SSIS vs WSO2 Enterprise Integrator comparison

Microsoft and WSO2 are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Microsoft is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.8, while WSO2 is ranked #31 with an average rating of 8.3. Microsoft holds a 7.9% mindshare in DI, compared to WSO2’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 79% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 75% of WSO2 users who would recommend it.

SSIS

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79% willing to recommend

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75% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

SSIS and WSO2 Enterprise Integrator are competing products in the data integration and management category. Although SSIS is often preferred for its simplicity, WSO2 Enterprise Integrator is seen as having the upper hand due to its extensive feature set, making it ideal for complex integration projects.

Features:SSIS provides user-friendly data transformation tools, seamless Microsoft product integration, and strong ETL capabilities, making it suitable for straightforward tasks. WSO2 Enterprise Integrator, on the other hand, offers advanced capabilities such as API management, data services, and message brokering, making it more suitable for comprehensive enterprise integration tasks.

Room for Improvement:SSIS could improve by expanding its capabilities to handle more complex integration scenarios and offering broader cross-platform support. Additionally, enhancing its support for non-Microsoft products and simplifying its initial setup process could increase its appeal. WSO2 Enterprise Integrator could benefit from streamlining its initial setup process, making its interface more intuitive, and offering more detailed documentation for new users, which would enhance user adoption and reduce the learning curve.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service:SSIS enjoys straightforward deployment within Windows environments and robust support from Microsoft, which enhances integration with existing Microsoft infrastructures. WSO2 Enterprise Integrator requires more initial setup but offers cross-platform deployment flexibility and customization options, with support from an active community and dedicated enterprise services providing tailored assistance.

Pricing and ROI:SSIS typically offers straightforward pricing, often included with SQL Server licenses, reducing costs for Microsoft-centered enterprises and yielding ROI through reduced integration time for simpler tasks. WSO2 Enterprise Integrator requires a separate investment but justifies its cost with significant ROI due to its adaptability and scalability, making it a strategic investment for long-term complex integration projects.

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Categories and Ranking

SSIS

Ranking in Data Integration

4th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

WSO2 Enterprise Integrator

Ranking in Data Integration

31st

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of SSIS is 7.9%, up from 7.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WSO2 Enterprise Integrator is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration

Featured Reviews

BobAmy

Sr. Architect - Data warehousing & BI at Molina Healthcare, Inc.

Robust and does a good job of handling overload conditions

We purchase an add-on called task factory primarily to allow bulk delete, update, and upsert capability. I'd like to see this be part of the standard package. I believe there are ways to build a model and set variables so that it can be a generic process. In my next system, I would like to have a generic process that would handle all the logging and processing in a model that can be modified and enhanced as the need for a better process, or different statistics to be logged is discovered. I'd want this in a way that the model can be changed and all the processes, with their unique parameters, could all be changed with the model upgraded. I believe they should add some features that help to create the code using a model. This would allow for continuous improvement of the model uses and easy replication of all the different programs that use the model.

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Ritesh_Shah

Senior Solution Architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Decreases the development timeframe and costs

The main issue with the product is pricing. It uses core-based pricing for WSO2 Enterprise Integrator and API Manager. It would be best if you had APIM by default. It provides many connectors for easy integration with third-party systems. Often, customers decide to develop using open-source tools like Spring Boot if there aren't many connectors required to avoid increasing costs. They'll develop this way and then deploy using APIM, the bare minimum needed. It is mainly required for very complicated setups with many connectors. In the implementations I've seen, people often used open-source tools because there weren't many third-party systems involved—just their organization's own systems. From WSO2 Enterprise Integrator, I expect them to bring up more and more connectors in the future. That's the main expectation. Having more connectors in various areas will help us when discussing new requirements. I don't have any specific use case right now, so I can't name a particular connector. But, as new technologies emerge, the relevant connectors should be there for those. WSO2 Enterprise Integrator mainly helps with the integration part, which can be simplified only if you have relevant connectors for whatever you're doing.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"You can get data from any data source with SSIS and dump it to any outside source. It is helpful. Getting, extracting, converting, and dumping data doesn't require much effort because we can do everything in the user interface. You drag and drop, then give the required input. It's intuitive."

"There are many good features in this solution including the data fields, database integration, support for SQL views, and the lookups for matching information."

"The most valuables features are the relatively short learning curve, and the automation capabilities provided through the BIML add-in for SSDT."

"SSIS integrates well with SQL servers and Microsoft products."

"The most valuable features for our company are the flexibility and the quick turn around time in producing simple ETL solutions."

"The workflow features have been very valuable. You can have automated workflows and all the steps are controlled. The workflow functionality of integration services is excellent."

"The most valuable aspect of this solution is that it is simple to use and it offers a flexible custom script task."

"It is easily scheduled and integrates well with SQL Server and SQL Server Agent jobs."

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"The productivity is the most valuable feature. It is very easy to write remediations."

"The solution has two main parts: integration and transformation. It's very user-friendly and easy to understand for everyone."

"The stability is excellent."

"It was mostly easy to set up the product."

"It's a consolidated product. It works and it does its job pretty well."

"The solution's technical support is very knowledgeable."

"Currently, I find the configuration part quite valuable, where you can easily configure things."

"The drag-and-drop features for connectors are very valuable."

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Cons

"Involving a data lake or data engineering aspects would be useful. While it is there, we need more features included."

"We have a stability problem because when something works, it works one time. The next time, it doesn't work."

"A change in the metadata source cripples the whole ETL process, requiring each module to be manually reopened."

"Sometimes when we want to publish to other types of databases it's not easy to publish to those databases. For example, the Jet Database Engine. Before the SSIS supported Jet Database Engine but nowadays it doesn't support the Jet Database Engine. We connect to many databases such as Access database, SparkPros databases and the other types of databases using Jet Database Engines now and SSIS now doesn't seem to support it in our databases."

"SSIS has room for improvement, mainly because the overall package can be buggy. It often locks up, requiring a restart, which is annoying. However, since it's free, we tolerate these performance issues. I'd like to see better debugging tools in future releases and improvements in API calls; It would be helpful if SSIS had a built-in API engine so we wouldn't have to rely solely on database connections."

"This solution needs full support for real-time processing."

"Options for scaling could be improved."

"We purchase an add on called task factory primarily to allow bulk delete, update and upsert capability. I'd like to see this be part of the standard package."

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"In my opinion, the administration model and interface, of Carbon, are lacking in terms of its features and user experience."

"I would like to see them bring back a feature, from earlier versions, that was very useful in debugging and finding issues."

"The setup can be difficult for those not familiar with the solution."

"They should introduce better pricing for small companies."

"The server is very specific and it is very difficult to get experience with it."

"One of the reasons that we are looking for a replacement is their way of defining integration. The language of the XML structures that I use to describe the integrations are not that standard, and it's not easy to find people who are familiar with this approach."

"The administration side is complex and could use significant improvements to enhance the solution's functionality."

"The main issue with the product is pricing. It uses core-based pricing for WSO2 Enterprise Integrator and API Manager. It would be best if you had APIM by default. It provides many connectors for easy integration with third-party systems."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our license with SSIS is annual."

"It would be beneficial if the solution had a less costly cloud offering."

"This solution is a free of charge addition to our SQL licence. However, the only way this tool can be utilized is as a feature of the SQL licence, which may make it unattractive to organizations who don't wish to purchase the wider-ranging licence."

"This solution is included with the MSSQL server package."

"SSIS is fairly well-priced - I would rate it at four out of five."

"I'm not involved in licensing details, but SSIS provides value to our organization by simplifying data management tasks."

"SSIS is a cheaper option compared to the cost of other ETL tools."

"The solution is available at a lesser price than that of Informatica."

More SSIS pricing and cost advice

"I rate the product price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"The cost is better than IBM Cloud Pak."

"The pricing of WSO2 Enterprise Integrator for enterprise subscriptions can be considered expensive, especially from the perspective of someone who prefers open-source software."

"The solution costs about 20,000 or 30,000 euros per year, per instance."

"It is a low-cost solution."

"The open-source, unsupported version is available free of charge."

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Comparison Review

it_user90069

BI Expert at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Feb 20, 2014

Informatica PowerCenter vs. Microsoft SSIS - each technology has its advantages but also have similarities

Technology has made it easier for businesses to organize and manipulate data to get a clearer picture of what’s going on with their business. Notably, ETL tools have made managing huge amounts of data significantly easier and faster, boosting many organizations’ business intelligence operations…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

24%

Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

Which is better - SSIS or Informatica PowerCenter?

SSIS PowerPack is a group of drag and drop connectors for Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services, commonly called SSIS. The collection helps organizations boost productivity with code-free compo...

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What do you like most about SSIS?

The product's deployment phase is easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SSIS?

Utilizing SSIS involves no extra charges beyond the SQL Server license. It's an economical choice for my clients.

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What do you like most about WSO2 Enterprise Integrator?

WSO2's analytics capability is good, considering the ELC support they provide.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WSO2 Enterprise Integrator?

The product has reasonable and competitive pricing for enterprise customers. It is expensive for small businesses especially. They are using the open-source solution, and they find it expensive sin...

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What needs improvement with WSO2 Enterprise Integrator?

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Overview

SSIS is a versatile tool for data integration tasks like ETL processes, data migration, and real-time data processing. Users appreciate its ease of use, data transformation tools, scheduling capabilities, and extensive connectivity options. It enhances productivity and efficiency within organizations by streamlining data-related processes and improving data quality and consistency.

Microsoft

WSO2 Enterprise Integrator, core to the WSO2 Integration Agile Platform, is an open source Integration product for cloud native and container-native projects. It enables enterprise integration experts to build, scale, and secure sophisticated integration solutions to achieve digital agility. Unlike other integration products, WSO2 Enterprise Integrator already contains integration runtimes, message brokering, business process modeling, analytics and visual tooling capabilities.

WSO2

Sample Customers

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