IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. Progress DataDirect

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Score 8.0 out of 10
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IBM 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
Progress DataDirect
Score 4.5 out of 10
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Progress Software offers DataDirect, a data connectivity solution which helps enterprises integrate data across relational, big data and cloud databases.N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
I particularly believe that Information Server, especially DataStage, is superior in many aspects to the Oracle Data Integrator tool. Several market analysts such as Gartner and / or Forrester better position DataStage on the Oracle solution.
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
DataStage is more robust and stable than ODI
The ability to perform complex transformations or implement business rules is much more developed in DS
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Denodo not an ETL tool but you can manage your data with it as well as Infosphere
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 …
Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Information can be used for large but simple implementation. InfoSphere provides more intergaration options with outside world. Abinitio is great product but stopped innvoating and is not kept up to date with market needs and changes. Talend is good new product. Good Big Data …
Progress DataDirect
Chose Progress DataDirect
Ended hybrid Data Pipeline info your app, white label it and ship it to your customers to give them the very best cloud connectivity. Has an encryption algorithm that can be made compliant using the FIPS Compliance mode. Get real-time connectivity to popular data sources such …
Chose Progress DataDirect
Easy to use with JDBC interface, detailed debug logs for troubleshooting, and easier audit with detailed log. Cost of ingestion is relatively cheaper
Features
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerProgress DataDirect
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
10.0
Ratings
18% above category average
Progress DataDirect
9.8
Ratings
16% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources10.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
10.0
Ratings
20% above category average
Progress DataDirect
9.3
Ratings
13% above category average
Simple transformations10.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Complex transformations10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.7
Ratings
20% above category average
Progress DataDirect
9.7
Ratings
20% above category average
Data model creation10.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Metadata management10.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Business rules and workflow10.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Collaboration10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Testing and debugging9.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.5
Ratings
16% above category average
Progress DataDirect
9.8
Ratings
19% above category average
Integration with data quality tools10.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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IBM InfoSphere Information Server
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Score 8.0 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 7.7 out of 10
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Score 8.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerProgress DataDirect
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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9.5
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Likelihood to Renew
8.0
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User Testimonials
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerProgress DataDirect
Likelihood to Recommend
You can use infosphere: -If you have multiple targets and source systems and they are different than each other. -If your infostructure is so big and unplaned well so you can't find what you want to see. -If your databases not so strong to process your data
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Data ingestion and connectivity to CRM applications made easy by Progress data direct JDBC interface. The interface integrates well with Spark and AWS Glue etc. May not be a great fit for ingestion of very large objects from systems like Salesforce.
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Pros
  • It is very strong to make transformations/data derivations
  • It is very easy to connect to various external data sources. It has an interface (stages) for each connection that simplifies the task
  • It is a stable platform. And that parallelism helps make it fast for loading, if the process is well designed
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  • Providing JDBC connectivity to CRM applications
  • Raw data integration
  • Customer support
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Cons
  • Lack of a strong web development environment.
  • Metadata propagation in Jobs is somewhat complex.
  • The possibility to develop jobs in Parallel and/or Server Engines is confusing.
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  • Seamless data access for BI and Analytics.
  • Helps you comply with industry standards.
  • Cloud and On-premises Data Access with Hybrid Data Pipelines.
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Likelihood to Renew
  • Scale of implementation
  • IBM techsupport
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Alternatives Considered
I particularly believe that Information Server, especially DataStage, is superior in many aspects to the Oracle Data Integrator tool. Several market analysts such as Gartner and / or Forrester better position DataStage on the Oracle solution.
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Ended hybrid Data Pipeline info your app, white label it and ship it to your customers to give them the very best cloud connectivity. Has an encryption algorithm that can be made compliant using the FIPS Compliance mode. Get real-time connectivity to popular data sources such as Salesforce, Google Analytics, and Oracle.
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Return on Investment
  • Information Server can positively impact the costs of companies by increasing the productivity of development and therefore reduce their time and costs. It is estimated that DataStage can increase a developer's productivity by 40% on average.
  • Better data governance
  • Improve data quality and reduce bad data impacts
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  • Create custom data access and security policies at a user level.
  • Integrate HDP into your app seamlessly with management and administration API's.
  • Hybrid Data Pipeline service can be deployed on multiple modes behind a load balancer.
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