BigID Customer Reviews 2026 | Metadata Management

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BigID

Composite Score

7.2 /10

CX Score

7.1 /10

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What is BigID?

BigID is an innovator in data intelligence, with an ML-powered enterprise platform that reimagines data management for data discovery, privacy, security, and governance. BigID helps customers proactively manage and protect their data, reduce risk, and get more value from their data. With BigID, customers can make better decisions with their data, achieve compliance, scale with evolving data privacy and protection landscape, and ultimately reimagine how they manage their data.

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BigID Ratings

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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.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

5
Since last award

72 Plan to Renew

14
Since last award

72 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3
Since last award

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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.

+73 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 BigID?

30% Negative

8% Neutral

62% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Includes Product Enhancements
Performance Enhancing
Caring

Feature Ratings

Average 76

Data Lineage

Hierarchy Management

Business Glossary

Automation of Metadata Creation

APIs and Integration

Automated Sensitivity Classification for Data Sources

Data Monitoring and Administration

Business Context

Business Rules and Event Management

Metadata Design

Collaboration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 68

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

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Score 6.2

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BigID Reviews

Suresh M.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Easy to use, Very robust, scalable, reliable tool

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates BigID from other similar products?

The level of data Discovery and classification which it does in petabytes of data within few hours.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Correlation

What do you dislike most about this product?

Results and reporting

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would definitely ask them to consider this tool when compared with the other privacy enhancing technologies.

Pros

Reliable
Unique Features
Fair
Acts with Integrity

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

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Awesome product with cost savings

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Brandon B.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Easy to use features and keeps me organized

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates BigID from other similar products?

They are a future focused company with modern/innovative approaches to old problems.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like using the search bar to quickly find data sources that I use daily

What do you dislike most about this product?

I don’t have much to dislike. I am just a user. Obviously there have been some technical glitches here and there but that is with everything

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Do you research on similar companies. Compare the cost of the software to the cost of losing productivity due to poor software

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Unique Features
Inspires Innovation
Caring

Cons

Inhibits Innovation
Less Reliable

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BigID Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

5 Since last award

72 Plan to Renew

14 Since last award

72 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+73 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love BigID?

Pros

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

Data Lineage Metadata describing data source and consumption points, movements from the source to consumption, and any transformations happening during this journey.

Hierarchy Management Ability to manage taxonomies and organizational classifications.

Business Glossary Business Glossary defines main business terms and their intended use for all business operations.

Automation of Metadata Creation Asset metadata can be created using rules.

APIs and Integration Has inbuilt APIs allowing access to the database layer without having to go through JDBC/ODBC.

Automated Sensitivity Classification for Data Sources Automation of compliance and data security by automatically classifying sensitive data when scanned.

Data Monitoring and Administration Includes data progress, data systematic review, and error monitoring.

Business Context Allows customers to record metadata about tracked third parties which can provide useful business context, such as data types being shared with the third party.

Business Rules and Event Management Includes modeler-editable business rules engine, rule library, and reporting and optimization.

Metadata Design Ability to define an organization-wide metadata schema, design its structure and constituent members (metadata tag values).

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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BigID Reviews

Suresh M.

Easy to use, Very robust, scalable, reliable tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Awesome product with cost savings

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Brandon B.

Easy to use features and keeps me organized

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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