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Informatica Data Engineering Streaming [EOL] vs Workato comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Informatica Data Engineerin...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Workato
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (5th)
 

Featured Reviews

DK
BI Practice Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Helps with real-time data processing and improves decision-making overall
It improves decision-making overall for the company. Informatica is usually the tool for setting up the data, streaming the data into your data warehouse from your source, transforming the data, and preparing and modeling it into some desired format. It improves the performance. You need to know how to use it and how to implement it, but it improves performance.
AP
Technical Consultant at IST Technology
Data processing efficiency increases with workflow automation but could improve on handling high volume data
The most valuable feature of Workato is that billing is based on task actions; whatever actions we take on the Workato platform will determine the task consumption and billing for each workflow. More optimized workflows lead to less billing for clients. Furthermore, they have introduced a Copilot feature for automation, helping build recipes and code with simple prompts. Additionally, they are developing AI solutions for clients. These are some top features, along with various others implemented per client specifications, such as CICD implementation and runtime connection changes. The benefits of using Workato for our customers include automating business workflows and data integration. By addressing their manual efforts, which are time-consuming and prone to errors, Workato helps clients reduce costs while increasing productivity. We implement solutions that enable seamless data integration between different systems, minimizing time-consuming manual processes. A positive impact we see is cost reduction, as manual efforts are significantly lowered. For example, in production support teams, manual processes are streamlined through CICD implementation, allowing for a seamless integration of different environments with minimal errors and faster deployment.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It improves the performance."
"With Workato, as soon as an invoice is put in our vendor management system, we sync it within two to three minutes, providing a real-time experience."
"The integration was done within a week, what we thought might take us two months to complete."
"The features of Workato are very user-friendly."
"It's easy to understand, makes flows and is efficient."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Workato has positively impacted my organization by improving processes overall, as it has saved time because it was easy to connect through the UI without needing technical, detailed coding experience."
"Personally, I enjoy using Workato, and my company feels that it results in significant time savings since it is easy to understand and allows new team members to onboard quickly."
"Workato is less expensive and offers similar integration capabilities."
 

Cons

"Skill requirement is required. There is a learning curve."
"The only minor drawback would be if there was a UI at the front of it, for apps and for a portal as well, it would make it really easy. It would be really useful if there were more apps capabilities."
"Workato's Extract, transform, and load (ETL) and extract, load, and transform (ELT) are not very strong and could be improved for very complex transformations."
"I have observed some minor stability issues with Workato, particularly related to connectors failing occasionally and delays in report sending."
"There are storage limitations in Workato. The event streams come with a limitation of only 512 KB."
"It is tedious to make a tailor-fit function."
"The data flow and debugging processes need improvement, especially for tracing issues. Additionally, Workato struggles with scalability when handling high volumes of data, such as terabytes, requiring chunking for initial data loads."
"From the deployment point of view, our customers encounter platform downtime where it does not serve the actual request on the systems."
"Based on my experience, it would be really beneficial if the unit tests were improved because when you change a recipe significantly, they do not work anymore, and you have to remake them all."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Workato is an expensive solution."
"Speaking about price, I would say that it's market-related. Also, there are costs in addition to the standard license fees since different add-ons depend on what you require."
"On a scale of one to ten, the pricing is around a six. We have a consumption model and the pricing is higher. If you are using any kind of ML-based approach, machine learning, or some advanced analytics, you may have to pay more."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
33%
Computer Software Company
8%
Insurance Company
5%
Construction Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

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Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise7
 

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What needs improvement with Workato?
In Workato, there are some limitations regarding very high transactional data in file formats. For instance, we have a 90-minute job timeout, and queues larger than 10,000 size will be purged. Addi...
What is your primary use case for Workato?
The usual use cases for Workato include real-time data processing from either SFTP or SAS, and we have implemented multiple use cases for our clients in the past 3.5 years. For example, the employe...
What advice do you have for others considering Workato?
I have been working with clients for Workato implementation, focusing on consulting and implementing solutions for their business needs. We automate basic workflows and handle various complexities ...
 

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