Informatica LLC

Informatica Data Archive

7.5 /10

What is Informatica Data Archive?

Control data growth in production databases and retire legacy applications, while managing retention, ensuring compliance, and retaining access to business data.

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Informatica Data Archive Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

83 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 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 Informatica Data Archive?

19% Negative

4% Neutral

77% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 86

Long Term Data Retention

Multiple Format Support

Restore to Current Format

Granularity

Storage Optimization

External Storage Connectivity

Data Encryption

Platform Support

Data Deletion Control and Space Gain

Data Compression

Data Format Native Generic

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Informatica Data Archive Reviews

Jyoti G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

Good products with lot archiving features

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Informatica Data Archive from other similar products?

It has huge compression ratio for the RDBMS and multiple external storage support such as CAS, ECS, HDFS, S3 etc.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to create a source and target connection and schedule a job. Other similar software has a lot overhead running a simple job.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It has only on prem version and no SaaS.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Please check if your requirement is SaaS or on prem and decide according to that.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Chandan T.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

Archival, retention and compression solution

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Informatica Data Archive from other similar products?

Informatica has been the market leader, their products are matured and very less bug however the other vendors software has not all the features what INFA possess. When it comes to data compression, INFA utility help compressing upto 98% than your flat file size, hardly any other software got this capability.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

-Ease of Integration with various Databases. -Option to upload your jar file and use jdbc string to connect to non native supported database. -Data encryption at rest and transition

What do you dislike most about this product?

Their support quality and documentation quality has gone down recently. I hope they will work on it and hire a few great talent especially for this product.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are happy with the pricing go for it. It's definitely better than other available options.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Emily F.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Has clients interest at hand

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Informatica Data Archive from other similar products?

The tool is easier to use and comes with a very intuitive dashboard making it user friendly and fun to use. When it comes to implementation, the tool is very easy to deploy such that you don't need IT technician support at any stage. The features are efficient and effective as far as assigned mandate is concerned.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The retrieval of the data is easy and precise. The data to be retrieved is encrypted which means it security is topnotch.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Its a great tool for the price.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Highly recommend the use of Informatica Data Archive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Informatica Data Archive Ratings

83 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Informatica Data Archive?

Pros

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

Long Term Data Retention The software should have fault tolerant abilities in order to recover from minor data corruptions. Depends largely on the media (such as tapes)

Multiple Format Support Ability to support multiple media formats, including tape, WORM drives, optical media, etc. Also, proliferation of cloud and support cloud storage.

Restore to Current Format Ability to restore to whichever “current” format the organization has in place at the time of archive data restoration

Granularity 'The granular storage of data, such that it can be searched and recovered in an expedient manner.

Storage Optimization 'Storage optimization, unlike std. backup & restore, is for long term data storage, organizing it to find & restore information easily

External Storage Connectivity Data archiving usually stores data on external, removable media that is optimized for long-term storage, at an offsite location.

Data Encryption Protects your data from those who have physical access to storage media (including secure storage provider), and ensures data has only authorized access

Platform Support Does the data archive system provide the hardware platform support that the organization needs.

Data Deletion Control and Space Gain The ability to reclaim valuable hard drive space freed due to the data archiving process based on the software’s successful confirmation & verification

Data Compression Allows for more data to be stored on media. Data compression can potentially slow down access times to the data

Data Format Native Generic Offers multiple options from native proprietary format to industry-standard generic format to restore or import onto any target system

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Informatica Data Archive Reviews

Jyoti G.

Good products with lot archiving features

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Chandan T.

Archival, retention and compression solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Emily F.

Has clients interest at hand

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Feature Ratings

Long Term Data Retention

Multiple Format Support

Restore to Current Format

Granularity

Storage Optimization

External Storage Connectivity

Data Encryption

Platform Support

Data Deletion Control and Space Gain

Data Compression

Data Format Native Generic

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features