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Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) vs Monte Carlo comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Informatica Intelligent Dat...
Ranking in Data Observability
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
185
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (3rd), Data Quality (1st), Business Process Management (BPM) (10th), Business-to-Business Middleware (5th), API Management (7th), Cloud Data Integration (3rd), Data Governance (2nd), Test Data Management (3rd), Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions (1st), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (2nd), Data Masking (1st), Metadata Management (1st), Test Data Management Services (3rd), Product Information Management (PIM) (1st)
Monte Carlo
Ranking in Data Observability
1st
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Data Observability category, the mindshare of Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) is 8.7%, up from 3.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Monte Carlo is 33.5%, down from 36.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Observability Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Monte Carlo33.5%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)8.7%
Other57.8%
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Featured Reviews

SaurabhGaonshindhe - PeerSpot reviewer
Modular structure and AI features stream new reporting processes
One of my clients has a requirement; they want to integrate metadata into the process, which means, for example, if I just want to implement a new field into my database, that field needs to be reflected throughout, let's say, 200 mappings. This highlights the need for a data-driven approach. My experience with technical support from Informatica is quite interesting; I would rate it as nine out of ten for Informatica PowerCenter kind of products or the Informatica integration products, because my team can do some hands-on using their free licenses or one-month kind of products. However, for products Master Data Management or related to MDM or Data Governance, there is no way by which we can directly practice, and my team struggles at that point.
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Provides centralized data observability features and has an easy-to-use user interface.
The product's initial setup is in a daily improvement stage, deploying new plugins for upstream and downstream resources. It takes 25 minutes to complete. The process involves integrating with third-party services for Single Sign-On (SSO). It requires only one executive for maintenance as it has easy-to-use navigation and user interface.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"Seeing the data in the mapping itself is really nice."
"The most valuable features are data quality, data integrate transformations, match-merge, and a few MDM solutions we build into data quality transformation."
"The most valuable features of the solution are pushdown, optimization, and partitioning, which can be used for frequent data loading, especially when we have a huge data volume in our company."
"It has been leading the market with hierarchy management and all the different match concepts and algorithms. They're very robust."
"Informatica Business Process Manager is easy to use and learn."
"It is a very stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"This is where I think MDM shines - with its strong fuzzy matching algorithm. This is the essence of Informatica MDM. Based on these results, I can write our match conditions and then perform the corresponding data management activities."
"It makes organizing work easier based on its relevance to specific projects and teams."
 

Cons

"If I want to scan the metadata from the data lineage or the Python code, such areas can get tedious in the tool."
"For products Master Data Management or related to MDM or Data Governance, there is no way by which we can directly practice, and my team struggles at that point."
"They could improve technical support because it is not good enough at the moment."
"The regions in which the data resides are still limited. This could be an issue in terms of the data residency laws of some of the countries. They should get more regions."
"It would be helpful if there was a GenAI feature integrated into the system, especially regarding the data quality."
"Informatica Axon needs more integration connectors so that it can connect to systems and different kinds of datasets."
"The licenses are too expensive compared to before, which is why customers are now preferring other data metadata management tools like OneTrust, Collibra, and Azure Purview."
"Certain shortcomings in the product's UI make it an area where improvements are required."
"For anomaly detection, the product provides only the last three weeks of data, while some competitors can analyze a more extended data history."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing model is easy, but it is very expensive."
"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."
"The product is not very pocket-friendly for small and medium-sized businesses, and it is understandable because of the kind of features the tool gives."
"We are quite happy with the licensing model."
"The product has a high price point."
"The price is neither too high nor too low."
"It's an expensive solution."
"Licensing is difficult to understand, but the team is always available to explain anything. They are very helpful."
"The product has moderate pricing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
7%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Retailer
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise134
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Also Known As

ActiveVOS, Active Endpoints, BPM, Address Verification, Persistent Data Masking, Cloud Test Data Management, PIM, , Enterprise Data Catalog, Data Integration Hub, Cloud Data Integration, Data Quality, Cloud API and App Integration
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Sample Customers

The Travel Company, Carbonite
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