We performed a comparison between Microsoft MDS and Stibo STEP MDM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Master Data Management (MDM) Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The tool is easy to use."
"Unlike specialized tools, MDS is adaptable for various industries, making it a versatile choice for master data management."
"The most valuable feature is the administration console."
"The solution is easy to install."
"One of the main features I have found useful is the integration with Azure active directory."
"Technical support is very good."
"It's very easy to use."
"What I like about Microsoft, is that it has a huge database with many users."
"It's very user friendly, and we can do everything in one place."
"The match engine is very good and the BPM solution is very good as well."
"It's powerful and it's stable."
"From my understanding, MS, as of 2021, will not maintain the product going forward."
"The Microsoft license cost could be lower."
"The only drawback is that it does not have the matching, merging, and all true MDM components. For these, you have to use another competent called Data Quality Services (DQS). You need to plug it in and use it along with MDS for true MDM. Both of these are integrated together, but you have to do them separately, whereas, in Profisee, there are a couple of screens where you can configure the matching process, create matching rules, and other things, and everything is in one product, which is not the case with MDS. In order to implement a true MDM, you need MDS, DQS, and SSIS. You have to use MDS to store your golden records, DQS to configure and standardize all your rules and matching percentages, and SSIS to load the data to DQS and MDS. At the same time, you also need Melissa Data to clean up your addresses to validate and standardize the addresses. That's the main component of true MDM. It would be good if they can create a true matching component inside MDS and merge MDS and DQS."
"Microsoft MDS isn't getting strong support because Microsoft is focusing more on cloud solutions."
"JMD repositories have records that come in thousands and millions, which takes a long time to process."
"In the next version, I would like to see integration with Azure."
"Stability can be fragile at times. If you are not attentive or make a mistake, it can cause problems."
"Most of the Microsoft partners, especially digitally, are separate. Personnel are business people, and they do not have technical expertise, so you end up as a company spending a lot of money training your staff and your engineers."
"There is scope for improvement with regard to the UI."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The search feature for searching internal records could be improved."
Microsoft MDS is ranked 2nd in Master Data Management (MDM) Software with 18 reviews while Stibo STEP MDM is ranked 5th in Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions with 3 reviews. Microsoft MDS is rated 7.6, while Stibo STEP MDM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft MDS writes "Useful Excel plug-in, good scalability, and good integration with SQL Server and other Microsoft products". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Stibo STEP MDM writes "Easy to set up with a good match engine and helpful support services". Microsoft MDS is most compared with Informatica MDM, Profisee, SAP Master Data Governance, TIBCO EBX and Talend Open Studio for MDM, whereas Stibo STEP MDM is most compared with Informatica MDM, Informatica PIM, Reltio Cloud, TIBCO EBX and inRiver. See our Microsoft MDS vs. Stibo STEP MDM report.
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