We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog and IBM InfoSphere Information Server 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."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."
"Working on the roles, actually, is the most valuable aspect."
"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 graphic flows and the lineage are the most valuable features of this solution."
"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."
"Ability to connect with multiple types of sources."
"This solution is extremely flexible and scalable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"IBM InfoSphere Information Server is stable."
"The integration with different technologies is the most valuable feature."
"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."
"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."
"The solution has performance issues when scaling up small sets of information such as assets and data lineage to the ITC."
"A complex solution that requires a lot of coding."
"Sometimes, if the product is new, getting support is difficult and the team was facing some challenges."
"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."
"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 scalability has room for improvement."
"There are certain shortcomings in the cloud side of the solution, where improvements are required."
"This solution would benefit from the engine being made more lightweight."
"IBM InfoSphere Information Server should be more scalable. It should have the option to change the configuration to run on a single, non-multiple node, or multi-threading processing."
"Their technical support needs improvement."
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IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is ranked 4th in Metadata Management with 9 reviews while IBM InfoSphere Information Server is ranked 10th in Metadata Management with 7 reviews. IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is rated 7.0, while IBM InfoSphere Information Server is rated 8.4. 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 IBM InfoSphere Information Server writes "Prompt support, reliable, but lacking scalability". IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is most compared with Alation Data Catalog, IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog and Collibra Catalog, whereas IBM InfoSphere Information Server is most compared with IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Qlik Replicate, IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog and IBM Cloud Pak for Data. See our IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog vs. IBM InfoSphere Information Server report.
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