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Collibra Governance vs Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) vs SAP Data Governance comparison

 

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Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Data Governance category, the mindshare of Collibra Governance is 7.9%, down from 11.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) is 5.9%, down from 7.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Data Governance is 0.9%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Governance Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)5.9%
Collibra Governance7.9%
SAP Data Governance0.9%
Other85.3%
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Featured Reviews

Saikat Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
Facilitates enterprise data management with strong governance and collaboration features
We use Collibra Governance for metadata management and access restrictions, as well as lineage. We use Collibra's Data Stewardship features. In terms of role assignment and accountability, there are three levels of users: people who are data users, then there are data stewards, who are users of data enforcing compliance and rigor around data, and finally, the data governor who sets up policies and principles. We have utilized Collibra's Business Glossary. It is good for reference of the data, understanding what the data is about, which helps maintain data accuracy. Collibra's integration capabilities benefit our organization, although compared to the rest of the market, it is a bit cumbersome, but it's acceptable. My experience with Collibra's collaboration tools in improving data literacy has been quite good. I think it is one of the best for helping people understand and discuss certain data sets and manage workflows.
SaurabhGaonshindhe - PeerSpot reviewer
Modular structure and AI features stream new reporting processes
One of my clients has a requirement; they want to integrate metadata into the process, which means, for example, if I just want to implement a new field into my database, that field needs to be reflected throughout, let's say, 200 mappings. This highlights the need for a data-driven approach. My experience with technical support from Informatica is quite interesting; I would rate it as nine out of ten for Informatica PowerCenter kind of products or the Informatica integration products, because my team can do some hands-on using their free licenses or one-month kind of products. However, for products Master Data Management or related to MDM or Data Governance, there is no way by which we can directly practice, and my team struggles at that point.
VM
A robust solution that establishes rules, policies, and procedures
The solution is used in Life Cycle Data Management where it can be stored in cheaper storage options like Amazon and OpenShift. It has helped with data retention It is robust solution.  SAP should come up with specialized services as per their customer's requirements. I have experience with SAP…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The feature I like most in Collibra Governance is the lineage. It lets me do lineage that you can set up, for example, technical lineage and business lineage. The solution lets me associate the right people with the right assets, so anybody who has to look at end-to-end instances can use Collibra Governance and figure it out, in terms of who to contact, what to do, and where to find what you need."
"The data quality module has improved significantly, and the data lineage feature is beneficial for understanding where data is coming from and identifying data duplications."
"The technical support from Collibra Governance is excellent, and I rate it as ten out of ten."
"The customization and the dashboards are pretty good."
"The most valuable features of Collibra are the workflows and the data lineage capabilities."
"Workflows is the most valuable feature of Collibra because we will typically use an interface for it and we can customize it as per our needs."
"Collibra Governance allows users to scan the data in the Schema and check its quality"
"Collibra's lineage is a very powerful feature. We have integrated Collibra with Azure and ADLS storage and we create lineage diagrams using the two tools."
"You can extract and transfer your data as you wish it to be consumed later."
"It can automatically connect or associate business terms with various options, providing flexibility beyond general capabilities."
"The technical support services are good."
"Informatica provides a comprehensive solution for on-the-fly or real-time data masking."
"Able to customize data search and data sharing."
"The tool does give a good ROI."
"Data synchronization tasks."
"Informatica is user-friendly, stable, and scalable. These three aspects are the most valuable for us. If we can make it work well with the CRM, we can continue or try again this year to complete that part of the project. I am confident that this kind of solution is what we need because we have a third-party resource that works in the development."
"It is robust solution."
"The new workflow engine is based on the web app rather than the Java-based approach."
 

Cons

"There's a lot of things available in their Data Intelligence Cloud that are not available on-premise."
"We would like to have out-of-the-box automation."
"One problem is the data lineage, especially extracting the ETL transformation from different ETL tools and identifying how the data is getting changed from one layer to different layers and how the transformation is applied. It doesn't support all the ETL tools for extracting the transformation logic. It supports some of the tools, but there are still some tools that need to be supported. There is also a small pain point in terms of integration. There is a little bit of change in their strategy from Collibra's end. Earlier, they used to offer two solutions. One was out of the box, and one was a custom-built solution for which they used to provide a dual connector. Now the focus from the Collibra side is more on using the out of the box connector. They are discouraging doing the custom integration. That leaves us with two problems. The first problem is that the out-of-the-box connecter is not yet enabled for a lot of systems, and the second problem is that the out-of-the-box connecter has certain limitations. If we want to tweak those as per our needs, it is not possible. However, the custom-built is still supported, and you can still build a custom integration by using the API, but it is not very encouraged by Collibra. Its dashboard also needs to be improved. There are options to use the HTML code to customize your dashboard, but it has a lot of limitations."
"It should have more integrations with things like CyberArk because its main purpose is GDPR implementation. We have to have more scope for things that implement more privacy. CyberArk makes sure your credentials are vaulted and your things are secure when you're creating your integrations or connecting to an application. I do believe that they are working on this feature."
"The technical support could be better."
"Every time you change or publish a new questionnaire for certification, you have to basically go into the code and update the new version of the questionnaire."
"Many other tools like Collibra Governance give you the option to actually see the data in the tool, which is not an option in Collibra."
"The licensing is one area that could get improved."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"If I want to scan the metadata from the data lineage or the Python code, such areas can get tedious in the tool."
"The data discovery isn't that good yet for Salesforce. We have another tool that we use for this. It may be a problem because Salesforce on the cloud."
"I think they should work really hard on UI."
"One area where Informatica Cloud Data Integration could improve is in providing more accelerators for certain functionalities."
"Informatica Data Quality has its data warehouse, primarily using Oracle and some SQL databases. You need a database to host the data."
"Informatica Axon needs more integration connectors so that it can connect to systems and different kinds of datasets."
"It could be improved by including a buffer that saves data when there is a connectivity issue."
"SAP should come up with specialized services as per their customer's requirements."
"I would like to see harmonizing with some of the external third-party products so that it will all be within SAP."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Generally, it is a rather expensive solution compared to some other tools in the market, but I found it to be fair-priced for its capabilities."
"There are different levels of licenses. For example, some users can only do read-only licenses, and others have the stewardship license where they can give access to users."
"I am not so much aware of price details. Initially, there was an add-on NuSoft license to use the DVC connector that NuSoft gives to create integrations, but Collibra is now phasing out of it slowly. Collibra is cutting ties with them is what we have been led to believe, and we have started developing on Spring Boot, which is open source."
"I would say it's probably in line with what other vendors charge for licensing."
"Collibra is a bit expensive."
"Collibra Governance is an expensive solution."
"It is substantial, and we do pay yearly."
"Collibra Governance is an expensive solution."
"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."
"Our customers sometimes are able to negotiate a much better price for Informatica Cloud Data Integration based on their relationship with the vendor."
"The solution is very expensive."
"We switched to Informatica PIM because it was cheaper than the Oracle solution. It is cheaper initially, but they will bundle it later. This is what happens in the industry."
"it's expensive, but if you're looking for a stable solution, Informatica MDM is a good one to choose."
"It's pretty high for us. It's more on the higher side, like low to middle high."
"Informatica MDM's pricetag should come down. They have to cut some costs."
"The price is very high and has become a big concern for our customers who require the solution in order for their business to function smoothly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Insurance Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
23%
Retailer
14%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise33
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Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise134
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Collibra Governance?
We use the solution's Data Stewardship part.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Collibra Governance?
Regarding licensing, I find it is one of the more expensive options, so it is not particularly affordable.
What needs improvement with Collibra Governance?
In future updates, I would like to see more AI-based capability in Collibra Governance, wherein the data definitions ...
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ActiveVOS, Active Endpoints, BPM, Address Verification, Persistent Data Masking, Cloud Test Data Management, PIM, , Enterprise Data Catalog, Data Integration Hub, Cloud Data Integration, Data Quality, Cloud API and App Integration
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