informatica-intelligent-cloud-integration-services-vs-matillion

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services and Matillion are both software designed to help organizations extract and transform business data.  Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services is an integration platform as a service built to help businesses synchronize cloud and on-premise applications.  Matillion is a data integration tool designed to help businesses quickly pool together data from multiple sources such as SaaS applications. Matillion is most popular with mid-sized businesses, while Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services is most popular with large enterprises, perhaps due to its robust development tools.

Features

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services and Matillion both allow businesses to transform and extract data, but they also have a few standout features that set them apart from each other.

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services provides built in support for over 80 SaaS applications, making it a strong choice for businesses with a variety of applications to pull in data from.  Additionally, Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services provide support for a wide variety of regulatory compliance standards including HIPAA, Privacy Shield, and SOC 3.  Lastly, Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services allows for data sharing over the cloud so users can easily obtain and provide business data to other users.

Matillion provides robust compliance support specifically for GDPR compliance, making it a great software for organizations that do business in Europe.  Additionally, Matillion provides a simple to use user interface, so users will require minimal training in order to get the most out of the software.

Limitations

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services and Matillion provide data integration features for businesses, but they also have a few limitations that are important to consider.

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services offers a number of compliancy features, but it doesn’t ensure GDPR compliance.  For businesses that deal in Europe, this can be an important drawback.  Additionally, Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services has a complex user interface, so users will require significant training to start using it optimally.

Matillion provides support for GDPR compliance, but not for other regulatory standards, so businesses with medical data may prefer other options. For businesses with many SaaS applications, Matillion provides around 40 native integrations, compared to Informatica Intelligent Cloud Service’s 80.

Pricing

Informatica Intelligence Cloud Services and Matillion do not provide exact pricing information.  Businesses can reach out to the vendor for a quote depending on the exact needs of the organization.

Matillion pricing similarly depends on the needs of the business, but it starts as low as $1.37 an hour and offers support for Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Snowflake.