We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM) and Informatica Persistent Data Masking based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Delphix, Broadcom, DATPROF and others in Test Data Management."Data masking features are the most valuable, as non-production environments are used by diverse parties and data privacy has to be guaranteed."
"I like the features compared to other tools. This tool is more flexible to use than other tools like an Oracle product or SAP product. I think IBM tools are more flexible, and this tool is also a good product."
"The platform's ability to generate metrics is the most valuable feature for data management. It is a user-friendly and easy-to-use tool."
"The most valuable features are the structure masking and platform masking."
"Informatica Persistent Data Masking can mask production data for different users, ensuring that only authorized individuals can access sensitive information."
"The most valuable feature is data discovery. This is the most exciting feature for all of the banks."
"Informatica is user-friendly, stable, and scalable. These three aspects are the most valuable for us. If we can make it work well with the CRM, we can continue or try again this year to complete that part of the project. I am confident that this kind of solution is what we need because we have a third-party resource that works in the development."
"Informatica provides a comprehensive solution for on-the-fly or real-time data masking."
"TDM's efficiency in terms of generating reports needs improvement. It could work faster."
"I would like to be able to combine different masking functions on the same column map, making more complex masking without the need of writing an Lua procedure."
"I think it could be more secure. I don't have experience with the security aspects concerning PII data, but I think it can still be streamlined a little more. It could also have some more features, and the initial setup could be more straightforward."
"The data discovery isn't that good yet for Salesforce. We have another tool that we use for this. It may be a problem because Salesforce on the cloud."
"I have encountered some issues using the substitution, which is one of the techniques of data masking."
"Informatica should simplify the rules for setting classifications and user access management permissions. It's too complex to define, configure, and make work."
"Informatica's support understands the solution, but they lack the experience we need for our use case. That was one thing that we prioritized when we started searching for this kind of solution."
"Once the data is masked, we won't be able to reverse it back to its original value."
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IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM) is ranked 4th in Test Data Management with 14 reviews while Informatica Persistent Data Masking is ranked 6th in Data Masking with 5 reviews. IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM) is rated 8.2, while Informatica Persistent Data Masking is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM) writes "User-friendly platform with valuable data management features ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Informatica Persistent Data Masking writes "Enables secure data protection during testing and controlled access to sensitive information". IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM) is most compared with Delphix, Broadcom Test Data Manager, Informatica Test Data Management (TDM), Tricentis Tosca and BMC Compuware File-AID, whereas Informatica Persistent Data Masking is most compared with Delphix, IBM Security Guardium Data Protection, Protegrity Data Security, Imperva SecureSphere Database Security and IBM InfoSphere Optim.
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