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Collibra Governance vs Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Collibra Governance
Ranking in Data Governance
3rd
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
44
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Informatica Intelligent Dat...
Ranking in Data Governance
2nd
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), API Management (8th), Cloud Data Integration (3rd), 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)
 

Q&A Highlights

YN
 

Featured Reviews

HJ
Dec 20, 2020
Good workflows and data lineage capabilities but needs more maturity
I'm fairly new to the product, however, what I generally hear from my clients is that the requirement around having ways to ingest more metadata. Currently, with Collibra, they provide you a catalog platform, which helps you integrate or get metadata from a few commonly known platforms, like Tableau and IBM Db2, and Informatica. If they could bring them through, or if they could bring in more connectors to help us ingest metadata from other systems as well, that would be really helpful. That would reduce a lot of time and effort from our end. If people had backward compatibility as well, that would be much better. I've also worked on other technologies, primarily Java, which is very, very much backward compatible. Any new implementation which they bring in does not impact your existing work to a heavy extent. It would be helpful if Collibra was similar.
SA
Jun 26, 2024
Automated a lot of manual processes, improved visibility into data processes but user interface could be more intuitive
The most valuable features of Informatica Axon are the reports and statistics. It provides very good insights into pending tasks, completed tasks, and areas requiring follow-up or approval. There are various checkpoints. In one report, we can see the overall status of the system. Additionally, Informatica Axon has many out-of-the-box features when we want to configure stuff for workflows, surpassing those of other tools we evaluated, like Collibra. But Informatica is a very established tool that offers a lot of pre-configurations when we govern the workflows. So, these out-of-the-box features are much more robust, and reporting is much more robust compared to other tools. Data Lineage Feature: Data lineage is there. But not everyone is into it. We have a lot of legacy applications, and consolidation of the data into our master data management is also a parallel project going on. Right now, Informatica Axon has a fantastic lineage feature, but we do not fully use that capability in our team because there are a lot of prerequisites that we need to set before we can utilize the lineage. There are very small components where we can see some lineage. For example, if you have product dimensions or dimension-related attributes, we can see how the data lineage is going through. But for other activities, our data is distributed across different platforms and involves about 43 to 50 legacy systems. First, we are in the process of consolidating them into one hub and then do some cleanup. That would be the biggest feature for us to start with this data lineage. Right now, we don't use that capability extensively.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"In terms of data governance, as I mentioned, it can be a one-stop solution for all of your data governance needs."
"It is user-friendly."
"The diagram showing the limits is absolutely magnificent."
"Collibra Governance's most valuable features are data lineage and stewardships."
"The solution's most valuable features are its scalability and how it can be integrated to any other intakes."
"The most important feature in Collibra Governance is the ability to gather data or a collection of data into one repository. If a client creates a repository at his place, then it will get updated to the cloud automatically."
"The most valuable feature is the Technical Lineage. The fact that you can trace the auditability of a particular field or attribute across various systems is very useful."
"The ability to collaborate and approve business terms for the business glossary data dictionary is excellent."
"The technical support services are good."
"The data mapping capability is a valuable feature."
"Axon does one interesting thing that I don't think other tools do as well. It lets you rate data and incorporates Informatica's data quality feature into it. There are little indications and graphics that show you how good the data quality is, and you can drill into it to see where potential issues lie."
"The most valuable features of the solution are pushdown, optimization, and partitioning, which can be used for frequent data loading, especially when we have a huge data volume in our company."
"The way that the solution scans is very useful."
"It is a highly scalable solution."
"I know that there are two good features, APN and ServiceNow but we haven't explored all of its features yet."
"The user interface which is very easy to use if we have any problems to solve."
 

Cons

"The licensing is one area that could get improved."
"The UI is good if you happen to be an administrator and are familiar with the technical side of the administration. If you're a business user, the UI is not good. It is hard to learn. It is hard for those who are administering it to teach to end-users and it can take hours of training to do it. Because it is difficult and non-intuitive, business users resist using it. It is a battle to get them on board and to keep them engaged because of the UI."
"From a usability perspective, customers usually find some areas of the solution a bit complex. It takes a long time for the customers to get used to the UI and the interface."
"Collibra is not very user-friendly in terms of lineage generation. The lineage generation process is quite tough, and it takes lots of time to understand it. Business staff are also struggling to generate lineages and to understand them. So, it is not very user-friendly."
"If someone changes the metadata, we can't see who changed it."
"We are not able to ingest all the data in Collibra, and that's why we cannot do element-to-element level data tracking."
"The technical support could be better."
"Pricing policy of the product is an area with certain shortcomings that needs improvement."
"There's certainly room for improvement. One crucial area is generating detailed reports on file statuses. Presently, this is represented visually, often as graphs or charts. Such reporting could offer comprehensive insights into the areas that demand attention and further scrutiny."
"The on-prem version's functionalities may not be available on the cloud version."
"The pricing model is problematic."
"Their UI needs improvement. Their scorecards and reporting also need improvement. Their data quality reporting, especially their dashboards and scorecards, is lackluster at best. Its reporting capabilities are limited. If you want to do anything beyond its limited reporting capabilities, then you're going to have to use an external reporting tool such as Power BI or something like that."
"The solution should improve its integration."
"We promote our code changes from a lower to a higher environment, which is highly complex when working with a multi-domain MDM like Informatica. This is the biggest obstacle for Informatica MDM, and I think they should change it because that's very time consuming."
"It can be improved in terms of performance and execution. I'm expecting better performance. It currently has some restrictions in terms of execution. For example, if we want to run it in the command mode and execute it, there are some restrictions, and we are facing some issues with a huge volume of data. These restrictions are not there in Informatica PowerCenter because we are able to execute a huge volume of data, and there are more ways to execute it."
"We would like to have accessibility to the repository."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Collibra is a bit expensive."
"The solution's pricing is moderate and not very expensive."
"Collibra Governance is an expensive solution."
"I am not so much aware of price details. Initially, there was an add-on NuSoft license to use the DVC connector that NuSoft gives to create integrations, but Collibra is now phasing out of it slowly. Collibra is cutting ties with them is what we have been led to believe, and we have started developing on Spring Boot, which is open source."
"The product's pricing is high, which its comprehensive features and capabilities may justify."
"We purchase its annual license. There is an extra cost for additional users."
"Generally, it is a rather expensive solution compared to some other tools in the market, but I found it to be fair-priced for its capabilities."
"Collibra Governance is an expensive solution."
"I'm not sure about the most recent pricing trends, but I don't believe it's significantly different from PowerCenter. I believe it is nearly the same."
"Informatica MDM is a costly solution because it comes as a bundle. They are also globally positioning themselves and are definitely working on very upgraded technologies. If someone wanted to do it on the cloud, they have a lot of flexibility because they upgrade themselves according to the current needs. It definitely comes with a lot of features and that's the reason why it's costly. The licensing cost should be approximately one million dollars. It's about four to five times that of other vendors."
"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."
"Informatica MDM's price could be lower."
"The solution's pricing model is easy, but it is very expensive."
"You can purchase licenses for this solution at different intervals. For example, annually or every three years. They recently changed their terms for licensing and now it is more flexible."
"The price of Informatica Cloud Data Integration could be reduced."
"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."
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Answers from the Community

YN
Sep 1, 2022
Sep 1, 2022
Hello Yegane, I recommend add Precisely Data360 Govern (Infogix Data360 Govern)
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TH
Sep 1, 2022
Besides features, don't forget to look at user experience and software performance. One of your choices is significantly lacking in both areas. You might consider adding erwin Data Intelligence Suite to your list. Something you might find interesting: Alation vs Collibra vs Quest (erwin) 2022 | Gartner Peer Insights  You can change the products you are comparing, seeing how others have rated the tools you are looking at.
DA
Sep 1, 2022
Hello Yegane, I recommend add Precisely Data360 Govern (Infogix Data360 Govern)
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Collibra Governance?
We use the solution's Data Stewardship part.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Collibra Governance?
Many of our customers I spoke to felt that the solution is a bit highly-priced.
What needs improvement with Collibra Governance?
When you have a huge amount of hierarchical data to manage, the solution's performance tends to decrease.
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Also Known As

Collibra
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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