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What is our primary use case? I starting with the design and discovery phase to detect data issues by using the profiling service, then started to analyze the data to determine and fix issues with it. How has it helped my organization? This product really improves my organization and fits all of the needed requirements for working with cleansed data. This helps to prevent issues from appearing in the business layer. What is most valuable? The user interface is flexible and the visibility of the data flow is amazing. You can see your data throughout the flow and then you can determine where issues are before fixing them. What needs improvement? The tool's performance is an area that should be given further consideration. For how long have I used the solution? I have been using Informatica Data Quality for more than one year. What do I think about the stability of the solution? This is a stable product. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? The solution is scalable. How are customer service and technical support? Technical support has been very helpful. Whenever we have a problem, they are able to solve it. Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch? I have experience with a similar solution by IBM. How was the initial setup? Informatica platform installation is straightforward. As long as the prerequisites check is done successfully, it will be very easy to do. Which deployment model are you using for this solution? On-premises If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use? IBM Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
What is our primary use case? We are using it for extraction purposes for some of our projects. We extract and test the data. What is most valuable? It is very useful for testing purposes and designing mappings for small projects. If you go for IDQ in the mapping itself, you can see the data. You can then correct it, and test it so easily. It is working fine. It is also stable, scalable, and easy to deploy. What needs improvement? It can be improved in terms of performance and execution. I'm expecting better performance. It currently has some restrictions in terms of execution. For example, if we want to run it in the command mode and execute it, there are some restrictions, and we are facing some issues with a huge volume of data. These restrictions are not there in Informatica PowerCenter because we are able to execute a huge volume of data, and there are more ways to execute it. For how long have I used the solution? We have been using this solution for the past three or four years. What do I think about the stability of the solution? It is stable. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? It is scalable. We have ten engineers who use it. How are customer service and technical support? We are getting better support with PowerCenter. Informatica Data Quality was developed later, and its support is not up to that level, but it is fine. Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch? We didn't use any other solution. How was the initial setup? Its initial setup is straightforward. We just need to create data integration services. The deployment generally takes up to three hours, but it can take longer depending on the nodes. What about the implementation team? I did it myself. What other advice do I have? I would recommend this solution. We have a long term license, and we plan to keep using it. I would rate Informatica Data Quality a seven out of ten. Which deployment model are you using for this solution? On-premises Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
What is our primary use case? Our primary use case of this product is for data management relating to customers and contact information. It's a global resource, we ensure the quality of our customer information and primary attributes. I'm a principal data architect and we are customers of Informatica. How has it helped my organization? The solution has improved our organization by providing data quality. What is most valuable? The evaluation service is a valuable feature of this product. What needs improvement? Because we are moving everything to cloud and our platform is in Azure, it has an infrastructure as a service. I'd like to see a platform as a service, to avoid having to take care of the payments as an upgrade for the platform. I'd like to have email as a service, it would allow us more flexibility. But we already know that Informatica have a cloud integration service but it's not mature enough to do what's required. The service model can also be improved. For how long have I used the solution? I've been using this solution for seven years. What do I think about the stability of the solution? The solution is not as stable as we'd like. We need to do a lot of work on the operational side because it crashes frequently, at least once a week. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? Scalability is not a problem. You can't count the number of users because it's a platform that has an operational model in which we move the data. We have the data and we clean the data, but users don't have direct contact. How are customer service and technical support? The technical support is very good. How was the initial setup? Initial setup is not complex, it takes about a week to install. We have very good consultants that carried out the deployment for us so although licensing is tricky, the development and the installation is okay. What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? I believe licensing is around $700,000 annually and we pay around $300,000 for support. The licensing is tricky because sometimes we need to pay for additional connectors and those are hidden costs for us. Which other solutions did I evaluate? We evaluated SAP Master Data Governance. We noticed that more people use Informatica and because it's the most widely used platform we went with it because we knew we'd be able to get access to consultants. What other advice do I have? I would rate this solution a seven out of 10. Which deployment model are you using for this solution? Public Cloud If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use? Microsoft Azure Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
What is our primary use case? Our primary use case of this solution is to improve issues of security, quality and accuracy. We are partners of Informatica and I'm an architect. What is most valuable? In terms of Data Quality, the feature most valuable to me is that the solution is applicable for both technical and business users. I like that instead of using on-premises processing power, you can now use your on-cloud platform processing power to process the data and get a faster turnaround time. From a product perspective, everything is well done. What needs improvement? I think improvements can be made regarding the ability of the product to leverage the power of big data. It would also help if we could get the software as a services product so that we feed in the requirements and it's a more customized solution. I think that would increase the adoption by customers. For how long have I used the solution? I've been using this solution for three years. What do I think about the stability of the solution? Informatica is a very stable product, I haven't had any issues with it. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? It's a very scalable solution and it has all the other big data components. How are customer service and technical support? We have a business partnership with Informatica and they are very responsive. How was the initial setup? I've had a lot of experience with this solution so I don't have any issues with implementation. Perhaps someone from a different background or different circumstance, may face challenges but it is user friendly so it shouldn't be a problem. Implementation generally takes about six months depending on the dimensions required. This solution cannot be implemented in a day or a week. What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? The pricing of this solution is definitely at the higher end and they don't provide the option of a trial version. If you look at Talend, for example, they provide a free version, so the cost of IBM and Informatica is a little high. What other advice do I have? The cost of the product is high, but feature wise, it provides a whole lot of features that can easily solve your problems. I would recommend this product. I would rate this solution an eight out of 10. Which deployment model are you using for this solution? Hybrid Cloud Disclaimer: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer:partner
What is our primary use case? We use this solution for data quality management. How has it helped my organization? We have matured as an organization with regards to better quality management, and we have evolved over time. This solution has had a positive impact on our efficiency, especially with regard to finance officers. They rely on the quality of data for customers and vendors so that they can invoice properly. From a sales point of view, there are also improvements. What is most valuable? The most valuable feature of this solution is data profiling. We are able to set rules, establish a data quality management platform, and monitor the quality. These features are excellent. What needs improvement? I would like to see better visuals for business users, such as a dashboard where they can precisely track where problems are. You should be able to better visualize data quality. For how long have I used the solution? We have been using this solution for about nine years. What do I think about the stability of the solution? This solution is stable. How are customer service and technical support? The technical support for this solution is good. They have a good mechanism for support and I haven't experienced any problem with it. If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch? Prior to using this solution, we did not use a dedicated product for data quality. Rather, we used a combination of other products. One of these was CranSoft, by BackOffice Associates. We switched because this product was quite immature, not covering the governance part of it. It was more for data quality, only. How was the initial setup? The initial setup of this solution is pretty much straightforward. The deployment should not be complex, although there are other factors that influence the time it takes to complete. What other advice do I have? The suitability of this solution depends on your environment. If you need large scale data quality and rely heavily on different connections to ge the data, then you really need a good powerhouse and this is the best. But, for example, if you already have SAP in your organization then you may not need IDQ on top of it. There are different factors to consider. This is a good solution, but I can't say that you can solve all of the problems using it. Informatica is focusing only on master data quality. In this regard, there is room for improvement, but it depends upon the use case. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
