The ETL tools comparison is a 100% vendor independent and reveals all the product details of nineteen ETL tools compared on 90 business and technical criteria like architecture, scalability, maintainability, functionality, usability and so forth.
ETL Tools comparison criteria
The criteria that were used for the ETL tools comparison were divided into seven categories:
- Architecture
- ETL functionality
- Ease-of-use
- Reusability
- Debugging
- Real-time
- Connectivity
The criteria underlying the categories are the business and technical requirements for selecting ETL tools. It is all put together in the ETL matrix in the ETL Tools & Data Integration Survey 2013, showing how each ETL tool scores against the criteria.
ETL Tools comparison
The comparison matrix shows the results of the following ETL & Data Integration tools.
| No. | List of ETL Tools | Version | ETL Vendors |
| 1. | Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB) | 11gR1 | Oracle |
| 2. | Data Services | XI 4.0 | SAP Business Objects  |
| 3. | IBM Information Server (Datastage) | 8.1 | IBM |
| 4. | SAS Data Integration Studio | 4.4 | SAS Institute |
| 5. | PowerCenter Informatica | 9.5 | Informatica |
| 6. | Elixir Repertoire | 7.2.2 | Elixir |
| 7. | Data Migrator | 7.7 | Information Builders |
| 8. | SQL Server Integration Services | 10 | Microsoft |
| 9. | Talend Studio for Data Integration | 5.2 | Talend |
| 10. | DataFlow Manager | 6.5 | Pitney Bowes Business Insight |
| 11. | Pervasive Data Integrator | 10.0 | Pervasive Software |
| 12. | Open Text Integration Center | 7.1 | Open Text |
| 13. | Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) | 11.1.1.5 | Oracle |
| 14. | Data Manager/Decision Stream | 8.2 | IBM (Cognos) |
| 15. | Clover ETL | 3.1.2 | Javlin |
| 16. | Centerprise | 5.0 | Astera |
| 17. | DB2 Infosphere Warehouse Edition | 9.1 | IBM |
| 18. | Pentaho Data Integration | 4.1 | Pentaho |
| 19 | Adeptia Integration Suite | 5.1 | Adeptia |
| 20. | DMExpress | 5.5 | Syncsort |
| 21. | Expressor Data Integration | 3.7 | QlikTech |
Commercial ETL Tools comparison
There are sixteen ETL & Data Integration tools which don’t fall into the category open source and which are commercially available. The best known commercial ETL tools are PowerCenter from Informatica and IBM’s Information Server.
Open source ETL tools comparison
There are three ETL & Data Integration tools which have an open source license structure. This doesn’t mean that you don’t have to pay for the software and/or service. All the vendors of the three open source ETL tools have a paid product offering. The open source ETL tools are: CloverETL, Pentaho Data Integration and Talend Open Studio.
The ETL Tools & Data Integration Survey Report
All the information is packaged as a report and is available for purchase: the ETL Tools & Data Integration Survey 2013.
Since 2003, the consultancy and analyst company Passionned Group has been closely monitoring the ETL & Data Integration market and we put our professional experience, vision and research findings in a comprehensive ETL tools comparison available for purchase.
