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Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) vs SAS Data Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 11, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.1
Informatica's cloud platform enhances data management efficiency, cost savings, and data security, requiring effective change management for optimal results.
Sentiment score
5.8
SAS Data Management boosts data accuracy, reduces storage costs, and is vital in banking, finance, and pharmaceutical sectors.
Leadership prefers to utilize third-party tools, such as Snowflake, which has both storage and ELT features.
Sr. Consultant cum Assistant Manager & Offshore Lead at Deloitte
The stability and performance remain issues.
consultant at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Compared to Collibra Catalog, where the value is noticeable within six months.
Data and Analytics Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
Informatica's customer service is generally rated positively for quick, knowledgeable support, though some report occasional delays and inconsistencies.
Sentiment score
7.1
Customer service satisfaction with SAS Data Management is high, despite regional differences and limited online resources, thanks to responsive support.
Due to the tool's maturity limitations, solutions are not always simple and often require workarounds.
Consulting Principal & Founder at Digital Data Consultancy
Even after going out of service support, they still reached back to me whenever I raised tickets.
IT Manager - Data Quality and Migration at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
We expect more responsive assistance because they have the expertise since Informatica is their tool, but I don't see enough expertise on the Informatica support side.
Sr. Consultant cum Assistant Manager & Offshore Lead at Deloitte
The support for SAS in Brazil is not the best one, but the support in Sweden is really good, as they visit the company and work to solve the issues.
Data Scientist & Scrum Master at Volvo Group
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud is praised for scalability and flexibility in handling large datasets, despite pricing concerns.
Sentiment score
6.8
SAS Data Management is highly scalable, supporting enterprise tasks with robust servers, comparable to Oracle and Microsoft solutions.
I have used the product over multiple systems and was able to write reports for large data sets without any performance issues.
IT Manager - Data Quality and Migration at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
As a SaaS platform, IDMC is quite scalable and provides complete flexibility.
Consulting Principal & Founder at Digital Data Consultancy
There are many options available, and the licensing model is quite good, supporting our needs effectively.
Data Integration Architect at Endeavour Foundation
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Users generally find IDMC stable, with occasional challenges after updates, especially in older versions or specific integrations.
Sentiment score
7.2
SAS Data Management is highly stable, especially on Linux, but might need client-side configurations for optimal performance.
Stability is crucial because IDMC holds business-critical data, and it needs to be available all the time for business users.
Consulting Principal & Founder at Digital Data Consultancy
There are substantial stability issues with Informatica Cloud Data Quality on the cloud.
consultant at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees
I find the stability to be good, with occasional restarts required every two to three months due to glitches.
IT Manager - Data Quality and Migration at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Informatica IDMC needs UI improvements, better connectivity, streamlined configuration, cheaper pricing, and enhanced support with AI integration.
SAS Data Management needs improved usability, licensing, integration, cloud features, scalability, stability, and enhanced automated reporting and documentation.
The tool needs to mature in terms of category-specific attributes or dynamic attributes.
Consulting Principal & Founder at Digital Data Consultancy
The current solution requires code-writing and tweaking, while other solutions offer material-level matches.
IT Manager - Data Quality and Migration at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
If the development interface could be optimized to have fewer modules, it would be greatly beneficial.
Data Integration Architect at Endeavour Foundation
There is significant room for improvement, especially with regard to using a hybrid approach that involves both CAS and persistent storage.
Associate Director at Woodpecker Analytics & Services
 

Setup Cost

Informatica IDMC provides a robust but expensive pricing model with complex licensing and potential negotiation discounts for enterprises.
SAS Data Management is powerful but costly, with affordability challenges for businesses, though educational trials and market-based pricing options exist.
It ranges from a quarter million to a couple of million a year.
Consulting Principal & Founder at Digital Data Consultancy
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services is affordable for my specific use cases, with the pricing being rated three or four on a scale where one is very cheap.
Data Integration Architect at Endeavour Foundation
Regarding pricing, compared to other tools I have worked with, Informatica offers competitive pricing, which I find not high in terms of starting strategy.
Sr. Consultant cum Assistant Manager & Offshore Lead at Deloitte
From my experience, SAS Data Management is an expensive tool.
Associate Director at Woodpecker Analytics & Services
 

Valuable Features

Informatica IDMC offers seamless data integration, AI-enhanced features, and efficient governance, enhancing user experience and operational efficiency.
SAS Data Management provides user-friendly, comprehensive data handling with strong integration, quality, governance, and flexible connectivity features.
The platform's ability to pull in data from other platforms without the need for an additional integration tool enhances its appeal.
Consulting Principal & Founder at Digital Data Consultancy
The connectors serve as the main functionality, making data integration processes more efficient by saving time and effort.
Data Integration Architect at Endeavour Foundation
We could run data quality rules as part of Service Bus, which ensured the integrity of customer information before it was entered into our database.
Data and Analytics Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
SAS Data Management stands out because of its data standardization, transformation, and verification capabilities.
Associate Director at Woodpecker Analytics & Services
The best features I appreciate about SAS Data Management tool are that it's easy to create the flows and schedule data, and the tables are not too big, making it easy to control the ETL process, including user access which is also easy to manage in SAS.
Data Scientist & Scrum Master at Volvo Group
 

Categories and Ranking

Informatica Intelligent Dat...
Ranking in Data Integration
2nd
Ranking in Data Quality
1st
Ranking in Data Governance
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
214
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (7th), Business-to-Business Middleware (3rd), API Management (6th), Cloud Data Integration (3rd), Test Data Management (3rd), Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) (1st), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (2nd), Data Masking (1st), Metadata Management (1st), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (3rd), Test Data Management Services (3rd), Product Information Management (PIM) (1st), Data Observability (1st), AI Data Analysis (1st)
SAS Data Management
Ranking in Data Integration
28th
Ranking in Data Quality
7th
Ranking in Data Governance
22nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) is 3.7%, down from 5.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Data Management is 1.0%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Integration Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)3.7%
SAS Data Management1.0%
Other95.3%
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

Divya-Raj - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Consultant cum Assistant Manager & Offshore Lead at Deloitte
Handles large data volumes effectively and offers competitive pricing
There is a lot of improvement required, as we still face some cache issues most of the time, which is a challenge that we expect to see resolved in the future. Additionally, there is some limitation when we are working with a tool, especially regarding In and Out parameters, and I feel that this aspect should be improved going ahead. We face issues with the API side, as Cloud Application Integration cannot handle large volumes; according to the API page, there is a limitation of 500 records or 500 MB. The AI integrated into the Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services solution is called Application Integration, where we still face challenges when dealing with huge volumes, as previously explained.
FK
Data Scientist & Scrum Master at Volvo Group
Has supported centralized data access and improved governance through unified administration
The best features I appreciate about SAS Data Management tool are that it's easy to create the flows and schedule data, and the tables are not too big, making it easy to control the ETL process, including user access which is also easy to manage in SAS. The data integration tools with SAS Data Management were quite good because they allowed me to do all lineage, to manage and see all the variables, find the libraries where the data is, and understand the data in just one tool. Offering another development environment combining code and predefined objects, where I could just drag and drop to achieve what I needed, although some objects were not too good, but some were effective. The metadata management feature of SAS Data Management helps a lot; creating your data marts or data lake with good naming conventions, library conventions, and so on is very important because it allows easy queries to find the whole structure, though I think metadata governance also depends on first definitions, not only on the tool. SAS Data Management is very good for data governance; for me, it was the best tool I worked with in data management, although I don't have too much experience with others, and it truly helped a lot.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Retailer
7%
Financial Services Firm
28%
Government
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business51
Midsize Enterprise27
Large Enterprise153
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise8
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAS Data Management?
From my experience, SAS Data Management is an expensive tool.
What needs improvement with SAS Data Management?
There is significant room for improvement, especially with regard to using a hybrid approach that involves both CAS and persistent storage.
What is your primary use case for SAS Data Management?
The main idea for using SAS Data Management was to bring all data inside SAS. I brought the finance area and the sales area in the company that I have worked, along with some market planning data, ...
 

Also Known As

ActiveVOS, Active Endpoints, Address Verification, Persistent Data Masking
SAS Data Management Platform, Data Management Platform, DataFlux
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

The Travel Company, Carbonite
Data Management, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Absa, Aegon, Allianz Global Corporate & SpecialtyAusgrid, Bank of Queensland, Bell, BMC Software, Canada Post, Ceska pojistovna, Chantecler, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, Credit Guarantee Corporation, Cr_dito y Cauci‹n, Delaware State Police, Deutsche Lufthansa, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, DSM, Enerjisa, ERGO Insurance Group, Florida Department of Corrections, Generali Hellas, Gitanjali Group, Gloucestershire Constabulary, GS Home Shopping, HealthPartners, IAG New Zealand, iJET, Invacare, Livzon Pharmaceutical Group, Los Angeles County, Miami Herald Media Company, Netherlands Enterprise Agency, New Zealand Ministry of Health, Nippon Paper, North Carolina Office of Information Technology Services, Orlando Magic, OTP Group, PITT OHIO, Plano Independent School District, RWE Poland, Spanish Air Force, Stockholm County Council, Telus, The Travel Corporation, Transitions Optical, Triad Analytic Solutions, UNIQA, US Census Bureau, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, West Midlands Police, XS Inc., Zenith Insurance
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