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Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) vs erwin Data Catalog by Quest comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

erwin Data Catalog by Quest
Ranking in Metadata Management
11th
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Informatica Intelligent Dat...
Ranking in Metadata Management
1st
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), Data Governance (2nd), Test Data Management (3rd), Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions (1st), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (2nd), Data Masking (2nd), Test Data Management Services (3rd), Product Information Management (PIM) (1st), Data Observability (2nd)
 

Featured Reviews

Andres-Martinez - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 21, 2022
Helps with metadata management, saves time, and allows us to do impact analysis on any changes
There are always ways to improve things. For example, we can use AI to be able to find out something. When we are typing something, if we don't know the exact term, Artificial Intelligence would be useful to find terms that are phonetically or syntactically similar. Instead of having to type in the exact name, they can provide those in the list. So, they can provide AI support for the search because when you have thousands and thousands of terms, it is hard to remember all the names. There were some issues when drawing the data models. If you have more than 500 or 600 tables, it takes a long time to display those in the right position on the screen. That can also be improved. They need some caching and some parallel pipelines working on the backend in order to divide it into sections.
MN
Apr 14, 2022
Great metadata management with more visibility and great technical support
I use the solution for enterprise-wide data discovery and traceability, providing business context to data and collaboration between different stakeholders of data. My organization, being a service provider, uses the product to develop domain PoCs, customer PoCs, develop data management and…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"When you combine it with data lineage, every time you need to make a change, it allows you to do impact analysis on any changes and then connect to the end-users or data stewards so that they can be aware that a change is coming. That's one of the main benefits we use it for."
"The data catalog feature is pretty good."
"The solution allows the complete governance process, starting from the data quality, those definitions, and it can get the data quality in the EDC."
"The serverless capability and the packaging application of the solution are valuable."
"It is a very stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"Informatica Cloud Data Integration is stable."
"I give the stability a ten out of ten."
"What I like best about Informatica MDM is its structured, table-based approach. Unlike Reltio, where data is only visible through the UI and cloud-based, the solution allows access to normalized tables. This means I can directly query and see data in each table. For instance, I can easily get all customer details from the customer table. However, for more complex queries, like seeing all customer interactions with the organization, some SQL knowledge is needed to join different tables and retrieve the details."
"MDM doesn't require a separate IDQ."
"We have a lot of integrations, and it's very easy to create integrations. They have a lot of connectors."
 

Cons

"There is room for improvement with respect to the connector and how to connect to the structured and unstructured database."
"There are always ways to improve things. For example, we can use AI to be able to find out something. When we are typing something, if we don't know the exact term, Artificial Intelligence would be useful to find terms that are phonetically or syntactically similar. Instead of having to type in the exact name, they can provide those in the list. So, they can provide AI support for the search because when you have thousands and thousands of terms, it is hard to remember all the names."
"One thing Informatica could improve is the way IPUs are used. Each customer purchases a certain amount of IPUs per month, but you can use more or less than that defined quantity. The only problem is if you don't use the all your IPUs, they don't carry over into the next month. I think customers should have the ability to transfer unused IPUs into the next month or year. This improvement could help give customers more flexibility, especially since cloud solutions need flexibility in how we use and pay for them."
"Once the data is masked, we won't be able to reverse it back to its original value."
"The price modeling could be more flexible."
"It would be great if the cloud version could match the full range of capabilities available on-premise."
"I would like to see better visuals for business users, such as a dashboard where they can precisely track where problems are."
"We cannot sell the product directly with an additional layer."
"Certain shortcomings in the product's UI make it an area where improvements are required."
"IEDC can improve the comparison of lineages."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Erwin Data Catalog is very expensive."
"I am not very familiar with its pricing. I know it is not cheap, but it is also not super expensive. It depends on the company size. For a company making $1 million, it is very expensive. For a company making 10 million and above, it might be okay."
"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."
"Comparatively, their prices are a little bit too high."
"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."
"It is cost effective and an easily accessible tool."
"The price is high, but the competitors are even higher, like Collibra."
"The pricing is high compared to other tools on the market."
"Licensing is difficult to understand, but the team is always available to explain anything. They are very helpful."
"A yearly subscription is paid based on the number of people using the solution. Price-wise, it falls under the medium range since it is neither very costly nor too cheap."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

Which ETL tool would you recommend to populate data from OLTP to OLAP?
There are two products I know about * TimeXtender : Microsoft based, Transformation logic is quiet good and can easily be extended with T-SQL , Has a semantic layer that generates metat data for cu...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for erwin Data Catalog?
Erwin Data Catalog is very expensive. I would rate it a two out of five for affordability.
How does Azure Data Factory compare with Informatica Cloud Data Integration?
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Which Informatica product would you choose - PowerCenter or Cloud Data Integration?
Complex transformations can easily be achieved using PowerCenter, which has all the features and tools to establish a real data governance strategy. Additionally, PowerCenter is able to manage huge...
What are the biggest benefits of using Informatica Cloud Data Integration?
When it comes to cloud data integration, this solution can provide you with multiple benefits, including: Overhead reduction by integrating data on any cloud in various ways Effective integration ...
 

Also Known As

No data available
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

Balfour Beatty Construction, Banco de México, BFSI Canada, CenturyLink, Daktronics
The Travel Company, Carbonite
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