
Fig 1 - API-based services in DQ onDemand
DQ Global offers a number of different products, all of which are focused on data quality and all of which are targeted at customer data as opposed to say, product information. These offerings are DQ onDemand, DQ Studio, DQ forExcel and DQ Perfect & Merge. The last three of these all leverage DQ onDemand™, which provides a series (see Figure 1) of API-based data quality services, with the option to add more. These services, which will shortly be available on Microsoft Azure, are also available to clients, who can call services on demand.
DQ forExcel is currently in beta testing and provides a data quality toolbox for, as its name suggests, cleansing Excel spreadsheets. It is expected to be generally available in early 2021. DQ Perfect & Merge, which is available in multiple editions, is also currently focused on Microsoft, in this case Microsoft Dynamics, for which it provides de-duplication and cleansing capabilities. The company plans to extend this to other CRM environments starting in 2021.
Finally, DQ Studio is a general-purpose data cleansing offering. We describe this as “data cleansing” rather than as “data quality” as it lacks data profiling capability. While data profiling is included in DQ Perfect & Merge it is only available as a service engagement in conjunction with DQ Studio. We would prefer to see relevant tooling at least available as an option alongside DQ Studio.
Customer Quotes
“Since purchasing DQ Global’s solution our ability to give an efficient service to our clients has increased by about 100%. …The return on Investment was achieved in less than 3 months.”
Abtran
“DQ Global’s dedupe program was already in use when I took this position, and it is hard to imagine working without it. I find it flexible and easy to use, and I know I can rely on the results.”
Toshiba