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We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere MDM, Informatica PIM, and SAP Master Data Governance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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

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"The staging and hierarchical features are the most valuable.""A great product enrichment tool.""The most important features are the mastering of the data and the UI intuitiveness."

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"SAP Master Data Governance integrates well.""It is a stable solution.""It is a stable solution...The initial setup of SAP Master Data Governance is very easy.""The scalability is very good.""User-friendly and provides customized reports and personalized data.""A good solution for large enterprises.""I am satisfied with the solution's customer service.""Validates all aspects from security to authorization and authentication."

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Cons
"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.""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."

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"They need more feature flexibility, as it is not fully developed.""Database access is highly restricted particularly if you're using the cloud version.""Its look and feel needs improvement. It has a lousy look and feel. Informatica PIM is designed specifically for the retail industry. They need to make sure that it is also applicable to all the other industries and verticals."

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"They should improve the solution's performance as sometimes the process consumes much time.""The solution lacks some flexibility.""The UI could improve by being more neat and clean. Sometimes users find it difficult to use it.""The implementation could be easier.""The multidomain MDM feature is based on EIP systems, which may not be a good model for all master data.""It does not ensure data matches after system upgrades.""The platform's pricing needs improvement.""The product is not user-friendly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It may be costly for small organizations but adds value for large organizations with demanding workflows."
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  • "We switched to Informatica PIM because it was cheaper than the Oracle solution. It is cheaper initially, but they will bundle it later. This is what happens in the industry."
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  • "The cost of the product is not ideal."
  • "The cloud solution is subscription-based, it is paid monthly or quarterly. If the solution is on-premises, it is a one-time fee. As far as I am aware there are no additional costs."
  • "We have an enterprise license. The whole SAP landscape pricing model is based on the number of users, and the number of transactions. The price could be better, there is always room for improvement in the price."
  • "The licensing cost is reasonable."
  • "The solution is costly."
  • "The product is too expensive."
  • "I rate the tool's pricing a seven out of ten."
  • "SAP Master Data Governance is an expensive product."
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    Also Known As
    InfoSphere MDM, InfoSphere Master Data Management
    PIM, Product 360, Heiler
    SAP MDG
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    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

    MDM – Product 360 is Informatica’s master data-fueled product information management (PIM) system. It allows business users to more effectively manage and collaborate on product content to fuel all sales channels with consistent, rich, and accurate product data for an informed and engaging customer experience. By delivering clean, consistent, and trusted product data, Product 360 empowers customer engagement and a company’s digital transformation by increasing speed, agility, and time to market.

    Your company wants accurate, complete, and trusted data to master your digital business processes and business models. The SAP® Master Data Governance application provides ready-to-run, domain-specific master data governance, enabling you to decentrally own and consolidate and to centrally create, change, and distribute master data across your enterprise system landscape. Tight integration with other SAP solutions supports the reuse of data models, business logic, and validation frameworks with open integration to third-party products and services to support your entire technology stack. It supports cleansing, standardization, duplicate detection, and best-record calculation. It then lets you synchronize clean and standardized data across cloud and on-premise applications.

    Sample Customers
    L'Oreal S.A., Kingland Systems, Oncor, Farmaceuticos Maypo, Volkswagen Financial Services
    Puma, Saint Gobain, Unilever
    Convergent IS, CHIO Aachen, Dell, Hamburg Port Authority (HPA), City of Boston, Mozzart, Mitsui Knowledge Industry (MKI), AOK Bundesverband, eBay
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Insurance Company8%
    Computer Software Company8%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company17%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Retailer12%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    REVIEWERS
    Wholesaler/Distributor25%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Non Tech Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company15%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Energy/Utilities Company8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise73%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise70%
    REVIEWERS
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise71%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise69%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise70%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise73%
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