IBM InfoSphere MDM vs Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) comparison

The compared IBM and Informatica solutions aren't in the same category. IBM is ranked #5 in MDM , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 7.0% mindshare in the category. Informatica is ranked #2 in DMPD , with an average rating of 7.7, and holds a 12.7% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Informatica users who would recommend it.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM InfoSphere MDM

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Master Data Management (MDM) Software (5th)

Informatica Intelligent Dat...

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

185

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (4th), 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) (1st), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (2nd), Data Masking (1st), Metadata Management (1st), Test Data Management Services (3rd), Product Information Management (PIM) (1st), Data Observability (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Data Integration and Access solutions, they serve different purposes. IBM InfoSphere MDM is designed for Master Data Management (MDM) Software and holds a mindshare of 7.0%, down 8.2% compared to last year.
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC), on the other hand, focuses on Data Management Platforms (DMP), holds 12.7% mindshare, down 16.3% since last year.

Master Data Management (MDM) Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
IBM InfoSphere MDM	7.0%
SAP Master Data Governance	18.2%
Microsoft MDS	11.9%
Other	62.9%

Master Data Management (MDM) Software

Data Management Platforms (DMP) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)	12.7%
Palantir Foundry	21.8%
Cloudera Data Platform	6.9%
Other	58.6%

Data Management Platforms (DMP)

Q&A Highlights

it_user545286

Principal Software Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Dec 09, 2016

Reltio: Question about Master Data Management Capabilities

Riversand technology is leader in the MDM space and makes a product called MDMcenter. Gartner and Forrester put these guys in a leader and visionary quadrant topping Informatica, oracle, and sap. They have a product used by many fortune 1000s and multinational companies. I have rolled out MDM solutions for a bunch of customers using different platforms and Riversand's is the best. They have cloud based and on premise solutions. It can scale from small projects to biggest implementations of the planet, different geographies/locations, langauges and near infinite entities. Their licensing can vary based on required modules; but they offer Matching, Deduplication, Searching, Workflow, Modeling, Analytics, Integration, Domain / cross-domain, Governance tools to change / commit / rollback. The applications modeling and framework is flexible so it can handle any domain, product, retail, manufacturing, customer, vendor, finance, investment vehicles, jewelry, oil and gas, person, auto, high tech, oil gas, fast food, grocery, etc. Hands down this is best product in its class. It's top shelf. Given the choice and having used other products, I'd choice Riversand over the other competing products. If you didn't check them out yet, you definitely should.

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SoumikDolui

Assistant Consultant at Tata Consultancy Services

Provides inbuilt data model and good matching engine

It's a tough tool for developers. Right now in the market, I think Informatica MDM is number one and is used a lot. IBM MDM was developed by some other company and IBM developed it more. There are definitely some flaws. The tool is difficult to understand from a customer perspective and for developers. Generally, customers can understand Informatica MDM and its functionality easily. If a developer is facing issues with IBM MDM, then a customer will definitely not understand most of the functionality. That is the main concern. IBM is introducing some Next-Gen MDM, where they are using a lot of current technologies and machine learning. Most of the problems we may be facing right now are probably solved in that version.

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SaurabhGaonshindhe

Principle Cloud Engineer at Sector 125

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.

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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

"The features that are most valuable are the governance, the end-profiling and the ETL which allows you to see the metadata repositories."

"There are not really many areas of the product that need improvement because the product stays up-to-date with data management needs."

"When users update their information on one product, the data is sent to a database. My approach was to maintain a master data record, ensuring that each platform loads the latest updated record. Instead of having three separate records, the system keeps one master data record, storing the historical records for reference."

"The advantage is that the matching engine is very good, so that's why customers generally prefer it. From the inbuilt data model perspective, IBM MDM is good."

"It is a very stable solution...It is a scalable solution."

"I think that it's a good solution...It is stable because we have the experience to deploy this solution."

"It has improved our organization because it has made our data more reliable. Data is the most important asset these days, and in order to trust your data, you need these tools to make sure that your data is clean and reliable."

"The tool manually checks on applying business rules and helps to implement them."

"This is where I think MDM shines - with its strong fuzzy matching algorithm. This is the essence of Informatica MDM. Based on these results, I can write our match conditions and then perform the corresponding data management activities."

"The profiling feature in Informatica Data Quality is incredibly effective for data governance."

"The program is stable and scalable."

"The features for data quality, data cataloging, and UI are excellent."

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Cons

"IBM InfoSphere MDM's UI is complicated. It also needs to improve its on-prem configuration."

"The tool is difficult to understand from a customer perspective and for developers."

"The product is really only created for large organizations."

"We also want better cloud integration, so we could do things in the cloud if we needed to. This would be a good feature to add in a future release."

"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."

"I would like to see more API integration to have the capability to build a report using other third party reporting tools to streamline the operation."

"If I compare it with other MDM solutions in the market, one thing that can definitely be improved is automation to help with the configuration. Currently, when we are creating any staging of base object tables, all the columns have to be configured manually in the Informatica Hub Console. A lot of tables and different kinds of business columns have to be configured manually. There should be an automated process for this, especially in the Dev environment. When people are creating tables and columns from scratch, if there is a backend automated process for that, it would be really helpful. In Stibo, a similar feature is there wherein you can tag attributes to certain objects. It would be helpful if Informatica also provides a similar option. It would reduce the manual effort. It could be that such a feature is already there, but I am not aware of it."

"In terms of cost effectiveness, Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) is more than 20% costly compared to the industry."

"Informatica MDM could be improved by adding drag and drop options, business data insights, and visualization reporting."

"The product interface could be improved to be more intuitive."

"While my company operates on the cloud, we have seen that Informatica Cloud Data Integration has some performance issues causing it to lag."

"Though EDC has maximum coverage, a few things were not available to scan, but I think EDC is evolving to address this issue."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It may be costly for small organizations but adds value for large organizations with demanding workflows."

"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."

"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."

"You pay for this solution based on IPUs, Informatica Processing Units. This depends on how much data you process and how much memory you consume from the cloud provider, and you pay as you go."

"It's pretty high for us. It's more on the higher side, like low to middle high."

"Informatica MDM recently changed its pricing model. It's usage-based but I don't have much insight into the current pricing."

"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 Informatica MDM's price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."

"It's offers value for money. They're more competitive with respect to pricing and offerings."

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Answers from the Community

it_user545286

Principal Software Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Dec 9, 2016

Reltio: Question about Master Data Management Capabilities

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it_user348246

Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Dec 8, 2016

If you buy InfoSphere MDM Domain Hub Standard Edition you can use following products: IBM Process Server Standard v8.5.6 IBM Process Server Standard for Non-production Environment v8.5.6 IBM Process Center Standard v8.5.6 IBM Process Designer v8.5.6 IBM Content Integrator v8.6 IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition v10.5 IBM Cognos Business Intelligence V10.2.2.0 IBM InfoSphere Information Server Enterprise v11.5 IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack v3.0.0.0 IBM Integration Bus Express Edition v9.0.0.3 IBM Watson Explorer v10.0 IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software v9.5 IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment v8.5.5 IBM WebSphere Application Server Base v8.5.5 IBM WebSphere MQ v8.0 IBM WebSphere Portal Server v8.5 IBM Installation Manager & IBM Packaging Utility for Rational Software Development Platform v1.8 IBM Security Directory Server v6.4.0.0 For IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Enterprise Edition you can use also: IBM InfoSphere Big Match for Hadoop v11.5 InfoSphere Information Server contains both DataStage (ETL engine) and QualityStage (DQ components which are fully integrated with ETL). You could always check which products are provided in license on Software License Portal (http://www-03.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf/search)

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it_user311469

Works at Deloitte

Dec 8, 2016

Will do but can you help me out with my groceries for this week ? ( please stop sending me these emails. I am a professional not a volunteer) Sent from my iPhone

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

25%

Healthcare Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	8

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	42
Midsize Enterprise	24
Large Enterprise	134

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM InfoSphere MDM?

When users update their information on one product, the data is sent to a database. My approach was to maintain a master data record, ensuring that each platform loads the latest updated record. In...

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What needs improvement with IBM InfoSphere MDM?

IBM InfoSphere MDM's UI is complicated. It also needs to improve its on-prem configuration.

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What is your primary use case for IBM InfoSphere MDM?

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How does Azure Data Factory compare with Informatica Cloud Data Integration?

Azure Data Factory is a solid product offering many transformation functions; It has pre-load and post-load transformations, allowing users to apply transformations either in code by using Power Q...

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Which Informatica product would you choose - PowerCenter or Cloud Data Integration?

Complex transformations can easily be achieved using PowerCenter, which has all the features and tools to establish a real data governance strategy. Additionally, PowerCenter is able to manage huge...

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What are the biggest benefits of using Informatica Cloud Data Integration?

When it comes to cloud data integration, this solution can provide you with multiple benefits, including: Overhead reduction by integrating data on any cloud in various ways Effective integration ...

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Also Known As

InfoSphere MDM, InfoSphere Master Data Management

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

Overview

InfoSphere Master Data Management (MDM) is the most complete, proven and powerful MDM solution with collaborative and operational capabilities. InfoSphere MDM manages master data for single or multiple domains - customers, patients, citizens, suppliers, locations, products, services offerings, accounts and more - for improving application & business process effectiveness

IBM

Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) integrates data quality, governance, and integration with flexible architecture. It supports multiple domains and a data models repository, delivering AI-enhanced data management across cloud-native platforms.

IDMC provides seamless integration and governance capabilities that support diverse data environments. Its comprehensive suite includes customizable workflows, data profiling, and metadata management. AI features, a data marketplace, and performance scalability enhance data management. While its interface poses challenges, its robust matching and cloud-native integration facilities are essential for complex data ecosystems. Users employ IDMC for connecting systems, ensuring data quality, and supporting data compliance but seek better pre-built rules, services, and improved connectivity, especially with platforms like Salesforce. Licensing, cost, and added AI functionalities are areas for potential refinement.

What are the key features of IDMC?

Data Quality and Integration: Seamless integration ensures data accuracy across platforms.
Metadata Management: Comprehensive metadata management supports data governance.
AI Capabilities: AI features enhance automation and decision-making processes.
Data Marketplace: Facilitates easy access to data across the organization.
Performance Scalability: Scales performance efficiently to meet growing data demands.

What benefits should be expected from IDMC?

Enhanced Data Management: Offers robust tools for data governance and quality.
Improved Integration: Connects disparate systems seamlessly, reducing data silos.
Cost Efficiency: Streamlines data processes, potentially reducing operational costs.
Data Compliance: Supports compliance with data privacy regulations.
Agility and Scalability: Adapts quickly to changing data environments.

IDMC is implemented across industries for data integration, metadata management, and governance. Organizations use it to connect systems, migrate data to cloud environments, and maintain data quality. They manage master data and automate business processes, facilitating data lineage and ensuring compliance with privacy regulations.

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Sample Customers

L'Oreal S.A., Kingland Systems, Oncor, Farmaceuticos Maypo, Volkswagen Financial Services

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