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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SAP Information Steward

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMonitor, 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

    SAP Master Data Governance

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASAP Master Data Governance is a master data management solution that helps users to implement a cohesive and harmonized master data management strategy across all master data domains. It is presented as a solution that simplifies enterprise data management, increases data accuracy, and that facilitates consolidation, central governance and data quality management. The SAP Master Data Governance, cloud edition, a…N/A
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    SAP Information StewardSAP Master Data Governance
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    Pricing Offerings
    SAP Information StewardSAP Master Data Governance
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    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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    SAP Information StewardSAP Master Data Governance
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
    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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    Chose SAP Information Steward
    SAP DS is more for data conversion. However, it can be used for data profiling as well.
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    SAP
    Chose SAP Master Data Governance
    I have no experience with other products.
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    Chose SAP Master Data Governance
    We consider SAP MDG to be among the top tier master data governance solutions. Within this tier, there are several others that offer comparable products in almost every dimension except in the inclusion of the ECC or S/4HANA data models. For an SAP centric company, this makes …
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    Chose SAP Master Data Governance
    Originally, we were using an older legacy master data management solution. We replaced this older platform with a complete, 'out of the box' SAP Mater Data Governance solution.
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    96%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    93%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    34 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Informatica MDM & 360 Applications
    Score5.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SAP Information StewardSAP Master Data Governance
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (79 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.4
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (76 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    5.6
    (71 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    SAP Information StewardSAP Master Data Governance
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    SAP
    The best use case of SAP Master Data Governance is centrally consolidating your organizational data so you can make sense of it and make business decisions using that data. We live in a world where data can be all over the place, and making sense of it is a skill of its own.
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    Pros
    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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    SAP
    • Data conversation and Data uploading into SAP S/4 HANA system using SAP Master Data Governance during SAP implementation phase.
    • Centrally Data governance to have visibility of data in different systems with integration to SAP Master Data Governance, including SAP S/4, SAP EWM and SAP Ariba.
    • Data Management and Data correction using MDM through SAP Master Data Governance for Materials, which is subjected to approval before finally using in the S/4.
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    Cons
    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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    SAP
    • We've had to design our own unique or alternative solutions to satisfy our business objectives because plugins don't always perform well with the main product.
    • It can be sluggish at times and lacks functionality offered by rival MDM packages, as well as limited resources and documentation for certain areas such as hierarchy.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SAP
    Out of the box solution
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    SAP
    MDG has proven to work and to bring results once implemented with the right approach, right engagement and sponsorship. Given that it is a very good tool to govern and control master data. Mainly if your company runs SAP systems which there will be a very straight forward integration, not needing any additional middleware or technologies.
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    Usability
    SAP
    It provides out of box solution for information management at organisation level
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    SAP
    Upto 8 1. Powerful Features: It offers a wide range of powerful features. 2. Complex Data Management: It helps companies to comply with large and complex regulation and audit processes. Missing 2: 1. Less interactive user interface or less modern look. 2. Limited integration with other tools
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    Support Rating
    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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    SAP
    SAP provides great support for Master Data Governance (MDG). They work with us when we are faced with issues in standard solutions. SAP has a great set of Fiori tools that can be used for a better user experience. The issue with SAP is their web dynpro UI screens and they need to provide better support for performance issues that customers face.
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    SAP
    critical to get management on board earlier and prioritize the resources
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    SAP
    Both are great products and I highly recommend both
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    SAP
    An environment provided by SAP Master Data Governance seamless and integration with other SAP products is very good. Also it ensures compatibility and streamlines procedures, this integration is beneficial for businesses who have already invested in SAP products.
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    Return on Investment
    SAP
    • Improvement on Organization Data Quality
    • Real time Data Quality Issues discovery
    • Data Policies effective management
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    SAP
    • MDG is definitely an investment that takes a few years to recuperate. (If you are looking at pure, direct financial benefits.)
    • However, if you look at all the productivity gains in the business due to not having to stop the business constantly because of data issues, the payback period would be substantially shorter.
    • In particular, we were able to reduce master data maintenance staffing levels while increasing quality and decreasing workload for business requesters and approvers.
    • Not having to worry about data integrity issues has shortened the time to realize benefits for several of our major process change related projects and it has also decreased the risk of these projects running into significant delays (often at the last minute) due to master data being misjudged during the process resdesign.
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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.

    SAP Master Data Governance Screenshots

    Screenshot of Data consolidation:  An integrated database of customer, supplier, and product information calls for a consumer-grade user experience and an intuitive, flexible process.Screenshot of Central data governance: The inbox in support of data governance workflows.  By centralizing your heterogeneous systems into a single source, you can create, maintain, and distribute master data across your enterprise.Screenshot of Mass processing: Master data stewards can perform bulk changes in business partner, customer, supplier, and product data with highly-effective mass change processes.Screenshot of Data quality management: Business rules that are defined, validated, and monitored help safeguard master data
readiness and ensure that it’s fit for use.Screenshot of Process analytics: Data governance is significantly enhanced when master data is continuously measured and monitored.