We are using the solution to query databases.
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Used to query databases, but it is slower than other available tools
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The solution is used to query MySQL clients and store data and documentation.
What needs improvement?
It would be good if the tool could show the output from the records while querying.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Alation Data Catalog for one and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Sometimes, the solution's stability was low, but it was mostly fine.
I rate the solution’s stability a six out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
We had no issues integrating the solution with Redshift. Alation Data Catalog is a good tool for analytics, but we need to go for some other tools for reporting. Alation Data Catalog is mostly a tool for querying. We need to integrate it with other third-party tools for reporting.
Redshift, AWS, and MySQL tools are better than Alation Data Catalog for querying purposes. MySQL and Databricks are visually appealing and faster tools than Alation Data Catalog.
Even though Alation Data Catalog is a free tool, we can check other available tools. If other tools perform well, we can choose them over Alation Data Catalog.
Overall, I rate the solution a six out of ten.
Decent tool with helpful features but Cloud functionality still nascent.
What do you like best about the product?
Integrations ability and automated lineage
What do you dislike about the product?
Current install of Alation is on prem and only a few years old. Already being pushed to cloud which is good but costs more money and several new features that make Alarion a much more complete tool are only available in new cloud tool and those features are still relatively new and unproven.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Data lineage and certification documentation
First Impressions
What do you like best about the product?
Seems like a great UI and well organized
What do you dislike about the product?
Without data custodians will require a large effort from the team to curate everything
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Data cataloging
Understanding the value of a data catalog
What do you like best about the product?
Support for wide range of platforms to pull in our enterprise data. Ability to customize the end user portal to hide noise from actionable insights
What do you dislike about the product?
Mostly wonder if the effort to maintain an accurate data catalog will be worth the business value of the information
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Standardizing our metric definitions and building trust in our data
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