Verified User in Information Technology and Services
CI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"World No.1 ETL tool"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Ab Initio?

very intuitive ETL tool with lots of functionality provided by built in components. sorts and processes the data super fast. parallel processing , error handling parameters in various components are really useful. i like GDE Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ab Initio?

help and training document is not available online so its difficult to get help easily. we need to rely on trainer from abinitio for basic training to new joiners Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vasu G.
VG
Vasu G.
Lead Software Verification and Validation Engineer
Hospital & Health Care
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Better than informatica"
4/5
What do you like best about Ab Initio?

It has excellent features and compatible with all big data components. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ab Initio?

It has less usability at integration area also it has less advantages at data quality filters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Its a easy to use drag and drop tool with vast range of transformation components."
4/5
What do you like best about Ab Initio?

The range of components available. Help file is really helpful and comprehensive coverage of topic. The tool address almost every transformation logic with troubleshooting features to debug the data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ab Initio?

There is not much to dislke, but sometimes the software crashes down. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
CB
Verified User in Banking
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Organized and Excellent “Training Wheels” for Configurations"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Ab Initio?

The software is user friendly and a great way for different departments to collaborate on different aspects of a dataset configuration while keeping a “paper trail”. It allows people with limited programming experience to create queries/configurations that may be saved and made available to others for testing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ab Initio?

Wish for a more customized reference guide for the way our organization uses it, focusing on just the modules we use in detail. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
UB
Verified User in Banking
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Ab initio - solves Most powerful data processing problems"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Ab Initio?

We at Lloyds Banking Group IT Group extract a lot of real time customer data from source systems for various purpose. Ab initio genuinely helps to resolve quite crucial issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ab Initio?

problems with the accuracy in ab initio calculations of the static dipole polarizability components Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
AI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Nice tool"
5/5
What do you like best about Ab Initio?

Ab initio tool is easy to use. It is really really fast Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ab Initio?

It is not open source and the knowledge on i ternet is very less Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Insurance
II
Verified User in Insurance
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"An initio - for really huge data"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Ab Initio?

It really works well with million and billions of records .. it’s parallelism techniques are outstanding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ab Initio?

It’s costly. That’s the only drawback

No help is available online for new user . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JL
Janjot L.
Team lead
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Very likely"
4/5
What do you like best about Ab Initio?

Quick to learn and ease of use. Best solution for ETL solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ab Initio?

Expensive but still worth to use this tool the. Any other tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best ETL tool in the market"
5/5
What do you like best about Ab Initio?

Great features , involves less coding , lots of readily available functions . Fastest. Great product support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ab Initio?

It is expensive still it hangs very frequently. Certain components respond slowly for example filter by expression causes my abinitio application to slow down or non responsive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Insurance
UI
Verified User in Insurance
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Ab Initio dev "
4/5
What do you like best about Ab Initio?

Ab Initio is really fast for huge amount of data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ab Initio?

It’s costly and there is no open help available Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.