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Steve L.

Integration Developer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/22/2026

"Blazingly Fast, Full-Featured ETL tool with Flexible Data Connections"

4/5

What do you like best about IBM DataStage?

DataStage is a full-featured and blazingly fast ETL tool. It handles many different types of data connection, and gives excellent options for parameterising processes to facilitate code promotion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM DataStage?

The UI feels dated and for some "Stage" types (most notably "Hierarchical Stages") it can be difficult to understand. There isn't a lot of online assistance from typical forums (fora?) and much of IBMs help is difficult to access as it's hidden behind their login requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM DataStage solving and how is that benefiting you?

DataStage helps us process huge volumes of data into our Data Warehouse (on a Netezza appliance) on a regular basis. We also use it for many of our system-to-system integrations. It handles many use cases that SSIS had previously struggled with, though this is partly due to being paired with further tooling that wasn't available to us when using SSIS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.