Most businesses have data stored in a variety of locations, from in-house databases to SaaS platforms. To get a full picture of their finances and operations, they pull data from all those sources into a data warehouse or data lake and run analytics against it. But they don't want to build and maintain their own data pipelines.

Fortunately, it’s not necessary to code everything in-house. Here's an comparison of two such tools, head to head.

About SnapLogic

SnapLogic is an Integration Platform as a Service, connecting cloud data sources, SaaS applications, and on-premises business software applications. The company offers several products under its Intelligent Integration Platform (IIP) umbrella:

  • Ultra Pipelines and Resumable Pipelines both use Snap connectors to access a variety of data sources.
  • eXtreme supports big data integrations.
  • Data Science accelerates the development and deployment of machine learning (ML) models.
  • API Management is a tool for managing, scaling, and controlling API consumption.
  • B2B Integration provides a cloud-based B2B gateway to offer partner management, EDI document support, and EDI translation.
  • About Informatica

    Informatica offers a portfolio of data integration products as well as tools for master data management, data quality, data cataloging, and API management. Informatica started out with on-premises tools but now offers a cloud platform as well.

    About Stitch

    Stitch Data Loader is a cloud-based platform for ETL — extract, transform, and load. More than 3,000 companies use Stitch to move billions of records every day from SaaS applications and databases into data warehouses and data lakes, where it can be analyzed with BI tools. Stitch is a Talend company and is part of the Talend Data Fabric.

    SnapLogic LogoInformatica LogoStitch Logo
    FocusApplication integration, data integrationData integration, ETLData ingestion, ELT
    Database replicationFull table; incremental via SELECT statementsFull table; incremental via change data captureFull table; incremental via change data capture or SELECT/replication keys
    SaaS sourcesMore than 20More than 80More than 100
    Ability for customers to add new data sourcesYesYesYes
    Connects to data warehouses? Data lakes?Yes / Yes Yes / YesYes / Yes
    Transparent pricingNoNoYes
    G2 customer satisfactionHelp4.1/54/54.8/5
    Support SLAsYesAvailableAvailable
    Purchase processRequires a conversation with sales Requires conversation with salesOptions for self-service or talking with sales. Also available from the AWS store.
    Compliance, governance, and security certificationsHIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, SSAE18 Type II, ISAE 3402 Type 2 HIPAA, SOC 2, SOC 3, Privacy ShieldHIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2
    Data sharingYes, via SnapLogic IIP Yes, through Informatica CloudYes, through Talend Data Fabric
    Vendor lock-inAnnual contracts Annual contracts. No open sourceMonth to month or annual contracts. Open source integrations
    Developer toolsREST API Informatica Developer Tool, REST API, Connector ToolkitImport API, Stitch Connect API for integrating Stitch with other platforms, Singer open source project

    Let's dive into some of the details of each platform.

    Transformations

    SnapLogic

    Data connectors in SnapLogic are called Snaps. SnapLogic provides a Transform Snap Pack with 36 pre-load transformations. Users apply transformations (and specify inputs and outputs) by dragging icons onto a graphical workspace. Developers can build custom Snaps written in Java.

    Informatica

    Informatica has been an on-premises product for most of its history, and much of the product is focused on preload transformations, which is an important feature when sending data to an on-premises data warehouse. Informatica includes a library of prebuilt transformations and the ability to build custom transformations using a proprietary transformation language.

    Stitch

    Stitch is an ELT product. Within the pipeline, Stitch does only transformations that are required for compatibility with the destination, such as translating data types or denesting data when relevant. Stitch is part of Talend, which also provides tools for transforming data either within the data warehouse or via external processing engines such as Spark and MapReduce. Transformations can be defined in SQL, Python, Java, or via graphical user interface.

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    Connectors: Data sources and destinations

    Each of these tools supports a variety of data sources and destinations.

    SnapLogic

    SnapLogic offers more than 100 Snap Packs, each of which offers multiple related Snaps, or data access connectors. SnapLogic supports database, data lake, and data warehouse destinations.

    Informatica

    Informatica provides Cloud Connectors for more than 100 applications and databases. The only cloud data warehouse destination it supports is Amazon Redshift. It also support Pivotal's Greenplum on-premises platform. The only data lake destination it supports is Microsoft Azure SQL Data Lake. Developers can create new connectors using Informatica Connector Toolkit.

    Stitch

    Stitch supports more than 100 database and SaaS integrationsas data sources, and eight data warehouse and data lake destinations. Customers can contract with Stitch to build new sources, and anyone can add a new source to Stitch by developing it according to the standards laid out in Singer, an open source toolkit for writing scripts that move data. Singer integrations can be run independently, regardless of whether the user is a Stitch customer. Running Singer integrations on Stitch’s platform allows users to take advantage of Stitch's monitoring, scheduling, credential management, and autoscaling features.

    Support, documentation, and training

    Data integration tools can be complex, so vendors offer several ways to help their customers. Online documentation is the first resource users often turn to, and support teams can answer questions that aren't covered in the docs. Vendors of the more complicated tools may also offer training services.

    SnapLogic

    SnapLogic provides online, email, and telephone support. Documentation is comprehensive. Digital training materials are available.

    Informatica

    Informatica provides three levels of support. Basic Success is available during business hours. Premium Success offers 24x7 support for Priority 1 cases. Signature Support offers 24x7 support for all cases. Documentation is comprehensive. The company offers training through Informatica University.

    Stitch

    Stitch provides in-app chat support to all customers, and phone support is available for Enterprise customers. Support SLAs are available. Documentation is comprehensive and is open source — anyone can contribute additions and improvements or repurpose the content. Stitch does not provide training services.

    Pricing

    SnapLogic

    SnapLogic provides a 30-day free trial. Pricing isn't disclosed.

    Informatica

    Informatica has many products, each of which may have several optional components. The base version of Integration Cloud starts at $2,000 per month. The pricing of add-on tiers is undisclosed. Informatica provides a 30-day free trial for many of its products.

    Stitch

    Stitch has pricing that scales to fit a wide range of budgets and company sizes. All new users get an unlimited 14-day trial. Standard plans range from $100 to $1,250 per month depending on scale, with discounts for paying annually. Enterprise plans for larger organizations and mission-critical use cases can include custom features, data volumes, and service levels, and are priced individually.

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