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Why go with DATPROF vs Delphix
The fact that you need a test data management tool is probably the reason you are on this comparison page. Every software vendor has its pros and cons and it is important to evaluate them. Only then can you make a well-informed decision. That is why we created this comparison page.
DATPROF focuses on solutions for testers and developers. We build our products to give these people the right, secure test data whenever and wherever they need it, so they can innovate faster and ship their products with greater quality. Delphix has a similar mission. But what are the differences and how do you choose the right TDM tool?
Top reasons why companies use DATPROF vs Delphix
Purpose
DATPROF has only one purpose: simplified test data. To achieve this with our platform you only need to do two things: 1) Create subsets and to save time and money and 2) Mask (or generate synthetic) test data to be compliant. The order of these two steps is up to the customer. With the DATPROF Runtime portal your test teams can login and self-refresh their own (virtualized) test databases. That’s it!
Delphix offers data virtualization. We believe this solution alone does not really simplify test data. It is a great addition to a mature test data management approach, but you need more than virtualization alone.
In short, we believe that subsetting and masking your test data is the easiest, fastest and cheapest solution for simplifying test data.
Ease of use
Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) is the next step after agile to speed up your IT development process. Part of this process is testing, and for this you need the right test data at the right time. That’s why many organizations use a test data management tool. But you won’t achieve a CI/CD pipeline with unhandy and complicated tools, right?
In 2017, Bloor already stated that the “ease of use and user experience are exceptional, and a cut above competing products in the space”. Now, 2 years later, DATPROF still ranks number 1 in the field of user-friendliness (Bloor 2019).
Integration and database support
DATPROF integrates with commonly used tools like Parasoft, Salesforce, Jenkins and Tosca. With respect to database support, one of the many advantages of DATPROF compared to Delphix is dat DATPROF supports DB2 Mainframe. We support the main databases like PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 iSeries, DB2 LUW. Many other database technologies can be supported as well.
Scalable management
To ensure ease of use and cost containment, you’ll need scalable Test Data Management. With the use of DATPROF Runtime, a central management tool, you have a unified view into all DATPROF applications. This results in a simple and consistent management process, regardless the size of your environment(s).
Delphix uses only one application. That means that when your environment grows, you’ll need more instances. Each instance is managed seperately and independently. So growing environments ensures a growing management burden, more complexity, cost and failure risk.
Cost & ROI
DATPROF typically sells licenses which result in significant savings because you only pay for the software once and then just maintenance thereafter. Delphix, in contrast, licenses their solutions on a per TB annual subscription basis. That means that you’re required to pay every single year. This makes it hard for the tool to pay for itself quickly.
Delphix was super expensive. That is exactly the reason we didn’t want to continue with Delphix. We saved a substantial amount by going with DATPROF.”
Source: PeerSpot
Test Data Management Reinvented
"It is a very intelligent solution when it comes to identifying the dependencies and connections and it is easily scalable."
Manoranjan Mishra
Product Owner at Heineken
"Before DATPROF, we did not have the ability to scramble or mask in our non-SAP applications... Today we are confident that our customer's sensitive data is not in anybody else's hands."
Prakash Palani
Platform Architect at BCS
"Within the bank, we have a strategy called API First, and it was good to see that they have the possibilities to use APIs to mask data in bulk and generate data in bulk or in a few fieds."
Romil Kapadia
Product Owner at ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Why DATPROF?
| DATPROF | Database suppliers | Test automators | |
| Focus on test data management (TDM) | 100% core business | by-product | by-product |
| Expected implementation effort | average | very high | high |
| Maintenance effort | low | high | high |
| Knowledge in the market | widely available | available | unknown |
| Vendor Lock-IN | no | yes | yes |
| License costs | TDM only | extra module | extra module |
| TDM Roadmap | innovative | reactive | no focus |
| In database solution | yes | yes | no |
| Supported technologies | all major RDBMS | good at own technology | processing platform |
| Does data leave source (data breach) | no | no | yes |
| GDPR audit reports | yes | no | no |
| Automation refresh test data | yes | no | unknown |
| Chain consistency of multiple technologies | yes | no | processing platform |
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