Reltio Cloud vs SAP Master Data Governance comparison

The compared Reltio and SAP solutions aren't in the same category. Reltio is ranked #2 in CMDM , with an average rating of 8.7, and holds a 16.8% mindshare in the category. SAP is ranked #1 in MDM , with an average rating of 7.6, and holds a 21.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Reltio users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of SAP users who would recommend it.

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90% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Reltio Cloud

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

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Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions (2nd)

SAP Master Data Governance

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

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Master Data Management (MDM) Software (1st)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Data Integration and Access solutions, they serve different purposes. Reltio Cloud is designed for Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions and holds a mindshare of 16.8%, up 15.0% compared to last year.
SAP Master Data Governance, on the other hand, focuses on Master Data Management (MDM) Software, holds 21.6% mindshare, down 23.0% since last year.

Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Reltio Cloud	16.8%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)	25.3%
TIBCO EBX	13.6%
Other	44.3%

Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions

Master Data Management (MDM) Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SAP Master Data Governance	21.6%
Microsoft MDS	13.0%
TIBCO EBX	12.6%
Other	52.8%

Master Data Management (MDM) Software

Q&A Highlights

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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RahulSoni

Senior Delivery Architect at Capgemini

Offers features that pinpoints locations with maps and provides reporting about data performance and completeness

Until I work with a customer, I won't be able to recognize the performance regarding the integration of records, especially when records are coming in as a full load or a delta after an initial load. I have to check how it performs in the integration part when pushing the entire data into MDM. Most tools have a downside in this area. So far, I have not faced any other problems regarding Reltio. I just did a certification and the provided hands-on exercises. I didn't find anything concerning, but I would definitely want to use the AI features introduced in Reltio more. The Hands-on Lab in the certification allows you to try out certain AI features.

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UdayReddy

Lead at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech

Detailed technical support and data integration capabilities create seamless user experience

Regarding SAP Master Data Governance, there is significant room for improvement particularly concerning the replication types. For example, when a vendor master is created in Ariba and a request is submitted from the Ariba system, SAP Ariba directs it to MDG. MDG verifies the details entirely through PI/PO or CPI. Once MDG verifies the data, the request is submitted to the S/4HANA system, the target. After a final approval at all levels, the vendor number is generated, and the vendor code gets passed from source to target system. This number is available in both the Ariba integration in the systems and in SAP BPT code, as well as the S/4HANA system.

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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

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

"The cloud feature is very beneficial, and the scalability performance feature is excellent."

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

"Its user interface is different from that of other MDM solutions like Informatica"

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

"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 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."

"There are default limitations and considerations. For instance, Reltio can store a maximum of 200 values for a single attribute. If your data exceeds this limit, you can request Reltio support to increase the limit. However, be aware that increasing this limit may impact performance, potentially slowing down data loading times."

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"The scalability is very good."

"SAP Master Data Governance integrates well."

"The most valuable thing is what it does: data management."

"The data capturing and data governance features are valuable."

"I am satisfied with the solution's customer service."

"Some of the features that I have found to be beneficial are the search and uploads functions."

"It is a stable solution."

"We've found the solution to be quite flexible."

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Cons

"The deployment is difficult."

"The solution's UI could be enhanced, and its record filtering could be expanded."

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

"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."

"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."

"Initially, the UI was limited in features."

"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."

"Sometimes, the service goes down for maintenance or when we run a lot of jobs so things get pushed to the queue and results don't get delivered on time."

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"The technical support should be improved."

"The solution lacks some flexibility."

"In general, I want artificial intelligence added to SAP Master Data Governance since I feel it is one of the areas where the solution has certain shortcomings."

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

"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."

"Lacks some features that are available in other solutions."

"The documentation provided for the MDG extensions by Utopia could be improved."

"The UI could improve by being more neat and clean. Sometimes users find it difficult to use it."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product is too expensive."

"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 solution is costly."

"The cost of the product is not ideal."

"SAP Master Data Governance is an expensive solution."

"SAP Master Data Governance is a licensed product. While there might be no upfront cost for the MDG component itself, you still need to pay for user authorizations."

"The pricing is a bit too high."

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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

2 out of 7 answers

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 at Deloitte

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%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Healthcare Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

10%

Energy/Utilities Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	8

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	21

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Reltio Cloud?

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...

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What is your primary use case for Reltio Cloud?

We are currently using Reltio Cloud. We are consultants based in Europe, and we are using it for ourselves and our clients.

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What advice do you have for others considering Reltio Cloud?

Our team consists of 35 plus members spread across India, Vietnam, and Portugal in Europe. The solution runs on AWS Cloud and is a well-known platform. TIBCO EBX has suffered some losses last year....

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What do you like most about SAP Master Data Governance?

We've managed tens of thousands of updates within 30 to 60 minutes, and we can also replicate these changes to all connected systems.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Master Data Governance?

The challenge with SAP MDG is not only the cost but the resources. The skills required are niche in the market, and while you can purchase the product either one time or on a subscription basis, th...

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What needs improvement with SAP Master Data Governance?

I don't see any disadvantages or areas for improvement that I can think of, to be honest. It's sometimes challenging when you have to develop custom fields, but then usually it works, even when dep...

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 24% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Overview

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

iMiDiA, Slalom, MeritDirect, Cognizant

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