Azure Data Factory vs Rivery comparison

Microsoft and Rivery are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.2, while Rivery is ranked #36 with an average rating of 8.0. Microsoft holds a 5.2% mindshare in DI, compared to Rivery’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Rivery users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Azure Data Factory and Rivery compete in the data integration space, each offering distinct advantages. Azure Data Factory is advantageous for those leveraging Microsoft Azure services heavily, while Rivery focuses on automation and scalability, appealing to businesses managing large data volumes.

Features: Azure Data Factory provides native integration with Azure services, advanced data orchestration, and comprehensive data transformation options. Rivery offers automated data pipelines, outstanding scalability, and easy adaptation to dynamic environments, catering to complex data workflows.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Azure Data Factory may present deployment challenges but benefits from robust support within the Microsoft ecosystem. Rivery features a straightforward, no-code deployment, making it accessible to organizations with limited technical expertise. Both offer extensive customer support, though Rivery's simplified approach can appeal to teams with fewer resources.

Pricing and ROI: Azure Data Factory's flexible pricing aligns with Microsoft's other services, creating potential cost efficiencies for users within the ecosystem. Rivery's pricing structure is more transparent and can seem higher; however, the potential for significant ROI from its advanced capabilities is attractive for data-centric operations.

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Data Factory

Ranking in Data Integration

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Data Warehouse (2nd)

Rivery

Ranking in Data Integration

36th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Migration Tools (4th), Cloud Migration (14th), Cloud Data Integration (20th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Azure Data Factory is 5.2%, down from 11.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rivery is 0.6%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Azure Data Factory	5.2%
Rivery	0.6%
Other	94.2%

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KandaswamyMuthukrishnan

Director at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Integrates diverse data sources and streamlines ETL processes effectively

Regarding potential areas of improvement for Azure Data Factory, there is a need for better data transformation, especially since many people are now depending on DataBricks more for connectivity and data integration. Azure Data Factory should consider how to enhance integration or filtering for more transformations, such as integrating with Spark clusters. I am satisfied with Azure Data Factory so far, but I suggest integrating some AI functionality to analyze data during the transition itself, providing insights such as null records, common records, and duplicates without running a separate pipeline or job. The monitoring tools in Azure Data Factory are helpful for optimizing data pipelines; while the current feature is adequate, they can improve by creating a live dashboard to see the online process, including how much percentage has been completed, which will be very helpful for people who are monitoring the pipeline.

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reviewer2335923

Senior Operations Analyst at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Provides users with an initial setup phase, which is fairly simple to manage

I don't know what could be improved in terms of what my company was used to previously or after moving over to Rivery. I have not had much experience with platforms other than Rivery. For me, Rivalry was a way to step up from what we used. To be honest, I am not really sure what improvements could be made in Rivery. Pricing is a little steep for smaller organizations, I would say. The product's pricing model could be a little bit better. I am not aware if there are additional packages for smaller organizations, but if there are no packages available, then maybe that would be a good way to introduce something new in the tool.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Most of our customers are Microsoft shops and prefer Azure Data Factory because they have good licensing options and a trust factor with Microsoft."

"We have been using drivers to connect to various data sets and consume data."

"The user interface is very good. It makes me feel very comfortable when I am using the tool."

"Azure Data Factory became more user-friendly when data-flows were introduced."

"Our stakeholders and clients have expressed satisfaction with Azure Data Factory's efficiency and cost-effectiveness."

"It has built-in connectors for more than 100 sources and onboarding data from many different sources to the cloud environment."

"One advantage of Azure Data Factory is that it's fast, unlike SSIS and other on-premise tools. It's also very convenient because it has multiple connectors. The availability of native connectors allows you to connect to several resources to analyze data streams."

"ADF is another ETL tool similar to Informatica that can transform data or copy it from on-prem to the cloud or vice versa. Once we have the data, we can apply various transformations to it and schedule our pipeline according to our business needs. ADF integrates with Databricks. We can call our Databricks notebooks and schedule them via ADF."

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"Connects to many APIs in the market and new ones are being added all the time."

"The solution's most valuable features are that it is quick to connect and simple to use."

Cons

"When working with AWS, we have noticed that the difference between ADF and AWS is that AWS is more customer-focused. They're more responsive compared to any other company. ADF is not as good as AWS, but it should be. If AWS is ten out of ten, ADF is around eight out of ten. I think AWS is easier to understand from the GUI perspective compared to ADF."

"There is no built-in function for automatically adding notifications concerning the progress or outline of a pipeline run."

"A room for improvement in Azure Data Factory is its speed. Parallelization also needs improvement."

"We have experienced some issues with the integration. This is an area that needs improvement."

"Azure Data Factory's pricing in terms of utilization could be improved."

"Snowflake connectivity was recently added and if the vendor provided some videos on how to create data then that would be helpful."

"Azure Data Factory uses many resources and has issues with parallel workflows."

"Occasionally, there are problems within Microsoft itself that impacts the Data Factory and causes it to fail."

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"Pricing is a little steep for smaller organizations, I would say. The product's pricing model could be a little bit better."

"Lineage and an impact analysis or logic dependency are lacking."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing is a pay-as-you-go model, where you pay for what you consume."

"Pricing appears to be reasonable in my opinion."

"The licensing model for Azure Data Factory is good because you won't have to overpay. Pricing-wise, the solution is a five out of ten. It was not expensive, and it was not cheap."

"I would rate Data Factory's pricing nine out of ten."

"I would not say that this product is overly expensive."

"This is a cost-effective solution."

"The price you pay is determined by how much you use it."

"My company is on a monthly subscription for Azure Data Factory, but it's more of a pay-as-you-go model where your monthly invoice depends on how many resources you use. On a scale of one to five, pricing for Azure Data Factory is a four. It's just the usage fees my company pays monthly."

More Azure Data Factory pricing and cost advice

"I rate the tool's price as six out of ten if I consider the lowest price to be one and the highest price to be ten."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	31
Midsize Enterprise	19
Large Enterprise	55

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Questions from the Community

How do you select the right cloud ETL tool?

AWS Glue and Azure Data factory for ELT best performance cloud services.

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How does Azure Data Factory compare with Informatica PowerCenter?

Azure Data Factory is flexible, modular, and works well. In terms of cost, it is not too pricey. It offers the stability and reliability I am looking for, good scalability, and is easy to set up an...

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How does Azure Data Factory compare with Informatica Cloud Data Integration?

Azure Data Factory is a solid product offering many transformation functions; It has pre-load and post-load transformations, allowing users to apply transformations either in code by using Power Q...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rivery?

The tool's price can be a little steep for a small organization. I rate the tool's price as six out of ten if I consider the lowest price to be one and the highest price to be ten.

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What needs improvement with Rivery?

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What is your primary use case for Rivery?

My company has started to use the Rivery extract data from Hive. It is like a project management sort of program, and we started to use Rivery to get the data from there over into Mavenlink, so we ...

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Overview

Azure Data Factory efficiently manages and integrates data from various sources, enabling seamless movement and transformation across platforms. Its valuable features include seamless integration with Azure services, handling large data volumes, flexible transformation, user-friendly interface, extensive connectors, and scalability. Users have experienced improved team performance, workflow simplification, enhanced collaboration, streamlined processes, and boosted productivity.

Microsoft

Rivery is a serverless, SaaS DataOps platform that empowers companies of all sizes around the world to consolidate, orchestrate, and manage internal and external data sources with ease and efficiency.

By offering comprehensive data solutions and partnering with complementary technology providers, including Google, Snowflake, Tableau, and Looker, Rivery enables data-driven companies to build the perfect ecosystems for all their data processes.

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Sample Customers

1. Adobe 2. BMW 3. Coca-Cola 4. General Electric 5. Johnson & Johnson 6. LinkedIn 7. Mastercard 8. Nestle 9. Pfizer 10. Samsung 11. Siemens 12. Toyota 13. Unilever 14. Verizon 15. Walmart 16. Accenture 17. American Express 18. AT&T 19. Bank of America 20. Cisco 21. Deloitte 22. ExxonMobil 23. Ford 24. General Motors 25. IBM 26. JPMorgan Chase 27. Microsoft (Azure Data Factory is developed by Microsoft) 28. Oracle 29. Procter & Gamble 30. Salesforce 31. Shell 32. Visa

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