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Altova MapForce

Composite Score

7.8 /10

CX Score

8.0 /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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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

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Metadata Management

Synchronization and Replication

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iPaaS

Multi Channel Support

Exception Handling and Notifications

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 74

Business Value Created

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Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

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Altova MapForce Reviews

Tomasz R.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Money well spent on solid, robust software.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Altova MapForce from other similar products?

Can't really tell as we had little time to launch some project and didn't do proper research on what's there.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

That graphical interface with 'blocks'. Overall it doesn't look too modern but considering what MapForce is used for it is still a fine compromise between console tools and spreadsheet.

What do you dislike most about this product?

This is my ocd'ish quirk so please don't take it too seriously but since you asked... :) I MUST have all blocks aligned to the single pixel, I spend probably 75% of time aligning them and other 25% actually doing mapping stuff. The thing is at default 100% zoom everything is quite small so normally I would zoom in to say 150% the region I am currently working on and then zoom back but when you do that your block are not aligned the same way thery were before! So I can't use zoom at all. I don't like the fact MapForce tends to loose XLSX formatting to - while it is explained how to NOT break formatting it still does that on input XLSX.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would personally like to be able to change font/them/color etc., just here and there. I know it is not that kind of product to catch your eye but when you spend many many hours looking at this is would be nice (take Visual Studio as example - it is a tool for professionals etc. but you can make it look in way you are more happy with). And obiously that alignment-breaking zoom! Please please fix that or you may as well remove zoom at all :D

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Giacomo B.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Easy to use, allows rapid development

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Altova MapForce from other similar products?

I do not know similar products

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It is straightforward to start working with it

What do you dislike most about this product?

Creating complex mappings may become quite confusing

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Use it for simple mappings if you do not want to invest time in a more complex approach

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

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

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Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

A fantastic solution for mappping interfaces!

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

Pros

Enables Productivity
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Helps Innovate

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Altova MapForce Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+73 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.

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.

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.

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.

Altova MapForce Reviews

Tomasz R.

Money well spent on solid, robust software.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Giacomo B.

Easy to use, allows rapid development

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

A fantastic solution for mappping interfaces!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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iPaaS

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Business Value Created

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Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

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