Informatica LLC

Informatica Data Archive

Composite Score

7.5 /10

CX Score

7.7 /10

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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.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

85 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 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?

13% Negative

3% Neutral

84% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Granularity

Restore to Current Format

Long Term Data Retention

Storage Optimization

External Storage Connectivity

Multiple Format Support

Data Encryption

Platform Support

Data Deletion Control and Space Gain

Data Compression

Data Format Native Generic

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Informatica Data Archive Reviews

Ayush S.

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

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Submitted Oct 2024

"Excellent for Secure Data Archiving and Complianc

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Informatica Data Archive from other similar products?

Informatica Data Archive stands out with its advanced data archiving, compliance features, and seamless integration with cloud storage, offering robust security and regulatory adherence across large-scale, multi-platform environments.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ability to securely archive and manage large volumes of data while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, making it ideal for long-term data retention.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing major

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend ensuring a clear understanding of your organization's compliance and data retention needs, as Informatica Data Archive excels in secure archiving and regulatory adherence for large-scale environments.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Caring
Saves Time
Respectful

Utkarsh M.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Powerful archiving solution

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Informatica Data Archive from other similar products?

Application-Aware Archiving: Deep integration with enterprise apps (SAP, Oracle, etc.). Structured & Unstructured Data Support: Handles various data types, providing flexibility. Data Masking & Security: Built-in masking and encryption for compliance and privacy. Advanced Compliance Tools: Automated retention policies, auditing, and reporting. Storage Optimization: Compression and tiered storage to lower costs.Easy Data Access: In-place retrieval without restoring to production systems.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Informatica Data Archive is its application-aware archiving. It allows for deep integration with complex enterprise systems like SAP, Oracle, and PeopleSoft, ensuring that archived data retains its business context. This makes it easy to access, query, and use archived data without needing to restore it, which is a huge advantage for organizations needing to maintain compliance while minimizing impact on production environments. This feature is particularly useful for businesses with high regulatory demands and complex data environments.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The main drawback of Informatica Data Archive is its complexity and potentially high cost of implementation. For large organizations with intricate systems, the setup, integration, and customization may require significant time, effort, and expertise, often involving professional services. This complexity can be overwhelming for smaller teams, and the costs—both for licensing and ongoing maintenance—might be prohibitive for organizations with limited budgets. Additionally, its steep learning curve might require extensive training for proper use.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

1. Assess Your Data Needs: Evaluate the size and complexity of your data, especially across multiple applications, to ensure Informatica’s deep integration features are necessary. 2. Plan for Costs: Be prepared for potentially high licensing, implementation, and maintenance costs. Consider cloud-based deployment if cost efficiency is a priority. 3.Involve Experts Early: Engage with Informatica consultants or experienced professionals to help with planning and implementation, especially for complex integrations.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Efficient Service

Chandan T.

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

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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

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Informatica Data Archive Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 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

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

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

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)

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Informatica Data Archive Reviews

Ayush S.

"Excellent for Secure Data Archiving and Complianc

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Utkarsh M.

Powerful archiving solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Chandan T.

Archival, retention and compression solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Granularity

Restore to Current Format

Long Term Data Retention

Storage Optimization

External Storage Connectivity

Multiple Format Support

Data Encryption

Platform Support

Data Deletion Control and Space Gain

Data Compression

Data Format Native Generic

Vendor Capability Ratings

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration