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Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) vs webMethods.io comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Informatica Intelligent Dat...
Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware
3rd
Ranking in API Management
8th
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), 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)
webMethods.io
Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware
4th
Ranking in API Management
10th
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
91
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (3rd), Managed File Transfer (MFT) (10th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (4th)
 

Featured Reviews

Andre Collin - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 31, 2023
A tool with the ability to aggregate and put together data from multiple sources into a single place
I use Informatica MDM to align data in my company The ability to aggregate and put together data from around fifty sources into one environment allows us to have a preview of everything in a single place, which is something we did not have previously in our company. The most valuable feature I…
Berniem Elfrink - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 25, 2024
Though the tool provides great connectivity functionality, it needs to be made more stable
The main reason my company decided to replace webMethods.io Integration is because of the integration capabilities in the newer versions of the tool. Whenever there is a new version of webMethods.io Integrations, there is a lot of work to be done by our company since the newer versions don't offer seamless integration. The aforementioned reason can be considered for improvement in webMethods.io Integrations. With the solution, our company has experienced sudden outages at times. The product's stability is an area of concern where improvements are required. Not just the cost related to licensing but also the cost of introducing new versions need improvement in the product. When you have an OS like Windows or Apple, in which some new features are installed when you restart your system, after which everything works fine, with webMethods.io Integration, the new features introduced in the tool don't just need you to stop and restart your application but expects you to update the whole application to be able to use the new functionalities, which is something that is good. My company does a business in which we have to create a complete project which costs a lot of money. In the future, I expect to not be paying a lot of money or extra work to be able to update the product, and webMethods.io Integration needs to update the product automatically.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The fuzzy matching capability is a great feature."
"Informatica provides a comprehensive solution for on-the-fly or real-time data masking."
"The features for data quality, data cataloging, and UI are excellent."
"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 features that I have found most valuable are, first of all, that it comes as part of this whole bundle of Informatica tools. So if you've been implementing Informatica MDM across a business, you'd often find it comes with it. It's been thrown in as a sweetener. The adoption of it is often the challenge because as part of your MDM project, governance is seen as something beyond the MDM and is often restrictive. So this tool actually, for the first time, when you talk to data governance teams, gives a holistic view of what a data governance team can do with this tool."
"Informatica Persistent Data Masking can mask production data for different users, ensuring that only authorized individuals can access sensitive information."
"The metadata management of Informatica is great."
"Informatica Cloud Data Integration is stable."
"Ease of implementation and flexibility to hold the business logic are the most valuable features."
"The developer portal is a valuable feature."
"Operationally, I consider the solution to be quite good."
"Oracle's self-service capabilities, of which we make extensive use, is the most valuable feature."
"The ease of mapping... is the single largest feature. It gives us the ability to craft anything. A lot of single-purpose technologies, like Mirth, are good for healthcare messages, but we use webMethods not only for healthcare messages but for other business-related purposes, like integrations to Salesforce or integrations to Office 365. It's multi-purpose nature is very strong."
"Given that you have one integration API in place, it takes very minimal effort to scale it to any other application that might want to use the same. Its flow-based development environment is a breeze and makes it really easy to re-use most of the existing components and build up a new API."
"One [of the most valuable features] is the webMethods Designer. That helps our developers develop on their own. It's very intuitive for design. It helps our developers to speed the development of services for the integrations."
"webMethods Trading Networks is a stable solution."
 

Cons

"Considering internal data from legacy systems, it is quite difficult to know if Informatica Data Quality meets that high level of accuracy criteria."
"Metadata querying is right now not there in Informatica Cloud Data Integration."
"The solution doesn't directly connect to any of the analytical tools."
"Data integration should be improved."
"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."
"Currently, there are limitations in processing and the interface."
"There is room for improvement in the Data Marketplace aspect."
"I would rate my experience with the initial setup a two out of ten, with one being difficult and ten being easy."
"This product is for larger companies. Compared to TIBCO I think webMethods is better in terms of ease of use and support."
"Some things could be improved, especially how ActiveTransfer handles third-party file transfers. It would be nice to have a native file-watching mechanism for when you're scheduling jobs with a third-party scheduler. Currently, we are using an outside file watcher solution to check the files before the file transfer. It checks the location to see if the file is there. If the file is there, it will prepare it for transfer. If the file isn't available, it will send an email it can create a ticket send it now. We recommended adding this file watcher mechanism."
"I have noticed that webMethods ActiveTransfer has had problems when handling large files. For example, when we receive (and perform operations on) files that are larger than about 16 MB, the software starts losing performance."
"Documentation needs tuning. There is a lot of dependency with SoftwareAG. Even with the documentation at hand, you can struggle to implement scenarios without SAG’s help. By contrast, IBM’s documentation is self-explanatory, in my opinion."
"The orchestration is not as good as it should be."
"The patching of infrastructure is not very smooth and improved authentication should be added in the next feature."
"Need to see more API portal features like monetizing APIs and private cloud readiness."
"Business monitoring (BAM) needs improvement because the analytics and prediction module very often has performance problems."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an expensive solution. I would say it is the most expensive solution in the market."
"We have licenses, and we are provided with certain particular services in the solution."
"Informatica Axon is expensive."
"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."
"Our customers sometimes are able to negotiate a much better price for Informatica Cloud Data Integration based on their relationship with the vendor."
"Informatica MDM is a costly solution because it comes as a bundle. They are also globally positioning themselves and are definitely working on very upgraded technologies. If someone wanted to do it on the cloud, they have a lot of flexibility because they upgrade themselves according to the current needs. It definitely comes with a lot of features and that's the reason why it's costly. The licensing cost should be approximately one million dollars. It's about four to five times that of other vendors."
"I rate the product's pricing a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive."
"The platform has a premium cost. I rate the pricing as seven out of ten."
"It is worth the cost."
"Always plan five years ahead and don’t jeopardize the quality of your project by dropping items from the bill of materials."
"The pricing and licensing costs for webMethods are very high, which is the only reason that we might switch to another product."
"It's a good deal for the money that we pay."
"The solution’s pricing is too high."
"The solution's development license is free for three to six months. We have to pay for other things."
"Based on our team discussions and feedback, it is pretty costly because they charge us for each transmission."
"Some of the licensing is "component-ized," which is confusing to new users/customers."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Retailer
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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What do you like most about Built.io Flow?
The tool helps us to streamline data integration. Its BPM is very strong and powerful. The solution helps us manage digital transformation.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Built.io Flow?
webMethods.io is expensive. We have multiple components, and you need to pay for each of them.
What needs improvement with Built.io Flow?
webMethods.io needs to incorporate ChatGPT to enhance user experience. It can offer a customized user experience.
 

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
Built.io Flow, webMethods Integration Server, webMethods Trading Networks, webMethods ActiveTransfer, webMethods.io API
 

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Sample Customers

The Travel Company, Carbonite
Cisco, Agralogics, Dreamforce, Cables & Sensors, Sacramento Kings
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