We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog and Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Metadata Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."What I liked about IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is that it seemed to have most of the options that you would want from a government catalog. The features of the product are very rich and comprehensive."
"The best feature of IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog for me is that it's easy to use and only requires a little bit of manual intervention. Once you discover the data sources, everything flows into the tool automatically, so you do not have to map it manually. There's been a lot of automation in the solution which I like best."
"The feature I found most valuable in IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is the lineage as it's very powerful and it provides data analytics in terms of where the data lives and where it goes. The interface is also clear, though it could still be sorted out, but the lineage is the most powerful thing in the solution."
"Ability to connect with multiple types of sources."
"The graphic flows and the lineage are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The ability to create special rules inside the solution using Portuguese is the most valuable feature."
"The solution allows us to leverage a concept called Open IGC to create custom assets and data lineages that are not technologies typically supported by IBM via connectors."
"It is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog is it provides clients with a full view of the enterprise data assets. For example, how many data assets they have and who owns them."
"Multifeatured and easily scalable data catalog, with good data domain discovery and data profiling features."
"The product seems stable enough."
"I like EDC's self-service capabilities. You can put the catalog on the intranet inside the organization, so users can search for something. People in the research world have specialized systems, and you might find data from various places that sound similar."
"The solution scales well."
"It can automatically connect or associate business terms with various options, providing flexibility beyond general capabilities."
"The capability of the tool to scan and capture the metadata from a variety of sources is one of the capabilities that I find most useful. The central repository into which it is going to put that captured metadata is the best."
"The metadata management of Informatica is great."
"What I would tell IBM in terms of what needs to change or improve is that the product is too complicated. IBM purchased various components from different vendors over time and certainly in the UK, IBM did not have anybody that had the expertise to be able to get IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog to run properly."
"The simplicity of usage could improve. Perhaps the simplicity of use for end users, not for system integrators, but for the user, the end users."
"An area for improvement in IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is that it's missing a lot of connectors. Clients complain about not being able to connect some data sources because there's no available connector, so my company raised that issue with IBM. In some cases, third-party connectors are available, but not for all data sources. Another area that needs improvement in the solution is stability because it also has some stability issues. This is the same issue with the other IBM products bundled with IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog. The solution is connected with IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer and IBM InfoSphere DataStage in my company, so if one has issues with stability, the rest of the products are affected as well."
"A complex solution that requires a lot of coding."
"What could be improved in IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is its query tool, including its terms, labels, and reports because the query tool isn't user-friendly. This would also be an additional feature or enhancement in the solution that would make it more attractive to users and would make IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog a really good solution."
"Sometimes, if the product is new, getting support is difficult and the team was facing some challenges."
"They need to improve asset management."
"The solution has performance issues when scaling up small sets of information such as assets and data lineage to the ITC."
"Interoperability is one area where EDC has room for improvement. It was challenging when the faculty took over the data world and had specific vendors they wanted to use, and some were not particularly open platforms."
"It is not easy to set up and configure the tool."
"Currently, there are limitations in processing and the interface."
"Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog could improve by having a much better user interface. It is not user-friendly."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"The model is somewhat flexible. There are certain aspects of the model that are not as flexible as we would like. It doesn't do certain things to a great level of depth. So, in situations where we want to drill in to do something specific, we have to essentially copy that data into our own structures in order to add that additional layer of flexibility."
"The scalability is tough."
"The UX and UI of the solution are areas with certain shortcomings where improvements can be made in the future."
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IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is ranked 5th in Metadata Management with 9 reviews while Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog is ranked 1st in Metadata Management with 13 reviews. IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is rated 7.0, while Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog writes "A solution that allows for custom assets and data lineages but experiences performance issues when scaling up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog writes "They listen to their customers, so if something is missing or not working, they will put it on their roadmap". IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is most compared with Alation Data Catalog, IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog and IBM InfoSphere Information Server, whereas Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog is most compared with Alation Data Catalog, Collibra Catalog, AWS Glue, Informatica PowerCenter and Denodo. See our IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog vs. Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog report.
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