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Informatica PowerCenter vs Workato comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

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Sentiment score
9.0
Workato's customer support is highly rated for its professional service, real-time chat, and consistently high technical support ratings.
 

Room For Improvement

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Sentiment score
3.4
Workato needs updates for improved API management, app capabilities, EDI, cloud presence, low-code customization, ETL, licensing, and stability.
 

Scalability Issues

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Sentiment score
6.8
Workato is scalable, supports various licenses, integrates with many apps, and benefits medium to enterprise-level users with minimal maintenance.
 

Setup Cost

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Workato's pricing starts at 50K per year, with additional costs for add-ons, advanced features, and varying licensing options.
 

Stability Issues

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Users praise Workato's performance and stability, built on AWS, despite occasional downtimes, with high ratings between 7-10.
 

Valuable Features

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8.5
Workato is a user-friendly, low-code platform with pre-built connectors and drag-and-drop automation, ideal for non-technical users.
 

Categories and Ranking

Informatica PowerCenter
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
80
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (2nd), Data Visualization (8th)
Workato
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Informatica PowerCenter and Workato aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Informatica PowerCenter is designed for Data Integration and holds a mindshare of 10.9%, up 10.1% compared to last year.
Workato, on the other hand, focuses on Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS), holds 4.0% mindshare, down 5.0% since last year.
Data Integration
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

Lars Borchers - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable and reliable product that provides a variety of features for data integration
The solution is not for newcomers. It has an old touch. The solution must improve the integration with new services. It was part of the program at Informatica when they moved to their cloud platform. It is integrated. However, from an on-premise perspective, we need to buy licenses for PowerExchange. If we want a native driver to access a special service, we need to extend our license to those services. It is expensive. I don't like that it's not all included in the solution.
Rohit Sircar - PeerSpot reviewer
Great automation and strong workflows useful for integration
The initial setup is quite straightforward. When connecting Workato with your on-premises system, you have to install the Workato agent on your network. It was not complex but a long process to configure and settle. Workato has not gone live for us yet, so only the developers are currently using it. But in terms of users, we will have close to 250 and maybe 30 additional direct users. We are seeing a lot of different use cases where we can add new recipes because we started small, and there are many different areas where we can implement Workato for automation.
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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…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Insurance Company
7%
Educational Organization
41%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How does Azure Data Factory compare with Informatica PowerCenter?
Azure Data Factory is flexible, modular, and works well. In terms of cost, it is not too pricey. It offers the stability and reliability I am looking for, good scalability, and is easy to set up an...
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...
Which Informatica product would you choose - PowerCenter or Cloud Data Integration?
Complex transformations can easily be achieved using PowerCenter, which has all the features and tools to establish a real data governance strategy. Additionally, PowerCenter is able to manage huge...
What do you like most about Workato?
Workato is low code, intuitive, and easy to use.
What needs improvement with Workato?
Workato's Extract, transform, and load (ETL) and extract, load, and transform (ELT) are not very strong and could be improved for very complex transformations. Workato's licensing model is a bit co...
What is your primary use case for Workato?
We use Workato for iPaaS, which is like a middleware enterprise service bus. We use it for transformation, quick data migrations from one platform to another, and building connectivity. It's got ov...
 

Also Known As

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Sample Customers

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, LexisNexis, Rabobank
Panera Bread, Berkshire Hathaway, Salesforce, Box, Splunk, ComScore, IBM, Complex Media, Microsoft, Home Depot, Cisco, News Corp, Braille Institute
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