Collibra Platform vs Informatica Test Data Management (TDM) comparison

The compared Collibra and Informatica solutions aren't in the same category. Collibra is ranked #2 in DG , with an average rating of 8.2, and holds a 7.6% mindshare in the category. Informatica is ranked #4 in TDM , with an average rating of 7.7, and holds a 8.8% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Collibra users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Informatica users who would recommend it.

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We performed a comparison between Collibra Platform and Informatica Test Data Management (TDM) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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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

Collibra Platform

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Governance (2nd), Metadata Management (1st), AI Governance (1st)

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Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Test Data Management (4th)

Mindshare comparison

Collibra Platform and Informatica Test Data Management (TDM) aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Collibra Platform is designed for Data Governance and holds a mindshare of 7.6%, down 13.0% compared to last year.
Informatica Test Data Management (TDM), on the other hand, focuses on Test Data Management, holds 8.8% mindshare, down 16.0% since last year.

Data Governance Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Collibra Platform	7.6%
Microsoft Purview Data Governance	8.8%
Varonis Platform	5.9%
Other	77.7%

Data Governance

Test Data Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Informatica Test Data Management (TDM)	8.8%
Perforce Delphix	17.8%
Broadcom Test Data Manager	14.0%
Other	59.4%

Test Data Management

Featured Reviews

Mitwa Mathur

Senior Consultant at Infosys

User features offer accessibility but documentation and technical support require enhancement

The configuration issues I face include troubleshooting that is not very helpful. I keep struggling with that and usually have to go to the Citizen data platform and the marketplace to get the answers I am looking for. The controlled logs and documentation need improvement, particularly regarding how to access class features that they do not control, and documentation in terms of customization and UI customization. Dashboarding needs significant improvement as the widgets are not very clear or usable, and there is not much documentation around it. To make Collibra Lineage better, additional features should be added to help technical users. They have improved significantly in terms of university courses in the last five years, but aspects such as AI governance and data notebook are not being promoted adequately. Data notebook is a very good feature, but there is a mismatch in the courses' speed and how quickly they are giving people the ability to learn about it.

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Raj Sethupathi

Data Integration Consultant GCP/AWS at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

Seamlessly connects with the ETL engine and has its own policy pack, reducing the need for custom coding

I've only worked with versions 9.7 and 10.5.1, and I'm not familiar with the newest features in the current version, 10.5.1. However, I'm sure they have incorporated AI capabilities, as that is the current industry trend. It is this new buzzword. Informatica itself introduced CLAIRE AI. I am four versions behind. So, it would be good if I upgraded. Plus, Informatica has rebranded this TDM. It's not even originally from Informatica. They purchased the company that makes the application around 2010. Informatica has purchased so many companies for different purposes, like business-to-business, test data management, and more. They change the trade name so frequently. It used to be ILM, Informatica Lifecycle Management, then they changed it to something else, then Test Data Management, and then Security Governance and Policy Management or something like that. It's all different names for the same product. Frequent rebranding and name changes can create confusion for customers.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It enables a linear view of the data assets across different levels, providing a comprehensive understanding."

"It is user-friendly."

"Implementing Collibra Governance is definitely something that all organizations having data need, especially for large enterprises where data is distributed across multiple data stacks, bringing rigor for both data management and data engineering."

"The most valuable features of Collibra Governance are that it is user-friendly and easy to use."

"I like the lineage feature the most because I don't think there's any other tool that actually depicts the data flow from multiple sources and the connectivities between every data element inside those sources."

"The most important feature is the ease of use."

"As far as the functionality of the tool is concerned, it's pretty slick."

"We're saving a ton of time, eliminating any data systems that might have been used previously, and eliminating any last-minute scramble or days of back and forth questioning from stakeholders to other analysts by creating a central repository for terms in their metadata and providing a platform for further changes and approvals."

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"We do not need to write complex SQL statements as the solution provides a GUI to perform activities."

"Informatica Test Data Management is a complete solution; I'm not very deep in the technical aspect of the solution, but most of the workflows are now completely automated."

"A very user friendly tool and it’s not mandatory to be technical to use it."

"This product saves time by enabling pretty quick development of data masking/sub-setting the Informatica code."

"The tool enabled us to leverage Teradata Parallel Transporter to write the masked data efficiently to our Teradata warehouse."

"Organizations working on different projects can benefit from this tool."

"The most valuable feature of TDM is its ability to mask data while maintaining referential integrity."

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Cons

"The solution's search functionality can be improved"

"Recently, I find that the default process of issue management in Collibra is really complex — It wasn't really helpful to us."

"The workflows and the language they use needs to be improved."

"We had issues during setup."

"Occasionally we get little bugs that occur, however, this is typical."

"A key area for improvement in Collibra Catalog lies in its integration capabilities, particularly with a broader range of sources."

"The licensing is one area that could get improved."

"The interface is not very user-friendly and can be difficult to navigate."

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"A lot of improvement is needed, mainly due to the fact that the tool is very slow."

"Informatica has a data governance suite, and at the moment, there is no connection between the data governance elements, such as the data catalog, and the Informatica Test Data Management software. For example, the data discovery which is part of both solutions is two separate things. If you have a data discovery in the data catalog, then we cannot use it for Informatica Test Data Management purposes and vice versa. The same software vendor, has two different products, with the same functionality. There's was no need to separate things. This is something which was a problem in a use case of the customer where this was the reason why they didn't choose the Informatica solution."

"Informatica has a data governance suite, and at the moment, there is no connection between the data governance elements, such as the data catalog, and the Informatica Test Data Management software."

"The interface design needs improvement. Sometimes it’s a bit cumbersome."

"It should enable DevOps in CI/CD environments There should be compatibility with big data in SAP environments: These are most widely used in the enterprise level of the organization"

"Data discovery and the built in policy packs are very simple; they need stronger ones."

"The UI experience is a little bit old. When applying more than 80 columns, it means doing it in phases, as it won't allow it in one go."

"Frequent rebranding and name changes can create confusion for customers."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are different licenses available for Collibra Lineage based on what kind of access you want. If you want, for example, a read-only license they have different ones to pick from."

"I would say it's probably in line with what other vendors charge for licensing."

"I think it is on a yearly basis, but I'm not involved with the pricing session, so I have no idea. There are several licenses for different models. You get one license per product, but a lot of features are controlled separately through different licenses. So, as and when you want to use a feature, you have to procure the license for that feature."

"Generally, it is a rather expensive solution compared to some other tools in the market, but I found it to be fair-priced for its capabilities."

"I am not so much aware of price details. Initially, there was an add-on NuSoft license to use the DVC connector that NuSoft gives to create integrations, but Collibra is now phasing out of it slowly. Collibra is cutting ties with them is what we have been led to believe, and we have started developing on Spring Boot, which is open source."

"It's expensive, especially for small companies."

"Collibra offers a per-user licensing model."

"The product is highly priced compared to other vendors."

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"It's expensive because the license needs to be bought for some time period. It's not pay as you go."

"The cost is not an issue for enterprises, but for smaller businesses, it could be."

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Answers from the Community

A Motto

Data Warehouse Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Dec 2, 2021

Which would you choose, Informatica Test Data Management (TDM) or Collibra Catalog for data subset validation?

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Ronald D'Souza

Presales Consultant for CA Southern Africa at Hyperion Holding Pty Ltd

Dec 1, 2021

Depending on your requirement you would want to select the right tool to achieve your requirement based on the suggestions below. 1. Data Discovery and Obfuscation with Classification you would need a tool that is capable of handling referential integrity ensuring that when a data is Identified as PII (Personally Identifiable Information) is obfuscated correctly e.g. If Jim is Obfuscated to Jack then any relatable references of Jim is always masked as Jack. Cross Reference mapping is a key in Test Data Management that deals with taking data from Production and making it available in Non-Prod sanitizing the data to have meaningful information but not identifiable information. Once the data rules for sanitization are defined applying the data rules in the most efficient way will be another criteria to consider. You would not want your data not to be available during the process of obfuscation or have a DB performance issue. You should also consider capabilities like continuality in case your obfuscation process fails midway you would want to continue from the last updated record (Informatica Test Data Manager for relational database only, Broadcom Test Data Manager for relational database only and some non-relational databases and flat files, Collibra for structured and some unstructured data source) 2. How often will my data be refreshed, If it is very often then you would want to subset the data to only include changes in your refresh as the obfuscation process is resource-intensive and could lead to performance degradation on a continuous refresh of a large database. (Informatica Test Data Manager for relational database only, Broadcom Test Data Manager for relational database only and some non-relational databases and flat files, Collibra for structured and some unstructured data source) 3. How often does my database need restore for testing and how often would you get conflict due to multiple tests running on the same environment. You would want to consider virtualizing the data like Virtual Machine to prevent regular restore and having a quick checkpoint to roll to once testing is completed and also giving the capability to the tester to have their own test environment (Broadcom Test Data Manager for a relational database). 4. Is data generation your requirement, do you need to add missing data or generate data for a newly developed system. Would you want to generate data that meet negative and positive test case scenarios? E.g. Getting a valid Social Security number that is usable but has no actual entity to be identified to, Generating a Visa card dummy number that will pass visa validation but is not a valid card (Informatica Test Data Manager for relational database only, Broadcom Test Data Manager for relational database only and some non-relational databases and flat files) 5. Data Discovery would also be a good to have feature, like the capability to scan data and column in your data source and identify information that could be PII data - (Informatica Test Data Manager for relational database only, Broadcom Test Data Manager for relational database only and some non-relation databases, Collibra for structured and some unstructured data source) 6. Classification of the databased on discovery and risk of the data in the data source (Informatica Test Data Manager support, Broadcom Test Data Manager support, Collibra supports) 7. How diverse is my data sources. does my data reside on the same database or multiple databases, are the relationship that exists across databases and are all the databases supported by the tool. 8. Do data only reside in the database or in a Flat file, will the tool be capable of providing test data management to flat-file like CSV, XML and so on.

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Carl Fransman

Co Founder at ACONDA

Dec 2, 2021

With just those few requirements, I'd opt for a simpler tool such as the one by dScribe from a cataloging point of view. If validation of the actual data is a requirement then the most complete offering today is Collibra's.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

18%

Insurance Company

12%

Computer Software Company

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	23
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	57

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	10

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?

A separate team did the setup for this tool and was involved in setting it up. When they were doing the setup, it was a significant upfront investment in terms of the configuration, modeling, and g...

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What is your primary use case for Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?

I am a user who has worked at companies that use Collibra Platform as their data catalog and data intelligence platform tool. My first company, MetLife, used Collibra Platform, but I wouldn't know ...

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What advice do you have for others considering Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?

My advice to others looking into using Collibra Platform is to use it in cloud because that is the best solution. I give this review a rating of 10 out of 10.

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What needs improvement with Informatica Test Data Management (TDM)?

A lot of improvement is needed, mainly due to the fact that the tool is very slow. There are numerous issues, and we have reported these to the Informatica vendor. They don't seem to be focusing mu...

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What is your primary use case for Informatica Test Data Management (TDM)?

We cannot provide production data to our testing teams, so we use TDM to encrypt or mask the data and create a copy for them. Many teams rely on our data, and TDM helps maintain data security by ma...

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What advice do you have for others considering Informatica Test Data Management (TDM)?

TDM is a worthwhile recommendation if the customer is interested, but for small-scale companies that do not want to spend a lot, it might be too costly. I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.

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Also Known As

Data Intelligence Platform, Collibra AI Governance, Collibra Catalog, Collibra Governance, Collibra Lineage, Collibra Privacy & Risk

Informatica TDM

Overview

Collibra Platform is preferred for workflows, data lineage, and a user-friendly interface. It enhances metadata management with robust collaboration, flexible customization, and powerful reporting, aiding organizations in effective data management.

Collibra Platform provides dependable solutions for metadata management, data lineage, and governance. It strengthens data governance with cataloging, glossaries, automation, and integration, supporting compliance and data quality management. Despite challenges with integration and metadata ingestion, the platform is vital for data governance programs, offering comprehensive AI capabilities and streamlined processes for enterprise data management.

What are Collibra Platform's key features?

Workflows: Enhances process efficiency with customizable workflows.
Data Lineage: Tracks data movement across systems for accountability.
User-friendly Interface: Simplifies interaction with intuitive design.
Metadata Management: Manages and organizes metadata for better insights.
Collaboration Features: Fosters teamwork with integrated tools.
Cataloging and Glossary: Improves governance and traceability.

What benefits should be sought in reviews?

Improved Business Processes: Drives efficiency with automation and customization.
Enhanced Data Governance: Facilitates compliance with comprehensive traceability tools.
Robust Integration: Ensures seamless data flow across various systems.
Advanced Reporting: Provides insights for data-driven decisions.

In industries, Collibra Platform supports IT teams through metadata management and data quality assurance. It is widely used for compliance initiatives like GDPR, speeding up digital transformation and enforcing policy management. Organizations employ it to consolidate business and technical metadata, ensuring effective enterprise-scale data management in diverse sectors.

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Informatica Test Data Management is designed to enhance data security and efficiency by enabling comprehensive data masking and maintaining referential integrity across various data sources.

This management tool empowers teams to automate workflows, reduce testing cycle time with data subsets, and support dynamic data masking, ensuring confidentiality. With integration capabilities with ETL tools like Informatica PowerCenter, it aids in data transformation phases and ensures compliance with regulations such as GDPR. Its GUI allows activities without complex SQL, and it offers effective default masking rules customizable through regular expressions.

What are the key features of Informatica Test Data Management?

Comprehensive Data Masking: Protects sensitive information by automatically applying masking techniques.
Maintaining Referential Integrity: Ensures data relationships are preserved during the testing phases.
Flexibility Across Sources: Supports integration with diverse systems and heterogeneous sources.
GUI Operation: Facilitates ease of use without requiring complex SQL coding.
Workflow Automation: Automates processes to streamline and speed up testing cycles.

What benefits do users look for in Informatica Test Data Management reviews?

Data Confidentiality: Ensures sensitive information remains masked within testing environments.
Reduced Testing Time: Shortens the testing cycle with optimized data subsets.
Regulatory Compliance: Aids in meeting legal standards like GDPR with secure data handling.
Streamlined Integration: Works alongside ETL tools to facilitate efficient data management.

Industries with high requirements for data protection, such as finance and healthcare, utilize Informatica Test Data Management to substitute production data with masked versions, ensuring data security during testing. This tool's alignment with strict regulations and data transformation needs makes it valuable in sensitive data environments.

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Sample Customers

AXA XL, DNB, Adobe, PMI, Holland America Line, UC Davis Health, Cox Automotive

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