Informatica MDM & 360 Applications Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 5.4 out of 10

Score

5.4 out of 10

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Informatica MDM & 360 Applications are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Intuitive and Easy to Use Interface: Users have praised the intuitive and user-friendly central console of Informatica MDM. It has been described as easy to navigate and control, raising users' proficiency levels in managing their work media.

Simplifies Processes and Provides Control: Reviewers appreciate that Informatica MDM simplifies processes, allowing them to have correct responses for every scenario. The program's standout feature is its excellent handling of data, providing users with control over their information.

Robust Data Cleansing Capabilities: Many users have highlighted Informatica MDM's robust data cleansing capabilities. They find features like match and merge, as well as audit trail functionalities, valuable for improving financial analysis and planning through multiple masters of data.

Reviews

20 Reviews

Efficient and complete MDM solution.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

November 1, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It's been 2 years of use by the organization of the Informatica MDM tool and it has collaborated and surprised us since the beginning. We had a lot of trouble configuring and deploying it at first but then things got better and now everyone is familiar. Informatica keeps your organization's gold data stored, organized, and consistent for greater corporate security in a master data management role.

Pros

Easy to integrate with other systems and applications through its API.
Accurate and consistent master data management.
High-efficiency technical support and quick response to tickets.
The system is easy to collect and analyze information and synchronize with other applications.

Cons

Complicated and difficult to understand initial setup. Need expert help.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is a robust software with great management and data model. It can be difficult to learn how to use and deploy the first time but the mapping and features work very well and have optimized our productivity and cost savings. We can customize reports, create rules and integrate with other applications. Overall I recommend it.

Bruno Almeida

Analista de redes in Information Technology at Klabin (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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It is a pleasure to have you as an assistant.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

October 27, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Informatica MDM is a program with which we can count on and support each other for the best management of our data and better business management, this program is an advantage since it is its imposition for all the skills and resources to carry out all the management operations of my company, it is a pleasure to have you as an assistant.

Pros

This program raises us to a professional level where we have better versatility to control all the media of my work and have a correct response for each scenario.
It is essential to be right about the destination and development of my data, Informatica MDM is here to simplify all these processes for its users.

Cons

We are a bit disappointed with the need and dependency of this program on a good internet source, otherwise it is not possible to fully execute its functions.
The amount of space that this program requests is incredible, and it expands every time with a new update of your system, this affects other applications and programs that you have installed.

Likelihood to Recommend

Informatica MDM is a program that promises to greatly help each of its users with the management of their data and other types of scenarios in the administrative and IT area. The price is polite and you can buy it very easily in your market. For us it has been of great help and support, that is why we do not hesitate to recommend it.

Alejandro David Robles

Technical Support Analyst in Information Technology at Clarivate (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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This software has enough technology to create and modulate the data at my convenience.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

October 26, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is incredible how important Informatica MDM has become in my workplace; it has given an incredible boost to my performance and the handling of all my data; I really like this program because of the very professional infrastructure that it has added to my job to express and manage all the sources that come into my department.

Pros

The control and excellent handling of all my data are a highlights of this program. Informatica MDM is a program that gives me the management that I deserve in my work.
This software has enough technology to create and modulate the data at my convenience, and each of the functions of this program contribution to the management of these processes.

Cons

It is unfortunate how this program has a couple of limitations in terms of insertions; it does not have the ability to agglomerate and archive the data in real-time by groups.
To have automation functions, the program is very limited in performing one task at a time, compared to other systems that perform functions simultaneously.

Likelihood to Recommend

Informatica MDM is a program that will recover all the development of your work and simplify it much more professionally; the management and mastery of all your master data are incredible, and the support you receive from this program to be much faster and sure in your work it's amazing, that's why we really like to recommend this great program.

Kooi Shien

Information Technology Support Engineer in Information Technology at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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Informatica MDM: The best management solution

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

October 25, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Informatica MDM for different types of use cases in our organization. We are using it for filtering out the duplicate and redundant data that. We are regularly dealing with heap of data generated from various sources like sales, technical, marketing and other department and a lot of data get s duplicated because the departments are unaware of changes by others. Apart from this we use it for different use cases like populating data to various third party sources, report generation, pulling and pushing of data. It is best tool we are using and it is providing incredible result and driving our revenue growth. Management is very much satisfied with the performance of this tool. Our work has now become easy because filtering of data is a big task and now with this tool we are achieving it in very less time.

Pros

Populating of data on various third party tools and solutions
Removing duplicate and redundant data
Automation of task which is great feature as it take more time when done with manual effort

Cons

There is criteria for defining cluster of informatica MDM
Proper documentation and syntax not available on website because we need them for various integration
Deployment is complex and needs time according to configuration
Licensing cost is too much expensive

Likelihood to Recommend

MDM is very helpful in places we are dealing with a large amount of data and we need to filter out redundant and duplicate values. It is very helpful when we need to populate data on third party solutions. We can filter out, pull, push the data according to our need on various integration. This solution is best and helps in driving the revenue growth. The automation provided in doing task is very helpful and saves lot of time

ANSHUMAN BHUSHAN SINGH

Network Engineer in Engineering at RAH INFOTECH (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Powerful Automated Data Processing Tool.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

October 23, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

For master data management, Informatica has the ideal solution. It is incredibly user-friendly and simple to implement. Because it has increased the dependability of our data, it has enhanced our organization. These days, data is your most valuable asset, so you need to use these tools to make sure that it is trustworthy and clean.

Pros

The ability to have a single view of the data and a 360-degree perspective of the relationships is the nicest aspect.
It's an excellent tool for tracing system ancestry.
Informatica MDM fits in well with their other solution stack

Cons

The work must be saved at regular intervals; if occasionally this is missed, there may be a chance that your data will be lost.
Some support subjects need to get better.

Likelihood to Recommend

Without Informatica, the complex mapping would not have been possible because I would have had to write a lot of code, which is much easier to do in the software's user interface, which ultimately increases productivity.

Verified User

Executive in Marketing (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Could be much better

Rating: 2 out of 10

Incentivized

October 21, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We were hoping to use this as our data management solution. We wanted something modern and robust however in my opinion this is not what we found when using this product.

Pros

Some UI is easily used
Configuration Migration
Works well if other informatica products

Cons

Some of the UI seems outdated
Overall feels rather basic
Clunky system

Likelihood to Recommend

If you just need something basic, this could do well for you however once you start finding that you have more needs, the issues start to show. In my opinion the UI needs help and that alone is a problem for me as it makes the whole system feel and behave poorly.

Matt Huiatt

Senior Information Technology Audit Manager in Information Technology at SS (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Fantastic MDM product for overall organization data management

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

October 18, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Informatica Master Data Management (MDM) to manage the organization data as a single repository system. It helps to ensure that data is complete and correct which in return provides data reliability. The data comes from various sources and in various format thus Informatica MDM helps in collecting and sharing the data across the other enterprise sources. It also helps in analytics decision making and overall management of the data.

Pros

Data Reliability
Integrating the data from various data sources
High Scalability

Cons

Should be improved to deal with mislabeled data
Should be able to process large dataset fast
Unknown data prospects such as Poor data quality can be improved

Likelihood to Recommend

Informatica MDM is well suited in various scenarios such as it helps in managing overall organization data and provides data consistency and reliability. It provides 360-degree relationship between suppliers, customers and products. Informatica MDM acts as a 'data as a service' and provides high scalability and security.

Informatica MDM can be less appropriate where we have lot of mislabeled data and inconsistent records.

Mohammad Anas

Application Development Analyst in Information Technology at Accenture (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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Not quite the magic bullet, but close.

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

October 14, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It exposes API in both SOAP and REST which makes the job on our end so much easier. By being able to maintain the database in an appropriate structure, we're also able to compare month over month and year over year. Informatica solves a number of problems that others can't with their MDM took, including using the best ETL tool on the market and integrating the results into their EDC data catalog for end-to-end MDM.

Pros

MDM Data Management.
Easily maintainable database structure.
Work well with other informatica tech stack.

Cons

Visualization
Ease of use - there is a learning curve.
Integrations of systems having to be downstream.

Likelihood to Recommend

We have used Informatica MDM since the beginning of our project, and I can tell you from my experience it is one of the best MDM tools out there in the market. Not only does it store your master data which comes from different sources, but also it performs data cleansing also on inconsistent data. And one of the most highlighted features is its core component, that’s the hub console, not only useful for developers but for data stewards also with an easy-to-use UI and feature-leveraged functionality. This software is packed with lots of features, so let me highlight a few of them here: 1) Data insertion feature, you can either load data in batches or in real-time. 2) We can not only task manual but also we can automate the many tasks from the batch group. 3) SIF API is the most useful feature when it comes to connecting with middleware software or external applications.

Dennis McCarson

Marketing Director in Marketing at The Jumpstart Coaching Lab (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Software of Meta era

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

October 13, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

<i>In an era, to manage the load of data collected from clients and other sources. Managing this data manually has been tedious and time-consuming. My team uses Informatica to save on cost & time for the management of data collected in our cloud. We use it to merge and track reference IDs collected from files and tags. Similarly, we use it as a relationship roadmap within the team.</i>

Pros

Manage and track reference data of files (i.e. tags, title, comments, date of creation, file size, & more).
Talmbout drawing lineage between system; informatica does it neat!
It enables easy access to checking and editing mappings
It has a great tone of complementing other stacks well.
Stores excellently: Master data from different sources
Has Hub console useful for both developers & data stewards.

Cons

Complex installation process
Scanty manual on modification
Not suitable for automated single-task management for end users
Initialization is time consuming
Improved visualization

Likelihood to Recommend

From use, Informatica MDM is the appropriate software for mid-to-large-sized companies. They will find the software efficient & effective when: they need to expose API in both SOAP & REST, to facilitate easy operation of users on the application. Similarly, it features the ability to master data, implement rules, and make changes to the system to suit the end user. It follows that, In a meta era like now, Informatica is a solid metadata management tool. Very good software is not compatible with all company sizes, and so is the case of Informatica. It is not suitable for small-size companies that do not log large data, as they'd not maximize the potential of the software.

Jamie Smith

Chief Computer Analyst and Product Manager in Information Technology at RSA Security (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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The value for money of the company's products is unbeatable.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

October 12, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Move financial and customer data from source systems into a Google Cloud data lake using Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud, Discover data and track its lineage with Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog, Reduces predictive model design and maintenance time by 60-70% and sharpen the accuracy of predictive models and insights with trusted, validated data, Profile, cleanse, and standardize data using Informatica Cloud Data Quality.

Pros

Enables analysts to build predictive models 50% faster, accelerating credit application decisions by 30%.
Expedited data lake implementation timeline by six months, quickly equipping data analysts and scientists with critical information 70% faster.
Leverage Informatica’s iPaaS solution—including Cloud Application Integration, Cloud Data Integration, and the cornerstone Cloud Integration Hub—to support rapid user growth and an evolving application stack.

Cons

Accommodate large legacy data sources such as SAP and Oracle.
Gain trusted insights by providing analysts with validated financial and customer data.
Implement the concept of Banking as a Service to bring Open Banking Capabilities and Digital Financial Services to customers.

Likelihood to Recommend

After evaluating solutions from several vendors, including Informatica, Alation, Collibra, and Talend, the team decided to use Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog to classify and document data from its Cloudera cloud data warehouse and other critical sources. With better documentation of datasets in one central place, Banco ABC employees have more clarity into where the data comes from, who owns it, and whether it meets their needs.

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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Informatica MDM: The best management solution

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

October 25, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros

Populating of data on various third party tools and solutions
Removing duplicate and redundant data
Automation of task which is great feature as it take more time when done with manual effort

Cons

There is criteria for defining cluster of informatica MDM
Proper documentation and syntax not available on website because we need them for various integration
Deployment is complex and needs time according to configuration
Licensing cost is too much expensive

Likelihood to Recommend

ANSHUMAN BHUSHAN SINGH

Network Engineer in Engineering at RAH INFOTECH (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience