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Infor ION vs Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 27, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Infor ION
Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware
10th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Informatica Intelligent Dat...
Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
182
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (3rd), Data Quality (1st), Business Process Management (BPM) (13th), API Management (8th), Cloud Data Integration (3rd), Data Governance (2nd), Test Data Management (3rd), Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions (1st), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (1st), Data Masking (2nd), Metadata Management (1st), Test Data Management Services (3rd), Product Information Management (PIM) (1st), Data Observability (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Business-to-Business Middleware category, the mindshare of Infor ION is 3.4%, up from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) is 4.2%, down from 6.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business-to-Business Middleware
 

Featured Reviews

Eugenio Santos - PeerSpot reviewer
Serves as reliable middleware enabling efficient document handling and seamless connectivity between different systems
The main issue for me is that the current product is obsolete, and I need to migrate to Infor 10 for more features. Accessing the interface and monitoring aspects is problematic, and I hope it improves in the new version. Integration with third parties is delicate and can be expensive without involvement from Infor.
Raj Sethupathi - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers profiling and address standardization but can be complicated
Informatica Data Quality has its data warehouse, primarily using Oracle and some SQL databases. You need a database to host the data. The cleansed version of the data is stored in the data warehouse. It integrates with PowerCenter and other Informatica tools. The integration details can be complex, but a regional setup is involved in this process. Profiling smaller datasets, such as 10,000-50,000 records, worked fine. However, unexpected issues could arise with larger datasets, such as thousands of records or more, especially with tables containing many columns. Handling tables with fifty or more columns can be challenging, even in Excel. A mismatch in data types could cause the entire system to crash. Continual enhancements are being made to address these issues, which can be unique to specific industries like finance and healthcare.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I have found the most valuable feature to be the ability to monitor integration performance and the reasons for the failure of inbound and outbound transactions. We can see both inbound and outbound transactions, and it gives us a mirror image or the whole history of all inbound and outbound transactions between Infor M3 Business Engine and the third parties."
"ION acts as a middleware that allows me to handle all the volumes of incoming and outgoing documents with partners."
"ION is good for building custom middleware boxes."
"Its stability is commendable, as I rarely encounter bugs or problems."
"We haven't had any issues with ION so far."
"The tool's most valuable feature is middleware capabilities."
"The product seems stable enough."
"Seeing the data in the mapping itself is really nice."
"It gives you accountability to centralize your data and have it available to different applications."
"Axon has a marketplace that allows you to showcase all the assets the data owner has, so they can request access. That's one feature we use extensively. Axon also offers great visibility and intuitive searchability, allowing you to easily search data assets. You can check the lineage and see the work EDC does. EDC handles all the classification, cataloging, and lineage. It's integrated with Axon, and anyone can see that."
"The most valuable feature of Informatica Axon is features, interfaces, and data mapping. It represents clusters nicely."
"There isn't any human touch involved. It's just an automated business process to build different applications and talking to various APIs using the client's ecosystems. We then build new functionalities out of it."
"It has all the advantages of the Cloud in that you can use it without worrying about infrastructure, upkeep, or upgrades."
"We use it for various use cases, including data provisioning, data validation, continuous monitoring of data quality, and data standardization."
 

Cons

"The main issue for me is that the current product is obsolete, and I need to migrate to Infor 10 for more features. Accessing the interface and monitoring aspects is problematic, and I hope it improves in the new version."
"The dashboard is not very simple and can be a bit tricky."
"Infor ION doesn't provide connectors for all integration touchpoints. Sometimes, we may have to build our own. It incurs additional costs for the customer."
"The main issue for me is that the current product is obsolete, and I need to migrate to Infor 10 for more features."
"I would like to see ION add automated setup and integration with Salesforce. They need to work on these types of tools."
"ION's integration with older applications could be better."
"It is more complicated to extract data using the product compared to Visio. The system could display the details on the screen."
"They could provide more robust performance for data integration processes. It would help in improving the data quality more efficiently."
"I would like to see support for more data sources."
"Informatica MDM could improve the interdependency with integration. The solution sometimes becomes a bit difficult to change considering a lot of interdependency with the integration. There can be some improvement in the workflows and they can introduce more artificial intelligence."
"The product isn't mature enough to provide suitable connectors to various data engines."
"The error information provided is not informative, as compared to Power Center."
"Permissions, scalability, and connection with other informatic tools are the main areas that need development. Integration with other tools, such as IDQ, is challenging. The management of data discovery is highly challenging because many data points have identical definitions."
"I would like to see more functionality added so that it is a bit closer to how much you can do with Informatica PowerCenter."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing nine and a half out of ten."
"We got a 50% discount."
"I have no idea what the price actually is. It is probably not going to be the cheapest, but it is a pretty stable and robust platform from the backend standpoint."
"The licensing price of the product depends on the organization's requirements."
"I'm not sure about the most recent pricing trends, but I don't believe it's significantly different from PowerCenter. I believe it is nearly the same."
"I rate the product's pricing a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive."
"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."
"Informatica is very expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
19%
Computer Software Company
17%
Healthcare Company
7%
Wholesaler/Distributor
6%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Infor ION?
The tool's most valuable feature is middleware capabilities.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Infor ION?
The product is not expensive. I paid for the licenses, and the annual support fee is reasonable in comparison to other APIs.
What needs improvement with Infor ION?
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Also Known As

Infor Intelligent Open Network
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

 

Sample Customers

FINIDR, Midsona, Eynsham Hall, Midwest Wheel, Watchfire Signs, Sanford Health, Royal Adelaide
The Travel Company, Carbonite
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