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Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) vs MuleSoft Anypoint Platform comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 4, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Informatica Intelligent Dat...
Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware
3rd
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
180
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (3rd), Data Quality (1st), Business Process Management (BPM) (5th), 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)
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware
2nd
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
Message Queue (MQ) Software (3rd), Workload Automation (9th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

Artur-Kowalczyk - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 29, 2024
Offers cloud version, good connectivity and data profiling features
We had proof of concepts where certain test cases were given to improve the functionality of the vendor regarding the supply chain. So, it was a proof of concept. It was not applied in production. It was just illustrating the capabilities of the platform, and we were comparing it with other…
AT
Sep 7, 2023
Very scalable and customizable
In terms of improvement, the deployment time could be a little shorter. Other platforms such as Boomi or SnapLogic are much faster to develop. Anypoint Platform has added the option to generate flow online, but it still needs some improvement. It should give better control over account management. Mule Anypoint Platform includes an API Manager and it has a strong ESB. However, the API management capabilities of Apigee offer more advanced and dynamic features for managing APIs. Additionally, Mule should work on reducing the complexity of their platform and providing more flexibility for users. Those who are not well-versed in Java will have a hard time with the development of Anypoint Platform. While it offers connectors, the connectors have limitations. It should offer features that can be customized by users, allowing for greater adaptability, and offer customization options within these connectors, to make it easier for users to tailor them to specific needs. Platforms such as Dell Omni and SnapLogic already provide solutions for these problems and allow users to easily plug them in and start working.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution provides increased efficiency while still being user-friendly and easy to operate."
"It has become an easy way to exchange information through any cloud application."
"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."
"It has a more UI-based tool, and the scripting is good."
"It provides all the typical MDM capabilities like deduplication and machine survivorship."
"Informatica MDM stands out as a tool that can give you the flexibility needed for doing channel-specific data quality or business validation."
"A great product enrichment tool."
"The solution is easier to use compared to the other solutions."
"It is a stable product...The initial setup was simple."
"Mule Anypoint Platform's valuable features are its flexibility in terms of deployment and its SaaS capabilities."
"The tool's visual features are attractive."
"Mule Anypoint Platform is our preferred platform for integration."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is a huge list of available connectors for a lot of different platforms, which we can use very easily."
"Overall, it is a pretty good product. It is also very scalable."
"The tool helps with order management and automates the enterprise's orchestration, invoice creation, product maintenance, and product life cycle. The API manager feature helps us configure, secure, and call APIs."
"The most valuable feature of Anypoint MQ is it comes with MuleSoft so we don't have to maintain separate components."
 

Cons

"Needs to implement the new workflow with simple steps and a quick visualization with a 360 view of the data."
"Informatica MDM has limitations with connectivity."
"I think everything related to the APIs and the manageability of the APIs in Informatica MDM are areas where improvements are required."
"The product is not too user-friendly to do the configurations."
"I would rate my experience with the initial setup a two out of ten, with one being difficult and ten being easy."
"The error information provided is not informative, as compared to Power Center."
"I would like to see more functionality added so that it is a bit closer to how much you can do with Informatica PowerCenter."
"One area that could use improvement is the speed of the web interfaces. At present, they are very slow. I think it is essential that we are original and robust on-premises."
"The stability could be better."
"One area we'd like to see improvement in is the error logging and troubleshooting process."
"The solution's licensing model is expensive and could be improved."
"There is not much information on the internet...The transforming message is an area in the solution that needs to be improved."
"The price could be improved."
"The solution is very expensive. They need to work on the pricing."
"Lacks intelligent management data and intelligent mappings."
"It would be better if we had a clearer view of the solution's future releases."
 

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 very high and has become a big concern for our customers who require the solution in order for their business to function smoothly."
"The solution's pricing model is easy, but it is very expensive."
"Informatica Axon is expensive."
"We are quite happy with the licensing model."
"The pricing structure is good, but having to pay for extra drivers to be used in an ICS environment makes me a little nervous."
"It's an expensive solution."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing nine and a half out of ten."
"I rate the product price a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"Making changes in Anypoint MQ is expensive."
"Mule Anypoint Platform is an expensive solution."
"The product comes complete at one set price including support."
"Mule is not the cheapest integration platform out there, but it deserves the price we are paying."
"The product's price seems to be competent in comparison to other products in the market."
"I can't give you a straightforward answer because sometimes it depends on the usage. If you're going to have fewer than 5 million messages, it is free of cost. If you're going to have more than 5 million messages, they're going to charge $100 per month"
"The tool's pricing is cheaper than other RPAs' since it is execution-based. Other RPAs charge based on subscriptions."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
6%
Educational Organization
20%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What can Mule Anypoint Platform be used for and what do you use it for most often?
This is a very flexible solution that comes with multiple uses. My organization mostly uses Mule Anypoint Platform for API management, as it lets us build new APIs easily and design new interfaces...
 

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
Data Integrator, Anypoint MQ
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

The Travel Company, Carbonite
VMware, Gucci, MasterCard, Target, Time Inc, Hershey's, Tesla, Spotify, Office Depot, Intuit, CBS, Amtrak, Salesforce, Gap, Ralph Lauren
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