While Semarchy is an established MDM vendor, it does have some limitations. If you’re looking for alternatives to Semarchy, here are some important points to consider as you put together a shortlist:

1. Cloud-certified: MDM SaaS deployments handle vast amounts of sensitive and business-critical data, making security and compliance paramount. Certifications like SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA compliance validate that the provider has implemented rigorous security controls to protect data integrity, availability, and confidentiality. SOC 2, in particular, ensures that the SaaS solution meets industry-standard security, privacy and operational resilience benchmarks, which is critical for gaining customer trust and meeting regulatory requirements. If an MDM vendor doesn’t publicly advertise security certifications on their website or elsewhere, ask them about it. If they do, you can also ask to see copies of the security reports from the auditing company that issued the certifications.
2. Deployment options: Like many MDM providers, Semarchy is available to be deployed as an on-premises, PaaS or SaaS solution. However, unlike some popular vendors in the MDM space, Semarchy does not manage SaaS deployments of its software platform, relying instead on third-party companies in its partner network to provision SaaS deployments for its customers. If you’re looking for a SaaS solution, you will want to make sure you thoroughly research any Semarchy partners who might potentially be managing your SaaS instance.
3. Trusted third-party reviews: When shopping for any kind of software tool, it’s always a good idea to consult third-party reviews and, when possible, to request customer references for the vendors you consider. Independent software review sites like Gartner Peer Insights, G2 and Capterra are good places to start, but customer references and case studies could be more helpful depending on what kind of software you’re evaluating. For a highly specialized tool like MDM that deals with mission-critical and sensitive business data regularly, interviewing current customers of different vendors is an especially good idea.
4. Time to Value: It is common for MDM vendors to claim rapid implementation times, but evaluators should make sure they know just how much “implementation” they are getting in that short time. Is it an install with basic integration, a minimum viable product or a fully configured use case with trained users? Even more important is the skill and experience of the implementation team to ensure the configuration has been well thought through and will meet the customers’ requirements. Anyone being considered for implementation should have multiple directly comparable implementations (same platform, similar use case). Implementers who are learning on the job will not only be slower but risk making mistakes that could take many months to recover from.

Semarchy’s top competitors include other popular master data management and data management companies, including:

• Profisee
• Reltio
• CluedIn
• Informatica
• Stibo Systems
• TIBCO Software
• PiLog Group

All these vendors were included in the 2024 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Master Data Management report, but there are more vendors on the market that you might also consider. For more information on Semarchy competitors, it’s a good idea to visit independent third party software review websites like Gartner Peer Insights, G2 and Capterra, or read our comprehensive list of the top MDM tools to help build your shortlist.

Also see our comparison of Reltio vs. Informatica vs. Profisee if you’re trying to choose between these three vendors.

Profisee is the industry’s only cloud-native multidomain master data management tool that offers seamless integration with Microsoft Fabric and Purview along with other popular tools in the Azure ecosystem. Consistently ranked a top performing best-of-breed MDM platform, Profisee was the only vendor to receive a 100% recommendation score in the 2024 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer report in addition to being named 2024 Global Partner of the Year by Microsoft and a High Performer for Winter 2025 by G2.

Profisee has a long-standing relationship with Microsoft and is one of the only MDM solutions on the market available as a fully native MDM experience within Microsoft Fabric. The Profisee MDM platform features deep integration with the Azure tools you already use, including Microsoft Purview, Azure Data Factory, Power BI and Synapse. Following rigorous evaluation by a third-party auditing firm, Profisee is both SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certified — two of the strictest security standards to ensure protection of sensitive data. Profisee is also HIPAA and HITECH compliant.

To learn more about Profisee’s approach to MDM and specific platform features, explore the Profisee platform or request a demo to discover how Profisee can help with your unique data challenges.

Semarchy outsources management of its SaaS solution to partners, effectively offering it as a PaaS deployment to third-party MSPs. SaaS pricing, support and SLAs vary among partners. Profisee, on the other hand, offers a true SaaS solution with vendor-backed hosting for clearly defined pricing, security, support and SLAs. Profisee’s SaaS platform is natively architected for the cloud and runs as a fully containerized solution in Microsoft Azure.

According to analysts, Semarchy is implemented on prem 55% of the time with only 7% choosing SaaS, whereas Profisee implementations are 54% SaaS and 4% on premises.