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SAP Master Data Governance

Composite Score

7.9 /10

CX Score

8.1 /10

101 Reviews Write a Review

What is SAP Master Data Governance?

A unified, trusted view of your business enables you to work more efficiently and make better decisions. The SAP Master Data Governance application helps you pull together master data and manage it centrally using a master data management layer based on SAP Business Technology Platform.

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Awards & Recognition

SAP Master Data Governance won the following awards in the Master Data Management category

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2025 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2025

0 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

0 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2023

0 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2022

SAP Master Data Governance Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

83 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

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Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+82 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 SAP Master Data Governance?

4% Negative

14% Neutral

82% Positive

Pros

Security Protects
Trustworthy
Respectful
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Reference Data Management

Entity Relationship Management

Entity Deduplication

Record Linkage

Aggregational Hierarchies Management

Record Deduplication

Metadata Management

Workflow Management

Record Management

Intrinsic Data Model

Data Modelling Tools

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

SAP Master Data Governance Reviews

Amit S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

highly flexible solution

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates SAP Master Data Governance from other similar products?

It helps organizations improve customer experience, reduce costs, increase productivity and accelerate new product launches.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The SAP Master Data Governance can be integrated with other SAP applications. Its also having highly configurable and can be adaptable to meet an organization specific data governance.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Needs a deep learning curve

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go through the basic concepts. Learn it well and gradually start building complex solutions.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Somasundaram A.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Electronics
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Exceptional solution for product governance

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates SAP Master Data Governance from other similar products?

Works smoothly and integration is much easier

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The user interface is straight forward and allowing user to identify duplicate records easily

What do you dislike most about this product?

I don't find anything negative since it has reduced tremendous time in completing my tasks

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is easing our work day by day and such a wonderful platform to work. I would recommend to go on with this tool

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Rakesh K.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2025

Powerful master data governance tool

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates SAP Master Data Governance from other similar products?

The integration with all other modules

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy of navigation from one screen to another especially in transaction data

What do you dislike most about this product?

Support from sap is not that great

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Great product for maintenance of any type of master data

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Efficient Service
Respectful

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

SAP Master Data Governance Ratings

83 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+82 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love SAP Master Data Governance?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Reference Data Management Ability to store and distribute reference data created externally. Examples of reference data: country/currency codes, administrative regions, etc.

Entity Relationship Management Ability to manage relationships across entity instances within the same entity class, as well as across entity classes.

Entity Deduplication Ability to resolve duplicate representation of the same entity instance based on a set of defined attribute/rules and assign unique identifier for each instance

Record Linkage Ability to find records in a dataset that refer to the same entity across different data sources

Aggregational Hierarchies Management Ability to create and maintain hierarchical constructs/models used by the business to aggregate information for reporting and analytics.

Record Deduplication Ability to eliminate duplicate records in a datset.

Metadata Management A metadata layer makes reporting easy and eliminates the need for coding and SQL, allowing users to see and access information in simple business language.

Workflow Management Includes ability to support flexible and comprehensive workflow-based capabilities.

Record Management Includes ability for Data stewards to monitoring data quality, taking action to determine the root cause of flagged issues and recommending remediation actions.

Intrinsic Data Model Includes basic data models out of the box such as customer, account, product, location, etc.

Data Modelling Tools Includes ability to model complex relationships between internal application sources and other parties.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

SAP Master Data Governance Reviews

Amit S.

highly flexible solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Somasundaram A.

Exceptional solution for product governance

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rakesh K.

Powerful master data governance tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Reference Data Management

Entity Relationship Management

Entity Deduplication

Record Linkage

Aggregational Hierarchies Management

Record Deduplication

Metadata Management

Workflow Management

Record Management

Intrinsic Data Model

Data Modelling Tools

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation