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Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) vs SAP Process Orchestration comparison

Informatica and SAP are both solutions in the Business-to-Business Middleware category. Informatica is ranked #6 with an average rating of 7.8, while SAP is ranked #3 with an average rating of 7.9. Informatica holds a 4.2% mindshare in BBM, compared to SAP’s 6.6% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Informatica users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of SAP users who would recommend it.
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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 27, 2025

Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud and SAP Process Orchestration are prominent competitors in the data integration and management category. Informatica seems to have the upper hand due to its modern architecture and comprehensive data management features, although SAP excels in integrating SAP ecosystems.

Features: Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud offers cloud-native integration capabilities, data quality features, and business rule flexibility for master data management. It provides seamless connectivity and automation for various data management tasks. SAP Process Orchestration is distinguished for its SAP ecosystem integrations with strong process integration tools like integration maps and monitoring options, delivering scalability with cloud-based integrations.

Room for Improvement: Informatica needs enhancements in its UI and more pre-built connectors for easier integration, along with improvements in ETL capabilities. SAP Process Orchestration requires a more user-friendly monitoring system and simpler learning curve for non-technical users. Both solutions need better flexibility and scalability to cater to different enterprise requirements.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Informatica IDMC excels in supporting hybrid and private cloud deployments with high-rated customer service responsive to technical issues. It is more adaptable to public cloud use. On the other hand, SAP Process Orchestration concentrates on on-premises and hybrid deployments, offering reliable but slower support compared to Informatica.

Pricing and ROI: Informatica's pricing is high, but it offers flexibility and a good return on investment through data management efficiency. SAP Process Orchestration is expensive as well but competitive in middleware offerings, though requiring extra costs for certain features. While SAP's strength lies in SAP systems integration, Informatica offers more complete data solutions with a higher initial investment.

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Categories and Ranking

Informatica Intelligent Dat...
Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
186
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (4th), Data Quality (1st), Business Process Management (BPM) (11th), API Management (7th), 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 (1st), Metadata Management (1st), Test Data Management Services (3rd), Product Information Management (PIM) (1st), Data Observability (2nd)
SAP Process Orchestration
Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Business-to-Business Middleware category, the mindshare of Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) is 4.2%, down from 5.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Process Orchestration is 6.6%, down from 10.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business-to-Business Middleware Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
SAP Process Orchestration6.6%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)4.2%
Other89.2%
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Featured Reviews

SaurabhGaonshindhe - PeerSpot reviewer
Modular structure and AI features stream new reporting processes
One of my clients has a requirement; they want to integrate metadata into the process, which means, for example, if I just want to implement a new field into my database, that field needs to be reflected throughout, let's say, 200 mappings. This highlights the need for a data-driven approach. My experience with technical support from Informatica is quite interesting; I would rate it as nine out of ten for Informatica PowerCenter kind of products or the Informatica integration products, because my team can do some hands-on using their free licenses or one-month kind of products. However, for products Master Data Management or related to MDM or Data Governance, there is no way by which we can directly practice, and my team struggles at that point.
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Vasanth Kumar Sabaapathi - PeerSpot reviewer
Simplified integrations bring flexibility and efficiency to diverse industries through comprehensive features and robust support
SAP is already trying to make improvements for SAP Process Orchestration by releasing updates every quarter, including patches and modules, and from a security standpoint, while it's a tightly coupled tool, they are introducing a lot of enhancements aligned with current market trends. There are standard contents readily available for starting integrations, which suit around 90% of every industry across verticals including pharma, manufacturing, and employee data central with SuccessFactors integration. Regarding functionality-wise improvements in SAP Process Orchestration, they are now incorporating the Salesforce system. Previously, we needed to rely on a third-party adapter for integration within SAP, but now they are building their own adapters to connect with Salesforce. Additionally, there are options like data connectors using Ariba coming up with SAP Process Orchestration. There's much more to explore, especially as they release new patches, enhancements, and adapters each quarter.
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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Informatica Axon is that it is flexible and user-friendly."
"I am impressed by the solution's interface."
"Address Doctor gives an accurate combination of information provided with a level of returned threshold value."
"The most valuable feature of Informatica Cloud Data Integration is Pushback. You are able to push the data to the solution itself, and it can handle the queries. It helps us a lot. With other tools, the burden is kept on the server."
"Some of Axon's valuable features include creating your business glossaries, importing DQ rules, and creating change management."
"One of the most valuable features is that I don't need to buy a subscription for any functionality. With Informatica Cloud Data Management, I have all the functionality and features available. If I need to make an integration, I can go to that integration service. If I need to mask, provide, or clean some information, I can easily just pick up that feature and use it. It's very simple, and I have all the functions and capabilities I need to work with data."
"The serverless capability and the packaging application of the solution are valuable."
"The data mapping capability is a valuable feature."
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"Overall, I would rate SAP Process Orchestration a 10 out of 10."
"The product has good technical support but you usually will not need it because it is quite stable."
"SAP Process Orchestration offers easy maintainability and is a very flexible tool that easily adapts to any integration standards and artifacts that are readily available."
"The solution provides very good and central logging systems. It offers high flexibility with vertical and horizontal extend capacity."
"I think it is a very stable tool. My company did not have any problem with the tool."
"Great monitoring tools and has its own alert framework."
"The most valuable feature of SAP Process Orchestration is its flexibility in being able to build integrations with SAP systems and non-SAP systems."
"SAP Process Orchestration is middleware where we are able to manage and interact with everything from a single location. One of the most beneficial areas is monitoring which is very easy because it is all in one place. There are many adapters added recently that can be used for new functionality. The solution is easy to operate and it is more mature than the cloud solution provided by SAP."
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Cons

"The licenses are too expensive compared to before, which is why customers are now preferring other data metadata management tools like OneTrust, Collibra, and Azure Purview."
"IEDC can improve the comparison of lineages."
"One area that needs to improve is the user experience because it is very complex. The trial version is very complex so it's not easy to start using the program immediately. You must study the rules first."
"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."
"The UI is terrible and not user-friendly."
"The main issue preventing Brazilian companies from migrating to Informatica Cloud Data Integration from on-prem is the price."
"We currently have issues with real-time integration."
"Informatica Axon needs more integration connectors so that it can connect to systems and different kinds of datasets."
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"The solution could be more scalable."
"In terms of technical support, it would be helpful if they handled the tickets a bit faster when queries are sent to them."
"It requires some maintenance."
"The responsiveness of technical support needs to be improved."
"The usability is an area where it can be improved upon."
"This is an on-premise platform and one area they can improve on is having the ability to work with SaaS solutions."
"Data modeling is an area of concern in the product where improvements are required."
"The solution could improve by making it more user-friendly by limiting the code required. We have to add some code in some cases where we need complex logic or some other functions. If this was able to be done in a more simplified manner then it would save a lot of effort and time."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Informatica MDM's pricetag should come down. They have to cut some costs."
"The solution's pricing model is easy, but it is very expensive."
"The licensing price of the product depends on the organization's requirements."
"We got a 50% discount."
"The pricing structure is good, but having to pay for extra drivers to be used in an ICS environment makes me a little nervous."
"Cost-wise, I think it is on the higher side, and that is why we are looking for some better options. Licensing costs are huge compared to other players in the market and for my company."
"Pricing is determined by the number of licensed users as well as the number of Core CPUs."
"The product is highly-priced."
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"Looking at market conditions, vendors nowadays are giving products at very low price levels. However, SAP Process Orchestration have not yet reduced their prices. The prices could be reduced a lot to stay competitive."
"There are fees in addition to the licensing."
"The price of SAP Process Orchestration was reasonable."
"We subscribe to annual licenses, and the competitive license cost is reasonable."
"The fee for maintenance is costly."
"The license is a one-time payment, and additional costs are only incurred on the infrastructure side since it's an on-premise solution."
"The solution is highly-priced."
"It is a very expensive solution. We only pay for the license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
12%
Retailer
6%
Energy/Utilities Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise134
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise26
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about SAP Process Orchestration?
It provides essential features such as continuous monitoring of all interfaces are crucial for our needs.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Process Orchestration?
The price for SAP Process Orchestration is a little high when compared to market trends, which is just how the business is. I would rate it an eight.
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What needs improvement with SAP Process Orchestration?
SAP is already trying to make improvements for SAP Process Orchestration by releasing updates every quarter, including patches and modules, and from a security standpoint, while it's a tightly coup...
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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
SAP NetWeaver Process Integration, NetWeaver Process Integration
 

Overview

Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) integrates data quality, governance, and integration with flexible architecture. It supports multiple domains and a data models repository, delivering AI-enhanced data management across cloud-native platforms.

IDMC provides seamless integration and governance capabilities that support diverse data environments. Its comprehensive suite includes customizable workflows, data profiling, and metadata management. AI features, a data marketplace, and performance scalability enhance data management. While its interface poses challenges, its robust matching and cloud-native integration facilities are essential for complex data ecosystems. Users employ IDMC for connecting systems, ensuring data quality, and supporting data compliance but seek better pre-built rules, services, and improved connectivity, especially with platforms like Salesforce. Licensing, cost, and added AI functionalities are areas for potential refinement.

What are the key features of IDMC?
  • Data Quality and Integration: Seamless integration ensures data accuracy across platforms.
  • Metadata Management: Comprehensive metadata management supports data governance.
  • AI Capabilities: AI features enhance automation and decision-making processes.
  • Data Marketplace: Facilitates easy access to data across the organization.
  • Performance Scalability: Scales performance efficiently to meet growing data demands.
What benefits should be expected from IDMC?
  • Enhanced Data Management: Offers robust tools for data governance and quality.
  • Improved Integration: Connects disparate systems seamlessly, reducing data silos.
  • Cost Efficiency: Streamlines data processes, potentially reducing operational costs.
  • Data Compliance: Supports compliance with data privacy regulations.
  • Agility and Scalability: Adapts quickly to changing data environments.

IDMC is implemented across industries for data integration, metadata management, and governance. Organizations use it to connect systems, migrate data to cloud environments, and maintain data quality. They manage master data and automate business processes, facilitating data lineage and ensuring compliance with privacy regulations.

Informatica
SAP NetWeaver Process Integration facilitates the integration of business processes that span different departments, organizations, or companies. SAP PI is based on general standards so as to enable 3rd-party systems to be integrated. At the center of SAP PI is an XML-based communication that uses HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). Irrespective of the scenario used, the application-specific contents are transferred in messages in user-defined XML eXtensible Markup Language) from the sender to the receiver either via the Integration Server, or directly between the systems involved. SAP PI can be installed in different ways: Dual usage type installation: Based on both AS ABAP and AS Java. and Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (AEX): Based on AS Java only.
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Sample Customers

The Travel Company, Carbonite
Lenovo, Dansk Supermarked A/S, Ego Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd, Kaeser Kompressoren
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