We performed a comparison between Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog and SAP Data Services 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."I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"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."
"It can automatically connect or associate business terms with various options, providing flexibility beyond general capabilities."
"Multifeatured and easily scalable data catalog, with good data domain discovery and data profiling features."
"The solution scales well."
"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."
"The product seems stable enough."
"We can scan anything."
"Data Services' best features are its robustness and plug-and-play integration with other SAP applications."
"The maintenance of data services is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The solution is easy to use since it's a graphical tool. It also requires only low-level coding."
"Its integration capabilities and the data migration capabilities are the most valuable. It is very good for SAP and non-SAP tools. It has very good integration with SAP, but it also has the capabilities to connect to other systems. We find it very helpful and stable."
"The product's most valuable features are data validation and rules."
"The initial setup is not complex."
"The basic functionality is quite good as is the basic logic and data information."
"I have worked with Data Services for a long time, and currently, I find the dashboarding and reporting part to be the most valuable function."
"Currently, there are limitations in processing and the interface."
"The scalability is tough."
"It is not easy to set up and configure the tool."
"IEDC can improve the comparison of lineages."
"They have to improve their relationship discovery tool. They say that they have AI inside, but this AI did not automatically find relationships or suggested relationships between entities."
"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."
"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."
"The UX and UI of the solution are areas with certain shortcomings where improvements can be made in the future."
"In the future, Data Services should offer a cloud version."
"The solution should offer more machine learning and automation."
"We encounter challenges while exporting implemented rules, such as those applied to objects like the material master, into a format like Excel for documentation and further analysis."
"The interface is not quite user-friendly and is in need of improvement."
"The pricing of the solution should be improved."
"It would be nice if this solution was a bit easier to move from development to production."
"Source code control is another headache. When your source code base gets too large, managing the source code becomes cumbersome."
"With SAP Data Services, the problem arises when I try to connect to Azure Databricks."
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Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog is ranked 1st in Metadata Management with 13 reviews while SAP Data Services is ranked 10th in Data Integration with 45 reviews. Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog is rated 7.6, while SAP Data Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog writes "Great metadata management with more visibility and great technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Data Services writes "Responsive support, scalable, and beneficial integration". Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog is most compared with Alation Data Catalog, Collibra Catalog, AWS Glue, Informatica PowerCenter and Denodo, whereas SAP Data Services is most compared with Azure Data Factory, Syniti Data Quality, Informatica PowerCenter, SAP Process Orchestration and Palantir Foundry. See our Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog vs. SAP Data Services report.
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