
What is Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog?
A machine learning-based data catalog that lets you classify and organize data assets across any environment to maximize data value and reuse, and provides a metadata system of record for the enterprise. Scan and index metadata, discover and profile data, and access detailed lineage across tens of millions of data sets with an enterprise-scale data catalog.
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86 Likeliness to Recommend
100 Plan to Renew
66 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+78 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog?
Pros
- Respectful
- Acts with Integrity
- Trustworthy
- Fair
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Data Monitoring and Administration
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Business Context
Business Rules and Event Management
Automation of Metadata Creation
Hierarchy Management
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Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog Reviews
Chessa C.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Mar 2024
"User-friendly Platform"
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog from other similar products?
EDC's robust data lineage capabilities set it apart. The ability to trace data from its source through various transformations to its consumption provides invaluable insights into data flows and dependencies, crucial for marketing attribution modeling and campaign optimization.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Having a centralized repository for all data assets is immensely valuable. EDC's data catalog provides a single point of access to diverse data sources, simplifying data discovery and access for marketing analysis.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Handling large volumes of metadata can sometimes lead to performance issues, especially during searches or data lineage analyses. Improving scalability and optimizing performance for large datasets would enhance user experience.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Incorporating features specifically designed for marketing analytics, such as campaign tracking modules or customer segmentation tools, would make EDC more tailored to the needs of marketing professionals.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing

Pubarka D.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Healthcare
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted May 2023
Easy to use and artificially intelligent
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog from other similar products?
Artificially intelligent and User friendly
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Artificial intelligence
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing as such
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
go through the tutorials to use it effectively
Pros
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Effective Service
- Inspires Innovation

Varun N.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted May 2023
Great features and excellent ecosystem
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog from other similar products?
Great feature set and ecosystem, and a great choice for customers already invested in the Informatica product line. However, new and existing customers need to be aware that the entire services are moving to cloud rapidly and should do the groundwork on the available services and the product roadmap.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Rich set of features
What do you dislike most about this product?
New users may feel overwhelmed initially.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Know your requirements well and map them to the available feature set and also to the next 6-12 month product roadmap.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Cons
- Less Generous
- Less Efficient Service
- Less Effective Service