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Elastic Search vs Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Elastic Search
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
12th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
Indexing and Search (1st), Search as a Service (1st), Vector Databases (1st)
Informatica Intelligent Dat...
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
181
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (3rd), Data Quality (1st), Business Process Management (BPM) (7th), Business-to-Business Middleware (3rd), API Management (8th), 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

Saurav Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 15, 2024
Provides us with the capability to execute multiple queries according to our requirements
I can describe a project where we use Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK stack) for our archiving objectives. I work in the security department of a Fintech company in the payment industry. We use the ELK stack to connect our internal systems with the bank's systems and we used Beats for data…
Raj Sethupathi - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 13, 2024
Offers profiling and address standardization but can be complicated
Informatica Data Quality has its data warehouse, primarily using Oracle and some SQL databases. You need a database to host the data. The cleansed version of the data is stored in the data warehouse. It integrates with PowerCenter and other Informatica tools. The integration details can be complex, but a regional setup is involved in this process. Profiling smaller datasets, such as 10,000-50,000 records, worked fine. However, unexpected issues could arise with larger datasets, such as thousands of records or more, especially with tables containing many columns. Handling tables with fifty or more columns can be challenging, even in Excel. A mismatch in data types could cause the entire system to crash. Continual enhancements are being made to address these issues, which can be unique to specific industries like finance and healthcare.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution has good security features. I have been happy with the dashboards and interface."
"Dashboard is very customizable."
"Implementing the main requirements regarding my support portal​."
"It's a stable solution and we have not had any issues."
"The initial installation and setup were straightforward."
"Logsign provides us with the capability to execute multiple queries according to our requirements. The indexing is very high, making it effective for storing and retrieving logs. The real-time analytics with Elastic benefits us due to the huge traffic volume in our organization, which reaches up to 60,000 requests per second. With logs of approximately 25 GB per day, manually analyzing traffic behavior, payloads, headers, user agents, and other details is impractical."
"I have found the sort capability of Elastic very useful for allowing us to find the information we need very quickly."
"It helps us to analyse the logs based on the location, user, and other log parameters."
"The interface has a great look and feel, and the functionality is so easy."
"Informatica MDM's most valuable feature is the interconnection between multiple Master Data domains."
"I like the number of options that are presented with Informatica, fuzzy matching, and your screen."
"I like the connectivity and richness of features for the technical team, the maturity of the product, and that it had a cloud version. There is Informatica Cloud, and it is part of the Informatica Cloud platform."
"Multifeatured and easily scalable data catalog, with good data domain discovery and data profiling features."
"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."
"We can scan anything."
"Axon has a marketplace that allows you to showcase all the assets the data owner has, so they can request access. That's one feature we use extensively. Axon also offers great visibility and intuitive searchability, allowing you to easily search data assets. You can check the lineage and see the work EDC does. EDC handles all the classification, cataloging, and lineage. It's integrated with Axon, and anyone can see that."
 

Cons

"I would like to see more integration for the solution with different platforms."
"While integrating with tools like agents for ingesting data from sources like firewalls is valuable, I believe prioritizing improvements to the core product would be more beneficial."
"We'd like more user-friendly integrations."
"It needs email notification, similar to what Logentries has. Because of the notification issue, we moved to Logentries, as it provides a simple way to receive notification whenever a server encounters an error or unexpected conditions (which we have defined using RegEx​)."
"There is an index issue in which the data starts to crash as it increases."
"Both the graph feature and the reporting feature are a little bit lacking. The alerting also needs to be improved."
"The reports could improve."
"New Relic could be more flexible, similar to Elasticsearch."
"The configurations could be better. It is a bit confusing because we must develop two tools when building a data model in Informatica MDM. Even though Informatica MDM is a single tool, we have our hub console plus the provisioning tool within that. Whatever data model we are building in the hub console, we have to develop it in the provisioning tool again. It is double the work to create a data model. We are also using external calls or the Java custom plans functions. This can be both positive and negative. Since MDM as a client does not support any complex validation, we have to depend on the external call or a Java call. Every time we deployed, the entire solution was impacted if something went wrong."
"It could be a bit more intuitive, rather than technically complex."
"I think they should work really hard on UI."
"They have too many diversified products. If you don't know Informatica, it's very confusing and feels very idiotic."
"There are a small number of UI bugs that occur on occasion."
"Certain shortcomings in the product's UI make it an area where improvements are required."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of Elasticsearch is fair. It is a more expensive solution, like QRadar. The price for Elasticsearch is not much more than other solutions we have."
"An X-Pack license is more affordable than Splunk."
"The basic license is free, but it comes with a lot of features that aren't free. With a gold license, we get active directory integration. With a platinum license, we get alerting."
"This is a free, open source software (FOSS) tool, which means no cost on the front-end. There are no free lunches in this world though. Technical skill to implement and support are costly on the back-end with ELK, whether you train/hire internally or go for premium services from Elastic."
"We are using the free open-sourced version of this solution."
"The solution is not expensive because users have the option of choosing the managed or the subscription model."
"Elastic Search is open-source, but you need to pay for support, which is expensive."
"This product is open-source and can be used free of charge."
"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."
"I rate the product's pricing a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is the lowest price and ten is the highest price."
"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."
"I rate the licensing cost of Informatica MDM a five out of ten."
"It's a very expensive solution"
"The product is very expensive"
"Informatica Axon is expensive."
"The pricing is quite flexible."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
6%
 

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ELK Elasticsearch?
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What needs improvement with ELK Elasticsearch?
Elastic Search needs better guides for developers. Better guides for development.
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Also Known As

Elastic Enterprise Search, Swiftype, Elastic Cloud
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
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

T-Mobile, Adobe, Booking.com, BMW, Telegraph Media Group, Cisco, Karbon, Deezer, NORBr, Labelbox, Fingerprint, Relativity, NHS Hospital, Met Office, Proximus, Go1, Mentat, Bluestone Analytics, Humanz, Hutch, Auchan, Sitecore, Linklaters, Socren, Infotrack, Pfizer, Engadget, Airbus, Grab, Vimeo, Ticketmaster, Asana, Twilio, Blizzard, Comcast, RWE and many others.
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