A wide range of solutions exist because data is primary, and my company looks over many overall data management solutions, from which Informatica Data Quality becomes one of our biggest priorities.
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A tool that is suitable for small, medium, and enterprise-sized businesses and is worth the money
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
I cannot just go into details of the product's features randomly because if you look at a very wide range of overall requirements, be it Informatica or Talend or more data lake solutions like Snowflake. My company goes through an entire range of areas, making it difficult for me to just speak about the features.
What needs improvement?
Accuracy is one of the key areas a client looks at before using a solution. Considering internal data from legacy systems, it is quite difficult to know if Informatica Data Quality meets that high level of accuracy criteria. The aforementioned area can be considered for improvement in the solution.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been a consultant for Informatica Data Quality for two years in my company. I don't directly use the solution.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
From a stability point of view, I haven't heard of any complaints about the solution from any of my company's clients who use it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I don't go into the technical side of Informatica Data Quality much since I mostly work on the procurement side and market knowledge area related to the product. Scalability remains one of the requirements of the clients who buy the product, especially for future growth. My company caters to a mixture of clients, consisting of small, medium, and enterprise-sized businesses.
How was the initial setup?
I do not go into the complete deployment areas of Informatica Data Quality.
The solution is deployed on a hybrid cloud.
What was our ROI?
Informatica Data Quality is a product that is worth the money.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate the product's pricing a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is the lowest price and ten is the highest price.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I do look at a number of data quality tools, but Informatica, Talend, and Ataccama are a few of the top solutions I have come across.
My company deals with Informatica Data Quality since Informatica is a big vendor in the overall data management area.
What other advice do I have?
I won't be able to speak on how I can recommend the solution to others since my suggestions will have to be based on the product's features and technical details. I wouldn't be able to point out anything about the product in detail, especially since I am not much of an end user.
Based on the feedback that I have received about the product from my company's customers, I rate the overall product a seven or eight out of ten.
Represents clusters nicely and has good interface but needs improvement in integration
What is our primary use case?
Our use cases were related to the financial and banking sectors. We created data and transferred it to the enterprise level.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Informatica Axon is features, interfaces, and data mapping. It represents clusters nicely.
What needs improvement?
The solution should improve its integration.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the product for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Informatica Axon is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The product is scalable.
How are customer service and support?
The tool's support is fine.
How was the initial setup?
Informatica Axon's deployment is straightforward.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the product an eight out of ten.
An easy-to-deploy and easy-to-use tool meant for enterprise-sized companies
What is our primary use case?
My company does not specifically focus on selling the solution to a particular sector. My company generally sells the solution to various sectors, including manufacturing and finance.
What is most valuable?
Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog is a compact tool. Many products operate as a data system solution or as a data catalog tool. The product is helpful when it comes to data transformation. If you would like to solve specific data-related problems, Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog can serve as a useful product.
What needs improvement?
I cannot specifically point out an area in Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog that needs improvement since it properly functions as a data catalog tool. You cannot use something like Atlas to get catalog ranges, making Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog a comparatively powerful tool. The UX and UI of the solution are areas with certain shortcomings where improvements can be made in the future.
If I want to get some extra features in the product, I can contact Informatica's research and development team, who can add some new features to the product and make the tool available in the market.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog for more than ten years. My company has a partnership with Informatica.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Though there are some bugs in the solution, Informatica's research and development team, along with Informatica's customer service team, supports my company in solving such bug-related issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog can be a good solution that is really easy to use when it comes to enterprise-sized companies, but it may pose some challenges for small and medium-sized companies.
Most companies to whom my company provides the solution are enterprise-sized businesses.
How are customer service and support?
I rate the technical support a ten out of ten. My company has a partnership with Informatica, and we provide Informatica's products to the end users or customers. Informatica has to provide my company with good support in order to hold on to its customers who deal with my company.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
I rate the product's initial setup a nine and a half to ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy.
Most of the companies to whom my company provides the solution deploy it on an on-premises model. My company also sells the cloud version of the solution while also offering our customers the option to move from on-premises to the cloud version of the solution.
My wife runs a pharmacy, and she uses an ERP solution for sales-related activities, the data of which I can move to the cloud in ten minutes if she chooses Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog.
What was our ROI?
With Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog, measuring the return on investment can be hard. I rate the return on investment a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is zero return on investment, and ten is a hundred percent return on investment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of the product is something that may vary from customer to customer. I rate the product's pricing a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.
What other advice do I have?
If a customer or business wants to easily maintain their data domains, they can opt for Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog.
I rate the overall product an eight to nine out of ten.
Good integration capabilities with significant enhancements needed for data quality management
What is our primary use case?
We utilize it for two tasks. The first involves collaborating with our business team to identify specific data quality issues, and this part of the process runs smoothly. However, the second task is focused on using Informatica to investigate data issues that aren't entirely clear. This aspect doesn't yield satisfactory results, and we struggle to effectively pinpoint the problems using the tool.
What is most valuable?
When discussing data quality within IDMC (Informatica Data Management Cloud), it involves several modules, including CDI (Cloud Data Integration), CDP (Cloud Data Profiling), and Cloud Data Governance. Initially, we focused on Cloud Data Integration, which was the aspect we were already familiar with. We encountered challenges when trying to explore data quality issues using Informatica. We primarily used Cloud Data Profiling to connect with Cloud Data Governance, a tool also used by Teva. This integration allowed users to access data quality results within the data governance catalog.
What needs improvement?
We are currently working on improving the user interface for our end users. At the moment, our end users do not frequently connect to Informatica for data quality because they have trouble locating the results within the platform. The remediation processes are not adequately supported within it, and we cannot easily assign data quality issues to specific individuals, nor can we send the entire results to anyone via email. While we can send reports via email, we lack the capability to attach the actual results or provide links to them. We have been suggesting these improvements to Informatica, but as of now, we have not seen any significant progress. If given the opportunity, I would like to address these concerns, particularly with regard to enhancing the end-user experience. Also, there were initial architectural misalignments with the product. We believed that Informatica could directly connect to the source systems, but while it is technically possible, doing so would significantly impact the performance of the source systems. As a result, we did not receive approval to connect directly to them, and we did not plan to maintain copies of these systems.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with it for one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the stability of the platform seven out of ten. We have faced a recurring issue after each quarterly upgrade or new release in their cloud platform. This problem involves the functionality that used to work correctly no longer operating as expected.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate its scalability capabilities six out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I would rate it six out of ten.
A stable and reliable solution for enhanced data excellence
What is our primary use case?
We use it for various use cases, including data provisioning, data validation, continuous monitoring of data quality, and data standardization.
What is most valuable?
We have implemented both data profiling and data quality transformations for data validation. These are the two major components we rely on, with data profiling helping us understand the data's characteristics, and data quality transformations ensuring data validation.
What needs improvement?
Exploring the possibility of incorporating AI capabilities that can suggest additional rules would significantly streamline our data analysis process following data profiling. Many other tools offer this feature, enabling them to suggest rules, which can be generated with just one or two clicks.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with it for almost seven years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Once it was implemented, we din not encounter any stability issues. I would rate it nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of the solution depends heavily on the design approach. Regardless of the tool used, the effectiveness of the data quality framework hinges on proper design. If the framework is not well-designed, it may not deliver the desired results. I would rate it eight out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
We receive excellent support on a priority basis. I would rate it nine out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
I would rate the installation and configuration process as moderately complex.
What other advice do I have?
If it has been implemented effectively, I would say it is the best solution. When considering the use of the data governance package, combining Axon ADC and Informatica Data Quality together provides a comprehensive approach. I would rate it eight out of ten.
Optimize business processes while ensuring that users see a return on their investment from the use of the product
What is our primary use case?
The use cases attached to Informatica MDM may vary for different industries. Suppose I talk about industries related to healthcare and life sciences. In the aforementioned scenario related to healthcare and life sciences, there have been situations where a lot of sales representatives have issues while trying to set up calls with different physicians. Informatica or any MDM solution usually helps people in the healthcare industry optimize their business processes, especially when setting up calls with different physicians. Typically, Informatica MDM helps to reduce the number of duplicate details related to a physician or the data related to a particular organization data so that the sales representatives don't end up sending duplicate call invites to the same physician, especially those physicians who have probably different versions of their own name.
What is most valuable?
I think the integration feature is probably one of the key features in Informatica MDM. When compared to other Indian products, Informatica MDM has an edge due to its integration capabilities.
What needs improvement?
I don't see any area of improvement required when it comes to Informatica MDM since it is one of the leading products in the market. Some unification in Informatica MDM's UI side would probably make it better. I find Reltio more intuitive when compared to Informatica MDM's UI. Informatica MDM's UI is not intuitive enough. Informatica MDM's UI can be made a bit more intuitive.
I think all the latest up-to-date features are made available in Informatica solution. When it comes to Informatica MDM, all the features are mostly included, because of which there is nothing that needs to be added.
The long response time taken by the technical team of Informatica can be considered for improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have experience with Informatica MDM. I currently work for a company that has an alliance partnership with Informatica. I use Informatica to develop MDM solutions for my company's clients. I work as a solution provider since my company wants its employees to work as middlemen for Informatica products. In my company, we use Informatica to build solutions for clients. I use the latest version of Informatica MDM.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a highly scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
If it is for a single region deployment, the number of users who use the solution can vary somewhere between ten to fifteen, but if it is for a global deployment, then there could be hundreds of users who would use the solution.
The solution is used on a daily basis in my organization.
How are customer service and support?
If there is a super high-priority issue, then the technical team of Informatica is super responsive. However, if it is a low-priority issue, they usually take a little longer than their usual response time. I rate the technical support an eight out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
When it comes to Informatica MDM, it is mostly a cloud or SaaS-based product, because of which the configuration or setup phases may not pose a challenge. Most of the MDM solutions are now SaaS-based products that the product vendor maintains, and so such products are mostly accessed through web URLs over the cloud. Right now, any configuration or setup is not challenging, which used to be the case several years ago when these solutions were deployed on an on-premises model, because of which installation and other such procedures were required. Currently, most products are SaaS-based solutions, so there are no such challenges with respect to setup.
I rate the initial setup phase of Informatica MDM as a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.
Predominantly, Informatica MDM gets deployed on a public cloud. There is a provision to go ahead with if any of our company's clients want the product to be deployed on a private cloud, but it comes at a very high cost.
The time taken for the end-to-end deployment process depends on the complexity of the project that you are working on, but if I have to give you a standard answer, it would be approximately six months to start from scratch until production goes live.
Considering the members from the production and UAT departments, the UAT department dealt with the product for three weeks, and the overall deployment process took place over a month to a month and a half. Around eight staff members were required for the deployment process, including an Informatica developer responsible for configurations, a lead developer, two people for integration, a project manager, and one solution architect.
What about the implementation team?
One of the in-house teams in my company carried out the deployment process.
What was our ROI?
I would say that the return on investment from the use of the solution is fairly good.
I rate the product's ROI a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is zero percent return on investment, and ten is one hundred percent return on investment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate the product's pricing a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is high price. The product does come at a certain cost since it is one of the best products in the market. The payments for the solution are made on a subscription-based model, meaning it is a pay-as-you-go model. In general, the costs attached to the solution depend on its usage.
The costs, in addition to the standard licensing fees for the solution, depend on users' requirements.
What other advice do I have?
The people required for the maintenance of Informatica MDM depend upon the requirements of the clients who use the product.
I would say that a team of five people that includes a solution architect who operates in a partial capacity would be good enough to take care of Informatica MDM's maintenance phase.
I recommend the solution to those who plan to use it.
I rate the overall product a nine out of ten.
Provides good scalability, but its technical support services need improvement
What is our primary use case?
We use the product to define policies and for data discovery management.
What needs improvement?
It is complicated to establish the lineage in EDC using PowerCenter mappings. We have to do the process manually every time. This particular area needs improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Informatica Axon for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable platform. However, we need to raise the ticket even for the smaller issues. There needs to be proper documentation available. They should provide enough information.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have eight to ten customers for Informatica Axon. It is a scalable product.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support team takes time to complete the debugging process.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup process is fine, but there are a lot of infrastructure issues. It includes errors on the node cluster for EDC. Deployment is easy, but debugging is time-consuming. Whenever we raise the ticket to the support team, they take two to three days to evaluate the issue.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The licensing price of the product depends on the organization's requirements. It is less costly than Collibra.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend Informatica Axon to others and rate it a seven out of ten.
Is user friendly and can handle large volumes of data without compromising performance
What is our primary use case?
We have a customer with a lot of data. We see a lot of quality issues, so we have implemented a data quality solution on-premises. Since everything is moving to the cloud, we are also moving our data quality solution to the cloud. We are building data quality goals for profiling, matching, and enrichment. There are other use cases, one example is matching data in our on-premises MDM system. To do this, we need to clean the data and profile it to understand its quality. We can then use data quality rules and matching modules to identify and resolve data quality issues. We also use it to validate customer email addresses and phone numbers on the fly in our in-house customer applications. Other use cases include data integration and data governance.
What is most valuable?
The user-friendliness and performance of Informatica is quite impressive. It’s easier to grasp and understand data quality, and how data governance tools work, as they are built on the same underlying architecture. The QCA addresses performance issues, whether it’s related to data, PowerCenter, or any other aspect. The shared underlying architecture enables me to pinpoint parameters for optimization. Informatica can handle large volumes of data without compromising performance. While other tools may offer similar capabilities, Informatica consistently delivers impressive results.
What needs improvement?
Informatica Cloud Data Quality provides many of the capabilities found in on-premises solutions. While the cloud edition offers additional features, it has also deprecated certain functionalities, such as connecting to web services. In the on-premises version, features like web service consumer and web service provider are available, but these functionalities are currently unavailable in the cloud edition. Vendors offer options for custom solutions, although they may not offer the same functionality as the on-premises version.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Informatica Cloud Data Quality for years. We are using the latest version of the solution.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the solution’s stability an eight out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
The team is acquiring knowledge. In our previous on-premises environment, we had a team of experienced engineers who were familiar with the system and could provide instant answers. However, in the new cloud environment, there’s a learning curve in the new cloud environment, and it may take some time for them to understand and respond effectively.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I rate the solution a seven-point five out of ten.
Has bulk upload feature but needs to improve interface
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution for mass data management.
What is most valuable?
The tool's most valuable feature is bulk upload. We upload files in CSV or Excel format.
What needs improvement?
Informatica Axon needs to improve its interface.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with the solution for three years.
How are customer service and support?
Informatica Axon's support is good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
What other advice do I have?
I rate the product an eight out of ten.
A good product for mastering all the data and ensuring a 360 degree of the master data
What is our primary use case?
We use Informatica MDM to enable the master data for getting the customer's product 360.
What is most valuable?
Informatica MDM has data quality, mastering the data's capability.
What needs improvement?
Inserting the GenAI into the master data management will reduce the overall effort of operational activities.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Informatica MDM for five to six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Informatica MDM is quite a stable solution. I rate Informatica MDM a nine out of ten for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Informatica MDM is quite a scalable solution. Most of our clients for Informatica MDM are enterprise businesses.
What about the implementation team?
Usually, it takes six to eight months to deploy Informatica MDM.
What other advice do I have?
Master Data Management is always only 20% implementation; the remaining 80% defines all other components. So, if users have the right process, the tool will do its job. The tool will do whatever we give input for.
Informatica MDM is quite a good product in terms of mastering all the data and ensuring that we will be able to get a 360 degree of the master data.
Overall, I rate Informatica MDM a nine out of ten.