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We performed a comparison between Collibra Catalog and IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Metadata Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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"We have had no complaints about the stability.""Collibra Catalog is simple to use and user-friendly for those who are not technically inclined since it is easy to find while also easy to see data lineage diagrams.""The data lineage capability is valuable as it shows how different sources are connected and how data flows, which is crucial for projects like migrations. Moreover, data lineage visualization in Collibra Catalog aids our data governance initiatives.""Collibra Catalog's best feature is the data quality checker.""Collibra Catalog has significantly enhanced data governance and compliance for our team, primarily through its valuable feature of endpoint lineage enabling visual representation of the data."

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"The solution allows us to leverage a concept called Open IGC to create custom assets and data lineages that are not technologies typically supported by IBM via connectors.""Ability to connect with multiple types of sources.""Working on the roles, actually, is the most valuable aspect.""The feature I found most valuable in IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is the lineage as it's very powerful and it provides data analytics in terms of where the data lives and where it goes. The interface is also clear, though it could still be sorted out, but the lineage is the most powerful thing in the solution.""The best feature of IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog for me is that it's easy to use and only requires a little bit of manual intervention. Once you discover the data sources, everything flows into the tool automatically, so you do not have to map it manually. There's been a lot of automation in the solution which I like best.""The ability to create special rules inside the solution using Portuguese is the most valuable feature.""The graphic flows and the lineage are the most valuable features of this solution.""What I liked about IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is that it seemed to have most of the options that you would want from a government catalog. The features of the product are very rich and comprehensive."

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Cons
"The tool's overall functionalities need to improve since, nowadays, many tools, from a business perspective, are easy to use.""Collibra Catalog could improve its automation to increase the efficiency of the software.""A key area for improvement in Collibra Catalog lies in its integration capabilities, particularly with a broader range of sources.""I'd like to see more integration with other reporting sources."

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"A complex solution that requires a lot of coding.""What I would tell IBM in terms of what needs to change or improve is that the product is too complicated. IBM purchased various components from different vendors over time and certainly in the UK, IBM did not have anybody that had the expertise to be able to get IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog to run properly.""The solution has performance issues when scaling up small sets of information such as assets and data lineage to the ITC.""Sometimes, if the product is new, getting support is difficult and the team was facing some challenges.""The scalability has room for improvement.""They need to improve asset management.""The simplicity of usage could improve. Perhaps the simplicity of use for end users, not for system integrators, but for the user, the end users.""What could be improved in IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is its query tool, including its terms, labels, and reports because the query tool isn't user-friendly. This would also be an additional feature or enhancement in the solution that would make it more attractive to users and would make IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog a really good solution."

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  • "I think they can bring a few more features and align better with other quality products."
  • "Collibra Catalog is fairly priced - I would rate their pricing seven out of ten."
  • "The product is highly priced compared to other vendors."
  • "Collibra offers a per-user licensing model."
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  • "In terms of pricing, I find IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog excessive. It's at the top end of the price range in terms of what you get for your money. It's an expensive product, and contractually, IBM is difficult to deal with. I can't remember the exact cost of IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog, but it could be in the region of three hundred thousand pounds."
  • "Licensing for IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is per user."
  • "Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
  • "IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The data lineage capability is valuable as it shows how different sources are connected and how data flows, which is crucial for projects like migrations Moreover, data lineage visualization in… more »
    Top Answer:I'd like to see more integration with other reporting sources like Qlik Sense, beyond the currently supported ones like Tableau and Power BI.
    Top Answer:The ability to create special rules inside the solution using Portuguese is the most valuable feature.
    Top Answer:The scalability has room for improvement. I would like the ability to run the solution from different servers. The price has room for improvement.
    Top Answer:IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is used to integrate and govern our information.
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    Also Known As
    IBM Information Governance Catalog
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    Overview

    Collibra Catalog is both a report and a data catalog that helps analysts and information users spend less time looking for essential clinical, financial, and operational data and more time solving critical business challenges.

    Information governance is a next-gen comprehensive process of administering, enhancing, and collating information to strengthen an organization’s trust and belief that its decision and business processes are the best for the organization’s overall health and continued progress. IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is an intuitive, progressive web-based tool that empowers users to discover, comprehend, and dissect information. Users are able to design, administer, and collaborate to track data pipelines, execute protocols and procedures, and share common business languages.

    Integrate the solution with IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog to increase on-premises Information Governance Catalog efficiency in the cloud and improve the benefit of current gathered data sets. This value-added governance catalog enables users to place gathered metadata where experienced users, analytics, and data communities have seamless protected access to the appropriate resources, based on need, while still maintaining the organization's governance standards.

    IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog delivers a secure starting point for organizations to better comprehend and govern their information across the entire network, and continually delivers secure, well-defined, and governed data.

    IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog Benefits

    • Manage catalog metadata: Run data workflows to prove trusted information, support compliance and governance standards, resolve duplicate assets, map databases to database aliases, and automate the authentication of data sources to improve overall project deployment. Additionally, users will discover how data moves across the network and will be able to identify how and where data was sourced and how it is being consumed. This will promote a greater assurance and belief that the data is continually secure and safe.

    • Improved people and process management: The solution helps to definitively clarify roles and responsibilities of all team participants. Users can easily design, edit, and publish governance protocols, accept new or audited information governance rules, and/or move the rule to Draft status. Users will also obtain notice (via email) of any governance issues that appear in their glossary or information assets.

    • Boost current metadata: This can be achieved by using descriptions and relationships, group related labels, stewards, assets, and custom attributes to all other related assets. Develop protracted data sources to add metadata to the catalog that may not be able to be added automatically or that are not able to be imported easily from outside third-party applications. The solution will also help users have a greater understanding of all their data assets - unstructured, semi-structured, and structured.

    • Discover assets in the catalog: Users can easily initiate either a simple or advanced search or even begin very intensive deep queries. An intuitive GUI is available to trace the history of all changes, probe stewards, information assets, glossary assets, and all other catalog content.
    • Seamless cloud integration: IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog facilitates a smooth adjustment to the cloud. This makes it no longer necessary to employ an on-premise ecosystem. This move will also result in significantly reduced resource usage and help save on overall administrative costs for the organization.
    Sample Customers
    AXA XL, DNB, Adobe, PMI, Holland America Line, UC Davis Health, Cox Automotive
    Rabobank, QuadReal Property Group, Jakarta Smart City
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm26%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Energy/Utilities Company6%
    Manufacturing Company6%
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    Financial Services Firm25%
    Computer Software Company25%
    Transportation Company13%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm27%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Insurance Company12%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise75%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise55%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise71%
    Buyer's Guide
    Collibra Catalog vs. IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog
    March 2024
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    Collibra Catalog is ranked 5th in Metadata Management with 5 reviews while IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is ranked 4th in Metadata Management with 9 reviews. Collibra Catalog is rated 7.8, while IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Collibra Catalog writes "A user-friendly for those who are not technically inclined and useful for cataloging various reports". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog writes "A solution that allows for custom assets and data lineages but experiences performance issues when scaling up". Collibra Catalog is most compared with Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog, Ab Initio Co>Operating System, Talend Data Management Platform, Palantir Foundry and Denodo, whereas IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is most compared with Alation Data Catalog, IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog and IBM InfoSphere Information Server. See our Collibra Catalog vs. IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog report.

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