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FME vs SSIS comparison

Safe Software and Microsoft are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Safe Software is ranked #27 with an average rating of 8.7, while Microsoft is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.7. Safe Software holds a 2.0% mindshare in DI, compared to Microsoft’s 8.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Safe Software users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 79% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.
FME
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100% willing to recommend
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79% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

SSIS and FME are competing in the data integration tool category. FME appears to have the upper hand due to its advanced data transformation capabilities.

Features: SSIS offers seamless integration with Microsoft products, robust ETL capabilities, and user-friendly interface. FME supports extensive spatial data, handles a wide variety of data formats, and provides advanced data transformation features.

Room for Improvement: SSIS could improve in handling mixed environments, offering broader data format support, and simplifying its advanced features for new users. FME might enhance its affordability, extend its integration with Microsoft ecosystems, and streamline its interface for beginners.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SSIS benefits from easy deployment within Microsoft environments but may be complex in diverse settings. Its customer service includes traditional support options. FME demonstrates versatile deployment capabilities across various data environments and is known for excellent customer support with technical expertise.

Pricing and ROI: SSIS is budget-friendly, appealing to businesses using Microsoft technologies and providing a strong ROI. FME, despite its higher upfront costs, offers significant long-term value, particularly for organizations requiring advanced data transformation and spatial data management.

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Categories and Ranking

FME
Ranking in Data Integration
27th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SSIS
Ranking in Data Integration
4th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
72
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of FME is 2.0%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SSIS is 8.9%, down from 9.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

Alan Bloor - PeerSpot reviewer
Great for handling large volumes of data, but it is priced a bit high
When I do coding, I think about every single function. Some of these functions can be very elementary, like doing a substring or some capitalization. But FME removes all that coding because it's a transformer, so the time to develop an application to get to a point where you're producing results is decreased massively. It used to take weeks and months to develop software, and now I can use something like FME, and within one day, we get results. We can look at and validate data. We make minor subtle changes to the workbenches to improve it. We can share the workbenches. We don't have to use GitHub or anything else.
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BobAmy - PeerSpot reviewer
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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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It has standard plug-ins available for different data sources."
"All spatial features are unrivaled, and the possibility to execute them based on a scheduled trigger, manual, e-mail, Websocket, tweet, file/directory change or virtually any trigger is most valuable."
"It has a very friendly user interface. You don't need to use a lot of code. For us that's the most important aspect about it. Also, it has a lot of connectors and few forms. It has a strong facial aspect. It can do a lot of facial analysis."
"We make minor subtle changes to the workbenches to improve it. We can share the workbenches. We don't have to use GitHub or anything else."
"The most valuable feature of FME is the graphical user interface. There is nothing better. It is very easy to debug because you can see all steps where there are failures. Overall the software is easy to optimize a process."
"Like most Microsoft products, SSIS is user-friendly and easy to use."
"It is easy to set up the product."
"With this solution, there is the potential to expand, so that you can immediately write code onto the SQL server."
"SSIS integrates well with SQL servers and Microsoft products."
"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 main value of any Microsoft product is the ease of use. You can achieve more with less time. That's what's beneficial for me. With many competitors, you might need to spend more time coming up with a solution because you have to focus on taking care of the product."
"The scalability of SSIS is good."
"The most valuable feature of SSIS is its ease of use. It is easier to use than other applications."
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Cons

"FME's price needs improvement for the African market."
"The one thing that always appears in the community is the ability to make really easy loops to loop through data efficiently. That needs to be added at some point."
"Improvements could be made to mapping presentations."
"To get a higher rating, it would have to improve the price and the associated scalability. These are the main issues."
"FME can improve the geographical transformation. I've had some problems with the geographical transformations, but it's probably mostly because I'm not the most skilled geographer in-house. The solution requires some in-depth knowledge to perform some functions."
"Improvement as per customer requirements."
"Tuning using this solution requires extensive expertise to improve performance."
"SSIS is cumbersome despite its drag-and-drop functionality. For example, let's say I have 50 tables with 30 columns. You need to set a data type for each column and table. That's around 1,500 objects. It gets unwieldy adding validation for every column. Previously, SSIS automatically detected the data type, but I think they removed this feature. It would automatically detect if it's an integer, primary key, or foreign key column. You had fewer problems building the model."
"The solution should work on the GPU, graphical processing unit. There should also be piping integration available."
"Involving a data lake or data engineering aspects would be useful. While it is there, we need more features included."
"The performance of this solution is not as good as other tools in the market."
"Microsoft's technical support has decreased in quality over the last few years, becoming less responsive and tending to pass problems on instead of solving them."
"In terms of its performance, it could be better. That could be something that would be easy and welcomed as an upgrade."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We used the standard licensing for our use of FME. The cost was approximately €15,000 annually. We always welcome less expensive solutions, if the solution could be less expensive it would be helpful."
"The product's price is reasonable."
"FME Server used to cost £10,000; now it can cost over £100,000."
"The solution is available at a lesser price than that of Informatica."
"t's incredibly cost effective, easy to learn the basics quickly (although like all ETL tools requires the traditional learning curve to get good at) and has an immense user base."
"We have an enterprise license for this solution."
"SSIS is fairly well-priced - I would rate it at four out of five."
"SSIS is a cheaper option compared to the cost of other ETL tools."
"It comes bundled with other solutions, which makes it difficult to get the price on the specific product."
"We purchased the standard edition of SQL Server and SSIS came with it free of charge."
"It would be beneficial if the solution had a less costly cloud offering."
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Comparison Review

it_user90069 - PeerSpot reviewer
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
Government
29%
Energy/Utilities Company
12%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
5%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about FME?
We make minor subtle changes to the workbenches to improve it. We can share the workbenches. We don't have to use GitHub or anything else.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FME?
The pricing is really bad. Last year, they rebranded the whole pricing structure. It used to be moderately priced at about £400 per user per year. Now they've changed the whole thing, and it's expe...
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What needs improvement with FME?
The one thing that always appears in the community is the ability to make really easy loops to loop through data efficiently. That needs to be added at some point. There must be a technical or comm...
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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?
The solution comes free of cost.
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Overview

FME is the data integration platform with the best support for spatial data. Run workflows on the desktop or deploy them in a server or cloud environment.

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.

 

Sample Customers

Shell, US Department of Commerce, PG&E, BC Hydro, City of Vancouver, Enel, Iowa DoT, San Antonio Water System
1. Amazon.com 2. Bank of America 3. Capital One 4. Coca-Cola 5. Dell 6. E*TRADE 7. FedEx 8. Ford Motor Company 9. Google 10. Home Depot 11. IBM 12. Intel 13. JPMorgan Chase 14. Kraft Foods 15. Lockheed Martin 16. McDonald's 17. Microsoft 18. Morgan Stanley 19. Nike 20. Oracle 21. PepsiCo 22. Procter & Gamble 23. Prudential Financial 24. RBC Capital Markets 25. SAP 26. Siemens 27. Sony 28. Toyota 29. UnitedHealth Group 30. Visa 31. Walmart 32. Wells Fargo
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