Oracle Data Relationship Management vs SAP Master Data Governance comparison

Oracle and SAP are both solutions in the Master Data Management (MDM) Software category. Oracle is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.5, while SAP is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.7. Oracle holds a 3.5% mindshare in MDM, compared to SAP’s 8.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of SAP users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

SAP Master Data Governance and Oracle Data Relationship Management compete in the master data management category. Users find SAP to be more satisfactory due to its seamless ERP integration, whereas Oracle's flexibility and continuous system appeal to users seeking broader integration solutions.

Features: SAP Master Data Governance offers robust integration with SAP ERP systems, allowing customizable workflows and governance tools. It effectively manages duplicate data and supports a variety of data replication features. Oracle Data Relationship Management features an agnostic approach to integration, robust metadata management, and version control. It allows for flexible programming through JavaScript.

Room for Improvement: SAP Master Data Governance needs better flexibility and enhancements in user experience, mainly dashboards and document handling, with improvements required in AI capabilities. Oracle Data Relationship Management could enhance its automation, workflow capabilities, and external integrations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAP Master Data Governance offers diverse deployment options, including on-premises and hybrid cloud, maintaining an average complexity level, with generally effective support. Oracle Data Relationship Management operates mainly in on-premises and private cloud environments and is recognized for solid customer support.

Pricing and ROI: SAP's pricing varies between expensive cloud subscriptions and on-premises licenses, yet it provides justifiable ROI through master data control. Oracle Data Relationship Management has a pay-by-node pricing model, offering flexibility but is also costly, delivering ROI through improved data accuracy.

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Data Relationship Ma...

Ranking in Master Data Management (MDM) Software

7th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAP Master Data Governance

Ranking in Master Data Management (MDM) Software

1st

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Master Data Management (MDM) Software category, the mindshare of Oracle Data Relationship Management is 3.5%, up from 2.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Master Data Governance is 8.5%, down from 21.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Master Data Management (MDM) Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SAP Master Data Governance	8.5%
Oracle Data Relationship Management	3.5%
Other	88.0%

Master Data Management (MDM) Software

Q&A Highlights

it_user545286

Principal Software Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Dec 09, 2016

Reltio: Question about Master Data Management Capabilities

Riversand technology is leader in the MDM space and makes a product called MDMcenter. Gartner and Forrester put these guys in a leader and visionary quadrant topping Informatica, oracle, and sap. They have a product used by many fortune 1000s and multinational companies. I have rolled out MDM solutions for a bunch of customers using different platforms and Riversand's is the best. They have cloud based and on premise solutions. It can scale from small projects to biggest implementations of the planet, different geographies/locations, langauges and near infinite entities. Their licensing can vary based on required modules; but they offer Matching, Deduplication, Searching, Workflow, Modeling, Analytics, Integration, Domain / cross-domain, Governance tools to change / commit / rollback. The applications modeling and framework is flexible so it can handle any domain, product, retail, manufacturing, customer, vendor, finance, investment vehicles, jewelry, oil and gas, person, auto, high tech, oil gas, fast food, grocery, etc. Hands down this is best product in its class. It's top shelf. Given the choice and having used other products, I'd choice Riversand over the other competing products. If you didn't check them out yet, you definitely should.

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reviewer951816

Senior DRM Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Enhancing data management with valuable workflow features while seeking improved automation capabilities

We use Oracle Data Relationship Management for enterprise reference data and finance reference data. Additionally, we utilize it for master data management in our industry It has been fine for what we need it for, adapting to changes in regulations and compliance requirements. It supports our…

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reviewer2402049

Governance / Data Governance Initiative Advisory And Strategy Leadership at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

Centralized master data has improved quality and now supports consistent global governance

Regarding what SAP can do better in SAP Master Data Governance, they have an entire roadmap of constant improvements since they deployed the product, always adding new business functionality and add-ons. Each company may have different feedback, wishing for certain features. The essence of SAP Master Data Governance is to provide structure, and from my standpoint, it offers a pretty good structure. There will always be areas for improvement; for example, when I deployed it a few years ago, their approach to internal orders for finance was still new, and they were figuring out how it would work based on organizational requirements. The financial data objects are straightforward, but financial statements are a bit more challenging. It is not a one-time deployment; it requires ongoing investment in user and product knowledge, and you need to weigh the pros and cons of any IT solution. I often advise clients to walk before they run because establishing hierarchies requires having a designed structure before implementation, though you can add that later. For additional functions in SAP Master Data Governance, it is interesting because on my project, we are already using AI technology for data cleansing before records are entered into SAP Master Data Governance. It would be beneficial to have the Dun & Bradstreet add-on within SAP Master Data Governance. However, one must remember that for AI to work effectively, it requires good data. Without that, AI does not make a difference. SAP Master Data Governance will always require a human perspective, especially to identify duplicate records. While SAP Master Data Governance provides technical capabilities for identifying potential duplicates based on searches, it requires human oversight due to the complexity of analyzing data fields. I believe integrating AI into the product could work, particularly after a solid data migration, which ensures that the records are reliable before utilizing AI for analytics.

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Pros

"As a product that integrates out of the box with Oracle EBS and Hyperion the product has proved to be a great step forward in allowing us to manage reference data across multiple platforms and something that we were able to deploy quite easily."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to use JavaScript in formulas."

"Using DRG within Oracle Data Relationship Management has been beneficial for our organization."

"DRM customer service is top notch since it is a small set of people that use it."

"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"Implementing the workflow portion of DRM which is called Data Relationship Governance (DRG) the client cut that time down to an hour."

"We've managed tens of thousands of updates within 30 to 60 minutes, and we can also replicate these changes to all connected systems."

"SAP Master Data Governance is a customizable solution and is flexible."

"We've found the solution to be quite flexible."

"The data capturing and data governance features are valuable."

"I am satisfied with the solution's customer service."

"Some of the features that I have found to be beneficial are the search and uploads functions."

"It is a stable solution...The initial setup of SAP Master Data Governance is very easy."

"The main purpose of SAP Master Data Governance is maintaining a single source of truth for enterprise data, and it helps a lot and works quite well."

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Cons

"When we moved to the cloud, it was extremely complicated."

"Integrating with non-Oracle products needs improvement, it only provides a text output file."

"If you hard-code values into the properties, you'll get customer complaints that DRM is "running slow."

"The ROI will be a few years. DRM/DRG is really expensive."

"Improvements are needed in the fees and the licensing part. The tool's price can be made lower."

"Better external connections and API integrations are needed."

"In general, I want artificial intelligence added to SAP Master Data Governance since I feel it is one of the areas where the solution has certain shortcomings."

"There were challenges with handling multiple values within a single input field at the screen level."

"It could be more user-friendly."

"The implementation could be easier."

"The solution lacks some flexibility."

"RiverFront is a more modern and cost-effective solution compared to MDG. It is flexible and designed to handle big data, which MDG does not support well."

"The documentation provided for the MDG extensions by Utopia could be improved."

"The multidomain MDM feature is based on EIP systems, which may not be a good model for all master data."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the solution is very, very high."

"The cost of the product is not ideal."

"I rate the tool's pricing a seven out of ten."

"The licensing cost is reasonable."

"SAP Master Data Governance is an expensive solution."

"The solution is costly."

"The cloud solution is subscription-based, it is paid monthly or quarterly. If the solution is on-premises, it is a one-time fee. As far as I am aware there are no additional costs."

"The pricing is a bit too high."

"We have an enterprise license. The whole SAP landscape pricing model is based on the number of users, and the number of transactions. The price could be better, there is always room for improvement in the price."

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Answers from the Community

it_user545286

Principal Software Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Dec 9, 2016

Reltio: Question about Master Data Management Capabilities

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it_user348246

Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Dec 8, 2016

If you buy InfoSphere MDM Domain Hub Standard Edition you can use following products: IBM Process Server Standard v8.5.6 IBM Process Server Standard for Non-production Environment v8.5.6 IBM Process Center Standard v8.5.6 IBM Process Designer v8.5.6 IBM Content Integrator v8.6 IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition v10.5 IBM Cognos Business Intelligence V10.2.2.0 IBM InfoSphere Information Server Enterprise v11.5 IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack v3.0.0.0 IBM Integration Bus Express Edition v9.0.0.3 IBM Watson Explorer v10.0 IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software v9.5 IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment v8.5.5 IBM WebSphere Application Server Base v8.5.5 IBM WebSphere MQ v8.0 IBM WebSphere Portal Server v8.5 IBM Installation Manager & IBM Packaging Utility for Rational Software Development Platform v1.8 IBM Security Directory Server v6.4.0.0 For IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Enterprise Edition you can use also: IBM InfoSphere Big Match for Hadoop v11.5 InfoSphere Information Server contains both DataStage (ETL engine) and QualityStage (DQ components which are fully integrated with ETL). You could always check which products are provided in license on Software License Portal (http://www-03.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf/search)

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it_user311469

Works with 10,001+ employees

Dec 8, 2016

Will do but can you help me out with my groceries for this week ? ( please stop sending me these emails. I am a professional not a volunteer) Sent from my iPhone

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Data Relationship Management?

I am not privy to pricing information, but we have a very good deal with Oracle, having an enterprise license.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Data Relationship Management?

There is a scope for improvement in automation and AI capabilities within Oracle Data Relationship Management. Better external connections and API integrations are needed.

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What is your primary use case for Oracle Data Relationship Management?

We use Oracle Data Relationship Management for enterprise reference data and finance reference data. Additionally, we utilize it for master data management in our industry.

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What do you like most about SAP Master Data Governance?

We've managed tens of thousands of updates within 30 to 60 minutes, and we can also replicate these changes to all connected systems.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Master Data Governance?

The challenge with SAP MDG is not only the cost but the resources. The skills required are niche in the market, and while you can purchase the product either one time or on a subscription basis, th...

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Overview

Oracle Data Relationship Management helps proactively manage changes in master data across operational, analytical, and enterprise performance management silos. Users may make changes in their departmental perspectives while ensuring conformance to enterprise standards. Whether processing financial or analytical information, Oracle Data Relationship Management delivers timely, accurate, and consistent master data to drive ongoing operational execution, business intelligence, and performance management.

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Your company wants accurate, complete, and trusted data to master your digital business processes and business models. The SAP® Master Data Governance application provides ready-to-run, domain-specific master data governance, enabling you to decentrally own and consolidate and to centrally create, change, and distribute master data across your enterprise system landscape. Tight integration with other SAP solutions supports the reuse of data models, business logic, and validation frameworks with open integration to third-party products and services to support your entire technology stack. It supports cleansing, standardization, duplicate detection, and best-record calculation. It then lets you synchronize clean and standardized data across cloud and on-premise applications.

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Sample Customers

MTN, SITA

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