We performed a comparison between Broadcom Test Data Manager and Informatica Test Data Management (TDM) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Test Data Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Core features that we needed were synthetic data creation, and to be able to do complex data mining and profiling across multiple databases with referential integrity intact across them. CA's product actually came through with the highest score and met the most of our needs."
"I like the integration a lot. We use the test matching feature and the ability to make and find data."
"The masking of data has really been key for us to be able to replace PII with fake values."
"TDM allows us to find the right test data for the test that we need, and then it also allows us to get the required data inputs into our API test, so that we can do a full test."
"The synthetic data generation is really good... You can write rules and create permutations and combinations according to your needs. Or you can take a snippet of the Prod data and replicate it."
"It removes manual intervention. A lot of the time that we've spent previously was always manually, as an individual running SQL scripts against databases, or manually going through a UI to create data. These solutions allow us to incorporate automation and self-service to eliminate all of our manual efforts."
"It saves us time from generating the same amount of data in real-time."
"The initial setup was straightforward. Basically, just install, next, and start using it."
"Organizations working on different projects can benefit from this tool."
"The tool enabled us to leverage Teradata Parallel Transporter to write the masked data efficiently to our Teradata warehouse."
"Informatica Test Data Management is a complete solution. I'm not very deep in the technical aspect of the solution, but most of the workflows are now completely automated. There are some minor elements where we have to still add manual parts to the implementation."
"There were some issues with initial setup. It wasn't as smooth as we had thought. We ran into a network issue, a firewall issue, things like that. It wasn't something we could not fix. We worked with CA support and with the client's team to fix it. But there were issues, it took a lot of time to install and configure."
"As the solution continues to evolve, the one thing I like about it is the API-friendly layers that they have added into the realm. So, I just would like to see more support around that and more usability."
"The relationship between cables needs to be added."
"All financial institutions are based on mainframes, so they're never going to go away. There are ppportunities to increase functionality and efficiencies within the mainframe solution, within this TDM product."
"The additional feature probably would be a data reservation that is more robust, where you can actually use it consecutively."
"They should make the Portal a little more user-friendly, make it even easier to configure things directly from the Portal."
"I would say implementing test data management requires a lot of effort and time...Even if you have experienced people, it takes time."
"It has a feature called TDM Portal, where testers can find test data by themselves, based on multiple models. They can reserve the data so that it belongs to one group or individual. Obviously, that data is not available to anybody else... This feature is for one environment. But if a different group of testers wanted that data for a different environment, they can't use it via CA TDM. That feature doesn't exist."
"The UI experience is a little bit old. When applying more than 80 columns, it means doing it in phases, as it won't allow it in one go."
"Informatica has a data governance suite, and at the moment, there is no connection between the data governance elements, such as the data catalog, and the Informatica Test Data Management software. For example, the data discovery which is part of both solutions is two separate things. If you have a data discovery in the data catalog, then we cannot use it for Informatica Test Data Management purposes and vice versa. The same software vendor, has two different products, with the same functionality. There's was no need to separate things. This is something which was a problem in a use case of the customer where this was the reason why they didn't choose the Informatica solution."
"Probably the ideal time testing site, utilizing self-service for real-time testing, could be an area for improvement."
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Broadcom Test Data Manager is ranked 2nd in Test Data Management with 32 reviews while Informatica Test Data Management (TDM) is ranked 5th in Test Data Management with 10 reviews. Broadcom Test Data Manager is rated 8.4, while Informatica Test Data Management (TDM) is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Broadcom Test Data Manager writes "Helps to create synthetic data and new data sets ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Informatica Test Data Management (TDM) writes "Beneficial for test cycle efficiency and scalability, but challenges exist in terms of technical support and user interface". Broadcom Test Data Manager is most compared with Delphix, IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM), K2View, Tricentis Tosca and BMC Compuware File-AID, whereas Informatica Test Data Management (TDM) is most compared with Delphix, Tricentis Tosca, IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM) and K2View. See our Broadcom Test Data Manager vs. Informatica Test Data Management (TDM) report.
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