What is the difference between Reusable transformation and Mapplet?

Ans. Any Informatica Transformation created in the in the Transformation Developer or a non-reusable promoted to reusable transformation from the mapping designer which can be used in multiple mappings is known as Reusable Transformation. When we add a reusable transformation to a mapping, we actually add an instance of the transformation. Since the instance of a reusable transformation is a pointer to that transformation, when we change the transformation in the Transformation Developer, its instances reflect these changes.
A Mapplet is a reusable object created in the Mapplet Designer which contains a set of transformations and lets us reuse the transformation logic in multiple mappings. A Mapplet can contain as many transformations as we need. Like a reusable transformation when we use a mapplet in a mapping, we use an instance of the mapplet and any change made to the mapplet is inherited by all instances of the mapplet.