Informatica Cloud Data Integration Reviews

I particularly value data replication and data sync jobs. Replication allows us to fully replicate all objects from Shop Floor Data Collection (SFDC) to in-house/on-premises database in one job.

I also appreciate the flexibility of the reset target option to reflect the source object structural changes to be implemented on the target database table side. This is awesome.

It helped the organization to always have the backup of SFDC data in-house for data warehousing purposes.

• Stable connectivity: No matter what, our business requires steady, stable, and consistent connectivity. Regardless of how many columns in an SFDC object or how many rows in an SFDC object, we must have steady connectivity.
• Performance also needs to be significantly improved, especially when connecting to SFDC for read and write operations.

I have used this product for five years.

There are stability issues, especially when connecting to SFDC. At times, we do see connection time-out errors, though we have changed the properties in Informatica secure agent properties. We have also noticed that sometimes it does not cooperate well with SFDC read and write operations.

We did not encounter any scalability issues.

Technical support can be described as average.

The client was using data loader, but as the demand increased to replicate the data and frequency of data replication, they moved on to Informatica Cloud.

The initial setup was pretty straightforward. You just have to login to the server where you want to download, install, and run the Informatica secure agent

The pricing structure is good, but having to pay for extra drivers to be used in an ICS environment makes me a little nervous.

The client had already purchased this solution and it was up and running in all of their different environments

It’s a great product which allows the connection to a number of cloud based technologies such as Workday and Salesforce.

The user interface is good.

The solution's initial setup is quite straightforward.

I haven't had too much time with the solution. There may be much to be improved. However, I still need time with it.

There may be some types of limitations with the performance.

I've been using the solution for a couple of weeks. It hasn't been too long.

The solution is quite stable. We do not have any issues with it crashing and there are not bugs or glitches.

The solution is very scalable. If a company needs to expand it, it should not face any issues doing so.

I am not sure how many users are actually on the solution in our organization.

We will be continuing to use the solution.

We have dealt with technical support and they are very good. We are quite satisfied with their level of service.

We did previously use another solution.

The initial setup is not complex. The implementation is quite straightforward, actually.

As a cloud solution, the deployment doesn't take too long.

I handled the implementation and deployment myself.

I'm not sure what the licensing is for the solution.

We're just a customer. We don't have a business relationship with Informatica.

We're using the latest version of the solution.

I'd recommend the solution to others. Overall, I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

The Mapping Configuration and PowerCenter wizards are valuable. We use them to run our business logic.

• Provides the basic functionalities to implement ETL logic
• Can be accessed from a web browser or from any device with internet connectivity.
• We need not be in the office to perform tasks
• We use it to run jobs, even at midnight, based on the requests of the business users.

It needs lot of improvement from the admin to the development side. There are many known issues while mapping. The error information provided is not informative, as compared to Power Center.

I have used this solution for around six months.

There used to be performance issues. Throughput is slow when we do not have the Informatica Secure Agent running on the DB instance.

It has not yet been identified.

I would give the technical support a rating of 2/5. Informatica doesn't provide on-call or technical support for AWS instances. We need to rely on responses from the forums if we raise any queries.

I have used Power Center. I switched to the Informatica Cloud (IC), as it is cheaper compared to Power Center. It gave us a chance to explore a new tool and technology.

The setup is straightforward

It is cost effective and an easily accessible tool.

It totally depends on the business requirements and the budget. I have been working on Informatica for more than nine years, and I recommend using their products.

We are using this solution for integration and development.

The most valuable feature is the building of mockups and tasks.

The user interface is fine.

I would like to see more functionality added so that it is a bit closer to how much you can do with Informatica PowerCenter.

Having a better dashboard would be an improvement.

This solution is stable, and we haven't had any issues.

This is a scalable solution.

I have not had to contact Informatica. Any issue that I have had, I've been able to solve it by looking for something online.

The initial setup of this solution is relatively straightforward. It usually takes about an hour to deploy.

We have six or seven people in our team, which is enough to support this solution. 

We perform the deployment ourselves.

For anybody who is implementing this solution, I would say that as long as they've got some kind of experience with ETL, or other Informatic products, then it should be absolutely fine.

This is a solution that I recommend.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

I like the fact that you can find almost any product connection that you need and the list is always expanding.

Basically, it just allows connections with Amazon AWS/S3/Redshift.

It needs to be a little more intuitive but it’s really not bad. There are plenty of examples as how to use the product from Informatica and YouTube.

I have used this solution for less than a year.

After the initial setup, the tool seems pretty stable.

There is plenty of online support available from Informatica.

In the past, we have used Informatica PowerCenter.

We implemented this product in-house and my advice is just read all the available online support documentation that you can find.

Read through the online documentation that is available.

The most valuable features are:

• Data synchronization tasks
• Mapping designer tasks
• Scheduling

We are using this for integration of on-premise Oracle EBS, Navision and cloud applications, such as Salesforce, BigMachines, etc.

Error reporting and debugging need improvement.

They need to improve on the upgrade testing process from their end so that it does not cause any issue to existing functionality/setup.

I have been using this solution for 36 months.

Sometimes after upgrades, it gives some trouble for already working tasks. We need to report bugs to get a solution from Informatica.

We have not had scalability issues.

I rate support 8/10.

We did not have a previous solution.

Setup was straightforward and easy to work with.

I am not involved in pricing and licensing.

We looked at Dell Boomi.

Informatica Cloud is easy for development and maintenance. It really works fast and is scalable.

Our primary use case of this solution is for data integration; integrating cloud warehouse or cloud layout. Cloud Data Integration offers capabilities that didn't exist in the on-prem version. I'm the company product manager.

The mass ingestion functionality and the elasticity of the solution are great. It enables you to leverage the elasticity capability that the cloud provides. You can build a process, scale-up and leverage all the elasticity and the automatic provision the cloud has. What took 10 hours to do in the on-prem version, takes less than an hour in the cloud. It's a huge difference. The solution is designed for a cloud-native approach with native components and connectors for all the cloud-ready solutions we need nowadays.

I think the price modeling could be improved. Currently, the IPU consumption is defined on a monthly basis and if you don't use all the IPUs available in a particular month, they are lost. A more flexible pricing model is something Informatica should look at. 

The solution is scalable. 

The technical support is good, we raise the tickets in the Informatica Support Portal. 

The solution is great once you have a clear roadmap of migration to the cloud. In the cloud migration journey, it's important to be clear of the entire process.

I rate this solution nine out of 10. 

I have received feedback from certain teams and there is a steep learning curve to use this solution.

In a future release, there should be better integration with other governance tools.

I have been using Informatica Cloud Data Integration for approximately three years. We have been using it consistently for one year in a large project.

The solution is reliable.

Informatica Cloud Data Integration has a strong enterprise customer base and this is one of the main reasons why we choose to work with them. The solution is scalable.

We use other similar products similar to Informatica Cloud Data Integration.

The initial setup is not easy.

The implementation would be best to be done by experts.

Our customers sometimes are able to negotiate a much better price for Informatica Cloud Data Integration based on their relationship with the vendor.

I rate Informatica Cloud Data Integration a seven out of ten.