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We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere MDM and SAP Master Data Governance 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.
To learn more, read our detailed IBM InfoSphere MDM vs. SAP Master Data Governance Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Q&A Highlights
Question: Reltio: Question about Master Data Management Capabilities
Answer: Riversand technology is leader in the MDM space and makes a product called MDMcenter. Gartner and Forrester put these guys in a leader and visionary quadrant topping Informatica, oracle, and sap. They have a product used by many fortune 1000s and multinational companies. I have rolled out MDM solutions for a bunch of customers using different platforms and Riversand's is the best. They have cloud based and on premise solutions. It can scale from small projects to biggest implementations of the planet, different geographies/locations, langauges and near infinite entities. Their licensing can vary based on required modules; but they offer Matching, Deduplication, Searching, Workflow, Modeling, Analytics, Integration, Domain / cross-domain, Governance tools to change / commit / rollback. The applications modeling and framework is flexible so it can handle any domain, product, retail, manufacturing, customer, vendor, finance, investment vehicles, jewelry, oil and gas, person, auto, high tech, oil gas, fast food, grocery, etc. Hands down this is best product in its class. It's top shelf. Given the choice and having used other products, I'd choice Riversand over the other competing products. If you didn't check them out yet, you definitely should.
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Pros
"There are not really many areas of the product that need improvement because the product stays up-to-date with data management needs.""The advantage is that the matching engine is very good, so that's why customers generally prefer it. From the inbuilt data model perspective, IBM MDM is good.""When users update their information on one product, the data is sent to a database. My approach was to maintain a master data record, ensuring that each platform loads the latest updated record. Instead of having three separate records, the system keeps one master data record, storing the historical records for reference.""The features that are most valuable are the governance, the end-profiling and the ETL which allows you to see the metadata repositories."

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"SAP Master Data Governance integrates well.""A good solution for large enterprises.""We've found the solution to be quite flexible.""The ability to identify and manage duplicate data is valuable. The solution automatically checks for duplication possibilities based on criteria like name matching.""The most valuable thing is what it does: data management.""The product is easy to use and is beneficial from a data governance perspective.""The scalability is very good.""It is a stable solution."

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Cons
"We also want better cloud integration, so we could do things in the cloud if we needed to. This would be a good feature to add in a future release.""The tool is difficult to understand from a customer perspective and for developers.""The product is really only created for large organizations.""IBM InfoSphere MDM's UI is complicated. It also needs to improve its on-prem configuration."

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"The price can be improved.""In general, I want artificial intelligence added to SAP Master Data Governance since I feel it is one of the areas where the solution has certain shortcomings.""The product is not user-friendly.""Lacks some features that are available in other solutions.""The solution lacks some flexibility.""The user interface is not user-friendly.""The documentation provided for the MDG extensions by Utopia could be improved.""The user experience can be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It may be costly for small organizations but adds value for large organizations with demanding workflows."
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  • "The cost of the product is not ideal."
  • "The cloud solution is subscription-based, it is paid monthly or quarterly. If the solution is on-premises, it is a one-time fee. As far as I am aware there are no additional costs."
  • "We have an enterprise license. The whole SAP landscape pricing model is based on the number of users, and the number of transactions. The price could be better, there is always room for improvement in the price."
  • "The licensing cost is reasonable."
  • "The solution is costly."
  • "The product is too expensive."
  • "I rate the tool's pricing a seven out of ten."
  • "SAP Master Data Governance is an expensive product."
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    Answers from the Community
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    it_user529854 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user529854 (CEO at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees)
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    I cannot offer insight into the licensing policy of each vendor as they are very varied and indeed can change deal to deal. Oracle for instance might give you limited database license if you use it specifically for MDM - but will audit you and bill you for full use even if you add one custom table! What it also means is that if are going with the big ones - you can negotiate!!

    I can, however, help you with key MDM requirements as defined by Gartner.

    -Workflow/BPM,
    -Loading/synchronization/business services/integration (which is basically ETL) - but it gives you the ability to implement in different styles - centralized, registry, co-existence, consolidation
    -Information quality, semantic consistency : this is for DQ capability and survivorship
    -data modeling - strength based on metadata management, policy enforcement, dating and versioning
    -Stewardship support (such as 360 degree view, where used, decay analysis, ownership)
    -Governance (a combination of a lot of the above really)
    -multiple use cases (Operational and analytical) - here you can use ERP/PLM/CRM as operational examples and APS and DWH as analytical use cases.
    - multi domain (product, customer, supplier, account, HR, location, person) - Tricky, as many vendors including Oracle claim to be multi domain - but they do not use a single framework to manage multiple domains - that is really not multi domain because the CDO's office still needs to manage multiple frameworks and the cost of ownership is very high.
    - data quality dashboards
    - Task management (Advanced)
    - multi device support

    If you are interested, you can also check us out at :
    http://www.triniti.com/oracle-master-data-management-software for cheaper alternatives if you are an Oracle eBusiness Suite user. You can also peruse our following whitepapaers:
    http://www.triniti.com/lean-mdm (gives you an insight on why we have eliminated ETL and modeling from MDM)
    http://www.triniti.com/content/mdmadmalanguage (Talks about an emerging part of MDM called ADM - application data management. We argue why MDM is worthless, if it is not built to make applications that consume master data such as ERP, CRM etc cannot use it instantaneously)

    it_user348246 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user348246 (Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees)
    Consultant

    If you buy InfoSphere MDM Domain Hub Standard Edition you can use following products:
    IBM Process Server Standard v8.5.6
    IBM Process Server Standard for Non-production Environment v8.5.6
    IBM Process Center Standard v8.5.6
    IBM Process Designer v8.5.6
    IBM Content Integrator v8.6
    IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition v10.5
    IBM Cognos Business Intelligence V10.2.2.0
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server Enterprise v11.5
    IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack v3.0.0.0
    IBM Integration Bus Express Edition v9.0.0.3
    IBM Watson Explorer v10.0
    IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software v9.5
    IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment v8.5.5
    IBM WebSphere Application Server Base v8.5.5
    IBM WebSphere MQ v8.0
    IBM WebSphere Portal Server v8.5
    IBM Installation Manager & IBM Packaging Utility for Rational Software Development Platform v1.8
    IBM Security Directory Server v6.4.0.0

    For IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Enterprise Edition you can use also:
    IBM InfoSphere Big Match for Hadoop v11.5

    InfoSphere Information Server contains both DataStage (ETL engine) and QualityStage (DQ components which are fully integrated with ETL).

    You could always check which products are provided in license on Software License Portal (http://www-03.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf/search)

    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:When users update their information on one product, the data is sent to a database. My approach was to maintain a master data record, ensuring that each platform loads the latest updated record… more »
    Top Answer:IBM InfoSphere MDM's UI is complicated. It also needs to improve its on-prem configuration.
    Top Answer:When users update their information on one product, the data is sent to a database. My approach was to maintain a master data record, ensuring that each platform loads the latest updated record… more »
    Top Answer:The product is easy to use and is beneficial from a data governance perspective.
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    Also Known As
    InfoSphere MDM, InfoSphere Master Data Management
    SAP MDG
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    Overview

    InfoSphere Master Data Management (MDM) is the most complete, proven and powerful MDM solution with collaborative and operational capabilities. InfoSphere MDM manages master data for single or multiple domains - customers, patients, citizens, suppliers, locations, products, services offerings, accounts and more - for improving application & business process effectiveness

    Your company wants accurate, complete, and trusted supplier data to master your digital business processes and business models. The SAP® Master Data Governance application simplifies the integration of supplier data residing in both SAP and third-party sources. It supports cleansing, standardization, duplicate detection, and best-record calculation. It then lets you synchronize clean and standardized data across cloud and on-premise applications.

    Sample Customers
    L'Oreal S.A., Kingland Systems, Oncor, Farmaceuticos Maypo, Volkswagen Financial Services
    Convergent IS, CHIO Aachen, Dell, Hamburg Port Authority (HPA), City of Boston, Mozzart, Mitsui Knowledge Industry (MKI), AOK Bundesverband, eBay
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm26%
    Computer Software Company8%
    Insurance Company8%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    REVIEWERS
    Wholesaler/Distributor25%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Non Tech Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company15%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Retailer8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise73%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise71%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise73%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise73%
    Buyer's Guide
    IBM InfoSphere MDM vs. SAP Master Data Governance
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about IBM InfoSphere MDM vs. SAP Master Data Governance and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    IBM InfoSphere MDM is ranked 4th in Master Data Management (MDM) Software with 9 reviews while SAP Master Data Governance is ranked 1st in Master Data Management (MDM) Software with 21 reviews. IBM InfoSphere MDM is rated 7.4, while SAP Master Data Governance is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere MDM writes "Provides inbuilt data model and good matching engine". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Master Data Governance writes "Provides efficient technical support services, but it could be more affordable ". IBM InfoSphere MDM is most compared with Informatica MDM, IBM Master Data Management on Cloud, TIBCO EBX, Microsoft MDS and Reltio Cloud, whereas SAP Master Data Governance is most compared with Informatica MDM, TIBCO EBX, Microsoft MDS, Reltio Cloud and Semarchy xDM. See our IBM InfoSphere MDM vs. SAP Master Data Governance report.

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