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Vendor: IBM
4.2 out of 5
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As of January 2025, the mindshare of StreamSets in the Data Integration category stands at 1.9%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
7%
Government
5%
Retailer
5%
Healthcare Company
5%
Educational Organization
4%
Energy/Utilities Company
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Real Estate/Law Firm
4%
Wellness & Fitness Company
3%
Wholesaler/Distributor
3%
Media Company
3%
University
3%
Construction Company
2%
Logistics Company
2%
Hospitality Company
2%
Comms Service Provider
2%
Non Profit
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Performing Arts
1%
Transportation Company
1%
Outsourcing Company
1%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%
Legal Firm
1%
Non Tech Company
1%
Mining And Metals Company
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Consumer Goods Company
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Reyansh Kumar - PeerSpot user
Technical Specialist at Accenture
Verified user of StreamSets
Mar 13, 2023
We no longer need to hire highly skilled data engineers to create and monitor data pipelines

Pros

"The scheduling within the data engineering pipeline is very much appreciated, and it has a wide range of connectors for connecting to any data sources like SQL Server, AWS, Azure, etc. We have used it with Kafka, Hadoop, and Azure Data Factory Datasets. Connecting to these systems with StreamSets is very easy."

Cons

"They need to improve their customer care services. Sometimes it has taken more than 48 hours to resolve an issue. That should be reduced. They are aware of small or generic issues, but not the more technical or deep issues. For those, they require some time, generally 48 to 72 hours to respond. That should be improved."
Karthik Rajamani - PeerSpot user
Principal Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services
Verified user of StreamSets
Jul 10, 2022
Integrates with different enterprise systems and enables us to easily build data pipelines without knowing how to code

Pros

"I have used Data Collector, Transformer, and Control Hub products from StreamSets. What I really like about these products is that they're very user-friendly. People who are not from a technological or core development background find it easy to get started and build data pipelines and connect to the databases. They would be comfortable like any technical person within a couple of weeks. "

Cons

"We create pipelines or jobs in StreamSets Control Hub. It is a great feature, but if there is a way to have a folder structure or organize the pipelines and jobs in Control Hub, it would be great. I submitted a ticket for this some time back."
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Ved Prakash Yadav - PeerSpot user
Senior Data Platform Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of StreamSets
Apr 16, 2024
Useful for data transformation and helps with column encryption

Pros

"The best thing about StreamSets is its plugins, which are very useful and work well with almost every data source. It's also easy to use, especially if you're comfortable with SQL. You can customize it to do what you need. Many other tools have started to use features similar to those introduced by StreamSets, like automated workflows that are easy to set up. "

Cons

"We often faced problems, especially with SAP ERP. We struggled because many columns weren't integers or primary keys, which StreamSets couldn't handle. We had to restructure our data tables, which was painful. Also, pipeline failures were common, and data drifting wasn't addressed, which made things worse. Licensing was another issue we encountered. "
Nantabo Jackie - PeerSpot user
Sales Manager at Soft Hostings Limited
Verified user of StreamSets
Apr 2, 2023
Simplified pipelines and helped us break down data silos within our organization

Pros

"The most valuable features are the option of integration with a variety of protocols, languages, and origins."

Cons

"The documentation is inadequate and has room for improvement because the technical support does not regularly update their documentation or the knowledge base."
Namanya Brian - PeerSpot user
CEO-founder at Tubayo
Verified user of StreamSets
Apr 20, 2023
Data streams and pipelines help our team identify areas for improvement in our solution

Pros

"One of the things I like is the data pipelines. They have a very good design. Implementing pipelines is very straightforward. It doesn't require any technical skill."

Cons

"Sometimes, it is not clear at first how to set up nodes. A site with an explanation of how each node works would be very helpful. "
Sumesh Gansar - PeerSpot user
Product Marketing Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of StreamSets
Jan 25, 2023
We are now able to run pipelines that scale horizontally, improving efficiency and significantly reducing workload

Pros

"For me, the most valuable features in StreamSets have to be the Data Collector and Control Hub, but especially the Data Collector. That feature is very elegant and seamlessly works with numerous source systems. "

Cons

"In terms of the product, I don't think there is any room for improvement because it is very good. One small area of improvement that is very much needed is on the knowledge base side. Sometimes, it is not very clear how to set up a certain process or a certain node for a person who's using the platform for the first time."
Saket Pandey - PeerSpot user
Product Manager at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees
Verified user of StreamSets
May 25, 2023
Provides a good bifurcation rate and accuracy, and saves time and money

Pros

"The ability to have a good bifurcation rate and fewer mistakes is valuable. "

Cons

"One thing that I would like to add is the ability to manually enter data. The way the solution currently works is we don't have the option to manually change the data at any point in time. Being able to do that will allow us to do everything that we want to do with our data. Sometimes, we need to manually manipulate the data to make it more accurate in case our prior bifurcation filters are not good. If we have the option to manually enter the data or make the exact iterations on the data set, that would be a good thing."
Al Mercado - PeerSpot user
AI Engineer at Techvanguard
Verified user of StreamSets
Jan 11, 2023
A no-code solution with a drag-and-drop UI, but the execution engine should be better

Pros

"The most valuable would be the GUI platform that I saw. I first saw it at a special session that StreamSets provided towards the end of the summer. I saw the way you set it up and how you have different processes going on with your data. The design experience seemed to be pretty straightforward to me in terms of how you drag and drop these nodes and connect them with arrows."

Cons

"The execution engine could be improved. When I was at their session, they were using some obscure platform to run. There is a controller, which controls what happens on that, but you should be able to easily do this at any of the cloud services, such as Google Cloud. You shouldn't have any issues in terms of how to run it with their online development platform or design platform, basically their execution engine. There are issues with that."