Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) vs Reltio Cloud vs SAP Master Data Governance comparison

Informatica and Reltio are both solutions in the Cloud Data Integration category. Additionally, 92% of Informatica users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Reltio users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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90% willing to recommend

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it_user545286

Principal Software Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Dec 09, 2016

Reltio: Question about Master Data Management Capabilities

Riversand technology is leader in the MDM space and makes a product called MDMcenter. Gartner and Forrester put these guys in a leader and visionary quadrant topping Informatica, oracle, and sap. They have a product used by many fortune 1000s and multinational companies. I have rolled out MDM solutions for a bunch of customers using different platforms and Riversand's is the best. They have cloud based and on premise solutions. It can scale from small projects to biggest implementations of the planet, different geographies/locations, langauges and near infinite entities. Their licensing can vary based on required modules; but they offer Matching, Deduplication, Searching, Workflow, Modeling, Analytics, Integration, Domain / cross-domain, Governance tools to change / commit / rollback. The applications modeling and framework is flexible so it can handle any domain, product, retail, manufacturing, customer, vendor, finance, investment vehicles, jewelry, oil and gas, person, auto, high tech, oil gas, fast food, grocery, etc. Hands down this is best product in its class. It's top shelf. Given the choice and having used other products, I'd choice Riversand over the other competing products. If you didn't check them out yet, you definitely should.

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Divya-Raj

Sr. Consultant cum Assistant Manager & Offshore Lead at Deloitte

Handles large data volumes effectively and offers competitive pricing

There is a lot of improvement required, as we still face some cache issues most of the time, which is a challenge that we expect to see resolved in the future. Additionally, there is some limitation when we are working with a tool, especially regarding In and Out parameters, and I feel that this aspect should be improved going ahead. We face issues with the API side, as Cloud Application Integration cannot handle large volumes; according to the API page, there is a limitation of 500 records or 500 MB. The AI integrated into the Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services solution is called Application Integration, where we still face challenges when dealing with huge volumes, as previously explained.

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Amrita Guha

Human Resources Head at AN INFOSYSTEMS BV

Consulting team maximizes cloud features while seeking workflow improvements

We are quite satisfied with the solution. The only issue we face is with the workflow feature. Every time we need to deploy our workflows, we must contact the Reltio Support Center. We have to rely on their availability and write to them to receive the required JAR files. They are slow to respond to these requests.

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reviewer2402049

Governance / Data Governance Initiative Advisory And Strategy Leadership at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

Centralized master data has improved quality and now supports consistent global governance

Regarding what SAP can do better in SAP Master Data Governance, they have an entire roadmap of constant improvements since they deployed the product, always adding new business functionality and add-ons. Each company may have different feedback, wishing for certain features. The essence of SAP Master Data Governance is to provide structure, and from my standpoint, it offers a pretty good structure. There will always be areas for improvement; for example, when I deployed it a few years ago, their approach to internal orders for finance was still new, and they were figuring out how it would work based on organizational requirements. The financial data objects are straightforward, but financial statements are a bit more challenging. It is not a one-time deployment; it requires ongoing investment in user and product knowledge, and you need to weigh the pros and cons of any IT solution. I often advise clients to walk before they run because establishing hierarchies requires having a designed structure before implementation, though you can add that later. For additional functions in SAP Master Data Governance, it is interesting because on my project, we are already using AI technology for data cleansing before records are entered into SAP Master Data Governance. It would be beneficial to have the Dun & Bradstreet add-on within SAP Master Data Governance. However, one must remember that for AI to work effectively, it requires good data. Without that, AI does not make a difference. SAP Master Data Governance will always require a human perspective, especially to identify duplicate records. While SAP Master Data Governance provides technical capabilities for identifying potential duplicates based on searches, it requires human oversight due to the complexity of analyzing data fields. I believe integrating AI into the product could work, particularly after a solid data migration, which ensures that the records are reliable before utilizing AI for analytics.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The best part about the Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) is the modularity; when I say modularity, I mean the things get easier by working into different modules."

"REST API: Excellent for scripting control and reporting mechanisms"

"The most valuable features of Informatica MDM are its reliability, match functions, and integration capabilities. The out-of-box functionality of deduplication and built-in data models ensure faster implementation."

"The most beneficial feature of Informatica Cloud Data Quality is it's cloud-based."

"The most valuable features of Informatica MDM are the IDQ and RDM data management."

"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."

"I particularly value data replication and data sync jobs."

"With Informatica technical support has never been a problem; they are fantastic, and if you reach out to them and raise a case, they get onto it very quickly."

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"Reltio Cloud has positively impacted my organization because we were able to promote our data and sell data to our customers."

"It is a scalable product, and the scalability is good. We can configure users."

"Reltio Cloud has positively impacted my organization by reducing the amount of manual effort needed and making it easy to manage downstream systems."

"We can store the data and enrich it from multiple sources."

"The most valuable feature is real-time synchronization. You can see the events as soon as they are posted within a couple of fraction seconds."

"The most valuable feature of Reltio Cloud is the customization we can make in its functionality."

"The matching feature of Reltio Cloud is highly effective compared to many other tools available. Additionally, it is almost ready to use out-of-the-box, reducing the implementation time."

"The solution saves 30% to 40% of our time."

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"We chose this solution because it has built-in SAP data model configuration rules, data validation rules, preconfigured workflow, staging possibilities, and built-in status tracking and reporting."

"The technical support is very good; they are very helpful."

"The workflows have been a valuable aspect of the solution, and the solution is great at standardizing all of our records."

"The product is easy to use and is beneficial from a data governance perspective."

"SAP Master Data Governance is a customizable solution and is flexible."

"SAP Master Data Governance helped the organisation prevent bad and unauthorised master data from entering the production database."

"Validates all aspects from security to authorization and authentication."

"This is an all-around good product."

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Cons

"The user interface can be a bit more functionality-aligned."

"Accessing data as a service is essential, especially for validations requiring external data services. This goes beyond basic syntactic checks, like ensuring an email address contains the @ symbol or .com domain. Instead, it's about advanced validation, such as verifying if an email address exists or if a phone number is valid."

"The cloud version could be better in terms of pricing."

"Informatica MDM could be improved by adding drag and drop options, business data insights, and visualization reporting."

"There are various areas for improvement in IDMC. Enhancements on the UI front, such as multiple templates and improved grid views, would be beneficial."

"If I wanted to improve something, it would be the way we import or the way we design the policies."

"The vendor should have more training resources: online classes, free tutorial videos, etc."

"Don't know yet. In a trial now. There is much to find out, first and foremost, its performance level when compared with on-prem."

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"The download process can be quite slow"

"The customer support is adequate, but not exceptional."

"We need manual data modeling and configuration to tailor the platform to our requirements."

"There is some lag in developing new features for specific business requirements. If a new feature is needed, we have to raise a request in the developer portal through the IDEA portal. This process takes time to develop, which can be a drawback when immediate business needs arise."

"The deployment is difficult."

"Initially, the UI was limited in features."

"Reltio Cloud could be improved in two specific areas. Firstly, the API capability needs to be enhanced, as when utilizing the REST API and posting a significant amount of data, there are multiple rejections from the MDM side. This can be due to the MDM server not responding or being unable to process the request. Therefore, I suggest that the API capacity should be increased to handle larger amounts of data. Additionally, I have noticed that the response time from the servers can take up to a minute or a few seconds, which can be improved for a faster response time."

"The support team is slow to respond when we need assistance with workflow deployments. We must rely on their availability and contact them to receive the required JAR files."

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"The price can be improved."

"The UI could improve by being more neat and clean."

"Overall, they just a little bit more flexibility in terms of assigning roles or adding new roles. We have a longer approval process, so we need to break it down into more roles than what is typically available and we need to hard-code it."

"The multidomain MDM feature is based on EIP systems, which may not be a good model for all master data."

"The user interface is not user-friendly."

"The profiling feature, especially for materials, needs improvement. We faced challenges maintaining specific details for a single material from multiple vendors."

"It could benefit from integration of its components through a central console and reduction of ABAP code for custom functions using 4GL."

"RiverFront is a more modern and cost-effective solution compared to MDG. It is flexible and designed to handle big data, which MDG does not support well."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's pretty high for us. It's more on the higher side, like low to middle high."

"The product is not very pocket-friendly for small and medium-sized businesses, and it is understandable because of the kind of features the tool gives."

"The licensing costs attached to the solution are pretty high, but then, with the cloud model, the prices depend on what it provides for the value of money, which I feel was very high."

"Informatica MDM's pricetag should come down. They have to cut some costs."

"Its pricing model can be improved."

"Cost-wise, I think it is on the higher side, and that is why we are looking for some better options. Licensing costs are huge compared to other players in the market and for my company."

"The licensing price of the product depends on the organization's requirements."

"It's offers value for money. They're more competitive with respect to pricing and offerings."

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"The cost of the product is not ideal."

"The pricing is a bit too high."

"The solution is costly."

"I rate the tool's pricing a seven out of ten."

"SAP Master Data Governance is an expensive product."

"The licensing cost is reasonable."

"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."

"The product is too expensive."

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Answers from the Community

it_user545286

Principal Software Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Dec 9, 2016

Reltio: Question about Master Data Management Capabilities

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it_user348246

Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Dec 8, 2016

If you buy InfoSphere MDM Domain Hub Standard Edition you can use following products: IBM Process Server Standard v8.5.6 IBM Process Server Standard for Non-production Environment v8.5.6 IBM Process Center Standard v8.5.6 IBM Process Designer v8.5.6 IBM Content Integrator v8.6 IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition v10.5 IBM Cognos Business Intelligence V10.2.2.0 IBM InfoSphere Information Server Enterprise v11.5 IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack v3.0.0.0 IBM Integration Bus Express Edition v9.0.0.3 IBM Watson Explorer v10.0 IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software v9.5 IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment v8.5.5 IBM WebSphere Application Server Base v8.5.5 IBM WebSphere MQ v8.0 IBM WebSphere Portal Server v8.5 IBM Installation Manager & IBM Packaging Utility for Rational Software Development Platform v1.8 IBM Security Directory Server v6.4.0.0 For IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Enterprise Edition you can use also: IBM InfoSphere Big Match for Hadoop v11.5 InfoSphere Information Server contains both DataStage (ETL engine) and QualityStage (DQ components which are fully integrated with ETL). You could always check which products are provided in license on Software License Portal (http://www-03.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf/search)

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it_user311469

Works with 10,001+ employees

Dec 8, 2016

Will do but can you help me out with my groceries for this week ? ( please stop sending me these emails. I am a professional not a volunteer) Sent from my iPhone

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Retailer

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

Healthcare Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	51
Midsize Enterprise	27
Large Enterprise	153

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	21

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Also Known As

ActiveVOS, Active Endpoints, Address Verification, Persistent Data Masking

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SAP MDG

Overview

Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) offers seamless integration of master data management, data quality, and data integration with a cloud-native architecture supporting multiple data management styles, optimizing data governance through metadata management.

IDMC enhances data synchronization and mapping tasks, utilizing a broad range of connectors to interact efficiently with data sources. Its precise address validation via AddressDoctor and intuitive navigation bolster user empowerment, delivering agility, scalability, and security in data governance. Despite its strengths, areas like ease of use, SAP integration, and reporting could benefit from enhancements. Connectivity issues and workflow complexities are noted, needing improvements in performance, support, and licensing cost. Users demand expanded ETL capabilities, real-time processing, and broader data source support to address growing data needs.

What are the key features of IDMC?

Integration Capabilities: Ensures seamless connectivity between on-premise and cloud environments.
Master Data Management: Centralizes and streamlines data processes for enhanced quality.
Data Quality: Employs tools for cleansing and standardizing data accuracy.
Address Validation: Features AddressDoctor for precise address verification.
Real-Time Processing: Supports real-time data handling for critical operations.
Connectivity Options: Offers a wide array of connectors for easy data source interaction.

What benefits and ROI should users consider?

Scalability: Cloud-native design boosts system agility, adapting to data volume changes.
Security: Enhances data protection with robust encryption and compliance measures.
Efficiency: Automates processes to reduce manual effort and errors.
Flexibility: Supports diverse data management styles, offering adaptability to business changes.
Governance: Empowers effective data governance through comprehensive metadata management.

In industries such as banking, healthcare, and telecom, IDMC is implemented for data integration, cloud migration, and enhancing data quality. Its capabilities are crucial for metadata management, lineage tracking, and real-time processing, ensuring high data quality and streamlined operations.

Informatica

Reltio Cloud excels in Master Data Management (MDM), offering real-time data synchronization and a unified data view across diverse sources. Praised for its scalable architecture and user-friendly interface, it enhances operational efficiency and compliance management, making it ideal for handling large volumes of data and improving organizational productivity.

Reltio

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.

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Sample Customers

The Travel Company, Carbonite

iMiDiA, Slalom, MeritDirect, Cognizant

Convergent IS, CHIO Aachen, Dell, Hamburg Port Authority (HPA), City of Boston, Mozzart, Mitsui Knowledge Industry (MKI), AOK Bundesverband, eBay

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