SSIS Reviews

We use SSIS for transformation and migration.

The most valuable feature of SSIS is that it can handle real complex transformations.

SSIS should be made a little bit more intuitive and user-friendly because it needs an expert-level person to work on it.

I have been using SSIS for more than 10 years.

SSIS is a stable solution.

SSIS is a scalable solution.

The solution's initial setup is easy, but you'd need expert-level knowledge to work on it.

Overall, I rate SSIS an eight out of ten.

We use SSIS to migrate from an old server to a new one and to add some services. 

Like most Microsoft products, SSIS is user-friendly and easy to use. 

Sometimes, there are compatibility issues with some features. From time to time, I also face issues when trying to migrate. If I misconfigure things when I use Snapshot, the migration will fail.It can take a long time to migrate huge amounts of data, so it would be nice if that could be faster. 

I have been using SSIS for less than two years.

If you want to scale SSIS, you might face performance issues. I'm not sure SSIS has robust scalability. 

I rate Microsoft support six out of 10. Interacting with Microsoft support is challenging because it takes a lot of time, and sometimes you need to repeat your issue over to different support engineers. It was easier to contact support in India because Microsoft had a local presence there, but getting support in Cameroon is difficult.  The response time is slower.

Neutral

Setting up SSIS is complex, and if you misconfigure something, you'll have problems during migration. I rate SSIS six out of 10 for ease of setup.

I have only used the free developer edition. 

I rate SSIS seven out of 10. This is the only product I've used so far, so I don't know how it compares to others. 

I am an ETL developer working as an information zone leader. We are an outsourcing company to our customers.

The most valuable feature of SSIS is that you can take data from other servers which are not MS SQL Server or Oracle. 

I would like to see SSIS improve the collection of data trail servers and reporting. Future releases should improve the data lineage, as it currently is not good.

I have been using SQL Server Integration Services for five years.

This solution is stable, but the performance is not good. I believe it can be improved. Informatica is better.

I have not been restricted by this solution.

Prior to using SSIS I used Informatica. I switched because my organization is using SSIS.

The initial setup of this solution is not complex. 

Most of the time we do the implementation in-house, however, we have used third parties in the past.

Our license with SSIS is annual.

If an organization has the money, I recommend they use Informatica. 

I would rate SSIS a seven out of 10 overall.

We are a solution provider and SSIS is one of the products that we implement for our clients. I work as an integrator and a data flow developer.

SSIS is primarily used as part of the data flow for loading data into the data warehouse and exchanging data between applications.

The most valuable feature is the data integration process. It includes helpful functions such as data mapping, creating a connection, and loading.

The performance and stability are good.

The security could be improved, as it is more important in our context.

I have been working with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) for six years.

The stability is good.

We have four customers that are using this product.

I have never been in contact with technical support.

It's easy to install and create the first flow.

We have an in-house team of four engineers for maintenance.

All of my clients have this product included as part of their Microsoft license.

In summary, this is a good product and I recommend it. For people that are working in a Microsoft environment with the SQL Server database, it's the most recommended tool.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We primarily use SSIS to collect data from one system and transfer it to another.

The Classical ETL processing of data.

It's a competent product. You can do a lot of things with it and learn how to use it. You can't do modern things with it, but you can do legacy things with it.

It is an out-of-date product, that we shouldn't be using anymore, as it no longer has many positive aspects.

It is an old tool. We make an effort not to use it. It's a legacy tool, that is nearing the end of its useful life. There could be some good things but we try not to get into that.

We have selected to go with another tool. SSIS should not be used whatsoever anymore. There are new versions, that are cloud-based, which are much more improved and much more feature complete.

We have been working with SSIS for 15 years.

We are working with the latest version. It hasn't been updated for many years.

I would say it's both reliable and stable. It's been on the market for 20 years, so it's a very mature product.

There are limitations. I wouldn't say that it is easy to scale. You can scale it, but I wouldn't say it can easily be done.

We have eight people who use this solution in our company.

Support is available, but it is no longer up to date. It needs to be improved.

We switched to Data Factory, which is the cloud version of SSIS and the primary reason for the switch.

Absolutely, the initial setup is a simple process. In my opinion, it's easy.

SSIS doesn't require any maintenance.

The deployment was completed internally.

It comes bundled with other solutions, which makes it difficult to get the price on the specific product.

It's actually a tool that we're attempting to eliminate. That should not be used. It's an old piece of equipment. That should not be used in any way.

If I was asked five or six years ago, I would recommend this solution, but not anymore.

I would rate SSIS an eight out of ten.

We have used SSIS in many ways. Primarily, it has been used for building ETLs for populating data warehouse and staging areas. We have developed a number of data marts that were populated. We build data migration packages, which have been reused a number of times with minimal configurations. Additionally, we build complex data integrations solutions and data hand-offs between different applications. We have even used it for creating and parsing SWIFT messages for data integration purposes. We also used it for email triggers. 

Now SSIS has introduced Big Data and cloud components. Though we haven't used any of these yet but it's really a very good addition to enhance SSIS capabilities.

SSIS is a tool which anybody can learn in no time. When we started the project, the whole team learnt it in one week's time and then were ready to start on project tasks. It gives you control. Recently, we used SSIS for a compliance project where we performed data cleansing and extensive data transformations to prepare data files for use of compliance (Trade Based AML solutions) application.

Script task and Script component for custom tasks: It gives you power to build your own logic if your requirements are not being fulfilled with existing available components. While the big thing is you can build your own components, that is not so straightforward. 

It's visual design interface is good and you can easily understand the flow. 

The debugging capabilities are great, particularly during data flow execution. You can look into the data and see what's going on in the pipeline. It has good logging capabilities as well.

It should have other programming languages supported as well from a scripting perspective. Currently, only C# and VB.NET are supported, which limits it to .NET. It should have Java support as well. 

We couldn't explore big data related components, and this area should be up to the mark, if not already. Certain data quality checks should also be part of it. Currently, this is the biggest area that should be looked into. Data quality is an essential part of the integration process and ETL. Currently, only the data profiling task is there. 

As an update, now SSIS offers big data components as well. 

5+ years.

I've been using it for last 7 years in different projects for different banks. Didn't face any stability issues yet.

Yes. It's very much scalable, but it all depends on how you design your solution. SSIS provides you extensive features and toolkit to handle all sort of data problems.

I also used Oracle Data Integrator as an ETL tool but it all depends on your need and customer preference. SSIS is being easy to use and things can be developed very quickly so I prefer to use SSIS for most of my data related tasks.

Its setup is very easy. You don't need too many components to start building ETL tools. Plus, there are a lot of online learning available for this tool. It can be deployed on any Windows machine with minimal requirements.

If you have SQL Server License then you can use SSIS without any additional cost.

Overall, we remained in a good position and in control while using SSIS. We didn't face any challenges.

We are using it in our company and for our clients. I have experience in working with the whole data cycle, which includes data collection, transformation, and visualization. I have worked with the end-to-end process, and I have handled data integration, analysis, and visualization.

I specialize in Microsoft tools, and I have used SSIS for data integration and Power BI for data visualization. I have also worked with Tableau for data visualization and Talend for data integration.

The most valuable thing is that it is easy to connect with Microsoft tools. In Europe, particularly in France, a lot of companies use Excel, SQL Server, and other Microsoft tools, and it is easier to connect SSIS with Microsoft tools than other products.

It is also easy to learn and user-friendly. Microsoft is also good in terms of technical support. They have built a large community all over the world.

When I compare Talend and SSIS, Talend provides more features. With Talend, we can handle a large volume of data. Talend is usually used to treat a large volume of data, which makes it better than SSIS on the data side. 

Talend also has a very good Talend Management Console to schedule the jobs and do other things. It can also be easily connected to version control tools such as GitHub or SVN. The last time I used SSIS, it was connected through TSS for the Windows Console version. I am not sure it has been improved or not. If it is not improved, Microsoft should improve it. They should change the product to provide another console. 

Microsoft is good in terms of technical support. They provide 24-hour support. They have built a large community all over the world, and one can find easily the answer to an issue or problem by searching on the web.

Its installation wasn't my job. We have a team that specializes in infrastructure, and they install and set up the tool. When I was a student, I used to install it myself, and it wasn't really difficult, but I have not installed it on a professional site or for a company. 

Based on my experience and understanding, Talend comes out to be a little bit expensive as compared to SSIS. The average cost of having Talend with Talend Management Console is around 72K per region, which is much higher than SSIS.

SSIS works very well with Microsoft technologies, and if you have Microsoft technologies, it is not really expensive to have SSIS. If you have SQL Server, SSIS is free.

I would rate SSIS a six out of ten. I prefer Talend over SSIS.

We are a software development company and implement solutions like SQL Server SSIS for our clients. We do not use this product ourselves in the company but have experience with it because our client asked for it.

Our clients use it to transform data and generate reports. The use cases are generally simple, and not advanced or complex.

The interface is very user-friendly.

It runs a little bit slowly, although this may be because of our laptops.

I would like to see better integration with Power BI.

The stability is okay. It is easy to support.

There are approximately 10 users. At this time, there are no plans to increase usage.

I have not used technical support. Instead, I read blogs and the support that is available online.

The initial setup is easy, and we did not find it complex.

Our in-house team was responsible for deployment.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.