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IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)

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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

    Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/AOracle Data Integrator is an ELT data integrator designed with interoperability other Oracle programs. The program focuses on a high-performance capacity to support Big Data use within Oracle.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerOracle Data Integrator (ODI)
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    Pricing Offerings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerOracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    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 ServerOracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    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.
    Incentivized
    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
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Denodo not an ETL tool but you can manage your data with it as well as Infosphere
    Incentivized
    Oracle
    Chose Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    Because of variety of my projects that I involved, I used nearly all the world wide known tools within data warehouse environment.
    • Data Modeling Tools : Sybase Power Designer, SQL Developer Data Modeler, ERwin Data Modeler.
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    IBM Infosphere, Informatica. I worked on the mentioned tools as well as ODI. I liked ODI because it is easy to use with great features that every other ETL tool has in the market.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerOracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    9.6
    11 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Connect to traditional data sources10.05 Ratings9.911 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL10.05 Ratings9.39 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    9.9
    11 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Simple transformations10.05 Ratings9.911 Ratings
    Complex transformations10.05 Ratings9.911 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    5 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    9.2
    11 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Data model creation10.03 Ratings9.310 Ratings
    Metadata management10.05 Ratings9.510 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow10.05 Ratings9.111 Ratings
    Collaboration10.05 Ratings8.510 Ratings
    Testing and debugging9.05 Ratings9.311 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.5
    5 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    9.1
    9 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Integration with data quality tools10.05 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools9.04 Ratings8.77 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerOracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (29 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerOracle Data Integrator (ODI)
    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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    Oracle
    Oracle Data Integrator is well suited in all the situations where you need to integrate data from and to different systems/technologies/environments or to schedule some tasks. I've used it on Oracle Database (Data Warehouses or Data Marts), with great loading and transforming performances to accomplish any kind of relational task. This is true for all Oracle applications (like Hyperion Planning, Hyperion Essbase, Hyperion Financial Management, and so on). I've also used it to manage files on different operating systems, to execute procedures in various languages and to read and write data from and to non-Oracle technologies, and I can confirm that its performances have always been very good. It can become less appropriate depending on the expenses that can be afforded by the customer since its license costs are quite high.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    • ODI does not have an intuitive user interface. It is powerful, but difficult to figure out at first. There is a significant learning curve between usability, proficiency, and mastery of the tool.
    • ODI contains some frustrating bugs. It is Java based and has some caching issues, often requiring you to restart the program before you see your code changes stick.
    • ODI does not have a strong versioning process. It is not intuitive to keep an up to date repository of versioned code packages. This can create versioning issues between environments if you do not have a strong external code versioning process.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    I have used Trifacta Google Data Prep quite a bit. We use Google Cloud Platform across our organization. The tools are very comparable in what they offer. I would say Data Prep has a slight edge in usability and a cleaner UI, but both of the tools have comparable toolsets.
    Incentivized
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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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    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
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