What is Microsoft Azure Data Factory?
Azure Data Factory is Azure's cloud ETL service for scale-out serverless data integration and data transformation. It offers a code-free UI for intuitive authoring and single-pane-of-glass monitoring and management. Data Factory provides a data integration and transformation layer that works across your digital transformation initiatives.
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87 Likeliness to Recommend
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98 Plan to Renew
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80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+91 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Security Protects
- Reliable
- Respectful
- Performance Enhancing
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Microsoft Azure Data Factory Reviews
Ndianaobong B.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jun 2025
Efficient and Powerful Orchestration tool
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Azure Data Factory from other similar products?
ADF is tightly woven into the Azure platform鈥攐ffering seamless, native connectivity to Blob Storage, Synapse, Databricks, Key Vault, ADLS, and more. This makes it a natural choice for Azure-first organizations .
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I like Azure Data Factory's objects maintenance to use in future pipelines. Linked Services, Integration Runtime, Datasets, and Data Flows are very helpful to maintain in single place and can be reused in other pipelines.
What do you dislike most about this product?
ADF鈥檚 verbose and clunky GUI, especially in complex workflows, makes even basic tasks feel tedious and frustrating compared to code-centered tools.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Leverage Modular, Parameterized Pipelines with Built鈥慽n Retry Logic and Tight Cost Controls 鈥� design reusable components, configure retries/timeouts, monitor resource use and API call frequency, and enforce naming standards to optimize performance and budgeting.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Vipul S.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: Vendor Management and Renewal
Submitted Jun 2025
Robust and Scalable, But Has a Learning Curve
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Azure Data Factory from other similar products?
Microsoft Azure Data Factory stands out with its seamless integration into the broader Azure ecosystem, offering a fully managed, cloud-based ETL and data orchestration service. It supports a wide variety of data sources and enables hybrid data movement and transformation at scale, all while providing a user-friendly interface combined with powerful automation and scheduling capabilities.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect of Microsoft Azure Data Factory is its seamless integration with other Azure services, making it easy to build end-to-end data pipelines that are scalable, reliable, and fully managed in the cloud.
What do you dislike most about this product?
What I dislike most about Azure Data Factory is that its interface can sometimes feel complex and overwhelming for beginners, especially when designing intricate workflows or debugging errors.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I鈥檇 recommend investing time in learning the platform鈥檚 interface and pipeline design best practices upfront. Also, take advantage of Azure鈥檚 extensive documentation and community support to navigate complex workflows more smoothly and ensure your data pipelines run efficiently.
Pros
- Generous Negotitation
- Caring
- Saves Time
- Respectful
Cons
- Less Performance Enhancing
- Slower Product Innovation
- Charges for Enhancements
TamunoBelema A.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted May 2025
ADF: Seamless Data Integration, Scaled for AZURE
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Azure Data Factory from other similar products?
Code-Free ETL
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Ease of use/ visual, low-code interface.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Debugging and error handling frustration
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Real time streaming: for true, low latency real time data streaming and processing, explore dedicated services like azure stream analytics or azure data Rick鈥檚 with structured steaming, rather that forcing ADF in the role via micro batching.
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- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
