ETL Tools Overview

ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) tools collect data from many sources like excel, databases, text files and transform it according to business needs using tools like filter, join, merge, reformat, aggregate, and load it to target tables or files. There are many companies that provide ETL solutions including Hevo Data, Informatica Powercenter, IBM DataStage, and Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services. 

Popular ETL tools :

1. Hevo Data – 
   Hevo Data is a Fully Automated, No-code Data Pipeline Platform that helps organizations leverage data effortlessly. Hevo’s End-to-End Data Pipeline platform enables you to easily pull data from all your sources to the warehouse, and run transformations for analytics to generate real-time data-driven business insights.
   The platform supports 150+ ready-to-use integrations across Databases, SaaS Applications, Cloud Storage, SDKs, and Streaming Services. Over 1000+ data-driven companies spread across 40+ countries trust Hevo for their data integration needs. Try Hevo today and get your fully managed data pipelines up and running in just a few minutes.
2. Xplenty: Xplenty is a cloud-based ETL solution which requires no coding and provides simple visualized interface for performing ETL activities. It also connects with a large variety of data sources. 
3. IBM – DataStage: It is a business intelligence tool for integrating data across various enterprise systems, it is part of IBM information platforms solution suite it uses visualized notation to making etl processes, it is a powerful data integration tool. 
4. Informatica: Informatica is leading market in data integration, Informatica’s suite of data integration software includes PowerCenter, which is known for its strong automation capabilities. Informatica PowerCenter is developed by Informatica Corporation. Informatica PowerCenter can connect to many sources for fetching data for data integration. 

   Informatica PowerCenter have four client tools which is used in development process. 

   • PowerCenter Designer
   • Workflow Manager
   • Workflow Monitor
   • Repository Manager
5. Microsoft SQL Server SSIS: Microsoft offers SSIS, a graphical interface for managing ETL using MS SQL Server. SSIS have user friendly interface, allowing users to deploy integrated data warehousing solutions without having to get involved with writing lots of code. SSIS is a fast and flexible data warehousing tool. The graphical interface allows for easy drag-and-drop ETL for multiple data types and warehouse destinations. 
   
6. Talend:Talend is open source software that integrate, cleanse profile data and helps you get business insights easily. Talend has a GUI that enables managing a large number of source systems. This tool has Master Data Management(MDM) functionality. It also provides metadata repository using which user can easily re-use work. 
   
7. Azure Data Factory: Microsoft Azure Data Factory is a cloud-based data integration service that automates the ETL process. We can say it is SSIS in the cloud because they share the same idea but SSIS provides more powerful GUI, debugging, and intelligence tools. 
   
8. Oracle Data Integrator: Oracle Data Integrator is based on Extract, load, and transform (ELT) architecture which means it performs load first and then transforms data. This tool is produced by Oracle which offers a graphical environment and it is also very cost-effective.