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Altova MapForce

Composite Score

7.8 /10

CX Score

8.0 /10

67 Reviews Write a Review

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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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.

84 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+73 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

14% Neutral

83% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Fair
Respectful
Enables Productivity

Cons

Under Delivered

Feature Ratings

Average 71

Data Security

Data Virtualization

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing

Administrative Features

Metadata Management

Synchronization and Replication

Batch Integration

Real Time Integration

iPaaS

Multi Channel Support

Exception Handling and Notifications

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 74

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

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Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

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Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Altova MapForce Reviews

Vicente G.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Good product, makes data transformation easier

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Altova MapForce from other similar products?

I haven't used any other mapping tool like Altova MapForce

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Wide exchange formats supported. Real time execution a debugging

What do you dislike most about this product?

We have not found the way to add comments to single asidata transformations, for future reference.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Test it first and consider how you are going to integrate with your existing software: - XSLT - Source code (Java, C#)

Pros

Client Friendly Policies
Acts with Integrity
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Kishanth I.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Product improves productivity

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Altova MapForce from other similar products?

Features for mapping and export.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Lots of target formats

What do you dislike most about this product?

UI/UX could be improved. Filter and search options should be improved.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Improve UI/UX and workflow of the usage.

Pros

Efficient Service
Effective Service
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

William R.

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

Validated Review

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
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84 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

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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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Vicente G.

Good product, makes data transformation easier

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Kishanth I.

Product improves productivity

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

William R.

Excellent ETL Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Data Security

Data Virtualization

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing

Administrative Features

Metadata Management

Synchronization and Replication

Batch Integration

Real Time Integration

iPaaS

Multi Channel Support

Exception Handling and Notifications

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training