ODI developer, I never had to pay for this product. I know that the pricing/licensing is not really low, but the product is really good."
"The Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) pricing isn't expensive, but it's not cheap, so it's in the middle. I'd rate the pricing as three out of five."
"I rate the platform pricing as five out of ten."
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Comparison Review

it_user99375 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Administrator at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Mar 31, 2014
Oracle GoldenGate vs. Oracle Active Dataguard
As an Oracle DBA, while working upon high availability of your database you may stumble upon various Oracle strategic capabilities that fall into categories of Oracle Replication. Oracle provides various technologies for replication like GoldenGate, streams, and Active Dataguard. Replication…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Healthcare Company
9%
Retailer
9%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Government
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business25
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise43
 

Questions from the Community

Does JumpMind SymmetricDS support a large array of databases?
Yes, it does. This data replication software works with many popular databases, allowing users to benefit from its services. What's more, it also works with many data warehouses, as well as streami...
Is JumpMind SymmetricDS easy to use for beginners?
I didn't start with JumpMind SymmetricDS, I actually started using it at a job when I was a little more introduced to data replication. That made me able to see the good features this software has....
Does JumpMind SymmetricDS provide frequent file synchronization?
How often do you need for your data to be synchronized? I'm asking this because different companies use data replication for different purposes. Some use it as simply updating backup, others to giv...
What's the difference between Oracle Integration Cloud Service and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)?
Oracle Integration Cloud Service has a fairly easy initial setup, and Oracle offers initial support and guidance for those who might find the setup to be challenging. There are complications that c...
What do you like most about Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)?
In comparison with other products of the same range, licensing mode is really attractive, no need to license according technology/topology to be used and an incredible Versatility to build any Data...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)?
The pricing aspect of Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is reasonable; it brings significant value to the table. It's not a product for everyone, but for those needing to handle serious business data wi...
 

Also Known As

SymmetricDS
ODI
 

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Sample Customers

SmartMD, Cancer Research UK
Griffith University, Kansas City Power & Light, Keste, Raymond James Financial, Valdosta State University
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