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Informatica Data Quality vs SAP Data Services comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Informatica Data Quality
Ranking in Data Quality
25th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP Data Services
Ranking in Data Quality
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
52
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (16th)
 

Featured Reviews

Hemanthreddy Vakiti - PeerSpot reviewer
Data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Data quality checks have reduced manual monitoring but still face cost and performance issues
Some of the best features Informatica Data Quality offers include AI automation using CLAIRE, which integrates AI with Informatica Data Quality, and its user-friendly drag-and-drop interface. All of this is simply usable to any person who has minimal knowledge of ETL. Rather than querying every table to check for any duplicate entries or null values, it is impossible to query for each site. Once we integrate it with Informatica Data Quality and use the drag-and-drop function to specify the conditions we need and connect to the databases, it directly checks if the values are within the threshold or if we can set conditions, such as not entering records with null values. It also features a match and merge condition, from which data profiling and data cleansing can be done.
Ramesh Pampana - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, SAP Practice at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Has consistently provided impressive data handling capabilities and robust security features
Some of the most valuable features of SAP Data Services include data extraction where SAP is the best in that perspective, but when it comes to analytics or the reporting tool, I prefer to connect with Microsoft Power BI, which is a fantastic tool. Typically, from an end-user perspective, SAP has a huge amount of data, in terms of terabytes of data, but when you analyze that, the best form of visualization is always through Microsoft Power BI. SAP Data Services provides a best-in-class return on investment, as SAP's vision and forecast are absolutely amazing. They are ahead of technology, building an ecosystem that meets the standards of the fast-changing digital economy. SAP is indeed good at all this now, with so many components such as SAP Signavio, SAP EINS, SAP Work Zone, SAP ALM, Cloud ALM, SAP public cloud, SAP private cloud, and BTP, all of which are essential to meet the latest cutting-edge technologies.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"About Informatica Data Quality, I do not think that I have any questions because the product is very good."
"Since we integrated Informatica Data Quality in our project, the amount of human interaction has reduced, so the team has decreased, resulting in cost savings for our project and improved time by automating checks for missing or null values."
"Data Services is extremely stable and stability information steward is considerably higher in version 4.2 than it was at the initial version 4.0."
"The most valuable feature is the user interface."
"The development is faster than SSIS or Talend."
"It is a good product which does not require deep knowledge of programming and integrates well with SAP other products."
"The BA reporting tools, such as Data Services, and ETL tool in SAP Data Services are the most valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the logging capability."
"The logic is also simple. It makes it easy to build your extraction."
"The API tool in this product is very valuable; it is very easy to onboard and use."
 

Cons

"The scalability is not up to mark in my view because even a small increase in data, like the number of rows, can cause the server to crash, requiring a reboot."
"Error logging is very cryptic."
"The solution should allow for better integration with other analysis tools."
"Sometimes when upgrading the product, the program corrupts and needs to be completely removed. It wastes a lot of time."
"We would like the different tools offered within this solution to be available as standalone entities, rather than having to purchase the entire package when we only require a few features."
"There needs to be multi-language support, however, my understanding is they are working on multi-language now."
"There should be some kind of enhancement that can be done on the admin side of certain sites where we can assign the roles and responsibilities. We should be able to control who is using the tool and how."
"It has inadequate data analysis and data profiling, which has increased testing and user acceptance duration."
"Source code control is another headache. When your source code base gets too large, managing the source code becomes cumbersome."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"At the entry level, if you're using it only for data integration, it is a little bit cheap. However, for large organizations it can be expensive. There are additional costs apart from the license."
"There is a one time purchase fee plus annual maintenance."
"It's relatively expensive compared to other vendors, but it is competitive."
"Pricing is good, there is no problem."
"I rate the product price as one or two on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."
"Its pricing is as per the enterprise agreement and not a concern for us."
"The product’s on-premise version is expensive for a medium-sized company."
"The price of SAP Data Services is a little high when compared to other solutions. Due to the pricing and capabilities, many clients are switching to other solutions."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
9%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise36
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Informatica Data Quality?
I have been informed by our management team that the pricing is high, but I am not sure about the specific figures regarding what the pricing is.
What needs improvement with Informatica Data Quality?
One thing is that, compared to the features provided by Informatica Data Quality, when compared to other tools offering similar features, it is somewhat costly. The scalability is not up to mark co...
What is your primary use case for Informatica Data Quality?
We are using Informatica PowerCenter for ETL, and simultaneously we are using Informatica Data Quality for data profiling, validation, to remove duplicate entries, and for data cleansing. Ours is a...
How do you evaluate the ratio of price to quality for SAP Data Services?
I believe the license for the product is fair, even though some competitors offer similar services at lower prices. The difference between the Edge edition and the next one up is significant in pr...
Would you recommend SAP Data Services to complete beginners?
I think after some preparation, a beginner will be able to use SAP Data Services, however, if you are completely unprepared, you may have some issues. I think that in particular you will need a mo...
How has SAP Data Services helped your organization?
SAP Data Services has helped our whole staff understand the data across various sources and systems within the company. Not everyone who works at my organization is an IT expert - most just have av...
 

Also Known As

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SAP BusinessObjects Data Services, SAP BusinessObjects Data Integrator, BusinessObjects Data Integrator
 

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Sample Customers

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EMC Corporation, LivePerson, Eldorado, Mozzart, The VELUX Group, AOK Bundesverband, Hilti Group, Nissha Printing Company Ltd., Asian Paints, Aareal Bank Group, Migros Group
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