Alation Data Catalog Reviews

We primarily use the product as a data catalog tool to search for data assets like tables or columns.

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.

The product's data governance features need improvement.

Our company has been using Alation Data Catalog for the last three years.

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.

The product's data migration from on-premise to cloud infrastructure is not seamless. I rate the scalability a six out of ten.

The technical support team takes longer to respond than expected for simple issues.

Neutral

I have used a different solution in my previous organization.

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.

Alation Data Catalog generates a return on investment for our organization.

The platform is moderately expensive compared to the other competitors in the market.

We are evaluating different vendors. In comparison, Alation Data Catalog is not performing that well and is moderately expensive.

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.

We are using the solution to query databases.

The solution is used to query MySQL clients and store data and documentation.

It would be good if the tool could show the output from the records while querying.

I have been using Alation Data Catalog for one and a half years.

Sometimes, the solution's stability was low, but it was mostly fine.

I rate the solution’s stability a six out of ten.

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.

I use Alation Data Catalog for metadata management and data ownership, quality, and lineage.

Alation Data Catalog's best feature is the SQL query publication.

Alation Data Catalog needs to develop a lot in terms of data governance and would be improved with a built-in interactive data quality solution. It also has fewer features than competitors like Informatica and has issues with integration. In the next release, Data Catalog should include a visualization feature for data quality and profiling.

I've been using Alation Data Catalog for two years.

Data Catalog is not stable.

Data Catalog is easy to scale.

The initial setup was straightforward because Alation has a good IT team who helped us. Installation took two to three weeks.

I've also evaluated Informatica and Collibra and found that Informatica is the best data governance solution on the market right now.

Alation Data Catalog is more user-friendly for technical users than business users. I would rate it five out of ten.

We can use the tool to put additional information about things. People can go through articles and get detailed knowledge. We can also create queries. We can customize templates based on our use cases. We can use API. We can create forms for the user.

It was not very clear how to connect to databases. The interface is not user-friendly. Some things in the interface must be made user-friendly. Some features are quite technical. A non-technical user might find the tool difficult to use.

I have been using the solution for one or two months.

I used OvalEdge two years ago. A non-technical person also can use OvalEdge quite easily. It enables users to connect to a database, crawl, and extract the metadata. It was not quite easy to do the same in Alation Data Catalog. OvalEdge is quite user-friendly. We can create rules behind the data and add data dictionaries and glossaries.

In Alation, we can write a complete article for a specific object and link it to different tables and columns so the user can easily navigate to a particular object or table. OvalEdge is cheaper, though.

The solution is a little expensive.

I have gone through the training for Alation Data Catalog. Overall, I rate the product a seven out of ten.