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Fabric Commerce Platform vs Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) comparison

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Fabric Commerce Platform
Ranking in Product Information Management (PIM)
12th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Order Management Hubs (5th), eCommerce Platforms (11th)
Informatica Intelligent Dat...
Ranking in Product Information Management (PIM)
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
185
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (3rd), Data Quality (1st), Business Process Management (BPM) (10th), Business-to-Business Middleware (5th), API Management (7th), Cloud Data Integration (3rd), Data Governance (2nd), Test Data Management (3rd), Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions (1st), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (2nd), Data Masking (2nd), Metadata Management (1st), Test Data Management Services (3rd), Data Observability (2nd)
 

Featured Reviews

MiguelPinilla - PeerSpot reviewer
Though the tool's users experience a return on investment, the runtime reliability needs improvement
Functionality-wise, I would say that Fabric Commerce Platform has to have more sophisticated pricing algorithms specific to B2B and B2C in a pretty simple manner to make sure that you have a product and its price. B2B pricing depends on factors like transportation and a bunch of other parameters. The runtime reliability of the system is a little bit challenging.
Saikat Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
Match and merge functionality is still the best but cloud version needs more functionality
There are various areas for improvement in IDMC. Enhancements on basic data management functionality and the UI front, such as multiple templates and improved grid views, would be beneficial. Bulk data management features could be improved from the UI perspective to get to the level of the on prem versions of Informatica MDM. The tool needs to mature but missing small but important features, like restricted dynamic attributes functionality, data inheritance rules in master hierachies, identifiers not being passed in jobs is a drawback.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution's most valuable feature stems from its usefulness as a PIM software, CMS, and storefront."
"It has flexibility in extending the data model."
"The capability of the tool to scan and capture the metadata from a variety of sources is one of the capabilities that I find most useful. The central repository into which it is going to put that captured metadata is the best."
"The Provisioning tool is something that is really handy for everyone. It is my pick as the best feature."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to extract metadata from various sources- be it an old SaaS application or the latest cloud application."
"We have a lot of integrations, and it's very easy to create integrations. They have a lot of connectors."
"A great product enrichment tool."
"The user interface which is very easy to use if we have any problems to solve."
"The features for data quality, data cataloging, and UI are excellent."
 

Cons

"The runtime reliability of the system is a little bit challenging."
"Informatica Cloud Data Integration can improve by being more user-friendly. When you're working with the solution a lot of technical knowledge is required. It's not a solution that anyone can use properly, you need knowledge of what's happening at the back end, such as SQL. When you get stuck, you need to look into your logic. For other tools, such as Dell Boomi, anyone can use them."
"Informatica's issue is the licensing. Right now, there are a lot of new gen MDMs that are offering a lot in a single licensing model."
"Informatica Axon's response times and certain aspects of the admin panel could be enhanced for better usability."
"Managing the licenses with the on-premises version was difficult."
"Informatica MDM can improve the data catalog and data marketplace."
"Metadata querying is right now not there in Informatica Cloud Data Integration."
"There could be a lot more application integration."
"One area that could use improvement is the speed of the web interfaces. At present, they are very slow. I think it is essential that we are original and robust on-premises."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I don't think our company uses enough functionalities of Fabric Commerce Platform. I think that tool offers a better value proposition for B2C models."
"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."
"I rate the product's price a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is the cheapest and ten is the most expensive. The product is a bit expensive."
"Informatica MDM's pricing is not cheap but comparable to other vendors."
"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."
"Its pricing model can be improved."
"The solution's pricing model is easy, but it is very expensive."
"We saw an ROI. We have been able to get data from various sources and consolidate it into a data lake, which is helping us in data analytics."
"Informatica MDM is a costly solution because it comes as a bundle. They are also globally positioning themselves and are definitely working on very upgraded technologies. If someone wanted to do it on the cloud, they have a lot of flexibility because they upgrade themselves according to the current needs. It definitely comes with a lot of features and that's the reason why it's costly. The licensing cost should be approximately one million dollars. It's about four to five times that of other vendors."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fabric Commerce Platform?
The solution's most valuable feature stems from its usefulness as a PIM software, CMS, and storefront.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fabric Commerce Platform?
I don't think our company uses enough functionalities of Fabric Commerce Platform. I think that tool offers a better value proposition for B2C models.
What needs improvement with Fabric Commerce Platform?
Functionality-wise, I would say that Fabric Commerce Platform has to have more sophisticated pricing algorithms specific to B2B and B2C in a pretty simple manner to make sure that you have a produc...
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Also Known As

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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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Sample Customers

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The Travel Company, Carbonite