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AWS Glue vs Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.9
Organizations find AWS Glue efficient and cost-effective despite overhead costs, though some consider alternatives due to budget constraints.
Sentiment score
5.5
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services enhanced data integration, improved efficiency, automation, accuracy, scalability, and productivity, leading to better decision-making.
I advocate using Glue in such cases.
Leadership prefers to utilize third-party tools, such as Snowflake, which has both storage and ELT features.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.5
AWS Glue customer service is praised for responsiveness and effectiveness, with mixed feedback on support speed, costs, and consistency.
Sentiment score
6.0
Informatica Cloud Services support is praised for technical efficiency but criticized for slow and repetitive ticket resolution.
Upgrades occur every four months, and new developments coincide with version updates.
For complex Glue-related problems such as job failures or permission issues, their documentation is good, but having direct access to support helps cut down troubleshooting time significantly.
We expect more responsive assistance because they have the expertise since Informatica is their tool, but I don't see enough expertise on the Informatica support side.
My impression of their support is positive, and everything is functioning well.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
AWS Glue is highly scalable and serverless, praised for easy resource management, but needs better parallel computation.
Sentiment score
8.7
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services offers strong scalability and efficient use, though costs increase with additional users.
It is beneficial to upgrade jobs, and we conduct extensive testing in development before migrating to production.
It can easily handle data from one terabyte to 100 terabytes or more, scaling nicely with larger datasets.
There are many options available, and the licensing model is quite good, supporting our needs effectively.
The scalability provided by Informatica is commendable.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
AWS Glue is stable and reliable with minor issues, scaling well, and efficient due to serverless architecture and tool integration.
Sentiment score
8.2
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services is reliable and stable, with high user ratings despite minor bugs primarily impacting beginners.
AWS Glue is highly stable, and I would rate its stability as nine.
 

Room For Improvement

AWS Glue faces challenges with startup times, interface complexity, language limitations, cost, performance, integration, and multi-cloud compatibility.
Informatica users seek lower pricing, improved real-time connectivity, enhanced documentation, and a more intuitive, user-friendly interface.
Migrating jobs from version 3.0 to 4.0 can present compatibility issues.
With AWS, I gather data from multiple sources, clean it up, normalize it, de-duplicate it, and make it presentable.
A more user-friendly and simpler process would help speed up the deployment process.
If the development interface could be optimized to have fewer modules, it would be greatly beneficial.
We face issues with the API side, as Cloud Application Integration cannot handle large volumes; according to the API page, there is a limitation of 500 records or 500 MB.
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services already integrates with AI platforms, we need to use these tools rigorously and check all these aspects, including machine learning and analytics.
 

Setup Cost

AWS Glue offers flexible, efficient serverless architecture but can be costly and unpredictable, especially for smaller organizations.
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services pricing is seen as expensive with annual payments, varying affordability, and potential additional fees.
Costing depends on resource usage, and cost optimization may involve redesigning jobs for flexibility.
AWS charges based on runtime, which can be quite pricey.
The smallest cost for a project is around €700, while the largest can reach up to €7,000 based on the scale of the usage.
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services is affordable for my specific use cases, with the pricing being rated three or four on a scale where one is very cheap.
Regarding pricing, compared to other tools I have worked with, Informatica offers competitive pricing, which I find not high in terms of starting strategy.
 

Valuable Features

AWS Glue excels with its easy interface, scalable ETL processing, seamless AWS integration, affordability, and serverless architecture.
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services delivers scalable, secure data management with robust features for data integration, governance, and AI support.
For ETL, I feel the performance is excellent. If I create jobs in a standard way, the performance is great, and maintenance is also seamless.
AWS Glue's most valuable features include its transformation capabilities, which provide data quality and shape for processing in ML or AI models.
AWS Glue has reduced efforts by 60%, which is the main benefit.
The connectors serve as the main functionality, making data integration processes more efficient by saving time and effort.
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services allows us to manage the entire data lifecycle in the insurance domain, supporting microservices architecture and leveraging AI and machine learning for data discovery, quality, and integration.
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services can handle a really huge volume of data.
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Glue
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (1st)
Informatica Intelligent Clo...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

AWS Glue and Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. AWS Glue is designed for Cloud Data Integration and holds a mindshare of 17.2%, down 21.6% compared to last year.
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services, on the other hand, focuses on Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS), holds 1.1% mindshare, up 0.4% since last year.
Cloud Data Integration
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

Saurabh Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
Enables seamless integration and data preparation with robust transformation capabilities
AWS Glue's most valuable features include its transformation capabilities, which provide data quality and shape for processing in ML or AI models. It offers transformation options on canvas or through ETL pipelines, notebooks, and code. Additionally, it supports data preparation, cleaning, and filtering seamlessly. AWS Glue also enhances job scheduling and orchestration capabilities, integrating with AWS Glue Studio for comprehensive data workflow management.
Divya-Raj - PeerSpot reviewer
Handles large data volumes effectively and offers competitive pricing
There is a lot of improvement required, as we still face some cache issues most of the time, which is a challenge that we expect to see resolved in the future. Additionally, there is some limitation when we are working with a tool, especially regarding In and Out parameters, and I feel that this aspect should be improved going ahead. We face issues with the API side, as Cloud Application Integration cannot handle large volumes; according to the API page, there is a limitation of 500 records or 500 MB. The AI integrated into the Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services solution is called Application Integration, where we still face challenges when dealing with huge volumes, as previously explained.
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Answers from the Community

SS
Apr 18, 2022
Apr 18, 2022
They both have many features that you will need. AWS Glue will be easier to maintain and integrate because it is a platform on AWS. Informatica is cloud-agnostic. For a large company, you are better off keeping your options open to move to another cloud.
2 out of 3 answers
AS
Aug 16, 2021
@Sandeep Suram,​ can you please elaborate your use case? What exactly are your requirements?
JB
Aug 16, 2021
They both have many features that you will need.  AWS Glue will be easier to maintain and integrate because it is a platform on AWS. Informatica is cloud-agnostic.  For a large company, you are better off keeping your options open to move to another cloud.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
22%
Insurance Company
14%
Consumer Goods Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How do you select the right cloud ETL tool?
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What are the most common use cases for AWS Glue?
AWS Glue's main use case is for allowing users to discover, prepare, move, and integrate data from multiple sources. The product lets you use this data for analytics, application development, or ma...
What do you like most about Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services?
The data integration and synchronization features in IICS improve the data handling processes.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services?
Regarding pricing, compared to other tools I have worked with, Informatica offers competitive pricing, which I find not high in terms of starting strategy.
What needs improvement with Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services?
There is a lot of improvement required, as we still face some cache issues most of the time, which is a challenge that we expect to see resolved in the future. Additionally, there is some limitatio...
 

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Informatica IICS, IICS
 

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