SAP Master Data Governance vs Stibo STEP MDM comparison

The compared SAP and Stibo Systems solutions aren't in the same category. SAP is ranked #1 in MDM , with an average rating of 7.5, and holds a 21.5% mindshare in the category. Stibo Systems is ranked #4 in CMDM , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 8.6% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of SAP users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Stibo Systems users who would recommend it.

SAP Master Data Governance

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90% willing to recommend

Stibo STEP MDM

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between SAP Master Data Governance and Stibo STEP MDM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Master Data Management (MDM) Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

SAP Master Data Governance

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

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Master Data Management (MDM) Software (1st)

Stibo STEP MDM

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

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Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions (4th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Data Integration and Access solutions, they serve different purposes. SAP Master Data Governance is designed for Master Data Management (MDM) Software and holds a mindshare of 21.5%, down 23.0% compared to last year.
Stibo STEP MDM, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions, holds 8.6% mindshare, up 7.8% since last year.

Master Data Management (MDM) Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SAP Master Data Governance	21.5%
Microsoft MDS	13.4%
TIBCO EBX	13.0%
Other	52.1%

Master Data Management (MDM) Software

Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Stibo STEP MDM	8.6%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)	25.9%
Reltio Cloud	18.0%
Other	47.5%

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Featured Reviews

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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RahulSoni

Senior Delivery Architect at Capgemini

Modular design, product-based MDM and easy to setup

Stibo is a great product if you want to utilize it in product-based MDM. Customer-base, they are still growing, but product-base is fine because every single time you have to create hierarchies in the product and not care about all the other stuff. But the major thing is the hierarchy, at which particular type that product is and what that product does, how it looks, what is the catalog, what are the relationships with other stuff. So, from that note, Stibo is great. Around 20 to 25 people were there when I was on a particular project. I knew around 20 to 25 people who knew Stibo MDM and were part of it.

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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 scalability is very good."

"SAP is a closed tool. Integrating with it requires a lot of effort and money. It is also very expensive and not flexible."

"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."

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

"The solution is great at standardizing all of our records."

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

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

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"The match engine is very good and the BPM solution is very good as well."

"Data profiling allows us to recognize values from our upstream applications. It helps us place limits on the creation of new data domains to organize the ecosystem. The golden record, crucial for downstream applications, ensures data integrity and consistency."

"The second feature I love is its modular design, where you can create a certain number of entities and create hierarchical entities."

"It's powerful and it's stable."

"It's very user friendly, and we can do everything in one place."

Cons

"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."

"SAP could do better in attracting talent and simplifying technology adoption."

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

"There were challenges with handling multiple values within a single input field at the screen level."

"The price can be improved."

"It could be more user-friendly."

"They should improve the solution's performance as sometimes the process consumes much time."

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

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"The search feature for searching internal records could be improved."

"The analytics module can be improved. It is a self-service solution for creating new reports and submitting visions to bring more data to the CEO table."

"There is scope for improvement with regard to the UI."

"The customer service and support were a little adamant about giving workarounds rather than accepting that something was not working correctly."

"The initial setup is complex."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"SAP Master Data Governance is an expensive solution."

"We have an enterprise license. The whole SAP landscape pricing model is based on the number of users, and the number of transactions. The price could be better, there is always room for improvement in the price."

"The pricing is a bit too high."

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

"The product is too expensive."

"The cost of the product is not ideal."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Energy/Utilities Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

19%

Computer Software Company

14%

Retailer

10%

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

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Questions from the Community

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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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Stibo STEP MDM?

Price-wise, it's cheaper than Informatica.

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What needs improvement with Stibo STEP MDM?

Stibo needs to make it way much more efficient in the integration of the data. When you insert data, if you're not utilizing StepXML, the data load will take a lot of time. They can utilize direct ...

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What is your primary use case for Stibo STEP MDM?

Our use case is based on the master data profile for customers and certain regulatory instances specific to Brazil. We used Stibo STEP MDM to create and manage the records for these datasets.

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Comparisons

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

Compared 25% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

Reltio Cloud vs SAP Master Data Governance

Compared 10% of the time

Ataccama ONE Platform vs SAP Master Data Governance

Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 24% of the time

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Compared 21% of the time

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Overview

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.

SAP

STEP is a Multidomain Master Data Management platform that integrates multiple disparate systems in your company by streamlining the process of aggregating and consolidating information around your products, customers, suppliers, employees, assets, location and reference data from multiple sources and formats, connecting that information to derive actionable insights, and publishing that information to backend systems and/or to online and offline channels.

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Sample Customers

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

Sears Canada, Best Buy, Oriental Trading

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