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Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) vs ibi Open Data Hub for Mainframe comparison

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Categories and Ranking

ibi Open Data Hub for Mainf...
Ranking in Data Integration
65th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Informatica Intelligent Dat...
Ranking in Data Integration
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
215
Ranking in other categories
Data Quality (1st), Business Process Management (BPM) (9th), Business-to-Business Middleware (4th), API Management (18th), Cloud Data Integration (4th), Data Governance (3rd), Test Data Management (4th), Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) (1st), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (2nd), Data Masking (2nd), Metadata Management (2nd), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (5th), Test Data Management Services (5th), Product Information Management (PIM) (1st), Data Observability (2nd), AI Data Analysis (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of ibi Open Data Hub for Mainframe is 0.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) is 3.8%, down from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)3.8%
ibi Open Data Hub for Mainframe0.6%
Other95.6%
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

it_user3876 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Provides High Reliability and Data Security
• Data in the datahub refreshes nightly. As the data only refreshes once every day, it is necessary to have to wait for any changes to thesource systems to become available.The daily refresh can be extremely useful for reconciling data. • DataHub only displays details of current members of the Organization. So it has much limited data available for generation of dynamic reports. • DataHub is volatile. The records are completely re-loaded each day. It puts burden on the system. • There are very few summary tables available due to storage of data in a detailed format. • The detailed information is not stored in the DataHub. It is stored in the relevant source system. Only commonly required data is stored within the DataHub.
RC
Contractor at Sanlam
Cloud data catalog has streamlined lineage and quality while leaving more automation to improve
I have not explored IDMC's automation capabilities driven by AI and metadata too much at the moment, but it is on the cards. We are basically creating the foundation, as the whole migration has taken place recently and it is still early days. I think Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) is evolving, and as the vendors move forward, they pick up new concepts from each other. I have seen that products leapfrog each other, and from my experience over the years, the big players tend to copy features or add enhancements based on industry trends. I feel whatever the tool does not have now, there is a feedback loop allowing us to request new features, and we continually ask for different ways to do things as we have a pipeline into the product management team. It is difficult to say what additional features I would prefer to see in the next release of IDMC. I would appreciate more automation on the lineage front, with more AI to seamlessly join independent sources and create seamless lineage between different technologies, such as from file into database A into a different database and landing up in a reporting system such as Cognos, Qlik, Qlik Sense, QlikView, or Power BI.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"All staff members and users can request an account which can be accessed from all PCs on the company’s network."
"The governance process was fully manual before, but Axon helped us configure those processes, giving us more visibility, transparency, and control over the data."
"Overall product management, flexibility, intuitiveness and governance."
"It is one of the best tools available for data integration."
"Customer service is absolutely brilliant and their on-demand support is really good speaking from a development team perspective."
"The interface is really good."
"It's a great solution, and I was happy with it."
"The profiling feature in Informatica Data Quality is incredibly effective for data governance."
"Technical support and Informatica Professional Services are friendly and helpful."
 

Cons

"DataHub is volatile; the records are completely re-loaded each day, which puts a burden on the system."
"Its look and feel needs improvement. It has a lousy look and feel. Informatica PIM is designed specifically for the retail industry. They need to make sure that it is also applicable to all the other industries and verticals."
"The on-prem version's functionalities may not be available on the cloud version."
"Interoperability is one area where EDC has room for improvement."
"Asia pacific region address validation needs to be improved."
"The product is not too user-friendly to do the configurations."
"If given the opportunity, I would like to address these concerns, particularly with regard to enhancing the end-user experience."
"There are various areas for improvement in IDMC. Enhancements on the UI front, such as multiple templates and improved grid views, would be beneficial."
"Compared to PowerCenter, Data Quality needs some improvement; when we are dealing with large amounts of data for extraction purposes, it doesn't always work out and we often experience some memory issues here and there."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price is very high and has become a big concern for our customers who require the solution in order for their business to function smoothly."
"We saw an ROI. We have been able to get data from various sources and consolidate it into a data lake, which is helping us in data analytics."
"It's a very expensive solution"
"Informatica MDM's price could be lower."
"You can purchase licenses for this solution at different intervals. For example, annually or every three years. They recently changed their terms for licensing and now it is more flexible."
"The pricing is high compared to other tools on the market."
"The solution is very expensive."
"We pay for a yearly subscription."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
21%
Performing Arts
12%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Healthcare Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Construction Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business51
Midsize Enterprise27
Large Enterprise155
 

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Also Known As

iWay Data Hub, Data Hub, Information Builders Data Hub
ActiveVOS, Active Endpoints, Address Verification, Persistent Data Masking
 

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Sample Customers

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