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IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM InfoSphere Information Server

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AIBM InfoSphere Information Server is a data integration platform used to understand, cleanse, monitor and transform data. The offerings provide massively parallel processing (MPP) capabilities.N/A

    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AInformatica PowerCenter was data integration technology designed to form the foundation for data integration initiatives, application migration, or analytics. It is a legacy product.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerInformatica PowerCenter (legacy)
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    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerInformatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerInformatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Information Server and Informatica PowerCenter are the two leading integration platforms worldwide. Information Server has a better integration with other IBM products such as MDM or Cognos but the decision to use one or another platform is more a price decision and quantity of …
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    Discontinued Products
    Chose Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    PowerCenter is simply so robust and refined that most other apps cannot do as much as it can. Even Informatica’s own Cloud version is so anemic as to not even compare against it. While from that perspective it feels bloated with too much to navigate through, many of those …
    Incentivized
    Chose Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    SSIS is a good entry into ETL, for smaller organizations or Microsoft-centric companies. It's strengths lie in its ease-of-use, quick turnaround, and simplicity. Its weaknesses lie in scalability and re-usability (you can achieve re-usability, however segmentation is at the …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerInformatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    8.5
    18 Ratings
    Connect to traditional data sources10.05 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL10.05 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    7.5
    18 Ratings
    Simple transformations10.05 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Complex transformations10.05 Ratings7.018 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    5 Ratings
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    8.2
    18 Ratings
    Data model creation10.03 Ratings9.015 Ratings
    Metadata management10.05 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow10.05 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Collaboration10.05 Ratings6.116 Ratings
    Testing and debugging9.05 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.5
    5 Ratings
    Informatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    9.0
    15 Ratings
    Integration with data quality tools10.05 Ratings9.015 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools9.04 Ratings9.013 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerInformatica PowerCenter (legacy)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (21 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)