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Astera Software Incorporated

Astera

Composite Score

6.9 /10

CX Score

7.1 /10

12 Reviews Write a Review

What is Astera?

Astera, trusted by Fortune 500 companies globally, offers a user-friendly, zero-code interface for seamless data integration. It empowers users to connect, transform, and move data from diverse sources to preferred destinations. With Astera's industrial-strength ETL/ELT engine, 200+ transformations, and scheduling capabilities, you can build automated data pipelines in just a few clicks. Whether it's data extraction, transformation, cleansing, or loading, Astera excels at ensuring data accuracy and reliability. It offers comprehensive data validation capabilities, enabling users to enforce data quality and consistency.

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Astera Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

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 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

77 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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.

+80 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 Astera?

0% Negative

13% Neutral

87% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Cons

Inhibits Innovation

Feature Ratings

Average 82

iPaaS

Data Security

API Management and Orchestration

Batch Integration

Real Time Integration

Metadata Management

Data Virtualization

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing

Administrative Features

Synchronization and Replication

Multi Channel Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 72

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Astera Screenshots

Astera Downloads

The Blueprint for Enterprise Data Management

Astera Data Pipeline Builder and Integration Tool

Astera Videos

Astera Reviews

Forrest P.

Role: Operations
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2024

Saves time once you have your templates made

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Astera from other similar products?

I have personally not looked in to competitive products

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Being able to load data without having deep knowledge of SQL scripting

What do you dislike most about this product?

Errors are sometimes frustrating (i.e. insert stops on 1st error, you correct it, then stops on second error. Having a way to somehow try each column of data & see what ALL will error would be a huge time save)

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Have a clear champion(s) to own creating dataflows and maintaining them when changes need to be made

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

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

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

A good alternative to Altair Monarch

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Respectful
Includes Product Enhancements
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Commodity Features

Adam M.

Role: Operations
Industry: Retail
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

An excellent tool in a competitive environment.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Astera from other similar products?

Astera Centerprise differs from other typical Data Integration tools in several ways. Compared to many other tools of a similar nature, it offers much more. This product, which I use in my organization, has never once let me down. This tool helps me keep track of all the time I spend developing unique customized jobs, and it even gives me various components and tasks that have been enhanced to increase productivity.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

This platform’s integration feature operates well. The method Astera uses to insert updates with fresh raw data is extremely excellent. I’m able to instantly watch all of the products because of the one-click function. Customer service is usually extremely helpful and inviting, so I never have any issues. They are available to answer any issues I had as soon as I encountered them. In terms of the standard of its customer assistance, this is unquestionably one of the greatest tools.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The documentation might be more thorough because there are many excellent methods available that aren’t always documented. The possibilities for exporting from results grids are also extremely limited. For a simpler and more enjoyable user experience, the user interface can also be upgraded. To avoid outdating, upgrades should be performed more often.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Astera is a fantastic tool for businesses to employ. Its pricing structure is also quite fair. Additionally, this software has helped make our company’s integration procedure straightforward and reliable. Since it operates within enterprises very successfully and efficiently, I would strongly advise using it.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service

Cons

Inhibits Innovation

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Astera Ratings

75 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

77 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+80 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Astera?

Pros

Cons

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

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

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

API Management and Orchestration Includes publishing, promoting and overseeing APIs and Orchestration Services.

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.

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 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Astera Screenshots

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Astera Videos

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Astera Reviews

Forrest P.

Saves time once you have your templates made

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

A good alternative to Altair Monarch

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Adam M.

An excellent tool in a competitive environment.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

iPaaS

Data Security

API Management and Orchestration

Batch Integration

Real Time Integration

Metadata Management

Data Virtualization

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing

Administrative Features

Synchronization and Replication

Multi Channel Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness