Experian Data Quality vs SAP Information Steward comparison

Experian and SAP are both solutions in the Data Quality category. Experian is ranked #16, while SAP is ranked #15. Experian holds a 3.6% mindshare in DQ, compared to SAP’s 3.1% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Experian users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SAP users who would recommend it.

Experian Data Quality

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87% willing to recommend

SAP Information Steward

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753 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 6, 2025

Experian Data Quality and SAP Information Steward compete in data management solutions. Experian Data Quality stands out with competitive pricing and excellent customer support, whereas SAP Information Steward is preferred for its comprehensive feature set.

Features: Experian Data Quality provides real-time data verification, intuitive data cleansing options, and seamless integration. SAP Information Steward offers advanced data profiling, metadata management, and robust integration capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Experian Data Quality could enhance its reporting features, expand its data source integrations, and offer more advanced analytics tools. SAP Information Steward might improve ease of use for non-SAP environments, streamline the deployment process, and enhance customer support responsiveness.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAP Information Steward integrates with existing SAP environments, providing a smooth transition for users familiar with SAP systems. Experian Data Quality simplifies deployment with robust customer support, catering to organizations with limited resources.

Pricing and ROI: Experian Data Quality's lower setup costs and competitive pricing ensure a favorable ROI for budget-conscious organizations. SAP Information Steward, despite higher costs, offers substantial ROI due to its extensive features, making it suitable for those requiring comprehensive data management capabilities.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Experian Data Quality

Ranking in Data Quality

16th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Scrubbing Software (2nd)

SAP Information Steward

Ranking in Data Quality

15th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Metadata Management (10th)

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 SAP Information Steward is 3.1%, down from 3.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Quality Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SAP Information Steward	3.1%
Experian Data Quality	3.6%
Other	93.3%

Data Quality

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it_user187320

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.

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FranciscoSantos

Director at Pixel Studio PTY

Provides accurate data that is validated against a personalized reference tool

For most SAP customers, Information Steward is enough because it is able to build quality data rules to detect issues in the source systems like SAP HANA, Business Warehouse, or other systems. A business user can first organize their data into several data domains. For example, procurement, human resources, and logistics setup. The domains can build data quality dimensions where you can describe the kind of rule that you are going to use. The user then can immediately see if something is wrong with their data using traffic lights. Another great feature of SAP Information Steward is the accuracy that the content is followed by validating against the reference tool. With the solution, you are creating data quality dimensions. Within these dimensions, you are creating business data quality rules that are looking for specific fields. From these rules, you can create a scorecard. The scorecard will highlight the percentage of good data and ensure the user can feel confident that the data is accurate within predetermined limits. SAP tables have field names that are very cryptic, making them hard to understand the meaning of the fields. Metapedia helps describe these fields in business terms.

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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

"Pandora provides a quick, efficient way to analyze, control and improve data using integrated technology."

"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."

"X88 gave a quick view of the quality of the data and a rapid way to fix issues before exporting for use."

"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."

"The customer service was very good."

"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."

"It is excellent for data profiling."

"Initial setup was straightforward."

"The scorecard will highlight the percentage of good data and ensure the user can feel confident that the data is accurate within predetermined limits."

"Setup is straightforward."

"Data insight is the most valuable feature."

"The most valuable features are data quality insight, metadata management, and metadata dictionary."

"The Data Cleansing and the scorecard dashboard are very valuable. Additionally, the financial aspect of SAP Information Steward is very good. When a rule is incorrect then it will show how much is it costing the business. These features are very valuable."

"The data profiling was excellent, as was the ease of generating the dashboards."

"The solution is very fast."

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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."

"It is way, way over-priced in my opinion."

"We'd like to see some manipulation techniques included in SAP Information Steward."

"The support team is not very responsive."

"A problem with the solution is that it does not allow us to review the results of Information Stewards for other analogies."

"SAP Information Steward could be improved by offering a cloud version of the product."

"Granularity could be reduced from an application level to the object level."

"The solution could improve by incorporating other applications, such as Power BI to show more visualization. More interaction with other solutions would be a good benefit."

"The user experience of metapedia could be improved."

"Needs to be more powerful on rules."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available

"I do not know if there were additional costs beyond the standard licensing fees."

"SAP Information Steward is an expensive solution compared to others."

"Smaller-sized organizations may not be able to invest in SAP Information Steward because of the cost."

"A bit pricey, and better tools are available for a lower price."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

13%

Retailer

12%

University

10%

Performing Arts

Manufacturing Company

21%

Government

17%

Comms Service Provider

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	6

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Large Enterprise	7

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Also Known As

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

Information Steward, SAP Data Insight

Overview

Experian Data Quality (previously QAS) contact data management tools help you capture correct address, email, and phone data as it comes in, Our data management platform, Experian Pandora, is an end to end platform that supports all your Data Management needs - Data Quality, Data Migration, Data Governance, Data Preparation and Single Customer View.

Experian

Monitor, 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.

SAP

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

American Water, Graphic Packaging International, OSRAM Licht AG, Maxim Integrated

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