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BCC Data Quality vs Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 11, 2025

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

BCC Data Quality
Ranking in Data Quality
25th
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Data Scrubbing Software (13th)
Informatica Intelligent Dat...
Ranking in Data Quality
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
214
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (2nd), Business Process Management (BPM) (7th), Business-to-Business Middleware (3rd), API Management (6th), Cloud Data Integration (3rd), Data Governance (3rd), Test Data Management (3rd), Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) (1st), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (2nd), Data Masking (1st), Metadata Management (1st), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (3rd), Test Data Management Services (3rd), Product Information Management (PIM) (1st), Data Observability (1st), AI Data Analysis (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Data Quality category, the mindshare of BCC Data Quality is 1.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) is 10.6%, down from 20.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Quality Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)10.6%
BCC Data Quality1.5%
Other87.9%
Data Quality
 

Featured Reviews

it_user831795 - PeerSpot reviewer
President
Postal sorting to the best and lowest postal rates
It is used for clients' mail list hygiene to standardize, update change of addresses, dedupe, and postal sort for mailings with postal discounted rates My company provides these services for clients in the mailing industry. This software is a must have for my company offerings. Address…
Divya-Raj - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Consultant cum Assistant Manager & Offshore Lead at Deloitte
Handles large data volumes effectively and offers competitive pricing
There is a lot of improvement required, as we still face some cache issues most of the time, which is a challenge that we expect to see resolved in the future. Additionally, there is some limitation when we are working with a tool, especially regarding In and Out parameters, and I feel that this aspect should be improved going ahead. We face issues with the API side, as Cloud Application Integration cannot handle large volumes; according to the API page, there is a limitation of 500 records or 500 MB. The AI integrated into the Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services solution is called Application Integration, where we still face challenges when dealing with huge volumes, as previously explained.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Postal sorting to the best and lowest postal rates."
"It fulfills the USPS requirements for mailings​."
"It can automatically connect or associate business terms with various options, providing flexibility beyond general capabilities."
"The most valuable feature of Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog is it provides clients with a full view of the enterprise data assets. For example, how many data assets they have and who owns them."
"What I like best about Informatica MDM is its structured, table-based approach. Unlike Reltio, where data is only visible through the UI and cloud-based, the solution allows access to normalized tables. This means I can directly query and see data in each table. For instance, I can easily get all customer details from the customer table. However, for more complex queries, like seeing all customer interactions with the organization, some SQL knowledge is needed to join different tables and retrieve the details."
"The dictionary, the search, and the ratings are without a doubt the most beneficial components of this solution."
"The user interface is flexible and the visibility of the data flow is amazing."
"The product's most valuable feature is the ability to select the data flow and lineage."
"The solution allows the complete governance process, starting from the data quality, those definitions, and it can get the data quality in the EDC."
"The OAuth feature is the most valuable feature for authentication."
 

Cons

"​I use another program for deduping files. I am not comfortable with the way BCC deduping runs when deduping by full name and address.​"
"IEDC can improve the comparison of lineages."
"Informatica MDM has limitations with connectivity."
"Synchronicity is an area for improvement in Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services. For example, when you want real-time or immediate response from the solution when multiple technologies are involved, the integration with Informatica Intelligent Cloud isn't seamless, whether it's the MQ, JMS, or BES service, so the connectivity should be improved a bit. The data governance is good, but what's lacking is a demo. For example, if there's a new feature in Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services, the documentation for that new feature is limited, so if Informatica could give a more complete documentation and more demos, that would be better for the users. Right now, there isn't any issue with any of the features of the solution. It's the new feature awareness or user training, and improved connectivity that I'd like to see in the next version of Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services."
"I would like to see support for more data sources."
"Informatica MDM could improve the interdependency with integration. The solution sometimes becomes a bit difficult to change considering a lot of interdependency with the integration. There can be some improvement in the workflows and they can introduce more artificial intelligence."
"The cost of Informatica MDM is expensive and has room for improvement."
"Informatica Cloud Data Quality has significant room for improvement. It is not stable, and there are several issues, especially on the cloud side, unlike the on-premise version which was very stable."
"The solution doesn't directly connect to any of the analytical tools."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The licensing costs attached to the solution are pretty high, but then, with the cloud model, the prices depend on what it provides for the value of money, which I feel was very high."
"I rate the licensing cost of Informatica MDM a five out of ten."
"I rate the product's pricing a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is high price."
"The price is high, but the competitors are even higher, like Collibra."
"It is cost effective and an easily accessible tool."
"The pricing structure is good, but having to pay for extra drivers to be used in an ICS environment makes me a little nervous."
"The platform has a premium cost. I rate the pricing as seven out of ten."
"Informatica MDM is a costly solution because it comes as a bundle. They are also globally positioning themselves and are definitely working on very upgraded technologies. If someone wanted to do it on the cloud, they have a lot of flexibility because they upgrade themselves according to the current needs. It definitely comes with a lot of features and that's the reason why it's costly. The licensing cost should be approximately one million dollars. It's about four to five times that of other vendors."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
8%
Retailer
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business51
Midsize Enterprise27
Large Enterprise153
 

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Also Known As

Bell and Howell Data Quality
ActiveVOS, Active Endpoints, Address Verification, Persistent Data Masking
 

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