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IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Composite Score

6.9 /10

CX Score

7.2 /10

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What is IBM InfoSphere Information Server?

IBM InfoSphere Information Server is IBM's market-leading information integration platform that helps you understand your data, cleanse, monitor, transform and deliver data , and to collaborate to bridge the gap between business and IT. InfoSphere Information Server provides massively parallel processing (MPP) capabilities to deliver a highly scalable and flexible integration platform that handles all data volumes, big and small.

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IBM InfoSphere Information Server Ratings

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78 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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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.

+82 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 IBM InfoSphere Information Server?

5% Negative

16% Neutral

79% Positive

Pros

Efficient Service
Reliable
Respectful
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 77

Administrative Features

Data Virtualization

Batch Integration

Exception Handling and Notifications

API Management and Orchestration

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing

Multi Channel Support

iPaaS

Metadata Management

Data Security

Real Time Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 78

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

IBM InfoSphere Information Server Reviews

Mahima S.

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

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Submitted Apr 2024

Amazing product and must try

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates IBM InfoSphere Information Server from other similar products?

It’s continuous improvement

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

They are comparatively best in market for integration and they’re very much reliable

What do you dislike most about this product?

Sometimes it lags

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is definitely a good product for integration implementation

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Effective Service
Saves Time

Cons

Less Generous

Yeshwanth K.

Role: Vendor Management
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2025

Efficient and User-Friendly Tool That Boosts Produ

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates IBM InfoSphere Information Server from other similar products?

IBM InfoSphere Information Server stands out with its end-to-end data integration, strong metadata management, and enterprise-grade scalability. It supports hybrid environments, ensures data quality, and integrates seamlessly with other IBM tools, making it ideal for complex, high-volume data ecosystems.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of IBM InfoSphere Information Server is its powerful metadata-driven architecture, which provides excellent data lineage, governance, and transparency—crucial for maintaining data trust and compliance across large organizations.

What do you dislike most about this product?

What I dislike most about IBM InfoSphere Information Server is its steep learning curve and complex setup, which can be time-consuming for new users and require significant training or expertise to fully leverage its capabilities.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Ensure your team has the technical expertise or training to manage the platform effectively, as it can be complex. Start with clear data integration and governance goals, and leverage IBM’s support and documentation. Consider your scalability needs—this tool is best suited for large, enterprise-level data environments.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Barnaby B.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2022

Fantastic software for all kind of data management

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM InfoSphere Information Server from other similar products?

The feature of Infosphere that I appreciate best is its SaaS delivery of total versatility. Although some concurrent engine tweaking is necessary, balancing is virtually entirely automatic. Using connectors URL values directly on the connectivity stage, new features simply dragging and dropping can fix a problem.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It makes it possible to combine data from numerous urban and business platforms. It is an interdepartmental platform for integrating data extraction, transformation, and uploading. We like and value native integration with additional data integrating functions like data profiling, data cleaning, and directory services. It has excellent data derivation capabilities and can manage massive amounts of data.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The option of creating jobs utilizing several execution engines, such as parallel or servers, might be perplexing for inexperienced developers. Beginning and restarting the DataStage services is sometimes necessary to address metadata problems. Although it is an expensive and dependable instrument, upgrading it will undoubtedly require IBM's assistance.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a really strong platform that solves our complicated business difficulties. It is scalable, trustworthy, and has an auto-healing option. The fact that we can synchronize my data as many times as we like is the nicest aspect. It offers remarkable versatility with conventional and non-relational databases. It significantly reduced the management time required for the implementation phase.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Effective Service

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IBM InfoSphere Information Server Ratings

78 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+82 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love IBM InfoSphere Information Server?

Pros

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

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

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

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.

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

API Management and Orchestration Includes publishing, promoting and overseeing APIs and Orchestration Services.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

IBM InfoSphere Information Server Reviews

Mahima S.

Amazing product and must try

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Yeshwanth K.

Efficient and User-Friendly Tool That Boosts Produ

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Barnaby B.

Fantastic software for all kind of data management

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

2
Since last award

1
Since last award

1
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Administrative Features

Data Virtualization

Batch Integration

Exception Handling and Notifications

API Management and Orchestration

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing

Multi Channel Support

iPaaS

Metadata Management

Data Security

Real Time Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration