IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. UserBob

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
UserBob
Score 6.5 out of 10
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UserBob provides remote user testing. The vendor recruits users to try out an organization's website and records the tester's screen and feedback. Organizations can provide instructions on what will be tested and can also select the demographic groups from which the users will be chosen.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerUserBob
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing is $1 per requested user testing minutes.
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Community Pulse
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Features
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerUserBob
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
UserBob
-
Ratings
Connect to traditional data sources10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL10.00 Ratings00 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
UserBob
-
Ratings
Simple transformations10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Complex transformations10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.7
Ratings
19% above category average
UserBob
-
Ratings
Data model creation10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Metadata management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Business rules and workflow10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Testing and debugging9.00 Ratings00 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
UserBob
-
Ratings
Integration with data quality tools10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerUserBob
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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6.5
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Likelihood to Renew
8.0
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User Testimonials
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerUserBob
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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It's one size fits all for now. If you need someone very very specific, it may be less helpful, but those cases are few and far between. I think this service would work for 90% of user testing scenarios.
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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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  • It is quick to get results
  • It was cheap to purchase
  • Its easy to use
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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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  • that can change the language
  • more payment options
  • Could recruit Latino users to test the apps and sites
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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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Both sites seek the same thing, which is to record real users to test applications and sites, however, UserBob was selected because it is more accessible, faster, and more agile, and it offers a guarantee that it will return 100% of the money in case of not being satisfied With the service.
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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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  • UserBob has significantly reduced the time it would take us to review our platform.
  • UserBob has allowed us to find and fix bugs before actual users ran into issues.
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