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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

    Matillion

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AMatillion is a data pipeline platform used to build and manage pipelines. Matillion empowers data teams with no-code and AI capabilities to be more productive, integrating data wherever it lives and delivering data that’s ready for AI and analytics.

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    Pricing
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerMatillion
    Editions & Modules
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    Developer: For Individuals
    $2.50/credit
    Pay as you go per user
    Basic
    $1000
    per month 500 prepaid credits (additional credits: $2.18/credit)
    Advanced
    $2000
    per month 750 prepaid credits (additional credits: $2.73/credit)
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    Pricing Offerings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerMatillion
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Billed directly via cloud marketplace on an hourly basis, with annual subscriptions available depending on the customer's cloud data warehouse provider.
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    Community Pulse
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerMatillion
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    Matillion
    Chose Matillion
    Matillion is way much easier and faster
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    Ease of use and its features,easy integration with AWS
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    Chose Matillion
    Matillion is cloud-native, therefore it doesn't need virtual machines to set up. It is easier to use compared with some of them. It always does query pushdown, while other ones don't'. It is integrated with Snowflake, while other ETLs need to use workarounds in order to perform …
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    Chose Matillion
    Matillion is very initutive and easy to learn, when compared to other tools. GUI is simple, not crowded, support is awesome
    Incentivized
    Chose Matillion
    Similar simple GUI but Matillion's is much cleaner, easier to manage and debug, and easier to connect to cloud databases. Matillion is also much faster.
    Incentivized
    Chose Matillion
    Before the ETL tool we made the decision to stick to Redshift as a database. Compared to listed products (that I used) I would say that the decision was easy if we consider the sync with AWS and Redshift, cloud-based solution, team collaboration, built-in scheduling, and …
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    Chose Matillion
    Teradata is basically an SQL tool from where we manage the database. Matillion is a whole other ELT tool on which we can work on independent from the warehouse. It is also much cheaper and installation charges are much less. Informatica is very similar to Matillion in terms of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Matillion
    Matillion is much easier to use than the other tools that I've worked with in the past and has a more complete forward-thinking cloud strategy. Legacy ETL tools struggle to make use of modern cloud data warehouse patterns.
    Incentivized
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    Would buy again
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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 ServerMatillion
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Matillion
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Matillion
    8.5
    131 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Connect to traditional data sources10.05 Ratings8.9130 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL10.05 Ratings8.190 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Matillion
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Matillion
    7.0
    132 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Simple transformations10.05 Ratings7.6132 Ratings
    Complex transformations10.05 Ratings6.5131 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Matillion
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    5 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Matillion
    8.4
    124 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Data model creation10.03 Ratings9.133 Ratings
    Metadata management10.05 Ratings9.140 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow10.05 Ratings8.4116 Ratings
    Collaboration10.05 Ratings7.5116 Ratings
    Testing and debugging9.05 Ratings7.8117 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Matillion
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.5
    5 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Matillion
    8.2
    23 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Integration with data quality tools10.05 Ratings8.222 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools9.04 Ratings8.220 Ratings
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    Score7.9 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerMatillion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (133 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (132 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (126 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerMatillion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Information Server is extremely useful to replace manual developments that require a lot of coding effort. It significantly increases the productivity of the initial development and the future maintenance of the processes since it has a visual development environment with self-documentation.
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    Matillion
    Great: Need to query simpler APIs, or utilize well known services such as GSheets etc.? Matillion has got some of the best and easiest to use connectors out there. Not so great: Do you need have a competent CI/CD flow that you will be able to update / compare from Matillion as well as other sources at the same time? Good luck, you will need to be extra careful, as you might have to have a deeper dive into your servers Terminal each time you have a git conflict.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • IIS best for ETL ,not ELT , and many and diffrent source systems.
    • It also can process big data , unstuctured data
    • It is not only DWH , you can use infosphere for analys and see the bigger architecture of your OLTP systems
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    Matillion
    • The user interface of your data pipelines makes it easier for people who aren’t as techy as data engineers to observe what's going on.
    • Customer support is quick, not always as efficient as you would want it to be, but still.
    • Nice documentation available.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • I would be nice to have a new web development environment for DataStage.
    • Connectivity Packs such as Pack for SAP Application are a little pricey.
    • It is confusing for new developers the possibility of developing jobs using different execution engines such as Parallel or Server.
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    Matillion
    • Matillion is brilliant at importing data -- it would be amazing to have more ways to export data, from emailed exports to API pushes.
    • Any Python that takes more than a few lines of code requires an external server to run it. It would be great to have more integration (perhaps in a connected virtual environment) to easily integrate customized code.
    • Troubleshooting server logs requires quite a bit of technical expertise. More human readable detailed error handling would be greatly appreciated.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
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    Matillion
    With the current experience of Matillion, we are likely to renew with the current feature option but will also look for improvement in various areas including scalability and dependability. 1. Connectors: It offers various connectors option but isn't full proof which we will be looking forward as we grow. 2. Scalability: As usage increase, we want Matillion system to be more stable.
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    Usability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Matillion
    We are able to bring on new resources and teach them how to use Matillion without having to invest a significant amount of time. We prefer looking for resources with any type of ETL skill-set and feel that they can learn Matillion without problem. In addition, the prebuilt objects cover more than 95% of our use cases and we do not have to build much from scratch.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Matillion
    Overall, I've found Matillion to be responsive and considerate. I feel like they value us as a customer even when I know they have customers who spend more on the product than we do. That speaks to a motive higher than money. They want to make a good product and a good experience for their customers. If I have any complaint, it's that support sometimes feels community-oriented. It isn't always immediately clear to me that my support requests are going to a support engineer and not to the community at large. Usually, though, after a bit of conversation, it's clear that Matillion is watching and responding. And responses are generally quick in coming.
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
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    Matillion
    We were able to control on access and built various enviroment for implementation
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    DataStage is more robust and stable than ODI The ability to perform complex transformations or implement business rules is much more developed in DS
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    Matillion
    Fivetran offers a managed service and pre-configured schemas/models for data loading, which means much less administrative work for initial setup and ongoing maintenance. But it comes at a much higher price tag. So, knowing where your sweet spot is in the build vs. buy spectrum is essential to deciding which tool fits better. For the transformation part, dbt is purely (SQL-) code-based. So, it is mainly whether your developers prefer a GUI or code-based approach.
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    Scalability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Matillion
    We're using Matillion on EC2 instances, and we have about 20 projects for our clients in the same instance. Sometimes, we're struggling to manage schedules for all projects because thread management is not visible, and we can't see the process at the instance level.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Productivity of the development of integration processes.
    • Better documentation and governance.
    • Reduce training costs of various technologies.
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    Matillion
    • Matillion has been the backbone of my company's analytical functionalities for 10+ years, so it has a good ROI.
    • The price is ok for what our company built with it, but it starts to be less competitive if the tool is not used at its fullest.
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    ScreenShots

    Matillion Screenshots

    Screenshot of Matillion's GUI, used to orchestrate jobs with control data flow functionality, automating the ETL process.Screenshot of where structured and semi-structured data can be prepared to create clean data sets that can be used with any BI/reporting/visualization tool of choice. Matillion reads and combines data across a target warehouse external storage, such as S3 or Blob.Screenshot of Matillion's self-validating components, sample and row counts. If a job does fail, the warehouse queue services available with Matillion can be used get an alert to a connected email or Slack account.Screenshot of the SQL component used to run custom scripts from within Matillion. With hundreds of pre-built connectors out of the box, Matillion can handle complex transformation needs.