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Informatica PowerCenter® helps you unleash the value of your data. It offers a unique end-to-end data integration platform, with a broad set of capabilities to integrate raw, fragmented data from disparate sources, transforming it into complete, high-quality, business-ready information. As your environment grows and matures, PowerCenter scales to meet your expanding business needs, data volumes, and complexity, while providing insights to IT and the business

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Seller
[Informatica](https://www.g2.com/sellers/informatica)
Discussions
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Solution Type

All-in-One

Overview by
Peggy O'Neill (Vice President, Industry Analyst Relations at Informatica)

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## Value at a Glance

Averages based on real user reviews.

### Perceived Cost

$$$$$

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## User Insights

Average based on 90 real user reviews.

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

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 ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services")
CI

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/7/2016

"Using this product since 2006 as an ETL developer/Architect "

4.5/5

What do you like best about Informatica PowerCenter?

easy to use, reliable. lot of features. can be connected to any type of source (xml, flat file, mainframe, rdbms -Oracle etc).

Rapid development.

Integration with other products like IDQ. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Informatica PowerCenter?

error message documentation is not correct or enough to debug issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Informatica PowerCenter:

Highly recommend this product for ETL related work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Informatica PowerCenter solving and how is that benefiting you?

Data migration -- Full load and incremental load with lots of transformation rules.

A new system is being developed with new data model which will be populated with three existing systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite

 ![Naresh K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Naresh K.")
NK

Naresh K.

Solutions Designer

Financial Services

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

1/7/2016

"Informatica by far is the most user friendly and advanced ETL tool"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Informatica PowerCenter?

the user interface, diversity in its products to achieve anything related to data integration etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Informatica PowerCenter?

too many products with overlapping features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Informatica PowerCenter solving and how is that benefiting you?

data integration, quality & master data management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite

 ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services")
UI

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/14/2016

"One of the simplest ETL tool available in the market!"

4/5

What do you like best about Informatica PowerCenter?

1.) Reliability and easy to learn

2.) It can integrate any type of data, data format from any data source

3.) Integrates well with oracle and teradata Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Informatica PowerCenter?

1.) Custom built tools used to enhance functionality are not readily available

2.) It frequently crashes and the very often the screen gets stuck Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Informatica PowerCenter:

Simple interface, worth a trying the 30 day free trial, easy for both user and administrator Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Informatica PowerCenter solving and how is that benefiting you?

Better performance: able to run Multiple huge scale data integration and data warehousing projects can be executed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite

 ![Vijay Purna M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Vijay Purna M.")
VM

Vijay Purna M.

Senior Associate

Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

1/12/2016

"The best ever ETL tool - Informatica PowerCenter"

5/5

What do you like best about Informatica PowerCenter?

Can implement anything using Informatica PowerCenter

Easy and Flexible to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Informatica PowerCenter?

I do not have any to mention.

I like all the features which are included in Informatica PowerCenter. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Informatica PowerCenter solving and how is that benefiting you?

Solving and processing all providers in Insurance area. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite

 ![Omprakash G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Omprakash G.")
OG

Omprakash G.

IT Analyst

Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

1/5/2016

"Datawarehouse ETL Developer with Informatica DI PowerCenter Certification (ICS Exam 9.x)"

4/5

What do you like best about Informatica PowerCenter?

The complete tool architecture and client tools for the developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Informatica PowerCenter?

Version comparison utility and debugger can be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Informatica PowerCenter solving and how is that benefiting you?

Making data available for reporting from varieties of data sources into single data warehouse that further helps in taking business decisions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite

 ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services")
CI

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

3/7/2016

"Strong DI product"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Informatica PowerCenter?

Great features. Tight Metadata integration. Ease of use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Informatica PowerCenter?

Pipeline architecture. No control flow (for example loops) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Informatica PowerCenter:

Research. Google is your friend Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Informatica PowerCenter solving and how is that benefiting you?

Use it to load data warehouses for large enterprises Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Validated ReviewerSource: Organic

 ![Verified User in Insurance](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Insurance")
CI

Verified User in Insurance

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

1/12/2016

"Informatica PowerCenter Review"

4/5

What do you like best about Informatica PowerCenter?

User - friendly and easy to use and better features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Informatica PowerCenter?

They should not come up with many products rather they should concentrate on existing products to improve the quality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Informatica PowerCenter solving and how is that benefiting you?

Data warehouse - Warehousing data from different sources and presenting to the business Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite

 ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services")
CI

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

9/17/2015

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"SF Trip experience"

4/5

What do you like best about Informatica PowerCenter?

I like most product Performance and also it's flexibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Informatica PowerCenter?

we need to train the consultants with a long time before starting the projects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Informatica PowerCenter solving and how is that benefiting you?

the business problems we are solving nowadays are mainly focus in extraction, load and transformation issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite

 ![Seth M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Seth M.")
SM

Seth M.

BI Team Lead

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/20/2014

"Informatica PowerCenter"

4/5

What do you like best about Informatica PowerCenter?

Ease of use through visualization. It's as easy as gathering your requirements and then mapping it out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Informatica PowerCenter?

Without a 3rd party tool, scheduling a series of workflows to run on a set schedule can be difficult to manage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Informatica PowerCenter:

Take advantage of demos that are offered through vendors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Informatica PowerCenter solving and how is that benefiting you?

By upgrading and implementing Informatica PowerCenter, we are able to retire old ETL tools/systems. Informatica handles the big data more efficiently than the old tools, which benefits the business by saving time and resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Validated ReviewerSource: Organic

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NP

Nikhil P.

Performance and Security Architect Lead

Consumer Goods

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

3/3/2014

"Informatica Power Center Review"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Informatica PowerCenter?

- GUI based Power Data Integrator

- Best in class with tight integration with industry leading databases like Oracle & Teradata

- Always leading with cutting edge features like JSON webservice support, CDC, Cloud, Data Virtualization Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Informatica PowerCenter?

- No unified approach to sharing best practices via Informatica portals. Each client & system integrator has own set of best practices/standards

- Custom built tools to enhance Informatica functionality by Informatica Professional Services are not readily/easily available Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Informatica PowerCenter:

- Conduct a Proof Of Concept

- Budget for Informatica Professional Services resources in your project planning Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Informatica PowerCenter solving and how is that benefiting you?

- Multiple Large scale data integration and data warehousing projects executed using Informatica PWC Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Validated ReviewerSource: Organic

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What is Informatica PowerCenter used for?

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