We performed a comparison between Informatica MDM and Informatica PIM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It has improved our organization because it has made our data more reliable. Data is the most important asset these days, and in order to trust your data, you need these tools to make sure that your data is clean and reliable."
"This is where I think MDM shines - with its strong fuzzy matching algorithm. This is the essence of Informatica MDM. Based on these results, I can write our match conditions and then perform the corresponding data management activities."
"The Provisioning tool is something that is really handy for everyone. It is my pick as the best feature."
"I like that Informatica MDM has robust matching technology. Informatica MDM is also porting the external Java applications for validations. I can consider that a must-have. It is also exposed to Rest API calls, and we can engage in real-time integrations with any third-party systems."
"It is easy to create REST-based interfaces of the master data objects."
"The fuzzy matching capability is a great feature."
"New tools are coming out that will enable you to achieve 90 percent of use cases with the out-of-the-box configuration, but I would like to keep Informatica tight here. Otherwise, you need a Java user edit course and other things to do multiple things that you cannot configure out of the box. They have to go through those use cases to do something if those can also be configured rather than coded."
"Informatica MDM has a defined data model we can customize with user and developer options."
"The most important features are the mastering of the data and the UI intuitiveness."
"The staging and hierarchical features are the most valuable."
"A great product enrichment tool."
"Informatica MDM could be improved by adding drag and drop options, business data insights, and visualization reporting."
"Their support should be improved. We have had some trouble with their support from time to time. Its scalability should also be improved. I would also like to have a bit more modern and friendly UI for the end-users. There should definitely be a simplified way to configure and set it up."
"Informatica MDM has limitations with connectivity."
"This is a costly solution. We have several customers who evaluate it but then look for other solutions because of the cost. At present, Informatica MDM comes as an on-premises or cloud-based solution. I would like to see them offer a SaaS-based MDM model. I think they are working on it."
"If I compare it with other MDM solutions in the market, one thing that can definitely be improved is automation to help with the configuration. Currently, when we are creating any staging of base object tables, all the columns have to be configured manually in the Informatica Hub Console. A lot of tables and different kinds of business columns have to be configured manually. There should be an automated process for this, especially in the Dev environment. When people are creating tables and columns from scratch, if there is a backend automated process for that, it would be really helpful. In Stibo, a similar feature is there wherein you can tag attributes to certain objects. It would be helpful if Informatica also provides a similar option. It would reduce the manual effort. It could be that such a feature is already there, but I am not aware of it."
"The solution doesn't directly connect to any of the analytical tools."
"Pre-sales technical support is much better than post-sales technical support."
"The configurations could be better. It is a bit confusing because we must develop two tools when building a data model in Informatica MDM. Even though Informatica MDM is a single tool, we have our hub console plus the provisioning tool within that. Whatever data model we are building in the hub console, we have to develop it in the provisioning tool again. It is double the work to create a data model. We are also using external calls or the Java custom plans functions. This can be both positive and negative. Since MDM as a client does not support any complex validation, we have to depend on the external call or a Java call. Every time we deployed, the entire solution was impacted if something went wrong."
"Database access is highly restricted particularly if you're using the cloud version."
"They need more feature flexibility, as it is not fully developed."
"Its look and feel needs improvement. It has a lousy look and feel. Informatica PIM is designed specifically for the retail industry. They need to make sure that it is also applicable to all the other industries and verticals."
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Informatica MDM is ranked 1st in Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions with 45 reviews while Informatica PIM is ranked 2nd in Product Information Management (PIM). Informatica MDM is rated 8.0, while Informatica PIM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Informatica MDM writes "Optimize business processes while ensuring that users see a return on their investment from the use of the product". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Informatica PIM writes "Great product enrichment tool that provides flexibility and can be plugged with any e-commerce site". Informatica MDM is most compared with Reltio Cloud, SAP Master Data Governance, Profisee, TIBCO EBX and Oracle Product Master Data Management Cloud, whereas Informatica PIM is most compared with SAP Hybris PCM, Stibo STEP MDM, SAP Master Data Governance, Oracle Product Hub and TIBCO EBX. See our Informatica MDM vs. Informatica PIM report.
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