The use cases for FME are mainly integration to the GE Smallworld product. GE Smallworld is a GE product, and we are using it to integrate with other third-party products into GE Smallworld and ADMS systems.

The feature regarding automation capacity for scheduling data processing tasks is mainly used by one of our customers, Vodacom, and they are doing the automated exchange. That is very useful for them. It's only one of my customers that's using it. That's their business requirement to do real-time data exchange.

From my reseller perspective, the best features in FME are the ease of operation and the fact that it works. They are developing the necessary plugins to third-party products, so it's easy to use and very well-developed and usable.

The extensive format support, which covers over 400 file formats in the product, is essentially one of the reasons why we are using it.

Regarding the advanced spatial data capabilities, I don't know the technical details directly, as I'm more on the sales side. FME manages large volumes of spatial data in sectors such as GIS and environmental analysis effectively. It performs well and doesn't have issues in managing big loads of data.

I haven't had any input or requirements from any customers that are not currently covered, so I don't have any additional needs that were identified or raised to me.

Regarding pricing, with the model changes that they've implemented a while back, it actually made it more expensive to use, especially on the server side. They changed the licensing model, and that made customers think it is overpriced. Some customers were actually looking at alternatives. Pricing with the model changes was perceived negatively.

I work primarily with enterprise customers, Vodacom, Eskom, so it's tier-one customers. For small customers, this solution is a bit too expensive. They don't really use it and just do direct integration on smaller implementations. This is basically used by tier-one customers.

FME is still able to save time and money for clients. It's still a good investment.

Regarding similar products to FME, GE developed a product called Data Fabric. That is a real-time operational integration platform, Data Fabric Network Connect, which is a GE Grid OS product. It is actually more expensive than FME, but the purpose is different as it's operational. The vendor in this case is GE, and it's a company that we bought that used to be called Greenbird. In current use scenarios, FME is still leading compared to Data Fabric. The GE product has a different application.

I have been reselling FME for more than 10 years. It's a very long time.

I'm not aware of any glitches or stability issues that customers are experiencing, so I would say FME is fairly stable.

Even though it is on-premises, the solution is for the specific purpose that they are using it, so they don't really scale up or down quite often. In the cases where it's used, it is not an issue. If it were hosted with a different pricing model where you can quickly scale up and down, it might have different requirements. In the case where we use it, it will not necessarily make a huge difference.

I'm happy with the technical support from Safe Software for FME.

FME is used to transfer GIS data from either on-premise into the cloud or between the primary servers and disaster recovery. We use it in various different ways.

FME is spatially aware and understands how to deal with the conversion of spatial objects and their attributes. It is a well-established product for handling geospatial data, transfer, and ETL processes. It helps automate workflows for GIS customers, making it a standard in the industry.

I have used the solution for years.

In my experience, FME handles the largest datasets we work with. I have never heard anyone comment that they had to break it up into pieces, indicating that it is scalable.

I have not directly dealt with Safe Software's customer service or technical support. However, I have heard of no problems with their support.

We have always used FME. We did not switch from anything.

The initial setup was straightforward.

We are looking at the possibility of using Glue instead of FME, using the native AWS product.

The overall rating for FME is eight out of ten, and I prefer the feedback to be anonymous. My job title is Senior Solutions Architect.

Primary use cases include: creating automatic data flow processes, enabling users to self-serve their data needs, and handling real-time events. It is a fault-tolerant, scalable multi-tier solution, so it has backup facilities. One can use a multi-server setup with a database. We can download data, start processes, update databases, send messages, tweets, push notifications, and almost everything in a few clicks. With spatial data, it has almost no competitors.

FME handles all ETL processes, refreshes data, and produces reports and dashboards.

Automated data enrichment and analysis using the setups we use are great for just doing the jobs by hand.

We easily share data and workspaces among users in a secure setup with managed authorizations, connected to Active Directory.

There is even a hosted solution, where one does not have to worry about having the appropriate server environment. All that is required is selecting a platform version, data storage region, performance type, and need for data space and ignite!

All spatial features are unrivaled, and the possibility to execute them based on a scheduled trigger, manual, e-mail, Websocket, tweet, file/directory change or virtually any trigger is most valuable.

The integration between FME Flow and FME Form is super as is its integration with scripting like Python is superb.

It is a really intuitive product; just type anything in the canvas and methods for processing pop up. Data is processed intelligently, though for optimal dataflow some human thinking has to be done.

Improvements could be made to mapping presentations. Though there are functions available for this, it is a complex and broad area that is not covered to the fullest extent. There is a presentation module, however, it is in no way a real GIS.

For now, there is the FME Forms product to enter detailed data mapping setups, which is a great tool. However, having an online medium for this would be great. In a future version, it would be great to have a website where you can log in and create your workspace to do the detailed data processing and publish it to the FME Flow environment where it can be used to participate in the general data processing setups.

I've been using FME Flow, a.k.a. FME Server, now for 15 years.

I never got a blue page, however, that might be on my side.

Performance is where you put the computational power. Do not drag large datasets over the internet if you just need the total number of addresses in a country.

I did some work with Azure Functions, Databricks, and AWS Web Services. It is just for historical and pricing reasons that I did not switch to AWS or Azure platforms.

FME is the nicer and cheaper platform that supports all the functions of larger platforms.

I did not evaluate other options. I rolled in and fell in love with the platform.