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Informatica Data Engineering Streaming vs Workato 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:
 

Categories and Ranking

Informatica Data Engineerin...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Streaming Analytics (19th)
Workato
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Informatica Data Engineering Streaming and Workato aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Informatica Data Engineering Streaming is designed for Streaming Analytics and holds a mindshare of 2.0%, up 1.1% compared to last year.
Workato, on the other hand, focuses on Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS), holds 5.3% mindshare, up 4.0% since last year.
Streaming Analytics Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Informatica Data Engineering Streaming2.0%
Apache Flink14.8%
Databricks12.5%
Other70.7%
Streaming Analytics
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Workato5.3%
Boomi iPaaS12.5%
Microsoft Azure Logic Apps12.4%
Other69.8%
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

DK
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.
Isaac Viana - PeerSpot reviewer
Integration support simplifies automation and reduces errors without existing frustrations
In Workato, I can see everything that goes behind the process. You can see how everything works, how the tool works in the background. If something goes bad and an error appears, I can see why it happened. The best features Workato offers, in my opinion, are the easy integration with many different types of tools. The Workato interface is so easy to use. Workato has impacted my organization positively by reducing errors, which is one of the most important improvements I can see, and one great thing is that in Workato I can do many things that the main BPA platform we use does not do. Error reduction has helped our team in Workato as we can see more details about the most common errors and what makes everything go bad. With this specific data, we can develop a new and better solution. Workato helped us to do this. We can see more details about the errors and solve them. Workato has improved a lot of my work because there I can develop many flows easier and faster. At this moment, I do not have anything that frustrates me.

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."
"It is easier to use than other technical open-source technologies."
"Workato reduces total development time as it generates code seamlessly and integrates with SQL databases or APIs through configuration."
"The features of Workato are very user-friendly."
"I definitely recommend Workato to others; it is the best product in our technology stack, allowing us to integrate legacy systems and address diverse requirements."
"It's easy to understand, makes flows and is efficient."
"Workato reduces total development time as it generates code seamlessly and integrates with SQL databases or APIs through configuration."
"Workato allows us to streamline our operations by replacing multiple legacy systems with a single integrated platform."
"The initial setup was very easy."
 

Cons

"Skill requirement is required. There is a learning curve."
"Workato could be improved by adding a proper debugging feature. Currently, there's no way to set breakpoints to stop the process and debug an error as you can in other tools like webMethods."
"I have observed some minor stability issues with Workato, particularly related to connectors failing occasionally and delays in report sending."
"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 would like to see the dashboarding and reporting processes improved."
"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."
"It is tedious to make a tailor-fit function."
"There are storage limitations in Workato. The event streams come with a limitation of only 512 KB."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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."
"Workato is an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
28%
Computer Software Company
13%
Retailer
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Informatica Data Engineering Streaming?
Skill requirement is required. There is a learning curve.
What is your primary use case for Informatica Data Engineering Streaming?
We implement business intelligence solutions, including data warehousing tools, data integration to load data into warehouses, and then creating reports.
What advice do you have for others considering Informatica Data Engineering Streaming?
Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. Usually, Informatica is for big clients because of its pricing, and it also requires some skill sets. It requires investment into a proper da...
What needs improvement with Workato?
While there are still a few areas where Workato has room for improvement, they’re making impressive strides in advancing their AI capabilities and enhancing their RPA features. Their recent confere...
What is your primary use case for Workato?
We use Workato for our G&A across finance, accounting, procurement, audit and compliance, HR, GTM which covers sales, marketing, customer success, as well as IT. Wherever we need process automa...
What advice do you have for others considering Workato?
I have experience in the automation space for more than 18 years, and I have worked on multiple integration platforms including JCAPS, Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle Service Bus, BPM, MuleSoft, Boomi, an...
 

Also Known As

Big Data Streaming, Informatica Intelligent Streaming, Intelligent Streaming
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Sample Customers

Jewelry TV
Panera Bread, Berkshire Hathaway, Salesforce, Box, Splunk, ComScore, IBM, Complex Media, Microsoft, Home Depot, Cisco, News Corp, Braille Institute
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