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IBM App Connect vs Oracle GoldenGate comparison

 

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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
7.3
IBM App Connect enhances ROI by reducing resource needs and managing complex operations, requiring skilled practitioners for optimal results.
Sentiment score
5.6
Oracle GoldenGate reduces integration time and costs, enhancing disaster recovery and proving economically beneficial for large budgets.
IBM App Connect definitely saves significant time, approximately 50 to 60%.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.7
IBM App Connect's 24/7 support offers timely help, though complex issues need escalation and response times could improve.
Sentiment score
5.2
Oracle GoldenGate's customer service is praised for handling critical issues but criticized for slow responses and initial expertise.
When opening a ticket with the global team, problems are resolved promptly and effectively.
Team Leader, Software Development at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
The customer support is available 24/7.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
The technical support from IBM is good.
Developer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The rating for Oracle GoldenGate support is a three.
Oracle DBS at Bpifrance
The support team responds quickly, providing feedback which we then implement.
Business Manager at LS Systems Philippines
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
IBM App Connect excels in cloud scalability, notably in Kubernetes, though costs and larger payloads can challenge Hypervisor Edition.
Sentiment score
7.3
Oracle GoldenGate is highly scalable, efficiently handling data transformations and integrations despite licensing and configuration complexities.
IBM App Connect demonstrates good scalability.
Team Leader, Software Development at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
I would rate the scalability of IBM App Connect as nine out of ten.
Developer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
IBM App Connect is very scalable and a flexible tool.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
It effectively manages larger databases, such as those of 15 terabytes and above.
Enterprise Systems Engineer at Sybyl
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
IBM App Connect is praised for stability, with issues mostly in complex cases and quick responses to reported problems.
Sentiment score
7.6
Oracle GoldenGate is praised for stability and reliability, with quick issue resolution and superior performance over competitors.
Some companies require multiple configurations, including ODBC connections, JDBC connections, different BI databases, main databases, and replication servers.
Team Leader, Software Development at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
Oracle GoldenGate is quite stable.
Enterprise Systems Engineer at Sybyl
 

Room For Improvement

IBM App Connect needs improvements in logging, interface, integrations, setup, cost, security, debugging, observability, and reliability.
Oracle GoldenGate requires better user-friendliness, reduced costs, improved support, enhanced scalability, clearer documentation, and expanded non-Oracle database features.
Version 13 includes around 200 features with cloud platform compatibility.
Team Leader, Software Development at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
I find it particularly good for on-premises and now cloud use.
Developer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Better debugging and observability would help us track any single transaction end-to-end across steps and connectors.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
The configuration process could be made simpler.
Enterprise Systems Engineer at Sybyl
For Oracle GoldenGate, customers face challenges with patching, the latest updates, and encountering bugs.
Business Manager at LS Systems Philippines
You can tune Oracle GoldenGate to use more RAM on the source side or more processes.
DBA at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

IBM App Connect is costly but valued by enterprises for quality; licensing complexities require expertise and allow for discounts.
Oracle GoldenGate is costly, with complex licensing; alternatives like Qlik or SAP are often considered due to lower costs.
For insurance companies with simple JDBC connections, the process is straightforward.
Team Leader, Software Development at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
The list price is high, and the price can sometimes seem expensive if the appropriate discount is not applied.
Business Manager at LS Systems Philippines
The pricing of Oracle GoldenGate is quite high.
Enterprise Systems Engineer at Sybyl
 

Valuable Features

IBM App Connect offers easy integration with minimal coding, pre-built adapters, security, scalability, rapid deployment, and flexible integration.
Oracle GoldenGate provides real-time data replication, platform integration, and scalability, ensuring data integrity and user-friendly customization.
Overall, 50 to 60% of the time is saved when using IBM App Connect.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
The transformation capabilities in IBM App Connect are particularly beneficial.
Team Leader, Software Development at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
The features I find most valuable are message routing, message transformation, and protocol translation.
Developer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The most valuable feature of Oracle GoldenGate is its ability to sync data in real-time, which is crucial for me.
Enterprise Systems Engineer at Sybyl
Oracle GoldenGate is beneficial for data replication and ensures secure data transport.
Business Manager at LS Systems Philippines
With Oracle GoldenGate, we were able to apply transformations to the data during the streaming between source and target.
DBA at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM App Connect
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (12th)
Oracle GoldenGate
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
52
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (11th)
 

Featured Reviews

Emirhan Guven - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Leader, Software Development at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
Transforms data efficiently and navigates licensing challenges with ease
The transition between version 12 and version 13 presents some challenges. While version 12 had approximately 10 features, version 13 includes around 200 features with cloud platform compatibility. The learning curve for developers moving from version 12 to 13 could be smoother. When using new components, better context explanations would be beneficial. In version 13, accessing new features requires connecting through a web browser, which can be challenging to understand. The explanation of new features could be more user-friendly.
EmmanuelCatalano - PeerSpot reviewer
DBA at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real-time data streaming has simplified transformations and kept enterprise databases synchronized
Oracle GoldenGate is good, but I would like to improve it. There is a need for whoever installs and configures Oracle GoldenGate to set the correct parameters for the use cases we need to use. In some cases, we had performance problems related to the streaming because there was a lot of information to stream concurrently. However, you can tune Oracle GoldenGate to use more RAM on the source side or more processes. I think that sometimes what is missing is knowledge about the tool from the person responsible for configuration. At this moment, Oracle GoldenGate is a very good tool, and I do not know in which area we can improve it. Perhaps the debug part of the tool could be improved. In some cases, I use the utility for how Oracle GoldenGate generates messages about the statements that it streams because of bugs, and in some cases, it is not very user-friendly. It may be possible to improve the API or the path related to debugging, but not the tool itself. The tool itself is good. I remember that in some configurations, we had problems with the streaming of DDL, which are changes to Oracle object structures such as tables and procedures. A new feature could be to perform streaming for operational objects such as procedures, functions, packages, or grants. This would synchronize source and target for these aspects, not only for data or the main types of structures, but also for others. I remember that there was some configuration in which you performed the streaming of the entire schema, or if you performed streaming for only tables, then you were unable to stream grants and other Oracle objects. I think it is important to introduce that capability.
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Comparison Review

it_user99375 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Administrator at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Mar 31, 2014
Oracle GoldenGate vs. Oracle Active Dataguard
As an Oracle DBA, while working upon high availability of your database you may stumble upon various Oracle strategic capabilities that fall into categories of Oracle Replication. Oracle provides various technologies for replication like GoldenGate, streams, and Active Dataguard. Replication…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
11%
Retailer
7%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise21
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise30
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM App Connect?
I like the adapters. The adapters help us achieve scalability. If you want to connect to SAP, there's an adapter. Salesforce? There's an adapter. You want to connect to another system? There's like...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM App Connect?
Configuration time varies by implementation. For insurance companies with simple JDBC connections, the process is straightforward. However, companies requiring multiple configurations for ODBC, JDB...
What is your primary use case for IBM App Connect?
IBM App Connect serves as our integration platform, allowing us to connect application systems and data without heavy load or heavy coding. In my current organization, we use the AWS cloud, and IBM...
What do you like most about Oracle GoldenGate?
The product is reliable for data integrity.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle GoldenGate?
The pricing of Oracle GoldenGate depends on the discount we receive from Oracle. If the customer orders a larger quantity, we get a more flexible price. The list price is high, and the price can so...
What needs improvement with Oracle GoldenGate?
Oracle GoldenGate is good, but I would like to improve it. There is a need for whoever installs and configures Oracle GoldenGate to set the correct parameters for the use cases we need to use. In s...
 

Also Known As

IBM Cast Iron
GoldenGate
 

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Sample Customers

United Way of Allegheny County, Saint-Gobain CPS, Ricoh, SunTrust Banks Inc.
Japan Exchange Group, Daewoo E&C, Herbalife, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Canon, Turk Telekom
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