IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer vs SAS Data Management comparison

IBM and SAS are both solutions in the Data Quality category. IBM is ranked #5 with an average rating of 9.0, while SAS is ranked #8 with an average rating of 9.0. IBM holds a 2.7% mindshare in DQ, compared to SAS’s 3.4% mindshare. Additionally, 66% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of SAS users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 6, 2025

SAS Data Management and IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer compete in the data management tools category. IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer holds an advantage with its comprehensive features for those seeking advanced capabilities.

Features: SAS Data Management provides extensive analytics, reporting, and robust integration capabilities. It is known for its comprehensive data quality management. IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer specializes in superior data profiling and quality analysis, excelling in handling complex data with advanced algorithms. Its innovative approach to managing large-scale data environments offers a significant advantage.

Room for Improvement: SAS Data Management could enhance its data profiling precision and integration with emerging technologies. Streamlining advanced analytics features could be beneficial. Increasing speed in data processing is an area for improvement. IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer needs to simplify its deployment model and reduce its learning curve. Enhancing customer service responsiveness and offering more cost-effective options could improve user experience.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAS Data Management offers straightforward deployment with robust support services, making implementation quick and user-friendly. IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer has a sophisticated deployment model that requires more learning, and while its customer service is responsive, it may not be as immediately helpful as SAS's support services.

Pricing and ROI: SAS Data Management is cost-effective with lower setup costs and quicker ROI, appealing to budget-conscious organizations. IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer commands a higher setup cost but delivers significant long-term ROI through its advanced feature set and efficiency in handling extensive datasets.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Infosphere Information ...

Ranking in Data Quality

5th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAS Data Management

Ranking in Data Quality

8th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (31st), Data Governance (22nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Data Quality category, the mindshare of IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer is 2.7%, up from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Data Management is 3.4%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Quality Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer	2.7%
SAS Data Management	3.4%
Other	93.9%

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Tirthankar Roy Chowdhury

Teamlead at Tata consultancy services

Accessible from anywhere and easy to learn even for non-technical users, but needs more connectors and faster issue resolution from technical support

What could be improved or added to IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer is more connectors. This solution comes in a package with IBM InfoSphere DataStage and is missing a lot of connectors to various, new data sources, so IBM needs to work on that area. Compared with competitors such as Informatica and Alation which acquired other small companies to work on the connectors, IBM has not done any testing and has tried to develop the connectors in-house, but that's taking a lot of time. As a result, my company is unable to connect to a lot of data sources, particularly modern data sources.

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Fernanda Knopki

Data Scientist & Scrum Master at Volvo Group

Has supported centralized data access and improved governance through unified administration

The best features I appreciate about SAS Data Management tool are that it's easy to create the flows and schedule data, and the tables are not too big, making it easy to control the ETL process, including user access which is also easy to manage in SAS. The data integration tools with SAS Data Management were quite good because they allowed me to do all lineage, to manage and see all the variables, find the libraries where the data is, and understand the data in just one tool. Offering another development environment combining code and predefined objects, where I could just drag and drop to achieve what I needed, although some objects were not too good, but some were effective. The metadata management feature of SAS Data Management helps a lot; creating your data marts or data lake with good naming conventions, library conventions, and so on is very important because it allows easy queries to find the whole structure, though I think metadata governance also depends on first definitions, not only on the tool. SAS Data Management is very good for data governance; for me, it was the best tool I worked with in data management, although I don't have too much experience with others, and it truly helped a lot.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Information Analyzer is still a good product."

"This tool would be very beneficial if used before a data migration or BI project as an initial phase to know the data exactly, and to figure out all data possible scenarios which we might face."

"My advice to others who want to start using IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer is that it's a very good product because it has a lot of handy features, and it's a product that's easier to learn and that even non-technical people can use it."

"What's most useful in IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer is you can access it from anywhere. It's also pretty easy to learn, so even non-technical business people use it and found the solution easy to learn."

"You can also schedule and run data quality on the critical data elements on the databases."

"For basic Business Rule Creation to cleanse Legacy data, it worked as intended."

"The platform's robust data governance capabilities ensure strong compliance with regulatory standards."

"The product offers very good flexibility."

"I think the product is very stable, I think it's a marvelous product, it is very widely used by many people and I never hear people complain."

"Its robustness is valuable. It is a full-fledged suite. We have a data warehouse model, and there are also a lot of data quality management tools. The repository and all other tools are there. So, it is a full package in terms of reporting tools."

"For the warehouse and BI environment, SAS is very quick, very intuitive, very, very powerful, and very valuable."

"The technical support is excellent."

"I find the solution to be very stable."

"The interface of the solution is great, you don't need to be an experienced analytics person to work with the product, and even new users can do all sorts of modeling on the data."

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Cons

"As of v9.1, the troubleshooting process is still painful."

"Stopped using it. Took a loss."

"IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer, particularly its latest version, has some stability issues. My company faced some serious issues with stability and had to repeatedly go to IBM to have the issues fixed."

"Customer Service: AverageTechnical Support: Not good"

"The solution is outdated and is not on cloud."

"What could be improved or added to IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer is more connectors. This solution comes in a package with IBM InfoSphere DataStage and is missing a lot of connectors to various, new data sources, so IBM needs to work on that area. Compared with competitors such as Informatica and Alation which acquired other small companies to work on the connectors, IBM has not done any testing and has tried to develop the connectors in-house, but that's taking a lot of time. As a result, my company is unable to connect to a lot of data sources, particularly modern data sources."

"For the amount of features that we use, the licensing is expensive."

"One problem is accessing the data using a solution other than SAS. The SAS data, which we create in the SAS, cannot be accessed by other tools. We can't open those data in other applications. So we need to have that application in place."

"We find we often have to go back and re-train users when there are changes made to the solution because the changes are not intuitive."

"The solution is very expensive."

"With SAS Data Management, you have to purchase an external driver, configure all of the tables for all of the data that you will extract from Salesforce. It's not a straightforward process."

"Complex, as usual with SAS"

"We implemented it a while ago, and we are trying to improve the data delivery performance. We are looking into how to get faster and automated reporting. We would need better designs and workflows."

"Very little needs to improve but perhaps a nicer graphic interface and remaining competetive in the growing field of data analytics."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"For the licensing cost of IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer, I have no information on the exact cost, but as it's bundled with other IBM products such as IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog and IBM InfoSphere DataStage, the bundle is expensive when compared to competitor pricing."

"While it is even free for personal use on the cloud, it can be expensive for desktop installations and enterprise use."

"The licensing model for vCenter is a perpetual license with yearly payments."

"The solution is expensive."

"The tool is a bit expensive."

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There is significant room for improvement, especially with regard to using a hybrid approach that involves both CAS and persistent storage.

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Also Known As

Information Analyzer

SAS Data Management Platform, Data Management Platform, DataFlux

Overview

IBM Information Analyzer provides data quality assessment, data quality monitoring and data rule design and analysis capabilities. This software helps you derive more meaning from your enterprise data, reduces the risk of proliferating incorrect information, facilitates the delivery of trusted content, and helps to lower data integration costs.

IBM

Every decision, every business move, every successful customer interaction - they all come down to high-quality, well-integrated data. If you don't have it, you don't win. SAS Data Management is an industry-leading solution built on a data quality platform that helps you improve, integrate and govern your data.

SAS

Sample Customers

Integra LifeSciences, Longjiang Bank Corp., Webster University, Swedish Armed Forces, Edith Cowan University, Premier, PRISA Digital, TIAA CREF

Data Management, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Absa, Aegon, Allianz Global Corporate & SpecialtyAusgrid, Bank of Queensland, Bell, BMC Software, Canada Post, Ceska pojistovna, Chantecler, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, Credit Guarantee Corporation, Cr_dito y Cauci‹n, Delaware State Police, Deutsche Lufthansa, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, DSM, Enerjisa, ERGO Insurance Group, Florida Department of Corrections, Generali Hellas, Gitanjali Group, Gloucestershire Constabulary, GS Home Shopping, HealthPartners, IAG New Zealand, iJET, Invacare, Livzon Pharmaceutical Group, Los Angeles County, Miami Herald Media Company, Netherlands Enterprise Agency, New Zealand Ministry of Health, Nippon Paper, North Carolina Office of Information Technology Services, Orlando Magic, OTP Group, PITT OHIO, Plano Independent School District, RWE Poland, Spanish Air Force, Stockholm County Council, Telus, The Travel Corporation, Transitions Optical, Triad Analytic Solutions, UNIQA, US Census Bureau, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, West Midlands Police, XS Inc., Zenith Insurance

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