About Informatica
Informatica is an enterprise data management company, now presented as Informatica from Salesforce. Its cloud platform, the Informatica Data Management Cloud, brings together data integration, data quality, governance and cataloging so that organizations can prepare trusted data for analytics and AI.
The product areas include a data catalog, data integration, API and application integration, data quality and observability, master data management and 360 applications, governance, access and privacy tools, and a data marketplace. Platform features include the CLAIRE AI engine, security and compliance controls, cloud connectors and a headless mode. The vendor also publishes learning, community and partner portals.
Informatica is a commercial, enterprise-focused offering with a published pricing page. It suits large organizations, including chief data officers, architects and IT teams, that need a broad platform for managing data across many systems.
Key features
- Data catalog for discovery and trust
- Data integration and cleansing
- API and application integration
- Data quality and observability
- Master data management
- Governance, access and privacy controls
- Data marketplace for sharing data
Good fit for
- →Integrating data across enterprise systems
- →Improving data quality for analytics and AI
- →Governing access to sensitive data
- Tags
- data-integration
- data-quality
- data-governance
- mdm
- data-catalog
- etl
- enterprise
Informatica: questions and answers
- What is Informatica used for?
- Informatica, now part of Salesforce, is an enterprise data management platform covering integration, quality, governance, cataloging and master data. It is a good fit for integrating data across enterprise systems, improving data quality for analytics and AI, and governing access to sensitive data.
- How much does Informatica cost?
- Informatica doesn't publish fixed prices; pricing is quoted on request.
- Is Informatica open source?
- No. Informatica is proprietary (closed-source) software. Open-source alternatives to Informatica include Airbyte, Duckle and Bruin.
- What are some alternatives to Informatica?
- Informatica competes with Fivetran, SnapLogic and Boomi. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Informatica alternatives.
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