HiT Software DBMoto vs Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics comparison

The compared HiT Software and Hitachi Vantara solutions aren't in the same category. HiT Software is ranked #17 in DR , and holds a 3.1% mindshare in the category. Hitachi Vantara is ranked #8 in DI , with an average rating of 7.6, and holds a 1.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of HiT Software users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Hitachi Vantara users who would recommend it.

HiT Software DBMoto

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between HiT Software DBMoto and Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Replication solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

HiT Software DBMoto

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Replication (17th)

Pentaho Data Integration an...

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

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Data Integration (8th)

Mindshare comparison

HiT Software DBMoto and Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. HiT Software DBMoto is designed for Data Replication and holds a mindshare of 3.1%, up 0.9% compared to last year.
Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics, on the other hand, focuses on Data Integration, holds 1.6% mindshare, up 1.4% since last year.

Data Replication Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
HiT Software DBMoto	3.1%
NetApp SnapMirror	6.8%
NetApp Snapshot	5.3%
Other	84.8%

Data Replication

Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics	1.6%
SSIS	3.6%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)	3.6%
Other	91.2%

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Featured Reviews

reviewer1489908

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…

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Michelle Lawson

Principal Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Streamlines complex data workflows and has supported automated customer payment notifications

I haven't used Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics in a couple of years, so I don't know how it can be improved. I was pretty pleased with it and was self-taught on it, working a lot with their team at various times, but they were surprised that I was able to learn it all by myself. The documentation is not bad, and documentation is the main thing that any product can do to make themselves better because the easier it is to find examples of what you're trying to do improves the learning curve. I think it took me the longest to learn how to do the asynchronous processing and have things wait for other things to finish processing before continuing on in the workflow. I choose 8 out of 10 because the one reason that it's been rejected at T-Mobile is that everything has to go through a provisioning process and has to get approved, meaning the actual code base has to be investigated by T-Mobile before they'll allow us to use tools of that nature. For whatever reason, we just haven't been able to get that approval; I don't know if it's on Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics' side or if it's on our side. The more you can make it easier for companies to feel comfortable that your product is secure, robustly tested and bug-free, and free of any other kind of negative hacks, the more quickly it will get accepted.

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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

"DBMoto was very simple to set up and move our tables to the Oracle DB."

"The most valuable features are that is easy to install and it is user-friendly."

"I absolutely love Hitachi. I'm one of the forefront supporters of Hitachi for my firm. It's so easy to integrate within our environments. In terms of being able to quickly build ETL jobs, transform, and then automate them, it's really easy to integrate throughout for data analytics."

"Easy to use, support for all databases (jdbc and odbc connection), xls, csv, files, txt, SAS, R."

"I would say this is the best ETL tool in the market, considering this is open source and ease to use, very nice GUI."

"One of the valuable features is the ability to use PL/SQL statements inside the data transformations and jobs."

"Flexible deployment, in any environment, is very important to us. That is the key reason why we ended up with these tools. Because we have a very highly secure environment, we must be able to install it in multiple environments on multiple different servers. The fact that we could use the same tool in all our environments, on-prem and in the cloud, was very important to us."

"From my perspective I don't see the difference, we can do almost everything with Pentaho Kettle and if we need a little extra we are tech guys, we solve it."

"Pentaho Kettle has a very intuitive and easy to use graphical user interface (GUI) and it is possible to understand how to develop an ETL solution even when using it for the first time."

"I can use Python, which is open-source, and I can run other scripts, including Linux scripts. It's user-friendly for running any object-based language. That's a very important feature because we live in a world of open-source."

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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."

"Some old plugins, after a long time, still doesn’t work properly enough."

"Although it is a low-code solution with a graphical interface, often the error messages that you get are of the type that a developer would be happy with. You get a big stack of red text and Java errors displayed on the screen, and less technical people can get intimidated by that. It can be a bit intimidating to get a wall of red error messages displayed. Other graphical tools that are focused at the power user level provide a much more user-friendly experience in dealing with your exceptions and guiding the user into where they've made the mistake."

"In the Community edition, it would be nice to have more modules that allow you to code directly within the application. It could have R or Python completely integrated into it, but this could also be because I'm using an older version."

"It could be better integrated with programming languages, like Python and R. Right now, if I want to run a Python code on one of my ETLs, it is a bit difficult to do. It would be great if we have some modules where we could code directly in a Python language. We don't really have a way to run Python code natively."

"The one annoyance that troubled us a lot was the fact that every step in a transformation that needed data, created its own data connection."

"While Pentaho Data Integration is very friendly, it is not very useful when there isn't a lot of data to handle."

"Its basic functionality doesn't need a whole lot of change. There could be some improvement in the consistency of the behavior of different transformation steps. The software did start as open-source and a lot of the fundamental, everyday transformation steps that you use when building ETL jobs were developed by different people. It is not a seamless paradigm. A table input step has a different way of thinking than a data merge step."

"I work with the Community Edition, therefore I do not have support. There was an issue that I could not resolve with community support."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Customers pay a license fee yearly."

"I found the price to be quite reasonable."

"We did a two or three-year deal the last time we did it. As compared to other solutions, at least so far in our experience, it has been very affordable. The licensing is by component. So, you need to make sure you only license the components that you really intend to use. I am not sure if we have relicensed after the Hitachi acquisition, but previously, multi-year renewals resulted in a good discount. I'm not sure if this is still the case. We've had the full suite for a lot of years, and there is just the initial cost. I am not aware of any additional costs."

"There was a cost analysis done and Pentaho did favorably in terms of cost."

"I mostly used the open-source version. I didn't work with a license."

"I use it because it is free. I download from their page for free. I don't have to pay for a license. With other tools, I have to pay for the licenses. That is why I use Pentaho."

"Sometimes we provide the licenses or the customer can procure their own licenses. Previously, we had an enterprise license. Currently, we are on a community license as this is adequate for our needs."

"I believe the pricing of the solution is more affordable than the competitors"

"The solution reduced our ETL development time by a lot because a whole project used to take about a month to get done previously. After having Lumada, it took just a week. For a big company in Brazil, it saves a team at least $10,000 a month."

"If a company is looking for an ETL solution and wants to integrate it with their tech stack but doesn't want to spend a bunch of money, Pentaho is a good solution"

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Financial Services Firm

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10%

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Large Enterprise	31

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Which ETL tool would you recommend to populate data from OLTP to OLAP?

Hi Rajneesh, yes here is the feature comparison between the community and enterprise edition : https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/pdf/brochure/leverage-open-source-benefits-with-assurance-of-hita...

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What do you think can be improved with Hitachi Lumada Data Integrations?

In my opinion, the reporting side of this tool needs serious improvements. In my previous company, we worked with Hitachi Lumada Data Integration and while it does a good job for what it’s worth, ...

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What do you use Hitachi Lumada Data Integrations for most frequently?

My company has used this product to transform data from databases, CSV files, and flat files. It really does a good job. We were most satisfied with the results in terms of how many people could us...

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Also Known As

DBMoto

Hitachi Lumada Data Integration, Kettle, Pentaho Data Integration

Overview

HiT Software DBMoto provides an optimal data replication and Change Data Capture solution based on open standards, which enables an IT crew or systems integrator to implement cost-effective, extensible solutions across heterogeneous databases, high-speed analytic systems/platforms and Cloud-based systems

HiT Software

Pentaho Data Integration stands as a versatile platform designed to cater to the data integration and analytics needs of organizations, regardless of their size. This powerful solution is the go-to choice for businesses seeking to seamlessly integrate data from diverse sources, including databases, files, and applications. Pentaho Data Integration facilitates the essential tasks of cleaning and transforming data, ensuring it's primed for meaningful analysis. With a wide array of tools for data mining, machine learning, and statistical analysis, Pentaho Data Integration empowers organizations to glean valuable insights from their data. What sets Pentaho Data Integration apart is its maturity and a vibrant community of users and developers, making it a reliable and cost-effective option. Pentaho Data Integration offers a range of features, including a comprehensive ETL toolkit, data cleaning and transformation capabilities, robust data analysis tools, and seamless deployment options for data integration and analytics solutions, making it a go-to solution for organizations seeking to harness the power of their data.

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Sample Customers

JAS Forwarding Worldwide, Animal, Financiera Pagos Internacionales C.F., Bur de Credito, Qualitas-IT, EFCO Corporation, Andrews Consulting, ASL Modena, BancAssurance Popolari S.p.A., Banco BICSA, Cheshire County Council, Epson Precision, Ferrari North America

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