Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services vs Microsoft Azure Logic Apps comparison

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services vs. Microsoft Azure Logic Apps

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Categories and Ranking

Informatica Intelligent Clo...

Ranking in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

14th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Microsoft Azure Logic Apps

Ranking in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.3

Number of Reviews

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Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) category, the mindshare of Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services is 0.4%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure Logic Apps is 15.6%, up from 13.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Argha Das

Senior Associate at Cognizant

Good tool, especially if you're using cloud services and an S3 bucket

There's definitely room for improvement in terms of user-friendliness. One example is that you can't search for jobs directly by file name. You can only search by job name. So, if you want to find a job that works with a specific file, you have to go through each job individually to find the right one. So, I'd like to see a faster search, one where I can search directly by file name. Moreover, the support team could improve by adding things like file transfer status updates. Also, if someone modifies a job and then leaves the company, that shouldn't disrupt the job for active users. It would be better if the job continued to run smoothly regardless of who modified it.

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Sravan KumarKolloju

Technology Manager at AIA

Ensures that applications run reliably on a cloud environment and support chaining multiple applications together

In Logic Apps, it supports AJAX and jQuery as commands to filter out to input the parameter. But regular expressions in general aren't supported well. So, I recommend that Logic Apps could be enhanced by supporting regular expressions (RegEx) more comprehensively . That would be a great improvement. RegEx expressions are useful when running an EXE, and you must provide parameters, like running it for June 2024. You need to feed some information to Logic Apps. I want to tell the program to take the current month and year. For that, you need to use date functions. Using regular expressions in general is also possible by manipulating strings, which is currently missing.

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Pros

"The data integration and synchronization features in IICS improve the data handling processes."

"This solution allows you to easily access and make use of information that you have in your on-premises environment."

"Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services offers a wide variety of services, including Cloud Data Integration, which is akin to a replica of PowerCenter on the cloud. I particularly like the mass ingestion service."

"Customer service and technical support are excellent."

"The feature I found most valuable in Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services is the mapping. You just drag, and it maps the data. Mapping is very easy, and it's no code. When you migrate data or when the data interaction happens at the source and destination, the challenge is that you'll get different formats. The validation has to be done in the middleware, and the transformation should happen. In Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services, it's very easy to do data validation and transformation compared to any other tool."

"I rate the solution's scalability a ten out of ten."

"The product’s most valuable feature is integration."

"Azure Logic Apps has influenced cost savings by approximately seventy to eighty percent in many cases and is generally 30% to 40% cheaper than any comparable services in this space."

"It's quite similar to Power Optima, but I use it mainly to integrate with databases, and it works well for that purpose."

"If there's something that isn't possible, you can write some code and call that code from a Logic App."

"One special aspect of Azure Logic Apps is its easy integration of various applications, especially when connectors are already available. For instance, there are connectors for database applications and systems like SAP. You can drag and drop the connectors to complete your integration quickly."

"The solution has plenty of good valuable features and a plethora of services."

"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Logic Apps are the triggering based on certain events. You can trigger a Logic App and put your logic behind it and take certain actions. The actions could be anything based on the business logic. For example, if you say something happens, an order comes in, and the order can sit in one of the Azure services. Whenever an order comes in, the Logic App can go look and trigger an event. You can write your logic inside your Logic App and it works similar to a workflow."

"Logic Apps is good for helping us run our access on a cloud environment like Azure. It's much easier, more reliable, and better to maintain."

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Cons

"In terms of data volume processing, Intelligent Cloud Services does not match the efficiency of Power Center."

"The cloud version of Informatica, although easier and more advanced than PowerCenter, still requires a deep dive to fix bugs."

"Synchronicity is an area for improvement in Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services. For example, when you want real-time or immediate response from the solution when multiple technologies are involved, the integration with Informatica Intelligent Cloud isn't seamless, whether it's the MQ, JMS, or BES service, so the connectivity should be improved a bit. The data governance is good, but what's lacking is a demo. For example, if there's a new feature in Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services, the documentation for that new feature is limited, so if Informatica could give a more complete documentation and more demos, that would be better for the users. Right now, there isn't any issue with any of the features of the solution. It's the new feature awareness or user training, and improved connectivity that I'd like to see in the next version of Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services."

"The product's pricing is definitely an area where a bit of improvement is needed."

"This service could be more cost-effective."

"There's definitely room for improvement in terms of user-friendliness. One example is that you can't search for jobs directly by file name. You can only search by job name. So, if you want to find a job that works with a specific file, you have to go through each job individually to find the right one. So, I'd like to see a faster search, one where I can search directly by file name."

"The business rules engine is still not fully developed, and it would be very helpful to see improvements here."

"It would be helpful if the vendor could provide more data connectors."

"The main issue is performance, especially when dealing with large amounts of data. Performance-wise, that's the only thing Microsoft should focus on."

"The pricing could be improved."

"The stability of Microsoft Azure Logic Apps is stable. However, we have had some issues in the past. They do resolve issues that arise from new releases."

"The business rules engine is still not fully developed, and it would be very helpful to see improvements here."

"Microsoft Azure Logic Apps can improve by continually updating the connectors to make them better."

"It would be beneficial to have less code and tighter integration between different cloud services."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive."

"In terms of the licensing for Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services, we had the option of paying based on the number of users and paying based on the volume of data, and we went with the data volume licensing option. Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services isn't as expensive as CIG. The pricing for it is okay, so I'm rating it a four out of five in terms of pricing. We did use the email verification and address validation services which weren't part of the contract, so we had to pay additional fees for those services."

"The pricing model is something that can be improved."

"In my experience, Microsoft Azure Logic Apps is not a cheap solution."

"Its price depends on the number of transactions, storage capacity, etc., defining if the subscription will be monthly or weekly."

"The pricing is not expensive."

"The product pricing aligns well with the value and capabilities offered by Azure services."

"The cost of the solution could be cheaper."

"Compared to the prices of Mulesoft, the price of Microsoft Azure Logic Apps is low."

"The tool’s pricing could be better."

"The product is quite cheap."

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Educational Organization

67%

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Educational Organization

38%

Computer Software Company

10%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services?

The data integration and synchronization features in IICS improve the data handling processes.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services?

Pricing is a bit high, similar to a premium version or a high-end product, and requires a budget ready to manage it.

What needs improvement with Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services?

The cloud version of Informatica, although easier and more advanced than PowerCenter, still requires a deep dive to fix bugs. It could be improved by making the process as intuitive and easy to fol...

What do you like most about Microsoft Azure Logic Apps?

The solution's most valuable feature is the no-code/low-code feature.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Logic Apps?

The pricing is very clean and transparent. You can start small and pay only for what you use. There are no upfront licensing costs or contracts you are bound to.

What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Logic Apps?

The business rules engine is still not fully developed, and it would be very helpful to see improvements here.

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Also Known As

Informatica IICS, IICS

Azure Logic Apps, MS Azure Logic Apps

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Overview

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services is a next generation iPaaS, which is made up of a growing number of data management products. The productivity of the environment is accelerated by a common user experience across all products, the AI/ML-driven intelligence of the CLAIRE™ engine, and a microservices architecture.

Connect your business-critical apps and services with Azure Logic Apps, automating your workflows without writing a single line of code.

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Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services vs. Microsoft Azure Logic Apps