miniMDM vs Stibo Systems STEP

miniMDM is a self-hosted application for managing business records such as customers, products, locations, and custom data objects. It is intended for teams whose reference data has outgrown spreadsheets but does not call for a multi-year enterprise MDM rollout. Teams define objects in YAML or JSON, including fields, types, references, and required flags. Records can progress through draft, active, and retired states; each edit creates a version that users can review or restore. Viewer, Editor, Publisher, and Admin roles have per-schema grants. A REST API comes with an OpenAPI specification, and webhook callbacks report lifecycle changes. An inbound receiver accepts upstream records as drafts for review. Bulk import and export support CSV, TSV, and JSON, with template-assisted imports and optional upsert-by-key. The MIT-licensed project is described as free to use, with no per-seat licensing or separately purchased modules; its plan is free. It runs on premises, uses PostgreSQL, and is built with FastAPI and SQLAlchemy. The site describes zero telemetry and says password changes end the account’s open sessions.

Stibo Systems STEP is an enterprise master data management platform for trusted information across products, customers, suppliers, locations, entities, assets, reference data, and business relationships. It supports deduplication, approval workflows, data syndication, and API access. Role-based controls and an auditable change history govern records, with validation and approval before entry to the master store. STEP validates and enriches data during ingestion, then can show quality scores, trust indicators, and lineage metadata at query time. Its connectivity gallery lists 93 matches, including SAP, Salesforce, Microsoft Power BI, databases, messaging systems, and syndication channels. Stibo Systems MCP Server lets AI agents query, retrieve, and act on master data. AI offerings cover content generation, translation, and image analysis, with Azure OpenAI and Azure Vision integrations documented. STEP runs on Microsoft Azure in a multi-tenant cloud-native architecture, while documentation covers SaaS and on-premises core releases. Pricing is on request.