Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics vs TetraScience comparison

Hitachi Vantara and TetraScience are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Hitachi Vantara is ranked #18 with an average rating of 7.7, while TetraScience is ranked #49 with an average rating of 6.5. Additionally, 94% of Hitachi Vantara users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of TetraScience users who would recommend it.

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Categories and Ranking

Pentaho Data Integration an...

Ranking in Data Integration

18th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

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TetraScience

Ranking in Data Integration

49th

Average Rating

6.6

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Featured Reviews

Aqeel UR Rehman

BI Analyst at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Transform data efficiently with rich features but there's challenges with large datasets

Currently, I am using Pentaho Data Integration for transforming data and then loading it into different platforms. Sometimes, I use it in conjunction with AWS, particularly S3 and Redshift, to execute the copy command for data processing Pentaho Data Integration is easy to use, especially when…

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Varun Khandavalli

Senior Specialist Engineering Dev. & Integration at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Efficient data integration and good automation with challenging configurability

The application has a difficult-to-use parsing capability, which requires a lot of reengineering when the use case isn't specifically met. The application also lacks capabilities within its terminal commands that are not available in their GUI. It requires a lot of configurability, which could be streamlined for an enterprise application user.

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

Pros

"The fact that it's a low-code solution is valuable. It's good for more junior people who may not be as experienced with programming."

"The solution offers features for data integration and migration. Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics allows the integration of multiple data sources into one. The product is user-friendly and intuitive to use for almost any business."

"It is easy to use, install, and start working with."

"The product is user-friendly and intuitive"

"We can schedule job execution in the BA Server, which is the front-end product we're using right now. That scheduling interface is nice."

"The solution has a free to use community version."

"I find the drag and drop feature in Pentaho Data Integration very useful for integration."

"It's my understanding that the product can scale."

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"The ingestion engines were pretty good."

"The crawler agents they provide, as well as TetraScience exclusive parsers, allow for specific instruments that we use in our labs with proprietary formats to extract data and put it into more standard formats for various purposes."

Cons

"I work with different databases. I would like to work with more connectors to new databases, e.g., DynamoDB and MariaDB, and new cloud solutions, e.g., AWS, Azure, and GCP. If they had these connectors, that would be great. They could improve by building new connectors. If you have native connections to different databases, then you can make instructions more efficient and in a more natural way. You don't have to write any scripts to use that connector."

"The product needs more plugins."

"In the Community edition, it would be nice to have more modules that allow you to code directly within the application. It could have R or Python completely integrated into it, but this could also be because I'm using an older version."

"Should provide additional control for the data warehouse"

"I work with the Community Edition, therefore I do not have support. There was an issue that I could not resolve with community support."

"Since Hitachi took over, I don't feel that the documentation is as good within the solution. It used to have very good help built right in."

"If you develop it on MacBook, it'll be quite a hassle."

"In terms of the flexibility to deploy in any environment, such as on-premise or in the cloud, we can do the cloud deployment only through virtual machines. We might also be able to work on different environments through Docker or Kubernetes, but we don't have an Azure app or an AWS app for easy deployment to the cloud. We can only do it through virtual machines, which is a problem, but we can manage it. We also work with Databricks because it works with Spark. We can work with clustered servers, and we can easily do the deployment in the cloud. With a right-click, we can deploy Databricks through the app on AWS or Azure cloud."

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"The application has a difficult-to-use parsing capability, which requires a lot of reengineering when the use case isn't specifically met."

"While functional during ingestion workflows, the automation toolkit required manual processes."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We did a two or three-year deal the last time we did it. As compared to other solutions, at least so far in our experience, it has been very affordable. The licensing is by component. So, you need to make sure you only license the components that you really intend to use. I am not sure if we have relicensed after the Hitachi acquisition, but previously, multi-year renewals resulted in a good discount. I'm not sure if this is still the case. We've had the full suite for a lot of years, and there is just the initial cost. I am not aware of any additional costs."

"You need to go through the paid version to have Hitachi Lumada specialized support. However, if you are using the free version, then you will have only the community support. You will depend on the releases from Hitachi to solve some problem or questions that you have, such as bug fixes. You will need to wait for the newest versions or releases to solve these types of problems."

"There is a good open source option (Community Edition)."

"If a company is looking for an ETL solution and wants to integrate it with their tech stack but doesn't want to spend a bunch of money, Pentaho is a good solution"

"There was a cost analysis done and Pentaho did favorably in terms of cost."

"The price of the regular version is not reasonable and it should be lower."

"I believe the pricing of the solution is more affordable than the competitors"

"The cost of these types of solutions are expensive. So, we really appreciate what we get for our money. Though, we don't think of the solution as a top-of-the-line solution or anything like that."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

Manufacturing Company

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Small Business	17
Midsize Enterprise	16
Large Enterprise	25

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Questions from the Community

Which ETL tool would you recommend to populate data from OLTP to OLAP?

Hi Rajneesh, yes here is the feature comparison between the community and enterprise edition : https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/pdf/brochure/leverage-open-source-benefits-with-assurance-of-hita...

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What do you think can be improved with Hitachi Lumada Data Integrations?

In my opinion, the reporting side of this tool needs serious improvements. In my previous company, we worked with Hitachi Lumada Data Integration and while it does a good job for what it’s worth, ...

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What do you use Hitachi Lumada Data Integrations for most frequently?

My company has used this product to transform data from databases, CSV files, and flat files. It really does a good job. We were most satisfied with the results in terms of how many people could us...

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What needs improvement with TetraScience?

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What is your primary use case for TetraScience?

TetraScience is a platform that integrates instruments into a laboratory environment into other software applications that can help leverage the data. In most pharma companies, the application is u...

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What advice do you have for others considering TetraScience?

I would approach with caution. The platform has a high knowledge gap and the proprietary nature of its parsers and crawling agents. Before approaching TetraScience, have your use case in hand and u...

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Also Known As

Hitachi Lumada Data Integration, Kettle, Pentaho Data Integration

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Overview

Pentaho Data Integration stands as a versatile platform designed to cater to the data integration and analytics needs of organizations, regardless of their size. This powerful solution is the go-to choice for businesses seeking to seamlessly integrate data from diverse sources, including databases, files, and applications. Pentaho Data Integration facilitates the essential tasks of cleaning and transforming data, ensuring it's primed for meaningful analysis. With a wide array of tools for data mining, machine learning, and statistical analysis, Pentaho Data Integration empowers organizations to glean valuable insights from their data. What sets Pentaho Data Integration apart is its maturity and a vibrant community of users and developers, making it a reliable and cost-effective option. Pentaho Data Integration offers a range of features, including a comprehensive ETL toolkit, data cleaning and transformation capabilities, robust data analysis tools, and seamless deployment options for data integration and analytics solutions, making it a go-to solution for organizations seeking to harness the power of their data.

Hitachi Vantara

TetraScience liberates, unifies, and transforms your raw data into more-than-FAIR, AI-native data.
We bring this AI-native data to life in a rapidly growing suite of next-generation lab data management solutions, scientific use cases, and AI-based scientific outcomes.
Only the Tetra Scientific Data and AI Cloud can liberate your data, engineer it for your most demanding scientific use cases and AI initiatives, and future-proof it so you’re never locked into vendor walled gardens again.

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66Controls, Providential Revenue Agency of Ro Negro, NOAA Information Systems, Swiss Real Estate Institute

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