Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) Reviews

It comes with lot of features and is a one-stop-shop solution for integration, data modeling, and data governance. Everything can be built under one particular umbrella. If any issues come up, then there won't be any blame game saying that it could be an integration issue or an MDM hub issue because it's wholly owned by Informatica. That's the biggest advantage of Informatica MDM over that of any other tools that are available on the market.

It has given us a lot of flexibility in terms of solutions.

This is a costly solution. We have several customers who evaluate it but then look for other solutions because of the cost.

At present, Informatica MDM comes as an on-premises or cloud-based solution. I would like to see them offer a SaaS-based MDM model. I think they are working on it.

I've worked with Informatica MDM for close to a year.

We have not had any performance issues.

It is a scalable solution.

The technical support is good depending on the SLA. Sometimes, they do have a busy schedule. When I contacted them for issues, someone joined the call if he/she was ready. Otherwise, we have had to wait for a day or two.

Informatica MDM is a costly solution because it comes as a bundle. They are also globally positioning themselves and are definitely working on very upgraded technologies. If someone wanted to do it on the cloud, they have a lot of flexibility because they upgrade themselves according to the current needs. It definitely comes with a lot of features and that's the reason why it's costly.

The licensing cost should be approximately one million dollars. It's about four to five times that of other vendors.

Take a look at your budget first and then proceed with this solution.

On a scale from one to ten, I give Informatica MDM a nine.

We are using Informatica Cloud Data Quality for data quality operations.

The most beneficial feature of Informatica Cloud Data Quality is it's cloud-based. 

Informatica Cloud Data Quality could improve by adding more algorithms for matching and mastering. We currently only have five or six. Additionally, the parallelism in data is better in other solutions, such as IBM.

I have been using Informatica Cloud Data Quality for approximately six months.

Informatica Cloud Data Quality is stable.

We have approximately 200 people in my company using this solution.

I have used IBM solutions similar to Informatica Cloud Data Quality.

This is a good data quality tool. I can't comment more because I have not used the solution extensively.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Informatica Cloud Data Quality an eight out of ten.

We use Informatica Supplier 360 to provide a New Zealand-based national product catalogue for the health sector.

It's got a reputation in the industry as one of the best solutions for master data management. So, it's what we see in the Gartner top right quadrant as the best product in that space.

We'd like to see the microservices, which don't run yet because the solution is not yet fully cloud-based.

I have been using this solution for about 12 months.

It is stable.

One of the main reasons we purchased this product was its scalability, which is better than other offerings in the market.

We have a premium service with access to tech support. They're very good. On a scale of one to ten, I'd rate them as eight.

Positive

We did not use any solution previous to Informatica Supplier 360.

It's a long-term journey, and we're still working on it. We're due to finish at the end of this year, making it a two-year deployment, but it will have a long run.

A mixture of in-house and integration partner.

We're still in the deployment process, so we haven't seen any ROI yet. We also have a benefits realization program that won't be realized until we've fully rolled it out.

The licensing model allows you to consume a reasonable amount of products and is not constrained to specific parts items. So we can bring on other components of the solution without needing new licenses. You order a tranche of stuff and consume it. 

We are quite happy with the licensing model.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We use this solution for MDM in the commercial sector. I'm a lead software engineer for EPAM Systems.

The product provides all the typical MDM capabilities like deduplication, machine survivorship, and other things. 

The downside of this solution is that the UI is terrible and not user-friendly. The solution was developed a long time ago and it no longer provides a lot of value. Our organization is considering decommissioning the solution or reducing usage. The problems seem to be more about the design and not the tool. The UI and general user experience need to be improved. Making changes on Informatica takes a lot of time compared to making changes on other MDM tools.

I've been using this solution for seven months. 

I haven't heard any complaints about stability. 

Before my time, the company used a legacy MDM solution for dealing with customers. It was created for reporting purposes, to create some compliance reporting, but its functionality didn't allow the addition of more MDM features, so they decided to build a new solution based on Informatica MDM, and from there they basically merged two solutions, the legacy one and this one into Informatica MDM.

The initial setup was carried out prior to my joining the company. 

A lot of the solutions on the market are expensive and Informatica is at the top end in terms of licensing costs. They use a bundle model so you choose what you want to include in your bundle and that's what you pay for.

Informatica MDM is a typical MDM tool. I've worked with others and they are all more or less the same. It requires more work than some other tools in terms of development and adding additional features. It has lots of features and is rated highly by Gartner. 

I rate this solution seven out of 10. 

We are using Informatica Cloud Data Integration to take sources from databases to flat files or from web service to flat files. We do data integration with the tool.

Informatica Cloud Data Integration could improve the price by making it less expensive.

I have been using Informatica Cloud Data Integration for approximately four years.

Informatica Cloud Data Integration is stable.

The scalability of Informatica Cloud Data Integration is good.

We have many people in my company using this solution, approximately 100. We do not plan to increase usage.

I have not contacted the support from Informatica Cloud Data Integration.

The initial setup of Informatica Cloud Data Integration is easy. The deployment of the solution only takes a few clicks of the mouse, it takes a few minutes.

We did the implementation of Informatica Cloud Data Integration in-house.

The price of Informatica Cloud Data Integration could be reduced.

Informatica Cloud Data Integration is good overall. I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Informatica Cloud Data Integration an eight out of ten.

The cloud version of the Informatica, it's a very substandard product. They might say it's enterprise-ready but it's not at all ready. They need to add more features, such as improved data replication features. If you look at other tools, such as Matillion they are now cloud-native and flexible. Additionally, Informatica Cloud Data Integration should have a good migration strategy from Informatica PowerCenter to Informatica Cloud Data Integration.

I have been using Informatica Cloud Data Integration for approximately 17 years.

Informatica Cloud Data Integration is stable.

The scalability of Informatica Cloud Data Integration can be good if you plan well with your enterprise.

The technical support from Informatica Cloud Data Integration is good.

I rate the support from Informatica Cloud Data Integration a four out of five.

We have received a return on investment using Informatica Cloud Data Integration.

We are resellers.

It has all the advantages of the Cloud in that you can use it without worrying about infrastructure, upkeep, or upgrades. Informatica is in charge of all those things. Additionally, the SLA on the cloud is better.

Not all transformations are supported, unlike PowerCenter. However, I'm confident that they will include this in the roadmap.

I have over 15 years of experience working with Informatica tools, and we have worked with Informatica Cloud Data Integration in the last 12 months.

The installation is simple because it is on the cloud.

It is dependent on the number of jobs you have and so on. However, from a skill set standpoint, you only need one person to maintain this solution. You can also play a developer or administrator role. These are fairly straightforward roles with a lot of community support.

I'm not sure about the most recent pricing trends, but I don't believe it's significantly different from PowerCenter. I believe it is nearly the same.

It is dependent on the requirements. If the transformation requirements are not too complex, I believe they can use the Cloud. However, if they have too many application systems to connect to, or too many databases, and require richer transformation capabilities, they can use PowerCenter.

We have a partnership with Informatica.

I would Informatica Cloud Data Integration an eight out of ten.

We use this solution primarily for core master data management and deduplication.

Recently, they have come up with cloud versions, which I have not experienced. It's mostly deployed on-premise.

We have a limited number of users who are using this solution and working with the master data.

Initially, there wasn't a great product competing with Informatica for market management. It has been leading the market with hierarchy management and all the different match concepts and algorithms. They're very robust.

Informatica's issue is the licensing. Right now, there are a lot of new gen MDMs that are offering a lot in a single licensing model. VOS or Entity 360 are offering licensing differently.

I have been working with this solution for more than 10 years.

It's stable and reliable.

It's scalable.

I have had mixed experience with technical support. Sometimes it's very quick. Sometimes there isn't a quick turnaround and we don't have a person to reach out to directly to get an answer from them.

Installation was challenging. Informatica has a very robust engine, which takes a little bit of time, but they're stable.

We have a technical team of 50 people. Deployment depends on
the size and complexity of the requirements. Starting from scratch, any new implementation should take around five to six months. For new gen MDMs, the implementation can be done in three and a half months.

The ROI depends on the business requirement. If they're using their core master data and that data is helping them to address a lot of issues, then the return on investment is definitely very high. If an organization isn't using that to full scale, then it might not be that great.

It's offers value for money. They're more competitive with respect to pricing and offerings.