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Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) vs Talend Open Studio for MDM comparison

 

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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...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
185
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (3rd), Data Quality (1st), Business Process Management (BPM) (10th), Business-to-Business Middleware (5th), API Management (7th), 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), Data Observability (2nd)
Talend Open Studio for MDM
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Master Data Management (MDM) Software (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Data Integration and Access solutions, they serve different purposes. Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) is designed for Data Management Platforms (DMP) and holds a mindshare of 15.0%, up 14.0% compared to last year.
Talend Open Studio for MDM, on the other hand, focuses on Master Data Management (MDM) Software, holds 6.1% mindshare, down 8.7% since last year.
Data Management Platforms (DMP)
Master Data Management (MDM) Software
 

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.
RR
Good stewardship and data prep capabilities with responsive technical support, but the deployment can be tricky
The most valuable features are the stewardship and the data prep. These two are very good on the Talend platform. The Talend data catalog is one of the great features that they implemented recently. It's more about data lineage and it may assist with the data governance program. It is a feature that is emerging in the market now.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is one of the best tools available for data integration."
"The product improves data quality."
"The most valuable features of Informatica MDM are the IDQ and RDM data management."
"I have rated the stability a ten out of ten due to a high level of satisfaction."
"Its data cleansing capabilities are very valuable. The match and merge and the audit trail functionalities are very good."
"I do find Informatica Data Quality is stable. It generally maintains a high level of reliability and stability, making it an asset."
"Multifeatured and easily scalable data catalog, with good data domain discovery and data profiling features."
"The most valuable feature of Informatica Axon is features, interfaces, and data mapping. It represents clusters nicely."
"I really like the data fabric."
"The most valuable features are the stewardship and the data prep."
"The biggest advantage of Talend is that they have an active community. If we face any issue, we can get input in a short duration of time."
 

Cons

"The stability and the integration of the solution have room for improvement."
"Informatica Axon does not provide complete transparency about the level of detailing you need and the logic used in ETL."
"The only thing that I can imagine that might be improved is how the available transactions verify addresses used. These transactions have a valid end date and must be used within the agreed timeframe."
"There is room for improvement at the highest level in terms of useability and connectors for various types of new applications. The row processing performance could be better because you experience some latency dealing with high volumes of data. Most organizations will be dealing with multiple cloud applications, so you could see performance issues moving from one system to another."
"Connectivity could be improved, it can be a little slow."
"We would like to have accessibility to the repository."
"When it comes to UI look and feel and user experience, Informatica is not as good as other solutions."
"The on-prem solution is harder to learn than the cloud-based versions."
"I do not have notes for improvement."
"Creating a model and deploying it is a little bit tricky in Talend, compared to other tools."
"It can definitely be improved on the UI side. They can provide a better UI as compared to what is currently available. I'm trying to set up the UI to capture some information, and when I try to use the native feature of Talend, I'm finding it difficult. It could be improved a bit. Only when it comes to MDM, it is not user-friendly, but when it comes to data integration of Big Data, it's extremely user-friendly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The platform has a premium cost. I rate the pricing as seven out of ten."
"it's expensive, but if you're looking for a stable solution, Informatica MDM is a good one to choose."
"It's an expensive solution."
"It is expensive. That's probably the biggest drawback. The business has heartache paying the license, but that's mainly because they don't realize what value it brings. The key thing about the MDM solution is that it is in the backend, and no one sees what it is actually doing. You don't know it is a problem until it is not there."
"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 price is neither too high nor too low."
"Our customers sometimes are able to negotiate a much better price for Informatica Cloud Data Integration based on their relationship with the vendor."
"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 fees vary depending on the products that you purchase."
"It has one single license, and everything is included in it."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
11%
Retailer
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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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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