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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    D&B Finance Analytics

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AD&B Finance Analytics is a global credit-to-cash solution that provides Dun & Bradstreet data, analytics, and technology to help improve cash flow, increase operational efficiency, and mitigate risk. This AI-driven solution comprises two platforms – D&B Credit Intelligence and D&B Receivables Intelligence powered by GETPAID – that together help finance teams transform their operations and reduce cost through insight, automation, and enhanced customer experience.N/A

    IBM InfoSphere Information Server

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AIBM InfoSphere Information Server is a data integration platform used to understand, cleanse, monitor and transform data. The offerings provide massively parallel processing (MPP) capabilities.N/A
    Pricing
    D&B Finance AnalyticsIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    D&B Finance AnalyticsIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    D&B Finance AnalyticsIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Considered Both Products
    Dun Bradstreet
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    269 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    164 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    186 Answers
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    Features
    D&B Finance AnalyticsIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of D&B Finance Analytics and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    D&B Finance Analytics
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    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of D&B Finance Analytics and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    D&B Finance Analytics
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    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Simple transformations00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of D&B Finance Analytics and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
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    D&B Finance Analytics
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    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Data model creation00 Ratings8.72 Ratings
    Metadata management00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Testing and debugging00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of D&B Finance Analytics and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
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    D&B Finance Analytics
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    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    D&B Finance AnalyticsIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (282 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.1
    (16 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.3
    (234 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    2.7
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    D&B Finance AnalyticsIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dun Bradstreet
    It's good for our vendor and customer due diligence, but mediocre with alerts. The risk scoring and paydex trade information is always helpful, but not always applicable for term debt lenders. But the monitoring of customers has helped over the years to determine any judgments, suits, or bankruptcies that have come up.
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    IBM
    Information Server is extremely useful to replace manual developments that require a lot of coding effort. It significantly increases the productivity of the initial development and the future maintenance of the processes since it has a visual development environment with self-documentation.
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    Pros
    Dun Bradstreet
    • Custom Scores
    • Finding Companies through Search or Advanced Search. It's got an easy search bar. And then for example, we have companies all over the world that come to us. And so we can just choose the country, for example, and then write the name in there and it'll bring up a lot of different companies that maybe are exactly that name or close to that name. And when we see what we believe to be the actual company, we can click on it and then know whether they are credit worthy.
    • Great UX on the website - fast and easy to use. The speed with which it operates is really terrific and very important for us because we usually have to make that decision right away.
    • Using something as objective as a numerical score simplifies decisions about offering credit. We have to make a decision usually on whether to offer credit to an advertiser quickly. So what's wonderful about the process is that we don't have to be searching around on Google or any kind of review site and then try to discern whether they're credit worthy. We simply open up the D&B Finance Analytics tool.
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    IBM
    • IIS best for ETL ,not ELT , and many and diffrent source systems.
    • It also can process big data , unstuctured data
    • It is not only DWH , you can use infosphere for analys and see the bigger architecture of your OLTP systems
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    Cons
    Dun Bradstreet
    • I would like to see contact information, such as Accounting contact names and email addresses. Not sure how hard that would be to provide but it would be extremely helpful.
    • I'm sure there are more things I might suggest, but we don't use enough of the options offered right now in our package.
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    IBM
    • I would be nice to have a new web development environment for DataStage.
    • Connectivity Packs such as Pack for SAP Application are a little pricey.
    • It is confusing for new developers the possibility of developing jobs using different execution engines such as Parallel or Server.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Dun Bradstreet
    D&B Finance Analytics reports have just about everything. You can see a full company profile including legal forms, history records, employee count, years in business, paydex scores, delinquency scores, viability ratings, state of incorporations, naics codes, CEO or business owner names, etc. There is a lot that pulls up in this report
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    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
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    Usability
    Dun Bradstreet
    Very easy to access, and the reports are generally intuitive and clearly understandable. Some minor issues with entering data, nothing that would keep me from using this software, though. The databases it draws from are robust, and I can generally find the information I need, or get pointed to that information as a result of studying the report.
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    IBM
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    Reliability and Availability
    Dun Bradstreet
    FOR THE MOST PART IT IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE. ON RARE OCCASSIONS i HAVE TROUBLE ACCESSING BUT AFTER I SUBMIT AN ISSUE IT IS CORRECTED
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    IBM
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    Performance
    Dun Bradstreet
    I rate the performance very good. The report loads quickly and downloads in a reasonable time frame given the extensive complexity of the report. I've never had an issue
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    IBM
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    Support Rating
    Dun Bradstreet
    Isaac has been very helpful in providing support. I have only inquired once regarding our remaining reports' availability, and he was very helpful in finding the appropriate solution, which in this case was to add additional reports to the duration of our contract at a prorated rate.
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    IBM
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    Online Training
    Dun Bradstreet
    The online training was worth it. We did an online training with our team and an account rep from D&B. They walked us through the entire interface and answered all of our questions.
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    IBM
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    Implementation Rating
    Dun Bradstreet
    I was not involved in the integration.
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    IBM
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    Alternatives Considered
    Dun Bradstreet
    I have only used D&B Finance Analytics in my career; however, there are alternatives that we use when the data is not available. We typically request trade references and a bank reference, which are usually very valuable in addition to the D&B report. When all three options provide valuable data, we generally make the best decisions on credit.
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    IBM
    DataStage is more robust and stable than ODI The ability to perform complex transformations or implement business rules is much more developed in DS
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    Scalability
    Dun Bradstreet
    AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, WE ONLY USE IT TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ON CREDIT. NO OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE ACCESS TO PROGRAM OTHER THAN ACCOUNTING
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    IBM
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    Return on Investment
    Dun Bradstreet
    • More or less improved efficiency in our Bank's underwriting process, but new deals have been slow as the economy worsens
    • We haven't been creating much new business due to the environment we are in and the position we are in as a regional bank
    • It will continue to strengthen our credit risk assessments
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    IBM
    • Productivity of the development of integration processes.
    • Better documentation and governance.
    • Reduce training costs of various technologies.
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    Screenshot of where to manage credit customersScreenshot of the interface to manage an overall risk portfolioScreenshot of where to manage collections and ARScreenshot of where to accept online payments with a customer portal