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Actian Pervasive Data Integrator [EOL] vs Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) comparison

 

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Actian Pervasive Data Integ...
Average Rating
5.8
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
73
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (9th)
 

Featured Reviews

BB
Associate Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
It is stable and we did not have any issues with initial setup. I am not sure if there are various connectors available in the recent version to support the wide range of sources available.
I am not sure if there are various connectors available in the recent version of Pervasive DI to support the wide range of sources available (e.g., big data, cloud, EME) I have been using it for 6-7 months. There were no concerns with the stability. This product is very good from a stability…
Hafiz Mannan - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Data Services – Services Partner at 3 As Technologies
Facilitates complex data integration with ease and flexibility
It would be great if ODI could link the designer, mapping, and workflows in a more simplified manner, maybe in one combined interface. It would be excellent not to have to go into different areas to perform different activities but rather have a user-defined interface where we can configure a job, run it, monitor it, link packages, and link subprocesses all in one frame instead of having the designer separately, mapping separately, and monitoring and session management separately. With respect to data quality challenges, it would be great to give an option to fix data quality issues based on AI. Integrating AI with ODI that provides recommendations on how to fix those data quality issues after analyzing and profiling business data would be excellent. One of the main disadvantages of the Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is that it sometimes takes a lot of resources when handling multiple jobs. The scalability and the ability to handle multiple workloads of several parallel ETL jobs could use improvement, and certain parallel threads should be added along with the ability to configure multiple jobs from the same data directory structure.

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

Pros

"There were no concerns with the stability. This product is very good from a stability perspective."
"This product is extremely useful and better than building an in-house solution."
"We have been using it for ETL, it is very robust and easy to use."
"Web based interface."
"For data transfers and ETLs on Windows, this is a great product."
"The ODI client can be configured so that Excel data can automatically be pumped into Oracle Forms directly."
"Once you get the hang of it, it's a pretty cool data integration tool."
"The best feature of this solution is the documentation, as everything is set out clearly with step-by-step instructions."
"It can integrate with more recent databases like Cassandra, Hadoop, and other more recent Big Data databases."
"It uses the power of the database system efficiently."
"For us, ODI has been key in collecting, transforming, and storing information from our various sources."
"Oracle provides great documentation."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward, especially compared to Mule, which our team has worked with before and found to be a bit more complex in terms of setup."
 

Cons

"Technical support is an area which can definitely improve."
"At the moment, we can't even use it for 1, since it keeps failing in our QA testing."
"I am not sure if there are various connectors available in the recent version of Pervasive DI to support the wide range of sources available (e.g., big data, cloud, EME)."
"The areas which I think need to be improved are the transform and load steps."
"Overall the product is fine, but sometimes its reports unknown errors while we compile ETL scripts."
"Right now, they integrate with Subversion, and in the future, there's going to be more tools implemented there for configuration management and some new features there, so right now it's kind of one of those features that has been released, but it's sort of a beta version of that feature where a lot more functionality will be coming down the line."
"I think that the Oracle Fusion Middleware stack could be improved."
"I would like more different tools of transformation. In the current version I have only worked with lookup and filter, and sometimes it is not good enough for what I use it for."
"It has been very good. Just recently, I've faced an issue, but I solved it somehow. While integrating with a file, I faced an issue where I wanted output files, and I had used the text field limited quotations, but at the end of the file, there was a line breakage for the last column. So, we just removed the text field because it was not working correctly for us."
"I would only point out some minor bugs or glitches in the development interface (ODI studio)."
"The solution lacks some functions and features."
"The initial setup is rather complex, and needs an experienced architect to make the correct decisions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution is expensive because of the model they use. The cost is for the license and for support."
"Being an ODI developer, I never had to pay for this product. I know that the pricing/licensing is not really low, but the product is really good."
"There is a standard license to use the solution but there are other costs in addition, such as hardware and operating system."
"The Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) pricing isn't expensive, but it's not cheap, so it's in the middle. I'd rate the pricing as three out of five."
"The solution is very expensive."
"Per user, it is $900 USD per year, though they will give some discount. However, even a 60% to 70% of discount for each won't help us much. On top of that, there is the perpetual license you must pay at the outset."
"We found that the cost compared to other integration tools is a little high, but the solution works great."
"I have yet to determine the exact figure for Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) pricing, but it has lower pricing than Informatica."
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Financial Services Firm
15%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

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Small Business3
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business26
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise44
 

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What's the difference between Oracle Integration Cloud Service and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)?
Oracle Integration Cloud Service has a fairly easy initial setup, and Oracle offers initial support and guidance for those who might find the setup to be challenging. There are complications that c...
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In comparison with other products of the same range, licensing mode is really attractive, no need to license according technology/topology to be used and an incredible Versatility to build any Data...
 

Also Known As

Pervasive Data Integrator, PDI
ODI
 

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