Reltio Cloud vs SAP Master Data Governance comparison

The compared Reltio and SAP solutions aren't in the same category. Reltio is ranked #2 in CMDM , with an average rating of 8.6, and holds a 11.9% mindshare in the category. SAP is ranked #1 in MDM , with an average rating of 7.7, and holds a 8.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Reltio users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of SAP users who would recommend it.

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90% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Reltio Cloud

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) (2nd), AI Data Analysis (4th), AI Customer Experience Personalization (11th)

SAP Master Data Governance

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Master Data Management (MDM) Software (1st)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Data Integration and Access solutions, they serve different purposes. Reltio Cloud is designed for Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) and holds a mindshare of 11.9%, down 16.3% compared to last year.
SAP Master Data Governance, on the other hand, focuses on Master Data Management (MDM) Software, holds 8.5% mindshare, down 21.1% since last year.

Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Reltio Cloud	11.9%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)	18.6%
Semarchy xDM	15.6%
Other	53.9%

Cloud Master Data Management (MDM)

Master Data Management (MDM) Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SAP Master Data Governance	8.5%
Semarchy xDM	12.5%
TIBCO EBX	9.8%
Other	69.2%

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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Amrita Guha

Human Resources Head at AN INFOSYSTEMS BV

Consulting team maximizes cloud features while seeking workflow improvements

We are quite satisfied with the solution. The only issue we face is with the workflow feature. Every time we need to deploy our workflows, we must contact the Reltio Support Center. We have to rely on their availability and write to them to receive the required JAR files. They are slow to respond to these requests.

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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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is very easy to learn. The"

"The survivorship feature is great because we can define it, prioritize the sources, and only allow those sources to survive when making the golden record."

"The most valuable feature of Reltio Cloud is the customization we can make in its functionality."

"Reltio Cloud has positively impacted my organization by reducing the amount of manual effort needed and making it easy to manage downstream systems."

"We can store the data and enrich it from multiple sources."

"The most valuable feature is real-time synchronization. You can see the events as soon as they are posted within a couple of fraction seconds."

"The solution saves 30% to 40% of our time."

"The cloud feature is very beneficial, and the scalability performance feature is excellent."

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"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 is a closed tool. Integrating with it requires a lot of effort and money. It is also very expensive and not flexible."

"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."

"Useful for building master data."

"The scalability is very good."

"A good solution for large enterprises."

"SAP Master Data Governance integrates well."

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

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Cons

"We need manual data modeling and configuration to tailor the platform to our requirements."

"The solution's UI could be enhanced, and its record filtering could be expanded."

"The deployment is difficult."

"AI features should be introduced in Reltio more."

"There is some lag in developing new features for specific business requirements. If a new feature is needed, we have to raise a request in the developer portal through the IDEA portal. This process takes time to develop, which can be a drawback when immediate business needs arise."

"The customer support is adequate, but not exceptional."

"The download process can be quite slow"

"Initially, the UI was limited in features."

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"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 platform's pricing needs improvement."

"The implementation could be easier."

"There is no clarity and direction on how to manage bills of materials (BOMs) or routing in MDG."

"Overall, they just a little bit more flexibility in terms of assigning roles or adding new roles. We have a longer approval process, so we need to break it down into more roles than what is typically available and we need to hard-code it."

"The solution lacks some flexibility."

"The user interface is not user-friendly."

"The product is not user-friendly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"SAP Master Data Governance is an expensive solution."

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

"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."

"The product is too expensive."

"The pricing is a bit too high."

"SAP Master Data Governance is an expensive product."

"The solution is costly."

"SAP Master Data Governance is a licensed product. While there might be no upfront cost for the MDG component itself, you still need to pay for user authorizations."

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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

2 out of 7 answers

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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Energy/Utilities Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	10

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	21

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Reltio Cloud?

Reltio Cloud can be improved by providing the possibility to connect with other connectors and databases such as Snowflake, Databricks, and eventually with Azure Data Factory. The needed improvemen...

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What is your primary use case for Reltio Cloud?

I have been using Reltio Cloud for about one year and a half. My main use case for Reltio Cloud involves collaborating with a lot of people utilizing Reltio Cloud, and what I am doing is creating P...

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What advice do you have for others considering Reltio Cloud?

I would rate Reltio Cloud an eight on a scale of one to ten. I chose this rating because of the potential improvements that Reltio Cloud can provide. The cloud provider used for our private cloud d...

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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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What needs improvement with SAP Master Data Governance?

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Comparisons

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Compared 31% of the time

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Compared 18% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 18% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

TIBCO EBX vs SAP Master Data Governance

Compared 8% of the time

Stibo STEP MDM vs SAP Master Data Governance

Compared 7% of the time

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Overview

Reltio Cloud excels in Master Data Management (MDM), offering real-time data synchronization and a unified data view across diverse sources. Praised for its scalable architecture and user-friendly interface, it enhances operational efficiency and compliance management, making it ideal for handling large volumes of data and improving organizational productivity.

Reltio

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.

SAP

Sample Customers

iMiDiA, Slalom, MeritDirect, Cognizant

Convergent IS, CHIO Aachen, Dell, Hamburg Port Authority (HPA), City of Boston, Mozzart, Mitsui Knowledge Industry (MKI), AOK Bundesverband, eBay

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