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HiT Software DBMoto vs Informatica PowerCenter comparison

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Categories and Ranking

HiT Software DBMoto
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Data Replication (15th)
Informatica PowerCenter
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
85
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (4th), Data Visualization (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

HiT Software DBMoto and Informatica PowerCenter aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. HiT Software DBMoto is designed for Data Replication and holds a mindshare of 3.0%, up 2.2% compared to last year.
Informatica PowerCenter, on the other hand, focuses on Data Integration, holds 3.6% mindshare, down 5.8% since last year.
Data Replication Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HiT Software DBMoto3.0%
NetApp SnapMirror7.7%
Vision Solutions Double-Take6.7%
Other82.6%
Data Replication
Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Informatica PowerCenter3.6%
SSIS4.0%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)3.8%
Other88.6%
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1489908 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
User-friendly, easy to manage, with good support
We use HiT Software DBMoto for migration and reporting The most valuable features are that is easy to install and it is user-friendly. Pricing is an area that needs improvement. We started to use this product a year ago. It's a stable solution. We have not experienced any issues. It's a…
Hemanthreddy Vakiti - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Streamlined daily sales workflows have reduced team size and enabled earlier, accurate reporting
One of the best features I appreciate about Informatica PowerCenter is that anyone with minimal knowledge of ETL can easily use it. It has four different interfaces: Monitor, Repository, Designer, and Workflow Manager. With our use case, we can easily go to that particular interface and use it. Another valuable feature is the use of Mapplets; if we have one mapping created that we want to use again and again for other workflows, we can create a Mapplet and save it so that we can reuse the mapping, reducing our workload. Informatica PowerCenter has positively impacted my organization because, as I mentioned previously, the development team has been reduced to half since we moved to it due to its easy interface and the reusability of Mapplets. It has also saved us a lot of time; for example, it has saved nearly one hour per day on monitoring and workflow tasks. Saving one hour a day is key because it has led us to report the data to business users one hour earlier than the usual time. If there are any anomalies or defects in the data, we can easily rectify them within that hour, which reduces the chance of errors in the data. Regarding cost, the number of people working on the project has been reduced to half, thus significantly decreasing costs for our organization since we moved to Informatica PowerCenter.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"DBMoto was very simple to set up and move our tables to the Oracle DB."
"It's a good product that is user-friendly and easy to manage, and I would recommend it to others."
"The most valuable features are that is easy to install and it is user-friendly."
"Informatica PowerCenter is a very stable product."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"Once you figure it out, it is a powerful and simple ETL tool. Its stability has been very satisfactory."
"The most valuable features are the metadata repository and the data warehouse application console."
"I found the map links, work links, and workflows valuable. They are important features."
"The partitioning and optimization to help enhance our development is a very valuable aspect of Informatica PowerCenter."
"Informatica PowerCenter moved forward the technology level of ETL-process management of the bank with visualization and standardization of ETL development instead of a huge volume of scripting used previously."
"The most valuable features of Informatica PowerCenter are the ease of use, and development, and is simple to find resources."
 

Cons

"This product would be improved with additional built-in functions for simpler date conversion, as well as for data type transformations."
"Pricing is an area that needs improvement."
"It would be good to recreate the entire interface to make it easier for users to build workflows."
"This product is going to decommission in the next couple of years."
"Informatica is transitioning to cloud solutions and discontinuing on-premise support after 2026, so when we discuss Informatica Cloud and its support, it becomes quite expensive for the organization compared to peers such as SnapLogic or Netezza, which offer lower pricing."
"Technical support could be faster."
"The cloud-based solution mostly focuses on continuous data stream processing, but not on batch processing."
"GUI: Lack of clarity and consistency created problems for our staff."
"Areas for improvement in Informatica PowerCenter include scalability and high availability or the clustering configuration because that's still very basic. The elasticity or scaling of the platform needs a lot of improvement. For example, when it comes to DR handling or building an active-active or active-passive cluster, Informatica PowerCenter is still not that powerful. Automation also needs improvement in the solution. Improving automation leads to some improvement in the stability of Informatica PowerCenter and other aspects related to it. What I'd like to see in the next release of Informatica PowerCenter is real-time capability because the solution is mainly for patches, and to have real-time integration, you need to count on some additional components from Informatica. I would expect more integration and a complete platform in terms of real-time capability or patching with minimal interventions or minimal components to be aligned together."
"Informatica PowerCenter could improve by having a single interface because half of the system is still in the legacy interface and many other elements are moved to the developer client. It would be good if there was a single interface for the end user and developers."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I found the price to be quite reasonable."
"Customers pay a license fee yearly."
"It's much more expensive, almost three times more expensive than most other solutions."
"The pricing is a little expensive, but in the same range as IBM and other competitors."
"The licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
"Price-wise, it's more expensive than SSIS, but it's a better tool, so it has more features. Licensing is on a yearly basis."
"We are using an annual license for Informatica PowerCenter."
"I rate the solution's pricing a four out of ten. The price is very high, and it doesn't understand the market now."
"Its licensing is expensive in terms of scaling."
"We have a site license, but we do pay by the division."
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Comparison Review

it_user90069 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Expert at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 20, 2014
Informatica PowerCenter vs. Microsoft SSIS - each technology has its advantages but also have similarities
Technology has made it easier for businesses to organize and manipulate data to get a clearer picture of what’s going on with their business. Notably, ETL tools have made managing huge amounts of data significantly easier and faster, boosting many organizations’ business intelligence operations…
 

Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise76
 

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DBMoto
PowerCenter
 

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