Solutions Review's list of the best master data management tools is an annual mashup of products that best represent current market conditions. Our editors select the best master data management tools based on each solution's Authority Score; a meta-analysis of real user sentiment from the web's most trusted business software review sites and our own proprietary five-point inclusion criteria.
The editors of Solutions Review developed this resource to help buyers find the best master data management tools to meet their organization's needs. Selecting the right vendor and solution can be a complex process—requiring in-depth research and often not solely dependent on the solution and its technical capabilities. To make your search a little easier, we've covered the best master data management tools and solutions in one place. We also provide platform and product line names as well as introductory software tutorials straight from source code, so you can see each solution in action.
Note: The best master data management tools are listed in alphabetical order.
Best Master Data Management Tool (MDM Solution)
Ataccama
Platform: Atacccama ONE
Description: Atacmama provides an enhanced data management platform with capabilities for data discovery and analysis, metadata management and data catalog, data quality management, master and reference data management, and big data processing and integration. The product is fully integrated yet modular for any data, user, domain or deployment type. Atacccama also includes text analytics and machine learning, as well as data enrichment using external sources and data lake analytics.
IBM
Platform: IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management
Description: IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management manages all aspects of critical enterprise data, regardless of system or model, and delivers it to application users through a unified view. The tool provides compliance with data governance rules and policies and has a configurable framework to support hybrid cloud environments. InfoSphere MDM is available in two editions (Standard and Premium), both available on-premises or as a fully managed cloud offering.
Informatica
Platform: Informatica Multidomain MDM
Related Products: Informatica Product 360, Informatica Customer 360, Informatica Supplier 360
Description: Informatica offers a modular MDM solution that provides a single view of data. The product enables users to create authoritative views of critical business data from disparate, duplicate and conflicting sources. Informatica MDM also features AI and machine learning capabilities, including data quality, data integration, business process management, and data security capabilities, allowing you to easily enrich master data records with data from external providers. Informatica's MDM capabilities can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud.
Innovative Systems Synchronos
Platform: Innovative Systems Synchronos
Description: The Innovative Systems Synchronos platform is an enterprise MDM solution for operational or analytical purposes. The product can be deployed on-premises, in the cloud, or through a hybrid environment. Synchronos features data analysis, data discovery and monitoring, and a 360-degree view that allows users to discover information about extended relationships within data. Workflow management features allow customers to build and modify workflows, while hierarchy management supports graphical display and navigation tools.
Magnitude Software
Platform: Magnitude Kalido
Related products: Magnitude Agility MultiChannel
Description: Magnitude Software's MDM capabilities are available through its Kalido solution. The product features domain-independent modeling, matching, and mapping capabilities, as well as visual models for common and obscure domains, eliminating the need to purchase customizations. Kalido also includes audience-specific interfaces, workflows, and model-driven APIs for real-time collaboration and policy-driven governance. Customers get universal access from mobile devices, and auditing, verification, and security are easy to manage.
Pimcore
Platform: Pimcore open source master data management
Related Products: Pimcore Product Information Management, Pimcore Customer Data Platform, Pimcore Data Center
Description: Pimcore allows users to integrate master data in heterogeneous system environments through its open source tools. The product is compatible with any master data domain (product, customer, employee, asset, partner/supplier, location, reference, IoT). Pimcore provides a flexible data model, multiple implementations, and support for analytical and operational MDM. Key features include data quality, hierarchy management, rich content integration, audit trails, and workflow management.
Prosee
Platform: Prosee Platform
Related Products: Profisee Application Edition, Profisee GRM Edition, Profisee Enterprise Edition
Description: Profisee is a cloud-native, multi-domain master data management (MDM) platform with intuitive data management UI, visual relationship management, match and live, data quality rules and workflow management. Profisee has native integration with leading Microsoft Azure services and a modern REST-based architecture that connects to any existing services, databases and applications. Profisee MDM is available on-premises for enterprise and application editions, in any cloud or as a fully turnkey SaaS hosted service.
Relation
Platform: Reltio Connected Customer 360
Description: Reltio Connected Customer 360 is a SaaS platform built on a cloud-native big data architecture. The product also features graphics technology and machine learning. Users can quickly onboard new data sources, add, change or delete customer profile attributes without downtime, and enable developers to build and release new products. Reltio can scale to billions of profiles, can support thousands of users, and remains the only cloud-native MDM solution on the market.
Riversand
Platform: River Sand Platform
Related Products: Riversand Ascend, Riversand Exclusive, Riversand Infinity
Description: Riversand provides MDM and Product Information Management (PIM) solutions. Its MDM product has a multi-domain core designed to provide a complete view of enterprise data. Additionally, Riversand includes large-scale computing, a simplified set of collaboration tools, and data governance capabilities. Reporting through the vendor's data visualization products is included with each license and enables users to run advanced analytics through charts, tables and dashboards.
SAP
Platform: SAP Master Data Governance
Related product: Master Data Governance on SAP S/4HANA
Description: SAP provides enterprise MDM capabilities through its SAP Master Data Governance product. The solution can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud, enabling users to consolidate and centrally manage master data. SAP includes support for all master data domains and implementations, pre-built data models, business rules, workflows and user interfaces. Master data governance also allows you to define, validate and monitor established business rules to confirm master data readiness and analyze data management performance.
Semarchy
Platform: Semarchy xDM
Description: Semarchy offers a master data management solution called xDM. The product utilizes machine learning algorithms for management and advanced matching, survival, management and classification. The tool has a native data model that facilitates transparent lineage, audibility, and governance. xDM can integrate any data source through real-time and batch APIs, integrating data centers with existing applications and business processes. Semarchy offers a free 30-day license key trial of xDM for both on-premises and cloud.
Stibo Systems
Platform: Stibo Systems Multi-Domain MDM
Description: Stibo Systems provides an integrated set of MDM tools that enable users to connect, manage, enrich and federate data according to specific business needs. Multidomain products consolidate master data across domains into a single source. It also integrates data across the enterprise, applications and systems to provide data accuracy and visibility. Stibo Systems are available in different iterations based on domain specificity or user roles.
Syniti
Platform: Syniti Master Data Management
Related Products: Syniti Knowledge Platform
Description: Syniti (formerly BackOffice Associates) allows users to choose from a range of supported MDM implementations. The product supports the creation of a single point of reference for master and application data from multiple domains. Syniti automatically notifies users when work needs to be performed and monitors the process against the SLA. It also later links the business semantics to all master and application data held by the solution.
Tamr Unify
Platform: Tamr Unify
Description: Tamr provides a popular data mastery platform that enables analytical insights and improves operational efficiency. Strengthen data operations. The vendor's cloud-native solution consolidates, cleanses and classifies data through machine learning, making it an effective alternative to traditional MDM tools. Tamr's master record feature provides a complete view of all entities with simple yes and no questions. Tamr is the foundation of modern DataOps in various enterprise verticals and is backed by NEA and Google Ventures.
TIBCO software
Platform: TIBCO EBX
Description: TIBCO Software delivers its MDM capabilities through TIBCO EBX, a single solution for managing workflow, data quality, and role-specific applications. EBX is designed with different user roles in mind, providing self-service so all individuals can manage, govern and use critical data assets. Customers can model any master data, including relationships between domains, without purchasing a separate tool. This means you can put any field of master or reference data in it. EBX works with SAP, BCP, TM1 and OneStream.
Winshuttle（EnterWorks）
Platform: Winshuttle EnterWorks
Related products: Winshuttle Evolve, Winshuttle Studio
Description: Winshuttle EnterWorks is a multi-domain MDM and PIM platform that enables enterprise organizations to move data to the systems and channels that matter most. Featured platform capabilities include Product Information Management for creating, managing and sharing differentiated product data, Digital Asset Management for storing and sharing digital assets, and MDM for creating a single, governed source of truth across systems. A flexible data modeling architecture supports a content repository with data attributes for managing complex product relationships and real-time staged pricing management.