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SAP Information Steward vs ibi Data Quality comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 6, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

ibi Data Quality
Ranking in Data Quality
11th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.2
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Data Scrubbing Software (4th)
SAP Information Steward
Ranking in Data Quality
10th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Metadata Management (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Data Quality category, the mindshare of ibi Data Quality is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Information Steward is 3.2%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

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Offers numerous prebuilt data quality plans that can be reused for various data cleansing tasks
We had many duplicates originating from different source systems. We were able to match and deduplicate a significant amount of data. Additionally, we could synchronize and write back the latest information to the systems that were out of sync, ensuring they had the most recent data. As a result, we could write back and update the source systems.
FranciscoSantos - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides accurate data that is validated against a personalized reference tool
For most SAP customers, Information Steward is enough because it is able to build quality data rules to detect issues in the source systems like SAP HANA, Business Warehouse, or other systems. A business user can first organize their data into several data domains. For example, procurement, human resources, and logistics setup. The domains can build data quality dimensions where you can describe the kind of rule that you are going to use. The user then can immediately see if something is wrong with their data using traffic lights. Another great feature of SAP Information Steward is the accuracy that the content is followed by validating against the reference tool. With the solution, you are creating data quality dimensions. Within these dimensions, you are creating business data quality rules that are looking for specific fields. From these rules, you can create a scorecard. The scorecard will highlight the percentage of good data and ensure the user can feel confident that the data is accurate within predetermined limits. SAP tables have field names that are very cryptic, making them hard to understand the meaning of the fields. Metapedia helps describe these fields in business terms.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Works quickly to develop and deploy to production."
"Ibi Data Quality offers numerous prebuilt data quality plans that can be reused for various data cleansing tasks. Additionally, it provides a variety of prebuilt match and merge rules for performing master data management,"
"Setup is straightforward."
"Data insight is the most valuable feature."
"The scorecard will highlight the percentage of good data and ensure the user can feel confident that the data is accurate within predetermined limits."
"The Data Cleansing and the scorecard dashboard are very valuable. Additionally, the financial aspect of SAP Information Steward is very good. When a rule is incorrect then it will show how much is it costing the business. These features are very valuable."
"Ability to collect information, monitor user access and to plan storage capacity."
"Initial setup was straightforward."
"The solution is very fast."
"The most valuable features are data quality insight, metadata management, and metadata dictionary."
 

Cons

"Special integration support could be improved."
"Their data governance portal can be improved. It lacks data governance-related features. Also, PII and anomaly detection could be valuable use cases for ibi. Adding these features would be a great enhancement."
"The support team is not very responsive."
"We'd like to see some manipulation techniques included in SAP Information Steward."
"A problem with the solution is that it does not allow us to review the results of Information Stewards for other analogies."
"Granularity could be reduced from an application level to the object level."
"Needs to be more powerful on rules."
"Performance could be improved."
"The solution could improve by incorporating other applications, such as Power BI to show more visualization. More interaction with other solutions would be a good benefit."
"SAP Information Steward could be improved by offering a cloud version of the product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"A bit pricey, and better tools are available for a lower price."
"SAP Information Steward is an expensive solution compared to others."
"I do not know if there were additional costs beyond the standard licensing fees."
"Smaller-sized organizations may not be able to invest in SAP Information Steward because of the cost."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
14%
Computer Software Company
10%
 

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for iWay Omni-Gen Data Quality?
There is an upgrade to the existing version, where a different license could be used, but we have a perpetual license. I rate the product’s pricing a three out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten i...
What needs improvement with iWay Omni-Gen Data Quality?
Their data governance portal can be improved. It lacks data governance-related features. Also, PII and anomaly detection could be valuable use cases for ibi. Adding these features would be a great ...
What advice do you have for others considering iWay Omni-Gen Data Quality?
For the on-prem solution, we installed a package on the web server. This package included web-based tools and development tools, which were Eclipse-based toolsets. These tools allowed us to design ...
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Also Known As

iWay Software Data Quality, iWay Omni-Gen Data Quality Edition, Omni-Gen Data Quality
Information Steward, SAP Data Insight
 

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Sample Customers

ICA Fluor, Estonia Police Department, Kansas City Police Department
American Water, Graphic Packaging International, OSRAM Licht AG, Maxim Integrated
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