We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog and IBM InfoSphere Information Server 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."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."
"Ability to connect with multiple types of sources."
"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."
"It is easy to use."
"The graphic flows and the lineage are the most valuable features of this solution."
"Working on the roles, actually, is the most valuable aspect."
"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."
"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."
"The integration with different technologies is the most valuable feature."
"This solution is extremely flexible and scalable."
"IBM InfoSphere Information Server is stable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"They need to improve asset management."
"A complex solution that requires a lot of coding."
"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."
"Sometimes, if the product is new, getting support is difficult and the team was facing some challenges."
"The scalability has room for improvement."
"The solution has performance issues when scaling up small sets of information such as assets and data lineage to the ITC."
"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."
"There are certain shortcomings in the cloud side of the solution, where improvements are required."
"This solution would benefit from the engine being made more lightweight."
"Their technical support needs improvement."
"IBM InfoSphere Information Server should be more scalable. It should have the option to change the configuration to run on a single, non-multiple node, or multi-threading processing."
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IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is ranked 4th in Metadata Management with 9 reviews while IBM InfoSphere Information Server is ranked 10th in Metadata Management with 7 reviews. IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is rated 7.0, while IBM InfoSphere Information Server is rated 8.4. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere Information Server writes "Prompt support, reliable, but lacking scalability". IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is most compared with Alation Data Catalog, IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog and Collibra Catalog, whereas IBM InfoSphere Information Server is most compared with IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Qlik Replicate, IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog and IBM Cloud Pak for Data. See our IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog vs. IBM InfoSphere Information Server report.
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