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Amperity vs Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Amperity
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Customer Data Analysis (9th), Customer Data Integration (3rd), Customer Data Platforms (CDP) (5th)
Informatica Intelligent Dat...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
215
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (1st), Data Quality (1st), Business Process Management (BPM) (7th), Business-to-Business Middleware (2nd), API Management (5th), Cloud Data Integration (2nd), Data Governance (3rd), Test Data Management (2nd), Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) (1st), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (2nd), Data Masking (2nd), Metadata Management (2nd), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (4th), Test Data Management Services (3rd), Product Information Management (PIM) (1st), Data Observability (2nd), AI Data Analysis (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

JH
VP of IT
Marketing team has gained self-service access to clean customer data and runs targeted campaigns
Amperity offers very clean data and good analytics as its best features. Amperity helps with data cleanliness by removing all duplicates, consolidating all multiple data and repetitive data, and they do a great job on cleansing our data and making it into information. Amperity has positively impacted my organization because our marketing and e-commerce team does not require the IT team's help anymore; they are very self-driven and operating under a self-service model, and I am very happy to have that solution. This shift to self-service has led to measurable results, such as the ease of pulling the data using AI functionality and the speed of getting data because everything is so easy to use.
SK
Informatica Administrator EDC, Axox, PC, MDM at itcinfotech
Data management consolidation improves efficiency and user coordination
The licenses are too expensive compared to before, which is why customers are now preferring other data metadata management tools like OneTrust, Collibra, and Azure Purview. As a matter of POC, they are assessing whether their requirements can meet data governance initiatives. The need for skilled professionals is increasing, but cost remains a significant consideration for organizations when implementing CDGC. If a budget is allocated and they are satisfied with the Informatica CDGC license price, then it is a very good tool to implement. Regarding improvements, besides the price, the advanced clusters feature in CDGC needs attention. There are advanced scanners features present in both on-premise and cloud, but the setup isn't straightforward; there are lots of dependencies to consider. For instance, an SAP connector dealing with CDGC isn't simple. There are precautions and prerequisites that must be followed; otherwise, it won't work easily compared to the Oracle connector. Thus, resources need to be handled carefully with the advanced scanner configuration guide.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Amperity offers very clean data and good analytics as its best features."
"Amperity has positively impacted my organization by helping improve visibility into customer data and supporting better decision-making."
"Informatica provides a comprehensive solution for on-the-fly or real-time data masking."
"It gives you accountability to centralize your data and have it available to different applications."
"The most beneficial feature of Informatica Cloud Data Quality is it's cloud-based."
"Performance and flexibility-wise, they're very user-friendly."
"We use parts and standardization for most of our testing. We purchase the US Postal Service address database, which is updated periodically. Many useful tools, such as Google Maps, can detect and mark new businesses or changes in business locations. Informatica captures and updates this information. Some periodic maintenance is involved, but setting it up is not overly complicated."
"The valuable feature is that we can automate the integration part...It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature of Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services for me is the availability of connectors."
"The solution's initial setup is quite straightforward."
 

Cons

"Amperity needs better onboarding documentation."
"The major area of improvement is its GUI front end."
"I used to use this tool more but recently we have been using another tool that we feel is better because it handles spatial data. Informatica Cloud Data Quality could improve by adding the ability to handle spatial data."
"There's definitely room for improvement in terms of user-friendliness. One example is that you can't search for jobs directly by file name. You can only search by job name. So, if you want to find a job that works with a specific file, you have to go through each job individually to find the right one. So, I'd like to see a faster search, one where I can search directly by file name."
"Informatica Cloud Data Quality could improve by adding more algorithms for matching and mastering. We currently only have five or six. Additionally, the parallelism in data is better in other solutions, such as IBM."
"The configurations could be better. It is a bit confusing because we must develop two tools when building a data model in Informatica MDM. Even though Informatica MDM is a single tool, we have our hub console plus the provisioning tool within that. Whatever data model we are building in the hub console, we have to develop it in the provisioning tool again. It is double the work to create a data model. We are also using external calls or the Java custom plans functions. This can be both positive and negative. Since MDM as a client does not support any complex validation, we have to depend on the external call or a Java call. Every time we deployed, the entire solution was impacted if something went wrong."
"We face issues with the API side, as Cloud Application Integration cannot handle large volumes; according to the API page, there is a limitation of 500 records or 500 MB."
"Exploring the possibility of incorporating AI capabilities that can suggest additional rules would significantly streamline our data analysis process following data profiling."
"Informatica Axon needs more integration connectors so that it can connect to systems and different kinds of datasets."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is expensive. That's probably the biggest drawback. The business has heartache paying the license, but that's mainly because they don't realize what value it brings. The key thing about the MDM solution is that it is in the backend, and no one sees what it is actually doing. You don't know it is a problem until it is not there."
"It is cost effective and an easily accessible tool."
"Informatica MDM's pricetag should come down. They have to cut some costs."
"There is no doubt that it is very expensive, but the brand value comes at a cost. Other MDM solutions in the market that haven't proven themselves like Informatica are also pretty expensive. We need to understand that MDM itself is very expensive to implement. So, Informatica is also pretty expensive. I would rate it a two out of five for being pretty expensive."
"The licenses attached to the solution are highly priced."
"Cost-wise, I think it is on the higher side, and that is why we are looking for some better options. Licensing costs are huge compared to other players in the market and for my company."
"Informatica MDM recently changed its pricing model. It's usage-based but I don't have much insight into the current pricing."
"The product is not very pocket-friendly for small and medium-sized businesses, and it is understandable because of the kind of features the tool gives."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
7%
Retailer
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business51
Midsize Enterprise27
Large Enterprise155
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amperity?
Amperity needs better onboarding documentation. Although it is very clear and intuitive, having guidance for initial setup would be helpful. I think there should be a kind of template for guidance....
What is your primary use case for Amperity?
I am exploring how to unify customer data from different sources and improve visibility across systems. We have email on one system, phone on another system, and orders on a third system, and we wa...
What advice do you have for others considering Amperity?
I find this interview pretty clear. Speeding it up a bit would be beneficial. My review rating for Amperity is eight.
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Also Known As

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ActiveVOS, Active Endpoints, Address Verification, Persistent Data Masking
 

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