Fivetran vs webMethods.io comparison

"The compare feature is the most valuable piece of it."

"Making the decision to implement Fivetran was supported by the fact that they have better connectors than other competitors."

"The simplicity and scalability are the strongest features of Fivetran."

"The product is very easy to use and very easy to configure."

"The most important feature of the solution is its ability to build data pipelines in less time."

"Fivetran is remarkably easy to use; I haven't encountered any other data integration tool that is as user-friendly."

"It is easy for users to get accustomed to the tool due to its gentle learning curve and clear error transparency."

"The ease of usability is the most valuable feature. It's very easy and quick to set up. It also has a central hub as opposed to GoldenGate which is one direct interface. For GoldenGate I would have needed three interfaces whereas with HVR I have a central interface that manages everything."

"It's obvious that the heart of the product lies here. It's comprised of all aspects of ESB (Enterprise Gateway, Adapter, TN, Java) and BPM (task, rules engine)."

"It has a good integration server, designer, and a very good API portal."

"EDI is robust and integration with SAP is good."

"It's easy to construct new interfaces like apps and client portals."

"webMethods API Portal is overall very valuable. It is now a comprehensive API catalogue that serves various purposes, including API assessment and evaluation."

"We needed a tool that was able to orchestrate and help us configure our APIs so that we could maintain and see the heartbeat, traffic, trends, etc."

"The developer portal is a valuable feature."

"This solution has given us a competitive advantage because we have better automation and insight."

"I would like to see an improvement in the support offered by Fivetran."

"I would like for them to incorporate additional transformations. A valuable aspect of the product is that it does inflight transformations and that could be expanded."

"Fivetran should add more connectors because its competitors, like Airbyte, have more connectors."

"This solution needs to improve its real-time data and transformation availability."

"The environment must be more development-friendly."

"Fivetran could improve in the area of customization, especially in how they socialize their tools."

"There was a random change to our contract in a unilateral manner after the first year. The overall cost of using Fivetran was then unclear and this is the reason I would not recommend this solution."

"I would like Fivetran to implement additional resource monitoring and restriction policies."

"This product has too many gaps. You find them after update installations. This should be covered by automatic testing."

"The interface needs some work. It is not very user-friendly."

"Business monitoring (BAM) needs improvement because the analytics and prediction module very often has performance problems."

"Version control is not very easy. The packages and the integration server are on Eclipse IDE, but you can't compare the code from the IDE. For example, if you are working on Java code, doing version control and deployment for a quick comparison between the code isn't easy. Some tools or plug-ins are there, such as CrossVista, and you can also play with an SVN server where you have to place your package, and from there, you can check, but you have to do that as a separate exercise. You can't do it from the IDE or webMethods server. You can't just right-click and upload your service."

"I would like to see the price improve."

"Upgrades are complex. They typically take about five months from start to finish. There are many packages that plug into webMethods Integration Server, which is the central point for a vast majority of the transactions at my organization. Anytime we are upgrading that, there are complexities within each component that we must understand. That makes any upgrade very cumbersome and complicated. That has been my experience at this company. Because there are many different business units that we are touching, there are so many different components that we are touching. The amount of READMEs that you have to go through takes some time."

"Some things could be improved, especially how ActiveTransfer handles third-party file transfers. It would be nice to have a native file-watching mechanism for when you're scheduling jobs with a third-party scheduler. Currently, we are using an outside file watcher solution to check the files before the file transfer. It checks the location to see if the file is there. If the file is there, it will prepare it for transfer. If the file isn't available, it will send an email it can create a ticket send it now. We recommended adding this file watcher mechanism."

"The price has room for improvement."

"I've heard that the license for HVR is a bit costly compared to its competitors, but since it's reliable and efficient, I think the customer shouldn't be bothered about the cost."

"I rate the pricing a six out of ten."

"I would say they're a little bit on the expensive side, and their contract process is not particularly good, but there is a lot of potential flexibility."

"I can't give exact amounts because that's based on usage, but it's more expensive than some of its competitors."

"The product is reasonably expensive"

"In the first year, we were given a very good discount. It was approximately 20,000 Euros per year. In the third year, we purchased credit for two years and the price was 33,000 Euros per year."

"The licensing costs are extremely high for the usage of somebody who has one GB or two GB of usage per day for real-time traffic. There are many other players in the market which are similarly priced or competitively priced. On average per month, it used to come around 12,000-15,000 USD, which is very high."

"When you have a lot of workflows and complex use cases, pricing goes down as you use it more."

"Most of my clients would like the price of the solution to be reduced."

"Some who consider this solution often avoid it due to its high price."

"Based on our team discussions and feedback, it is pretty costly because they charge us for each transmission."

"The price is a little bit high, especially regarding their support."

"The solution’s pricing is too high."

"Pricing is the number-one downfall. It's too expensive. They could make more money by dropping the price in half and getting more customers. It's the best product there is, but it's too expensive."

"There is a license needed to use the webMethods Integration Server."

"Its cost depends on the use cases."