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Experian Data Quality vs IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 6, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Experian Data Quality
Ranking in Data Quality
16th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Data Scrubbing Software (2nd)
IBM Infosphere Information ...
Ranking in Data Quality
5th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Data Quality category, the mindshare of Experian Data Quality is 3.6%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer is 2.7%, up from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Quality Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer2.7%
Experian Data Quality3.6%
Other93.7%
Data Quality
 

Featured Reviews

it_user187320 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Developer at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Fast in taking unstructured data, processing it and spitting out all the different data types. The team moved to SSIS/SSRS, I suspect it didn’t fit in with the goal of creating a data warehouse.
The manual calculations and formulae. They were a bit complex. The formulae were a bit abstract. Not easy to understand. Not intuitive. I sat beside an SSIS guru and he took one look at them and said “Good luck Geoff”. I coded them all and after I left, I got a call from a techy there asking me what they were all about! He hadn’t a clue how to unravel them, even with documentation. Also, they managed to accidentally delete them all. No idea how they did that. After a few panic-filled phone calls, they dropped the whole thing. It was a mess there. Glad I left.
Tirthankar Roy Chowdhury - PeerSpot reviewer
Teamlead at Tata consultancy services
Accessible from anywhere and easy to learn even for non-technical users, but needs more connectors and faster issue resolution from technical support
What could be improved or added to IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer is more connectors. This solution comes in a package with IBM InfoSphere DataStage and is missing a lot of connectors to various, new data sources, so IBM needs to work on that area. Compared with competitors such as Informatica and Alation which acquired other small companies to work on the connectors, IBM has not done any testing and has tried to develop the connectors in-house, but that's taking a lot of time. As a result, my company is unable to connect to a lot of data sources, particularly modern data sources.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We were easily able to merge the two sets of data and find the inconsistencies between the two allowing us to complete this part of the project in speedy fashion."
"It has given us the ability to build information that wasn’t otherwise there, to build confidence in our applications, to troubleshoot data effectively and focus our efforts on genuine errors."
"The product allowed us to complete the project on time and within budget and is continuing to be used on subsequent Data Migration/Integration projects."
"Pandora provides a quick, efficient way to analyze, control and improve data using integrated technology."
"The customer service was very good."
"X88 gave a quick view of the quality of the data and a rapid way to fix issues before exporting for use."
"For basic Business Rule Creation to cleanse Legacy data, it worked as intended."
"What's most useful in IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer is you can access it from anywhere. It's also pretty easy to learn, so even non-technical business people use it and found the solution easy to learn."
"This tool would be very beneficial if used before a data migration or BI project as an initial phase to know the data exactly, and to figure out all data possible scenarios which we might face."
"You can also schedule and run data quality on the critical data elements on the databases."
"Information Analyzer is still a good product."
 

Cons

"The tool was very unstable and was constantly hogging the resources, even if was not operating at the moment."
"End to End connectivity could do with some improvement which I believe they are working on at this time."
"The free data profiler doesn't contain enough dashboards to give the user a better feel of the program."
"The online training is very useful but needs expanding and updating – it has loads of potential."
"The product appears to be horizontally scalable, but is not something I would use in a large scale automated architecture."
"Customer Service: AverageTechnical Support: Not good"
"As of v9.1, the troubleshooting process is still painful."
"The solution is outdated and is not on cloud."
"Stopped using it. Took a loss."
"What could be improved or added to IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer is more connectors. This solution comes in a package with IBM InfoSphere DataStage and is missing a lot of connectors to various, new data sources, so IBM needs to work on that area. Compared with competitors such as Informatica and Alation which acquired other small companies to work on the connectors, IBM has not done any testing and has tried to develop the connectors in-house, but that's taking a lot of time. As a result, my company is unable to connect to a lot of data sources, particularly modern data sources."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"For the licensing cost of IBM Infosphere Information Analyzer, I have no information on the exact cost, but as it's bundled with other IBM products such as IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog and IBM InfoSphere DataStage, the bundle is expensive when compared to competitor pricing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Retailer
12%
University
10%
Performing Arts
8%
No data available
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise6
No data available
 

Also Known As

QAS-Experian Data Quality, Experian Pandora, Intelligent Search Technology Data Quality
Information Analyzer
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Overstock.com, Cabela, Drugstore.com, Saks Fifth Avenue, Midmark, Umpqua Bank, Colorado Department of Labor & Employment, Fresno Pacific University, University of North Texas, ALDO
Integra LifeSciences, Longjiang Bank Corp., Webster University, Swedish Armed Forces, Edith Cowan University, Premier, PRISA Digital, TIAA CREF
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