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Great Data Cataloguing, But Lineage UI Needs Improvement
What do you like best about the product?
Data cataloguing and connection available for multiple source system
What do you dislike about the product?
Lineage is not as great and UI for the same is lacking
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have made Alation as 1 stop shop for data exploration and finding what data is available and where it is available, so that our users know where to go and get access for the same
Adaptable for Business, But Missing Key Features
What do you like best about the product?
Business users can easily adapt and learn
What do you dislike about the product?
A lot of features missing, especially Data Quality.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Helps better engagement of Data Governance Community
Great Features and Usability, But Performance Needs Work
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use
Compose feature
Conversations
Analytics
Compose feature
Conversations
Analytics
What do you dislike about the product?
Performance can lag when integrating large number of data sources
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Active metadata management
SQL user tool
Conversations
SQL user tool
Conversations
Effortless Data Discovery, Though Search Can Be Slow with Large Datasets
What do you like best about the product?
I like the how Alation makes it easy to get, find and understand data across multiple data sources.
What do you dislike about the product?
It sometimes take a bit of time for the search results to load, especially with bigger and larger datasets.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Alation has helped to centralize and simplify the data discovery and to improve collaboration and trust in the data shared.
ALLIE AI feature is helpful, but we have had issues setting up the connectors
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The solution's most valuable feature is the ALLIE AI feature. The features are generally the same across all data governance tools I've had experience with, including OpenMetadata, Alation, and Collibra.
What needs improvement?
We have had issues setting up the connectors and getting Alation's support team to resolve issues.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Alation Data Catalog for six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Alation Data Catalog provides good stability.
I rate the solution’s stability an eight out of ten.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have previously worked with OpenMetadata and Collibra. From my reading and research knowledge, Collibra seems to be more stable on the connectors and security side. I still have to explore Collibra's federation part. Collibra is already FedRAMP certified, whereas Alation Data Catalog is in the process of attaining its FedRAMP certification.
What was our ROI?
We saw a return on investment with Alation Data Catalog on the federation side. We could bring everything to one place for the organization to know about the data assets, and the solution helped us integrate the knowledge.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I don't have all the details on the pricing side, but the solution was more expensive than originally expected.
On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
I haven't explored the solution's data lineage capabilities much. However, I have heard that there are some difficulties with getting the lineage to work, as it doesn't properly pull the information in. The solution provides automation, metadata descriptions, and tags. I would recommend the solution to other users because it's a stable product and an industry leader.
Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Used to query databases, but it is slower than other available tools
What is our primary use case?
We are using the solution to query databases.
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.
Has valuable workflow automation features, but the data migration capabilities could be better
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use the product as a data catalog tool to search for data assets like tables or columns.
What is most valuable?
The platform's most valuable features are workflow automation, automated business metadata tagging, technical metadata tagging, and data integration with data quality tools or platforms.
What needs improvement?
The product's data governance features need improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
Our company has been using Alation Data Catalog for the last three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We encounter a few system outages. However, it might be because we have deployed in on-premises infrastructure. I rate the stability an eight out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The product's data migration from on-premise to cloud infrastructure is not seamless. I rate the scalability a six out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support team takes longer to respond than expected for simple issues.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used a different solution in my previous organization.
How was the initial setup?
I was not involved in the initial setup process, but I think it was not that complicated. It took less than a week to complete.
What was our ROI?
Alation Data Catalog generates a return on investment for our organization.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The platform is moderately expensive compared to the other competitors in the market.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We are evaluating different vendors. In comparison, Alation Data Catalog is not performing that well and is moderately expensive.
What other advice do I have?
Alation Data Catalog has improved discovery by addressing and searching particular data, including systems, tables, and columns. However, it could have been more helpful in the data governance aspect. They are about to introduce more features in that area. Its knowledge community is active; I rate it an eight.
I rate the overall product a seven 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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