About the Services
Skyvia
Skyvia is a no-code cloud data integration platform which supports a big variety of data integration scenarios including ETL, ELT, Reverse ETL, bidirectional data sync, workflows automation, etc. It was created by Devart in 1997 to boost data-related performance: cloud data integration, backup and management.
Skyvia offers more than 140 ready-made data connectors for dozens of thousands of free users, including 1800+ paid customers. It's easy to use, offers drag-and-drop interface and suits business users and IT professionals as well. Skyvia has flexible pricing plans for each product, making it suitable for businesses of all sizes, from a small startup to an enterprise company. Also, Skyvia's freemium model allows users to try app features before deciding to complete purchase.
Informatica
Informatica is an iPaaS platform offering solutions for enterprise sector with its data integration (ETL, ELT) and cloud management products. It was founded in 1993 and currently provides service for more than 5000 customers worldwide.
Informatica offers integration products for both cloud and on-premise cases. The most popular products are PowerCenter for on-premise and Intelligent Data Management Cloud platform. The platform works with consumption-based pricing model and offers free (limited) usage of several products.
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| Focus | Data ingestion, ELT, ETL, reverse ETL. | Data Ingestion, ETL. |
| Skill level | No code wizard. | Varies from low-code to high-code, depending on the product. |
| Sources | 140+ | 180+ |
| Destinations | Any supported data sources, including databases, data warehouses, cloud apps and flat files. | Cloud, on-premises, mobile, and social data sources. |
| Database replication | Full table and incremental via change data capture. | Full table; incremental via change data capture. |
| Ability for customers to add new data sources | Yes, by request. | Yes, by Connector Toolkit Developer. |
| G2 customer satisfaction | 4.8 out of 5 157 Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 428 reviews |
| Peer Insights satisfaction | 4.8 85 Ratings | 4.5 476 rating |
| Developer tools | REST connector for data sources that have REST API. | Informatica Developer Tool, REST API, Connector Toolkit |
| Advanced ETL capabilities | Visual ETL data pipeline designer with data orchestration capabilities | Visual ETL designer. |
| Compliance and security certifications | HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSS. | SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, HIPAA / HITECH, GDPR, Privacy Shield. |
| Purchase process | Self-service or sales. | Requires conversation with sales. |
| Vendor lock-in | Monthly or annual contracts. | Annual contracts. |
| Pricing | Volume-based and feature-based pricing. Freemium model allows to start with a free plan. | Consumption-based pricing. |
Connectors
Skyvia
Skyvia offers more than 140 connectors and the number is rapidly growing. Among these connectors there are CRM, accounting, email marketing, e-commerce, human resources, marketing automation, payment processing, product management, all major databases and DWH, flat files, etc. Customers can also leave request for creating a new data connector and Skyvia will consider building it without additional payment.
Informatica
Informatica offers 180+ pre-built connectors for cloud, on-premises applications, platforms, databases, and flat files. There are such connectors as JSON Target, OData, and REST V2 for REST API and OData service. The platform also provides Informatica Connector Toolkit for developers to create new connectors.
Transformation
Skyvia
Skyvia is a full-featured ETL service that allows building data integrations with powerful transformations between multiple data sources. It is a no code solution with support for data splitting, complex expressions and formulas, lookups, and more.
Skyvia's Data Flow and Control Flow components can be used for building more advanced ETL data pipelines with support for multiple connectors and additional features like modifying the data, flowing through them, splitting flows of records into multiple outputs, or modifying data flow variables.
Informatica
Informatica offers various data transformation capabilities like aggregation, cleansing, masking, filtering, parsing, ranking, and more. The service processes data transformations in real time or batch and applies Apache Velocity transformation scripts to convert hierarchical inputs like JSON or XML into JSON, XML, or text output without flattening the data.
Support
Skyvia
Skyvia offers free email, chat (on website or in app), and forum support for all customers. For paid customers there's also a phone support option. It also provides extensive documentation with lots of tutorials and user guides.
Informatica
Informatica offers three support levels for its customers and Informatica Network Portal. However, support is available only during local business hours and priority support is offered only for premium users.
Informatica also offers comprehensive documentation, portal with learning courses and certification training.
Pricing
Skyvia
Skyvia Data Integration is a freemium tool with an option to request a 14-day trial. Paid plans start from $19 per month. Pricing tiers (from Basic to Enterprise) vary by the number of successfully loaded records, frequency of scheduling and the inclusion of the advanced ETL features. There are no purchase commitments and customers are able to upgrade or downgrade at any time depending on their needs. A detailed comparison can be found here.
Informatica
Informatica offers consumption-based pricing model for all its products: customers buy capacity on Informatica Processing Units (IPUs). Users can subscribe to a certain number of IPUs (based on forecast usage), which can then be used interchangeably across all its major data integration product lines. The service also provides two free plans with limited features (without transformations, API management, data governance, etc.) and no support.