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Oracle Data Quality vs SAP Information Steward comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Data Quality
Ranking in Data Quality
15th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP Information Steward
Ranking in Data Quality
9th
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Metadata Management (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Data Quality category, the mindshare of Oracle Data Quality is 1.7%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Information Steward is 6.1%, down from 8.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Quality
 

Featured Reviews

Venkatraman Bhat - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 14, 2022
Fast, has good extraction, validation, and transformation features, and provides good support
Though validation is good and fast enough in Oracle Data Quality, an area for improvement is the accuracy of the validation. Though the solution offers multidimensional validation, it needs a bit more improvement in the accuracy aspect because smaller products can offer better accuracy in terms of validation compared to Oracle Data Quality. What I'd like to see from the solution in its next release, is an increase in compliances and regulations that would allow it to cover all industries because multiple verticals demand data quality nowadays, and this improvement will be helpful as Oracle Data Quality is an in-built delivered solution.
FranciscoSantos - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 21, 2022
Provides accurate data that is validated against a personalized reference tool
For most SAP customers, Information Steward is enough because it is able to build quality data rules to detect issues in the source systems like SAP HANA, Business Warehouse, or other systems. A business user can first organize their data into several data domains. For example, procurement, human resources, and logistics setup. The domains can build data quality dimensions where you can describe the kind of rule that you are going to use. The user then can immediately see if something is wrong with their data using traffic lights. Another great feature of SAP Information Steward is the accuracy that the content is followed by validating against the reference tool. With the solution, you are creating data quality dimensions. Within these dimensions, you are creating business data quality rules that are looking for specific fields. From these rules, you can create a scorecard. The scorecard will highlight the percentage of good data and ensure the user can feel confident that the data is accurate within predetermined limits. SAP tables have field names that are very cryptic, making them hard to understand the meaning of the fields. Metapedia helps describe these fields in business terms.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Once it is set up, it is easy to use and maintain."
"I have found the most valuable features to be data cleansing and deduplication."
"The features I like most about Oracle Data Quality include extraction, transformation, and validation, which makes it a multipurpose product such as Oracle GoldenGate and Oracle Data Integrator. I also like that Oracle Data Quality is very fast, so you can use it for a large volume of data within a short period. You have to do the validation very quickly, so the solution helps in that area of data quality. Another feature of Oracle Data Quality that I like is the MDM (Master Data Management) where you'll have a single source of protection, and this makes the solution perfect and helpful to my company."
"With Oracle Data Quality, the most valuable feature is entity matching."
"The solution is very fast."
"Ability to collect information, monitor user access and to plan storage capacity."
"Setup is straightforward."
"The scorecard will highlight the percentage of good data and ensure the user can feel confident that the data is accurate within predetermined limits."
"Initial setup was straightforward."
"The most valuable features are data quality insight, metadata management, and metadata dictionary."
"Data insight is the most valuable feature."
"The Data Cleansing and the scorecard dashboard are very valuable. Additionally, the financial aspect of SAP Information Steward is very good. When a rule is incorrect then it will show how much is it costing the business. These features are very valuable."
 

Cons

"If the length of time required for deployment was reduced then it would be very helpful."
"Oracle Data Quality should integrate with data warehousing solutions such as Azure and CWS Office. For example, having the ability to integrate with tools, such as Azure Synapse and SQL data warehousing would be a great benefit."
"Though validation is good and fast enough in Oracle Data Quality, an area for improvement is the accuracy of the validation. Though the solution offers multidimensional validation, it needs a bit more improvement in the accuracy aspect because smaller products can offer better accuracy in terms of validation compared to Oracle Data Quality. What I'd like to see from the solution in its next release, is an increase in compliances and regulations that would allow it to cover all industries because multiple verticals demand data quality nowadays, and this improvement will be helpful as Oracle Data Quality is an in-built delivered solution."
"Oracle is currently not that intuitive. We need to use programmers to write code for a lot of the procedures. We need to have them write CL SQL code and write a CL script."
"Needs to be more powerful on rules."
"The support team is not very responsive."
"We'd like to see some manipulation techniques included in SAP Information Steward."
"Granularity could be reduced from an application level to the object level."
"The solution could improve by incorporating other applications, such as Power BI to show more visualization. More interaction with other solutions would be a good benefit."
"Performance could be improved."
"SAP Information Steward could be improved by offering a cloud version of the product."
"The user experience of metapedia could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of this solution is comparable to other similar solutions."
"The vendor needs to revisit their pricing strategy."
"I do not know if there were additional costs beyond the standard licensing fees."
"SAP Information Steward is an expensive solution compared to others."
"Smaller-sized organizations may not be able to invest in SAP Information Steward because of the cost."
"A bit pricey, and better tools are available for a lower price."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
32%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Wholesaler/Distributor
5%
Manufacturing Company
20%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about SAP Information Steward?
The scorecard will highlight the percentage of good data and ensure the user can feel confident that the data is accurate within predetermined limits.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Information Steward?
Smaller-sized organizations may not be able to invest in SAP Information Steward because of the cost.
What needs improvement with SAP Information Steward?
SAP Information Steward could be improved by offering a cloud version of the product. Rather than creating an evolution of this product, they have created a completely different solution with Data ...
 

Also Known As

Datanomic
Information Steward, SAP Data Insight
 

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Sample Customers

Roka Bioscience, Statistics Centre _ Abu Dhabi , Raymond James Financial inc., CaixaBank, Industrial Bank of Korea, Posco, NHS Business Services Authority, RWE Power, LIFE Financial Group,
American Water, Graphic Packaging International, OSRAM Licht AG, Maxim Integrated
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