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Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) vs JumpMind SymmetricDS comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Informatica Intelligent Dat...
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), Metadata Management (1st), Test Data Management Services (3rd), Product Information Management (PIM) (1st), Data Observability (2nd)
JumpMind SymmetricDS
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Data Replication (14th)
 

Featured Reviews

PrabhatKumar1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 20, 2023
Offers good stability, helpful in integration but maintenance is time-consuming
The speed with which the data should be moved could be improved because of the firewall. It's becoming quite slow. And the integration with Teams or with Microsoft is not so smooth. So these are the areas of improvement. So, probably, they might even look for some upgrades or some changes over there. But these are the two key areas that we are facing issues with. One is the data moves a bit slow, and the integration within Microsoft products. Maintenance is another issue that takes a lot of time and money. It can be a challenge in the long term.
it_user186621 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 28, 2015
Excellent change data capture utility for distributed multi site environment
Due to our number of distributed retail sites, connectivity is a challenge. Symmetric allows us to minimize impacts of network disruptions with guaranteed delivery upon reestablishment of connectivity Our company has been using this solution for roughly 7 years Customer Service: We have a…

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

Pros

"You can extract and transfer your data as you wish it to be consumed later."
"Informatica provides a comprehensive solution for on-the-fly or real-time data masking."
"The capability of the tool to scan and capture the metadata from a variety of sources is one of the capabilities that I find most useful. The central repository into which it is going to put that captured metadata is the best."
"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 solution's most valuable features are its data quality, match-merge engine, and CLAIRE AI engine, which helps with AI automation."
"The solution's initial setup is quite straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog is it provides clients with a full view of the enterprise data assets. For example, how many data assets they have and who owns them."
"The metadata management of Informatica is great."
"It is fully featured. It has allowed me to do everything I wanted to do."
 

Cons

"It could be a bit more intuitive, rather than technically complex."
"The GUI needs to be a little more user-friendly and appealing."
"The vendor should have more training resources: online classes, free tutorial videos, etc."
"If I compare it with other MDM solutions in the market, one thing that can definitely be improved is automation to help with the configuration. Currently, when we are creating any staging of base object tables, all the columns have to be configured manually in the Informatica Hub Console. A lot of tables and different kinds of business columns have to be configured manually. There should be an automated process for this, especially in the Dev environment. When people are creating tables and columns from scratch, if there is a backend automated process for that, it would be really helpful. In Stibo, a similar feature is there wherein you can tag attributes to certain objects. It would be helpful if Informatica also provides a similar option. It would reduce the manual effort. It could be that such a feature is already there, but I am not aware of it."
"The initial setup was not very straightforward. Not complex, but not very simple either."
"There is room for improvement in the support. The response time could be faster."
"While my company operates on the cloud, we have seen that Informatica Cloud Data Integration has some performance issues causing it to lag."
"Informatica's issue is the licensing. Right now, there are a lot of new gen MDMs that are offering a lot in a single licensing model."
"The user interface could improve. We are looking at some cloud-based databases, and I don't think they support that."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate Informatica MDM's price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."
"The price is comparable."
"I rate the licensing cost of Informatica MDM a five out of ten."
"I have heard from customers that the product comes with a huge license cost."
"Informatica Axon is expensive."
"Our customers sometimes are able to negotiate a much better price for Informatica Cloud Data Integration based on their relationship with the vendor."
"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."
"The price is very high and has become a big concern for our customers who require the solution in order for their business to function smoothly."
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Top Industries

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

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Is JumpMind SymmetricDS easy to use for beginners?
I didn't start with JumpMind SymmetricDS, I actually started using it at a job when I was a little more introduced to data replication. That made me able to see the good features this software has....
Does JumpMind SymmetricDS provide frequent file synchronization?
How often do you need for your data to be synchronized? I'm asking this because different companies use data replication for different purposes. Some use it as simply updating backup, others to giv...
 

Also Known As

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
SymmetricDS
 

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