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Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) vs Monte Carlo comparison

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

Informatica Intelligent Dat...
Ranking in Data Observability
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
185
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (2nd), Data Quality (1st), Business Process Management (BPM) (11th), Business-to-Business Middleware (5th), 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) (2nd), Data Masking (2nd), Metadata Management (1st), Test Data Management Services (3rd), Product Information Management (PIM) (1st)
Monte Carlo
Ranking in Data Observability
1st
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Data Observability category, the mindshare of Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) is 7.4%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Monte Carlo is 32.7%, down from 40.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Observability
 

Featured Reviews

Saikat Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
Match and merge functionality is still the best but cloud version needs more functionality
There are various areas for improvement in IDMC. Enhancements on basic data management functionality and the UI front, such as multiple templates and improved grid views, would be beneficial. Bulk data management features could be improved from the UI perspective to get to the level of the on prem versions of Informatica MDM. The tool needs to mature but missing small but important features, like restricted dynamic attributes functionality, data inheritance rules in master hierachies, identifiers not being passed in jobs is a drawback.
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Provides centralized data observability features and has an easy-to-use user interface.
The product's initial setup is in a daily improvement stage, deploying new plugins for upstream and downstream resources. It takes 25 minutes to complete. The process involves integrating with third-party services for Single Sign-On (SSO). It requires only one executive for maintenance as it has easy-to-use navigation and user interface.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It has flexibility in extending the data model."
"Informatica provides a comprehensive solution for on-the-fly or real-time data masking."
"The fuzzy matching capability is a great feature."
"The mass ingestion functionality and the elasticity of the solution are great."
"The most valuable features are the structure masking and platform masking."
"I like that Informatica MDM has robust matching technology. Informatica MDM is also porting the external Java applications for validations. I can consider that a must-have. It is also exposed to Rest API calls, and we can engage in real-time integrations with any third-party systems."
"The most valuable feature of Informatica Axon is features, interfaces, and data mapping. It represents clusters nicely."
"The capability of the tool to scan and capture the metadata from a variety of sources is one of the capabilities that I find most useful. The central repository into which it is going to put that captured metadata is the best."
"It makes organizing work easier based on its relevance to specific projects and teams."
 

Cons

"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."
"The solution doesn't directly connect to any of the analytical tools."
"There is room for improvement in the support. The response time could be faster."
"Its features for partitioning and optimization could be better."
"There could be a lot more application integration."
"Informatica MDM has limitations with connectivity."
"Informatica Axon does not provide complete transparency about the level of detailing you need and the logic used in ETL."
"The on-prem solution is harder to learn than the cloud-based versions."
"For anomaly detection, the product provides only the last three weeks of data, while some competitors can analyze a more extended data history."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"It is cost effective and an easily accessible tool."
"You can purchase licenses for this solution at different intervals. For example, annually or every three years. They recently changed their terms for licensing and now it is more flexible."
"Its pricing model can be improved."
"So, there are plans for licensing. There are subscription-based and usage-based licenses. Also, there are licenses for exceptional analytics, etc. In short, there are different models of licensing for every enterprise."
"Informatica MDM's pricetag should come down. They have to cut some costs."
"The price of Informatica Cloud Data Integration could be reduced."
"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."
"The product has moderate pricing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Retailer
7%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Monte Carlo?
It makes organizing work easier based on its relevance to specific projects and teams.
What needs improvement with Monte Carlo?
For anomaly detection, the product provides only the last three weeks of data, while some competitors can analyze a more extended data history. This feature needs improvement. Its price could be a ...
 

Also Known As

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
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Sample Customers

The Travel Company, Carbonite
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