SAP Data Quality Management vs. SAP Information Steward

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP Data Quality Management
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
SAP Business Objects Data Quality Management embeds data quality functionality into SAP applications.N/A
SAP Information Steward
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Monitor, analyze, and improve data integrity with SAP Information Steward software. Combine data profiling and metadata management tools for continuous insight into the quality of enterprise information to optimize processes, and enhance operational, analytical, and data governance initiatives.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP Data Quality ManagementSAP Information Steward
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsSAP Information Steward is sold by CPU core volume to provide the processing power required to meet enterprise data integration and quality needs.
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Community Pulse
SAP Data Quality ManagementSAP Information Steward
Considered Both Products
SAP Data Quality Management
Chose SAP Data Quality Management
SAP Data Quality Management is easy to use and for its price, it has given us results as compared to the above.
SAP Information Steward
Chose SAP Information Steward
In the case of this organization, Information Steward was part of a suite from SAP together with Data Services and SAP Master Data Governance. In terms of the overall package it was worth it for the company. Informatica cost was higher and the overall benefit from SAP package …
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Features
SAP Data Quality ManagementSAP Information Steward
Data Quality
Comparison of Data Quality features of Product A and Product B
SAP Data Quality Management
9.9
11 Ratings
13% above category average
SAP Information Steward
-
Ratings
Data source connectivity10.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Data profiling9.610 Ratings00 Ratings
Master data management (MDM) integration9.910 Ratings00 Ratings
Data element standardization9.910 Ratings00 Ratings
Match and merge9.910 Ratings00 Ratings
Address verification10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 8.0 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Score 8.1 out of 10

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Enterprises
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Score 8.1 out of 10

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User Ratings
SAP Data Quality ManagementSAP Information Steward
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(11 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(1 ratings)
5.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP Data Quality ManagementSAP Information Steward
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
When reporting, we use accurate data with no duplications since they are addressed by SAP DQM, we get the right target audience by analyzing marketing data, and also helps us to understand the current situation of our firm by comparing metrics.
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SAP
SAP Information Steward is well suited for companies looking for profiling data, monitoring data quality and managing policies. It provides dashboards and features to create the awareness on Data Quality dimensions. SAP IS is not suited to manage huge amount of data due to performance issues. It is not designed to correct data by its own. However, It can remediate data through integration with SAP Master Data Governance or SAP Data Services.
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Pros
SAP
  • Eliminate all data duplicates, which affects the space and the inefficiency of the database.
  • Further, SAP Data Quality Management has determined address cleaner, very friendly in making systems and data verification a success.
  • Simplistic customization strategies, that personalize all the business processes.
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SAP
  • Audit trail management of Metadata to ensure due diligence with respect to the quality of data
  • Control features and identification of risk wrt data
  • Ready recknor in form of advance bi reports for procurement and costing kpi
  • Flexible comparison and filter functio ality across cross organisation data
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Cons
SAP
  • Sometimes it is hard to find which is the correct report to run to find the desired details.
  • We attach contractor invoices in SAP and it isn't very easy to get in to them.
  • The user interface could overall use a little work to make the system more user friendly and ultimately more efficient to use.
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SAP
  • More real-time integration scenarios needed.
  • Needs more generic standard content for metadata management.
  • The user interface can be more intuitive based on AI.
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Likelihood to Renew
SAP
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SAP
Out of the box solution
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Usability
SAP
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SAP
It provides out of box solution for information management at organisation level
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Support Rating
SAP
As with other SAP products, there is excellent support from SAP on this new tool.
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SAP
I believe many features from SAP Information Steward are available in other SAP products as well hence it is more confusing for business or customers to do the right selection. Moreover SAP strategy is not very clear for this particular product hence often we are confused while exploring more related scenarios
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Implementation Rating
SAP
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SAP
Ready recknoer tools that act as reference are missing that can help to formulate ;Decision Driven Framework' for various strategic decesions
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Alternatives Considered
SAP
The client was on a SAP platform for most of their applications and also is planning to implement SAP Hana very soon. This tool was fitting good for the requirement of the client to manage the quality of the data and hence adapt it in the system. Also, it can go well with the BO reporting.
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SAP
Both are great products and I highly recommend both
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Return on Investment
SAP
  • The merging of data, from numerous sources, makes the metrics of analytics accurate and they manage decisions.
  • Besides, SAP Data Quality has a robust cleansing tool for data, making it effective to obtain it from different secure and affirmed sources.
  • Finally, SAP Data Quality deals with sales analysis, very reputable in making information available for competitive market support.
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SAP
  • Improvement on Organization Data Quality
  • Real time Data Quality Issues discovery
  • Data Policies effective management
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ScreenShots

SAP Information Steward Screenshots

Screenshot of Get a complete view of data quality reports by using dashboards and scorecards.Screenshot of Data impact that shows how the data is used so you can access the full impact on any data changes.Screenshot of Data profiling supports governance processes that define data ownership in accordance with business needs, roles, and policies.Screenshot of Data profiling details assess data in terms of accuracy, completeness, conformity, integrity.