As data gains prime importance in the scheme of things there are multiple terms that you must have heard in this regard. Data integration, in other words, is the process of combining data from multiple sources to provide a compiled view of the entire set.
It means that you first set a query then manipulate it and perform analytics to generate statistics. However, this process cannot be done on your own and there are multiple data integration tools capable of doing so.
Then again amongst the plethora of options available it is very tough to pick up one that works the best for us. We have compiled a list for you which mention the best data integration tools available
These tools have been analysed on the basis of multiple factors and the end result is only the most suitable tools shortlisted. You can go through and pick up the best features of which and arrive at a conclusion.
1. Informatica
Whether your data is multi-cloud, hybrid, or on-premises, our hybrid data integration products integrate all of your data and applications, in batch or real time. Integrate data and applications in minutes and support new and complex integration patterns easily. Get high performance, reliability, and near-universal connectivity for your mission-critical business processes.
Review: G2
What do you like best?
Informatica cloud gives a lot of flexibility to have a one-stop tool for data integrations with cloud crm platforms like salesforce where the data can be replicated and loaded into the target database with batch jobs without any manual intervention. Developing cloud mappings, tasks and scheduling the tasks through task flows are much easier than said. Great cloud integration tool indeed.
What do you dislike?
There is no specific thing which I dislike about the Informatica cloud.
What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?
Integrating and replication cloud CRM data which is entered daily by business users and transforming that data and loading for business reports.
2. Talend
Talend data fabric transforms how your business works with data from end to end. Talend works seamlessly with all cloud providers to deliver your next data project better and faster. Find out why Talend was named a leader in the 2018 Gartner magic quadrant for data integration tools for the third straight time.
Review: TrustRadius
Talend Data Integration is primarily used by the data warehousing team. While the management of data warehousing in handled by a single team, they work with data sourced from and sent to all departments across the entire organization – this makes Talend Data Integration a critical software component for our use cases.
3. Oracle
Migrate and integrate data to oracle autonomous database and other data stores faster and easier. Deliver real-time, enriched, and trusted data from disparate cloud and on-premises sources to enable insightful analytics. Oracle data integration in hybrid cloud environments enables the following:
- Real-time data movement, transformation, and replication
- Data preparation for data warehouses and data lakes
- Stream analytics to visualize and find real-time, actionable insights
- Data quality and data governance
- Data high availability
Review: G2
What do you like best?
Hands-down the best relational database on the market, if not considering the price part. Stable relational database since version 9i. With 12c you get lots of features for free, lots of work done especially in optimizer so that only Oracle can handle queries of that complexity.
What do you dislike?
With more automation or artificial intelligence as they named it, there is obvious overhead. To make things easy, evaluate what your application really needs and disabled things you don’t need. The license model is very complicated, really need an expert in your organization to work on it.
Recommendations to others considering the product
Hands down the best relational database on the market, if the cost is not a concern.
What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?
Money related transactional database systems. A stable system that just does what it’s programmed to do, high available, low latency, no data loss, no corruption, no custom complaints.
4. SAP
The sap is the market leader in enterprise application software, helping companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: 77% of the world’s transaction revenue touches a sap system. Our machine learning, internet of things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers’ businesses into intelligent enterprises. Our end-to-end suite of applications and services enables our customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, sap helps the world run better and improves people’s lives.
Review: G2
What do you like best?
Sap ERP is an all in one solution for all departments in an organization. Hr, accounts, finance and sales – all these departments use sap for their daily running of the business. Sap can make a business run smooth, efficient and effective. Invoices can be processed, sales can be tracked, employee work can be measured and financial statements can easily be made
What do you dislike?
The interface of sap ERP is extremely boring to use. Simple colors are used for font and there are no colors. Even a professional may get bored from using this software after a while. This software is also extremely expensive.
What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?
Sap ERP has been extremely helpful in my business. All my accounting problems have been solved by this. Chances of fraud have been reduced as all my work is being done on the cloud. All my purchase orders and invoices can now be made via sap ERP making my business look more professional. As there are more approvers and checkers involved in this verification process, chances of mistakes are also mitigated.
5. Information Builders
organizations where data is integral to success, Information Builders provides the industry’s most scalable software solutions for actionable analytics and trusted data.
Review: FinanceOnline
Rather than having an entire ecosystem dedicated to business intelligence and analytics, organizations can consolidate all their needs in that sector with information builders. The software suite has the necessary tools that empower organizations to generate the data they need at any time.
Most times, non-technical users have to rely on bi teams to provide them with the data they need. This can result in roadblocks in the workflow, especially when it is required before further steps can be taken. That is why information builders are designed to be user-friendly. This way, even those with general technical knowledge can draw reports and discover insights to accelerate decision-making times and task completion paces.
6. Adeptia
It takes an enterprise service provider 8 to 18 weeks to onboard new customers’ data. That means they are waiting 8 to 18 weeks before they can deliver services or earn revenues from new accounts. Adeptia’s solution enables enterprises to accelerate customer data onboarding from months to a matter of minutes. Adeptia delivers leading-edge self-service integration capabilities that enable your business users to manage and monetize complex b2b networks. Business users can leverage Adeptia engine for configuring b2b connectivity via an easy-to-use dashboard and pre-built industry-specific accelerators.
Review: FinanceOnline
The easy-to-use interface is Adeptia’s key strength and the users don’t need to be aware of the technical details in order to use it. This results in flexibility and ability to quickly add new customers and partners, reducing dependency on the IT team. Using the software, businesses can focus more of growth instead of worrying about their data connections. The software focuses on self-service and allows IT teams to be more productive and responsive to business needs.
7. Syncsort
At Syncsort, we organize data everywhere, to keep the world working. We use our experience so you can quickly extract value from your critical data anytime, anywhere. Our software is used by leading enterprises – on-premise and in the cloud – to optimize their data infrastructure, assure the availability and security of critical data, and seamlessly integrate their systems and improve data quality.
Review: glassdoor
I worked at Syncsort full-time
Pros
A nice portfolio of products, technologies
Cons
Diverse product lines that competed for investment and resources.
8. Liaison
Review: G2
What do you like best?
Liaison offers much more for our EDI platform over our legacy EDI provider. They offer a wide variety of solutions that were not supported by our old provider.
What do you dislike?
Nothing, we’ve been using them for a few years now and I really can’t think of anything negative about them.
Recommendations to others considering the product
You would be doing yourself a disservice if you did not give Liaison a try. They most likely could offer a solution for what you are looking for.
What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?
Liaison acts are our EDI integrator for our customers and suppliers. They know how to translate EDI documents to and from our ERP system.
9. Actian
Integrate data between databases, applications, and even businesses using on-premise and cloud-based solutions, either self-service and managed service. Xactly provides enterprise compensation through cloud-based services. Onboarding data from new customers is critical to winning and keeping new business. Actian data connect aggregates data from any source, whether on-premise or in the cloud, in a database or another saas application. Its web interface and easy-to-use drag-and-drop interface make it easy for exactly to integrate new applications and deliver greater value to customers.
Review: G2
What do you like best?
I like the way how pervasive recognizes the unstructured XML files and its own way of transformations which are user-friendly.
What do you dislike?
in most of the case, it is not a quick learning tool just like the other tools in the market. and some transformations are not user-friendly like up to the market standards
Recommendations to others considering the product
its very nice product when your organization is very small and dealing mainly with unstructured targets or sources.
What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?
we used this product to load the web user reviews to and flow to third parties as well for analytic purposes.
10. QlikView
QlikView allows users to rapidly build and deploy analytic apps without the need for professional development skills, driving faster response to change business requirements, shorter time to value, and more insight across the organization. Create business-driven data discoveries with guided analysis paths that are highly customizable and tightly governed. Unify data sources for a complete view of information, centrally managed data and apps make it easier to discover insights.
Review: SoftwareAdvice
Pros
QlikView is extremely easy to use, user-friendly and developer-friendly. At the same time, it offers a lot of depth – when a complex solution is required, QlikView offers robust tools for your most intricate analytical needs.
Cons
After 13 years of using the product, there are many little things that I don’t like. For example, while QlikView scales up very well to handle hundreds of millions (sometimes even billions) of rows of data, QlikView server management tools are relatively simplistic. It’s easy to manage a single server or a few servers, with a few dozen of reloading tasks, but it may be difficult to manage many servers with thousands of users and hundreds or thousands of reloading tasks. Having said that – QlikView is still one of the most well-rounded tools that offer a great front end and a phenomenal back end in one package.
