I have used Datamentors and SAS Dataflux in the past with good success although I would easily take this product over those products for just matching/survivorship purposes. We had tested Oracle's cloud-based Fusion product which wasn't actually a functioning product at the time. The MelissaData tool is light-years ahead of Datamentors, far easier to use and the price can't be compared. The SAS tool was very expensive.  All other matching tools require separate middle tier application verses this product which is just a plug-in to SSIS.

We have not used another solution.

DQS / Custom Algorithm - limitation on number of customers it can process and stale data.

We still use another solution due to a higher success rate with the amount of information provided. The reason we also use Melissa Data is because it provides information for our customers outside of the US as well, and it makes searching for multiple customers easier through the Append feature.

No previous solution.

Yes, we had a previous solution. We switched because we were looking for a more global solution.

This is my first time using a solution like this.

No.

Whitepages.com and other sites.

We had issues with data quality and a very slow return time with our previous vendor.

This was the first solution we used after the POC.

No.

I will continue to use Discover RainKing, as well as D&B for firmographics, Synthio (formerly Social123), HG Data, Reachable, Smarte, GoodData. Each vendor has unique strengths and weaknesses. Melissa Data is often best for the price, quality, thoroughness, and speed.

I have investigated but not used other solutions.

No, this was first one we have used. We evaluated other products but MD was better.

We did not previously use a different product.

No previous solution.

We had nothing previously.

We wrote our own edits and looked at each card.

Nothing previously.

No previous solution.

No previous solution was used. We implemented Melissa Data when we moved forward with our data quality tool.

Polk Data.

We used local products but decided to switch to Melissa where they support multiple countries at the same time.

We switched because we were doing it manually.

This is our first solution.

Yes, we had a previous solution. We switched because of the cost.