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Microsoft Azure vs Profisee comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Azure
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
324
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (1st), PaaS Clouds (1st)
Profisee
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Microsoft Azure and Profisee aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Microsoft Azure is designed for Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) and holds a mindshare of 8.4%, down 15.5% compared to last year.
Profisee, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Master Data Management (MDM), holds 6.3% mindshare, down 8.0% since last year.
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Azure8.4%
Amazon AWS13.3%
Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode)6.4%
Other71.9%
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Profisee6.3%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)18.7%
Semarchy xDM12.0%
Other63.0%
Cloud Master Data Management (MDM)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2832981 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Cloud migration has reduced hardware dependency and supports secure global access to apps
The best features Microsoft Azure offers are cloud scalability, virtual machines, storage, networking, security, monitoring, and identity management. Scalability is the most valuable to our organization because Microsoft Azure allows businesses to scale resources up or down based on workload demand. This helps manage traffic spikes without buying permanent hardware. Virtual machines are also valuable as Microsoft Azure provides cloud-based Windows and Linux virtual machines to run applications, servers, and workloads. Identity and Access Management is important, as the integration with Microsoft Entra ID helps manage user authentication, role-based access, and MFA. For example, employees access business apps securely using single sign-on. Backup and disaster recovery are also important because they provide automated backups and failover options to ensure business continuity. Microsoft Azure positively impacts my organization by reducing infrastructure dependency, improving availability, and enabling remote access. Teams can access applications globally without on-premises server dependency, and in terms of cost, it is very low-cost.
reviewer2584719 - PeerSpot reviewer
MDM Lead at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Unlocks efficient data mastering with custom interfaces and upcoming integrations
We use Profisee for mastering data between multiple systems like ERP and CRM within our company The product helps us by allowing us to bring data in from any system that we need, master it, and deliver clean records for data and analytics. Profisee's ability to master data using the Goldstein…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Microsoft Azure is scalable."
"Microsoft Azure is a good service and I recommend it."
"I like the reliability of the solution and the ease of provisional services which can be a click and go."
"The solution is similar to a plug-and-play system, it is easy to use."
"One of the most valuable features of Azure is that it's a very integrated solution. You have to learn how to use it properly, but it's not that hard, and you can define your whole scrum process and deploy it from one place. It was a really nice surprise to see how easily integrated this tool is."
"Stability is straightforward"
"We have received very good support from Azure here in Jordan."
"We've got multiple tools on Azure, which is a very good feature of Azure. Our Palo Alto firewall and other things are hosted in Azure. We're using Sentinel as well, which is a security tool that is being used by our SOC teams. I've also used AWS, and I find Azure to be more Windows-driven. Although Azure is newer as compared to AWS, it is growing fast. Microsoft is working towards the betterment of Azure."
"The process of categorizing data, creating glossaries, and generating metadata is streamlined and less time-consuming."
"Profisee is an all-in-one tool; all you need to do is plug in your data points from various data sources and you are good to go."
"The product is able to utilize the SQL server toolkit and it has tight integration with the SQL server."
"The most valuable features for ensuring data accuracy and quality are mappings and creating business rules."
"We really like the matching and merging features."
"Profisee's customer service is very responsive, and they have a comprehensive training academy, Profisee Academy, that helps guide the implementation process."
"The client is doing really well; in fact, they've been published in several IT magazines for their efforts, and also for their data cleansing efforts and their data stewardship."
 

Cons

"The solution should improve the shared cache."
"Use of the solution could be easier. It is too complex."
"Pricing is very difficult to guesstimate."
"Performance could be improved."
"Its pricing should be better."
"Microsoft Azure is so complicated inside. If you should do something internally, if you have to configure something, the opinion about Azure is that it is a little complicated inside. That's why the end users and clients are looking for help and why we help them configure and do anything inside of Azure. That is why we offer other tools to optimize the Azure environment."
"We are looking for the Azure to get involved in the case of other applications, like the Java application."
"At times, I still find the AWS dashboards simpler and more streamlined."
"Profisee could improve in providing clearer data lineage information."
"Some security complexities might add time to the setup."
"When we updated to version 7.1, there were some workflow issues."
"The way training is laid out in their Profisee University, makes it really, really hard to find what you need fast."
"A more convenient approach would involve integrating all the pre-existing elements into Profisee itself."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We're paying in dollars, and it's very expensive for us because of the exchange rates."
"The price of Microsoft Azure is reasonable."
"I pay for a yearly subscription."
"The pricing is fair and it was actually just reduced. My organization is paying approximately $100,000 annually with close to one thousand users. There are no additional fees."
"Pricing of Microsoft Azure services depends on the build of what you prepare to deploy."
"Licensing fees are paid monthly."
"It's a very expensive machine and I would like for them to improve the price. There are smaller sized competitors who offer cheaper prices."
"If you are not aware of costs, pricing, etc., you can end up with a hefty bill. However, I found that the Azure price calculator is a valuable tool to use before starting to deploy VMs in Azure. This tool will give you an overview of the costs you should expect on a monthly, quarterly or yearly basis."
"We didn't come across any additional licensing fees."
"The pricing is moderate, falling in the middle range—not excessively low nor overly expensive."
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Comparison Review

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Engineer at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Aug 14, 2013
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Answers from the Community

RT
Information Architect at Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Feb 7, 2022
Feb 7, 2022
Hi @Richard Tibbetts, There's no short answer to your question. Nearly all existing MDM solutions on the market offer a broad range of patterns to ingest master data from various sources and distribute cleanse and consolidated information, also to the Azure stack. Many vendors offer prebuilt connectors for the most common sources (databases, various file types, storages, business applications i...
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InitZero - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise MDM Architect / Solution Arch at Volvo Group
Jan 14, 2022
Hi @Richard Tibbetts, There's no short answer to your question. Nearly all existing MDM solutions on the market offer a broad range of patterns to ingest master data from various sources and distribute cleanse and consolidated information, also to the Azure stack. Many vendors offer prebuilt connectors for the most common sources (databases, various file types, storages, business applications including MS Dynamics, Salesforce, etc.), but also support a generic way of ingesting/exposing data via Rest APIs, file drops, etc. MS MDS is an extension of the MS SQL server 2016. I don't know Microsoft plans to extend it, but I know that Profisee and CluedIn are very active in promoting their solutions as-built having Azure in mind and being a part of the stack. Informatica MDM has three types of offerings these days: on-prem, hosted MDM, and cloud-native option - they differ in the functionality and integration options. Obviously, there are many more MDM tools on the market particularly good in various data domains (products, customers/suppliers - so yours, multi-domain, etc). I think that you should start your MDM journey by answering which current challenges you try to solve or what new capabilities you need to enable to the organisation. Once these questions are answered and based on your organization's Enterprise Architecture principles, look for the best fitting tool. It may (or may not) be the one that fits the best into the Azure Reference Architecture. I hope this helped.
GM
Data Architect at World Vision
Feb 4, 2022
I agree with @InitZero...  I would add that there's no future roadmap for MDS and they don't have an Azure solution for it.  Since it's a free product with an SQL license, don't expect Microsoft to invest in it.   Even though we are highly dependent upon it currently I'm starting to look towards the future where we need to find a replacement - hopefully, a PaaS solution. It would be great if Microsoft came out with something in Azure but I'm not hopeful at this point.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Healthcare Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business141
Midsize Enterprise54
Large Enterprise153
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Questions from the Community

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Which is better - SAP Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure?
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How does Microsoft Azure compare to Google Firebase?
I would recommend Google Firebase instead of Microsoft Azure, simply for the array of features that it has to offer. In particular, the Firebase library grants you access to a shared data structure...
What needs improvement with Profisee?
Profisee is making improvements for the year 2024, including integrating directly with other solutions.
What is your primary use case for Profisee?
We use Profisee for mastering data between multiple systems like ERP and CRM within our company.
 

Also Known As

Windows Azure, Azure, MS Azure
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Sample Customers

BMW, Toyota, easyJet, NBC Sports, HarperCollins, Aviva, TalkTalk Business, Avanade, and Telenor.
NASDAQ, Rockwell Automation, ITT Industries, EY (Ernst & Young), Domino's, L3 Communications, Anheuser Busch, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Ameriprise Financial, GSO Capital Partners
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