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Altova MapForce

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What is Altova MapForce?

Altova MapForce offers unparalleled power and flexibility for advanced data mapping, conversion, and transformation.

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84 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+73 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Altova MapForce?

3% Negative

14% Neutral

83% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Fair
Respectful
Enables Productivity

Cons

Under Delivered

Feature Ratings

Average 71

Data Security

Data Virtualization

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing

Administrative Features

Metadata Management

Synchronization and Replication

Batch Integration

Real Time Integration

iPaaS

Exception Handling and Notifications

Multi Channel Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 73

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Altova MapForce Reviews

António G.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Jan 2023

Wonderful product for XML and XBRL

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Altova MapForce from other similar products?

I only work with MapForce

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Mapping into other softwatre like XML....

What do you dislike most about this product?

Lack of one or two moments on year of training

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

A wonderful product inside Mission Kit

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Tobias T.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Jan 2023

Data Transformation for simple use cases

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Altova MapForce from other similar products?

Cheaper than others, but also lacking some basic features.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Simple tasks can be resolved very quickly -and there are a ton of samples to get started with.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Created solutions are most likely very hacky at the end. Basic functionality like debugging and logging effective data transmitted are missing and need to be manually implemented in every mapping.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Only use it for simple use cases, otherwise it's a better idea to just start off with writing software from the start.

Pros

Efficient Service
Respectful
Transparent
Trustworthy

Cons

Slower Product Innovation
Less Productive
Less Effective Service

DImitri V.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Jan 2023

Fantastic product! Easy to use!

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Altova MapForce from other similar products?

Easy to use! Easy to learn!

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

drag and drop EDI mappings

What do you dislike most about this product?

output in Java language can be different than client built-in output

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

give it a free trial to explore the tool

Pros

Client Friendly Policies
Trustworthy
Effective Service
Caring

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Altova MapForce Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+73 Net Emotional Footprint

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Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Data Security Includes ability to hide sensitive data by masking with special characters or anonymous information.

Data Virtualization Includes ability to create views joining disparate data sources without the need for persistence.

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing Includes data cleansing, reconciliation, and profiling across multiple sources in batch mode.

Administrative Features Includes basic aspects of data extraction, transformation, and loading. Administrative console and process viewing, interruption, restart, cancel, and rollback.

Metadata Management A metadata layer makes reporting easy and eliminates the need for coding and SQL, allowing users to see and access information in simple business language.

Synchronization and Replication Includes the ability to accurately catch, reflect, and correct changes in data across multiple data stores.

Batch Integration Includes ability to schedule integration processes to run on a periodic basis to control the movement of data from a source to target.

Real Time Integration Able to integrate data in near-real time and handle movement of data from a source to target. Monitoring for changes in a data source in a non-invasive manner.

iPaaS Includes iPaaS (Cloud hosting) features and other advanced integration capabilities

Exception Handling and Notifications Ability to catch, report, and handle exceptions; includes transaction logging and event viewing.

Multi Channel Support The ability to support and connect with channels including Cloud Services, Big Data Platforms, web, mobile, social, IoT, wearables, etc.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Altova MapForce Reviews

António G.

Wonderful product for XML and XBRL

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Tobias T.

Data Transformation for simple use cases

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

DImitri V.

Fantastic product! Easy to use!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Data Security

Data Virtualization

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing

Administrative Features

Metadata Management

Synchronization and Replication

Batch Integration

Real Time Integration

iPaaS

Exception Handling and Notifications

Multi Channel Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training