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Altova MapForce

Composite Score

7.1 /10

CX Score

7.3 /10

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What is Altova MapForce?

Altova MapForce is an award-winning, graphical data mapping tool for any-to-any conversion and integration. Its powerful data mapping tools convert your data instantly and provide multiple options to automate recurrent transformations. Altova MapForce offers unparalleled power and flexibility for advanced data mapping, conversion, and transformation.

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Altova MapForce Ratings

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84 Likeliness to Recommend

93 Plan to Renew

77 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 79%
Negotiation and Contract:: 62%
Conflict Resolution:: 84%
Strategy & Innovation:: 67%
Service Experience:: 78%

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.

+75 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 Altova MapForce?

3% Negative

13% Neutral

84% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Respectful
Fair
Enables Productivity

Cons

Under Delivered

Feature Ratings

Average 72

Data Security

Metadata Management

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Data Virtualization

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Exception Handling and Notifications

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Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 74

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Altova MapForce Reviews

William R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Excellent ETL Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Altova MapForce from other similar products?

The essence of Mapforce is it's true, for all intents and purposes, any to any data mapping abilities. That combined with functionality that allows the user to interact with both REST and SOAP API's makes it an incredibly powerful tool. The documentation is also very well written, and references a plethora of included sample Mapforce files which definitely helps reduce the learning curve when first starting to work with the product.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

it's flexibility, in our company we work with a myriad of data sources from API's, excel files and other flat file sources, multiple database types, and pretty much any other data source you can think of including EDI transactions. Being able to add any or all of these sources to a mapping for ETL operations makes the variety something we can manage far more efficiently than we otherwise would be able too.

What do you dislike most about this product?

When working with API's and getting errors returned from requests, there is typically not enough detail provided in the message window to allow us to know what the error is beyond the error code. This makes trouble shooting api calls from MapForce slightly frustrating, and requires a tool such as Fiddler to be running to capture the details needed to debug the issue. In general a little more details on errors would be beneficial for getting mappings up and running more quickly.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It would be extremely helpful to understand json and XML schema structures as these will be used in the majority of mappings. While no real programming skills are required, without the understanding of these structures and what they are for, the learning curve will be steeper. A bit of SQL know how would also be very beneficial, primarily the ability to write basic queries in tSQL.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Effective Service
Caring

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Real integration

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Respectful
Efficient Service

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

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Fantastic product for Drag&Drop developers

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Cons

Under Delivered
Less Effective Service
Wastes Time

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84 Likeliness to Recommend

93 Plan to Renew

77 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

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+75 Net Emotional Footprint

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

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

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

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.

Synchronization and Replication Includes the ability to accurately catch, reflect, and correct changes in data across multiple data stores.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

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

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.

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 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.

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Altova MapForce Reviews

William R.

Excellent ETL Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Real integration

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Fantastic product for Drag&Drop developers

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Feature Ratings

Data Security

Metadata Management

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing

Administrative Features

Data Virtualization

Synchronization and Replication

iPaaS

Batch Integration

Real Time Integration

Exception Handling and Notifications

Multi Channel Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training