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Apigee vs Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Apigee
Ranking in API Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
83
Ranking in other categories
API Testing Tools (6th)
Informatica Intelligent Dat...
Ranking in API Management
8th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
180
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (3rd), Data Quality (1st), Business Process Management (BPM) (5th), Business-to-Business Middleware (3rd), 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)
 

Featured Reviews

Rohit Sircar - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 17, 2022
API management software that offers excellent security capabilities and integrates easily with other solutions
We use this solution when we have microservices developed in either .NET Core or microservices developed on Java Spring Boot to develop and manage those APIs. We use it fof external and internal customers Before using Apigee, we used to have file transfer integrations. With Apigee in place, we…
Raja ShahnawazSoni - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 26, 2024
Consolidates customer data from disparate sources like accounting, ER systems, and more and establishes clear guidelines for data quality and consistency within the organization
First and foremost, data profiling is a very important aspect, because it allows me to understand the state of the data from the different source systems and applications I'm going to pull into MDM. This is crucial, as it helps me understand the existing data landscape. Next, Informatica MDM allows you to perform fuzzy matching. Like the example of Raja S and Raja Soni mentioned above. With fuzzy matching, I can define a threshold, and the system will let me know whether these two records are the same or not. This is where I think MDM shines - with its strong fuzzy matching algorithm. This is the essence of Informatica MDM. Based on these results, I can write our match conditions and then perform the corresponding data management activities. When it comes to how data is governed - how accurate it is, what's missing, and what's not. There are other Informatica tools involved: Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog (EDC) and Informatica Axon, which is specifically a governance tool. With these tools, users can understand data quality. Data quality, Informatica EDC, and Axon work together - they "talk" to each other. The moment Axon identifies that data is bad, incomplete, incorrect, or whatever, the governance tool allows you to monitor all of these things and feed them back into the organization. For example, if someone within the organization is using the governance tool, which is connected to data quality, they might realize: "This particular source isn't giving me certain information, like city data. But I need city information for my XYZ data usage. So, I should focus on another data source or application where customer cities are available." Based on this, data governance can be implemented, and workflows can be established. MDM also provides workflows. When records come in or if a customer wants to update a record directly in MDM, different personas can be defined. A workflow would then be triggered, and someone could review the data being fed through these forms or sources. They might reject or accept it based on predefined criteria. This is how data entering MDM is governed, ensuring everything is correct and meets organizational standards.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The ability to convert from language to language using a single tool."
"Apigee is a very lightweight solution."
"The developer portal is very useful to customers."
"Lifecycle management."
"The ease of creating policies has been the most useful of the solution's features. It's a quick ramp-up time. It's easy for our support staff to implement the policies in the API management layer."
"Tracing in Apigee is a very good feature."
"We can customize the dashboard."
"Easy interface to monetize and deliver APIs with very easy integration for third-party development environments/delivery."
"It has all the advantages of the Cloud in that you can use it without worrying about infrastructure, upkeep, or upgrades."
"It is a very stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The product improves data quality."
"It's helpful in integration, and it can be moved around in SharePoint. So, from the SharePoint View, data integration and reporting, it help a lot in that way."
"The most valuable feature of Informatica Axon is that it is flexible and user-friendly."
"The support is very good."
"The metadata management of Informatica is great."
"There isn't any human touch involved. It's just an automated business process to build different applications and talking to various APIs using the client's ecosystems. We then build new functionalities out of it."
 

Cons

"The number one area this solution could be improved is by implementing support. Support is not a part of this solution."
"I would like to see better integration and some architectural improvements in future releases of the solution."
"The entire user across all the layers should be singly authenticated through an external authentication system."
"The solution could add even more functionalities."
"It needs predictive analysis of consumption."
"The initial setup for the on-prem solution is a little complex."
"I would like to see SOAP services and socket-based connectivity developed."
"Since it is based on various open sourced projects, we might have to depend on the fixes provided by those components rather than Apigee directly fixing the issues."
"The cloud version of the Informatica, it's a very substandard product. They might say it's enterprise-ready but it's not at all ready. They need to add more features, such as improved data replication features. If you look at other tools, such as Matillion they are now cloud-native and flexible. Additionally, Informatica Cloud Data Integration should have a good migration strategy from Informatica PowerCenter to Informatica Cloud Data Integration."
"The integration with other data management tools can be enhanced. For instance, there is no integration with tools like Collibra or Hubview."
"Currently, there are limitations in processing and the interface."
"One area that needs to improve is the user experience because it is very complex. The trial version is very complex so it's not easy to start using the program immediately. You must study the rules first."
"Informatica Axon does not provide complete transparency about the level of detailing you need and the logic used in ETL."
"They need more feature flexibility, as it is not fully developed."
"Informatica is very expensive."
"I think everything related to the APIs and the manageability of the APIs in Informatica MDM are areas where improvements are required."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution’s pricing could be more competitive."
"Apigee is subject to licensing fees."
"It is an expensive solution."
"The tool is extremely expensive."
"We have a contract for three years. I don't know the cost."
"It is not suited for small companies. It's expensive."
"The solution is a bit expensive. It's not for organizations in the early stages of their lifecycle but is more suited for mid- to enterprise-level platforms. Pricing varies by deployment model, with SaaS being the cheapest, costing around $100,000 per year for a subscription. For hybrid and on-prem deployments, the price increases. The on-prem model includes a license and additional installation and configuration professional service costs, which can be at least $40,000 to $60,000 for the initial setup. While it's not cheap, it offers long-term value and can be worthwhile."
"It is more expensive when you compare to open-source products or other vendors."
"The pricing is quite flexible."
"We saw an ROI. We have been able to get data from various sources and consolidate it into a data lake, which is helping us in data analytics."
"It's pretty high for us. It's more on the higher side, like low to middle high."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Comparatively, their prices are a little bit too high."
"I rate the product's pricing a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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Also Known As

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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

Adobe, advance.net, Amadeus, AT&T, Bechtel, Belly, Burberry, Chegg, Citrix, Dell, eBay, Equifax, GameStop, First Data, Globe, HCSC, Intralinks, Kao, Meredith, Mitchell, Orange, Pearson
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