Informatica PowerCenter Reviews

Our primary use case for Informatica PowerCenter is for insurance and enterprise data warehouse creation.

The features I find most valuable is that the solution is very user-friendly and the graphical design is very easy to understand.

I would like to see an improvement in the digital adoption. It would be nice if they could be cheaper, because the training is very expensive as they do everything online.

Compared to other solutions, Informatica PowerCenter is very stable.

The solution is scalable. They have a cloud version for a small company. So nowadays start-ups or small companies are using the cloud version, while the big companies like banks and insurance companies are using the full-fledged enterprise version. We have about 100 users in our company and we plan to increase our usage of Informatica PowerCenter.

The technical support is very, very good. They make sure to come on site and help us to fix any issues we may have.

We previously used a Microsoft solution but that was not very scalable. That is why we switched to Informatica, as it is much more scalable. 

The initial setup was really straightforward and easy and it took us about 15 minutes. Three people are enough to do the maintenance. 

I rate this solution an eight out of ten and I will recommend others to use it, even though it is a little expensive, compared to other solutions.

Informatica PowerCenter is a very good ETL tool. 

The solution's commercial cost is very high. Other open-source tools can do the tool's functions for free. The world is moving to the cloud, but the solution hasn't updated its drivers. I presume that its downfall will start soon. The tool is trying to cross-sell or upsell without helping customers derive benefits from the existing products. They have multiple tools and licenses. It is better to bring the smaller tools in one umbrella. 

Informatica PowerCenter's technical support varies. 

Neutral

I rate the solution's pricing a four out of ten. The price is very high, and it doesn't understand the market now. 

I rate Informatica PowerCenter a six out of ten. 

We are using Informatica PowerCenter to process the data of the files in the landing zone. These files contain a huge amount of data, and Informatica PowerCenter is the source for us to push the data to Azure Synapse. We are using its latest version.

Using Informatica PowerCenter, we can create workflows, tasks, and more. Performance is improved while developing ETL solutions and mappings can be done easily because of the UI features.

Informatica PowerCenter is very good for integrating a huge amount of data in a very short duration, such as a minute.

It is also very easy to use. After you provide the source and the target, mappings are automatically done, which makes it easy to use for the development team.

Its scalability can be improved. It is not scalable.

I have been using this solution for one year.

We have not experienced any technical challenges with this solution.

It is not scalable. Currently, we have three users of this solution.

We have not experienced any technical challenges with this solution.

Positive

I have used the Microsoft Business intelligence for developing SSIS packages for ETL development and Azure has more advantages where ETL development reporting and analysis can be done in a single  environment using synapse analytics 

There is no installation. After they provide the URL, you just log in. You just need the server details, and you can just log in with your Windows credentials.

Our client has purchased the license, and we are using it.

I've only used Informatica PowerCenter.

I would recommend this solution to others. I would rate Informatica PowerCenter an eight out of ten.

I have worked with Informatica PowerCenter in different companies for different projects.

We use Informatica PowerCenter for ETL. We need it for our data integration project.

It's quite suitable for our needs.

It's a complete package, which is why we use this solution.

We have not had any issues with this solution.

There is some room for improvement in terms of pricing.

I have been working with Informatica PowerCenter for four years.

Informatica PowerCenter is a stable solution.

Informatica PowerCenter is a scalable product.

We haven't encountered any problems that would require assistance from the technical support team.

We did however contact technical support about pricing for the implementation of the site.

I have been working on ODI (Oracle Data Integrator), but we prefer Informatica.

The initial setup is quite easy. It is easy to handle and debug as well.

Normally, it doesn't take long, but it depends on the issues we face.

I was unable to locate any pricing information on the website. I made an appointment to meet with a representative through the internet.

According to what I've heard and read on various blogs, it's quite expensive when compared to similar competitive products.

Based on what I've read, I believe the price can be customized.

There are several products, but we recommend using this solution.

I would rate Informatica PowerCenter an eight out of ten.

We use this solution for ETL processes.

It has a very good graphical interface.

It has the possibility to intervene in the automatic ETL. 

It has a lot of components. 

It has a Data Catalog that uses the Model repository.

The pricing could be improved.

I have been providing Informatica PowerCenter since 2005.

Informatica PowerCenter is a very stable product.

Technical support could be faster.

The latest versions are easy to install because it's cloud-based. You needed approximately four hours to install the older versions.

It's quite expensive.

Our customers pay a licensing fee yearly.

I would recommend this solution to others. It is also a question of the purpose and how big the company is. It's an investment.

I would rate Informatica PowerCenter a nine out of ten.

We use Informatica PowerCenter to extract the data from legacy products and load it into new applications. We're using it for this purpose only. Apart from that, we use the Data Quality tool for data quality issues. We use this solution to extract and load.

I like the automated scheduling feature. Suppose we want to automate data anonymization, we have tools within PowerCenter for that. In terms of the capability of data loading features, Informatica products are better.

Support could be better. Technical support's friendly, but we should be able to get responses from them more quickly.

We found PowerCenter to be stable. When comparing the tools within the Informatica PowerCenter and IDQ, we felt that PowerCenter was more stable for data quality and extraction purposes. Through the command mode, we can do many things for loading purposes, and for all that, PowerCenter is better.

Informatica PowerCenter is highly scalable. Whether it's 4000 records, one million records, or ten million records, we did all these use cases, and it was fine.

Technical support is fine, but we got some delayed responses or didn't get proper responses in certain cases. But overall, it's okay.

We have used some other tools, but we found this solution when we had a huge dataset. We felt that PowerCenter was capable of doing the extraction and loading better than other products. We were also using Microsoft SQL Server DTS in the previous year.

It's easy for me to install Informatica. But for configuration and domain creation with multiple nodes, it will take time. If you have to do it multiple times, it'll take even more time. 

For a simple installation, it's straightforward. Otherwise, it will take three to four hours for multiple nodes under multiple services. For example, if you're doing it for only an integration service, it's very simple. But for our data integration service and other services, it will take more time.

I implemented this solution by myself. 

I would recommend it to potential users.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Informatica PowerCenter an eight.

We use it for ETL. We have multiple systems, we extract the data, and create a report from it. 

If the systems get migrated or upgraded, the amount of resources required are very minimal. We can change the connections and establish a new connection. It's very helpful.

We need another tool for monitoring. It would be easier if all the features were consolidated into one tool.

I have been using PowerCenter for two years. 

We don't have any problems with scalability. You can increase the nodes and it has good performance. 

We have around 25 users. 

We have two to three employees for maintenance. 

I haven't had much experience with Informatica's support. We haven't had any issues that we needed their help for. 

The initial setup was complex. It depends on the security you're working on. There are no pre-defined rules. We have to create the rules and then start working on it. 

It's very expensive. We have other tools that are more reasonably priced. PowerCenter is very costly. 

I would recommend PowerCenter depending on the use case. 

I would rate it a seven out of ten. 

What I like the most is that we have to deal with less while writing the queries.

The unstructured data can now be imported into Informatica PowerCenter. This is an achievement for them.

I would like to see it be able to import data from NoSQL.

I have been using Informatica PowerCenter for approximately three months.

It's a stable product.

We are using this solution for seven to eight hours per day. We are using it frequently.

Informatica is scalable, it's perfect. There are no changes required for this solution.

We have not had any issues with technical support. They are fine.

I started coding in SQL, then looked up Informatica directly.

The initial setup is not that complex.

It takes less than a day but more than an hour to deploy this solution.

We are satisfied with the pricing. The licensing is on a yearly basis.

I would definitely recommend this to my friends as well as anyone who is interested in using this solution.

I would rate Informatica PowerCenter a ten out of ten.