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Informatica Data Quality vs SAP Information Steward comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Informatica Data Quality
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP Information Steward
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Data Quality (18th), Metadata Management (10th)
 

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.
FranciscoSantos - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Pixel Studio PTY
Provides accurate data that is validated against a personalized reference tool
For most SAP customers, Information Steward is enough because it is able to build quality data rules to detect issues in the source systems like SAP HANA, Business Warehouse, or other systems. A business user can first organize their data into several data domains. For example, procurement, human resources, and logistics setup. The domains can build data quality dimensions where you can describe the kind of rule that you are going to use. The user then can immediately see if something is wrong with their data using traffic lights. Another great feature of SAP Information Steward is the accuracy that the content is followed by validating against the reference tool. With the solution, you are creating data quality dimensions. Within these dimensions, you are creating business data quality rules that are looking for specific fields. From these rules, you can create a scorecard. The scorecard will highlight the percentage of good data and ensure the user can feel confident that the data is accurate within predetermined limits. SAP tables have field names that are very cryptic, making them hard to understand the meaning of the fields. Metapedia helps describe these fields in business terms.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"About Informatica Data Quality, I do not think that I have any questions because the product is very good."
"I am very happy with the product."
"The product has improved company efficiency because we're able to categorize the need for user access at the folder level across storage enterprise wide."
"Ability to collect information, monitor user access and to plan storage capacity."
"The solution is user-friendly even for those who are dealing with it for the first time."
"Setup is straightforward."
"The Data Cleansing and the scorecard dashboard are very valuable. Additionally, the financial aspect of SAP Information Steward is very good. When a rule is incorrect then it will show how much is it costing the business. These features are very valuable."
"The data profiling was excellent, as was the ease of generating the dashboards."
"The solution is very fast, very stable, and very easy to use and straightforward."
 

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."
"Performance could be improved."
"We'd like to see some manipulation techniques included in SAP Information Steward."
"SAP Information Steward could be improved by offering a cloud version of the product."
"Needs to be more powerful on rules."
"Granularity could be reduced from an application level to the object level."
"In some cases they have given extraneous or erroneous information, which is completely useless."
"The support team is not very responsive."
"The user experience of metapedia could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Smaller-sized organizations may not be able to invest in SAP Information Steward because of the cost."
"A bit pricey, and better tools are available for a lower price."
"I do not know if there were additional costs beyond the standard licensing fees."
"SAP Information Steward is an expensive solution compared to others."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
18%
Government
15%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

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Small Business1
Large Enterprise7
 

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...
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Information Steward, SAP Data Insight
 

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Sample Customers

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American Water, Graphic Packaging International, OSRAM Licht AG, Maxim Integrated
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