Ataccama ONE Platform vs Melissa Data Quality comparison

Ataccama and Melissa are both solutions in the Data Quality category. Ataccama is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.7, while Melissa is ranked #5 with an average rating of 9.0. Ataccama holds a 4.9% mindshare in DQ, compared to Melissa’s 3.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Ataccama users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Melissa users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 16, 2025

Melissa Data Quality and Ataccama ONE Platform compete in the data management space. While Melissa Data Quality is favored for its pricing and support, Ataccama ONE is often chosen for its advanced features that validate its cost.

Features: Melissa Data Quality focuses on contact verification, address standardization, and metadata management to maintain data cleanliness. Ataccama ONE offers AI-driven data profiling, data governance, and automation capabilities for cohesive data management.

Room for Improvement: Melissa Data Quality could enhance their AI capabilities, expand integration options, and improve large-scale data handling. Ataccama ONE might simplify deployment, offer more flexible pricing models, and streamline the learning curve for new users.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Melissa Data Quality offers straightforward deployment with flexible integration options and responsive customer service. Ataccama ONE provides comprehensive support but involves a more complex setup, allowing for scalable solutions.

Pricing and ROI: Melissa Data Quality has a lower setup cost with a quick ROI, ideal for tight budgets. Ataccama ONE requires a higher initial investment but offers significant long-term benefits and ROI for extensive data projects.

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Categories and Ranking

Ataccama ONE Platform

Ranking in Data Quality

4th

Ranking in Data Scrubbing Software

4th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Master Data Management (MDM) Software (5th), Data Governance (10th), AI Observability (39th)

Melissa Data Quality

Ranking in Data Quality

5th

Ranking in Data Scrubbing Software

5th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Data Quality category, the mindshare of Ataccama ONE Platform is 4.9%, down from 8.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Melissa Data Quality is 3.4%, up from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Quality Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Ataccama ONE Platform	4.9%
Melissa Data Quality	3.4%
Other	91.7%

Data Quality

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Akhil Danturti

Data Governance Analyst at Entain India

Streamlines reusable data quality rules and has highlighted the need for richer logic and documentation

I worked in Ataccama ONE Platform from version 5 and now we have version 15, which has improved a lot. However, there is still considerable scope for improvement because Ataccama ONE Platform was not that great around 2020 when I started working with it. There can still be more features including writing any logic, improving more keywords for logic building, and enhancing address validation, based on my understanding. User experience is actually good; I do not have any complaints or feedback on that. However, the documentation part can be improved because documentation is key for any organization or tool. If anything is needed for understanding, you have to rely on documentation. Ataccama's documentation has potential for improvement.

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GaryM

Data Architect at World Vision

SSIS MatchUp Component is Amazing

- Scalability is a limitation as it is single threaded. You can bypass this limitation by partitioning your data (say by alphabetic ranges) into multiple dataflows but even within a single dataflow the tool starts to really bog down if you are doing survivorship on a lot of columns. It's just very old technology written that's starting to show its age since it's been fundamentally the same for many years. To stay relavent they will need to replace it with either ADF or SSIS-IR compliant version. - Licensing could be greatly simplified. As soon as a license expires (which is specific to each server) the product stops functioning without prior notice and requires a new license by contacting the vendor. And updating the license is overly complicated. - The tool needs to provide resizable forms/windows like all other SSIS windows. Vendor claims its an SSIS limitation but that isn't true since pretty much all SSIS components are resizable except theirs! This is just an annoyance but needless impact on productivity when developing new data flows. - The tool needs to provide for incremental matching using the MatchUp for SSIS tool (they provide this for other solutions such as standalone tool and MatchUp web service). We had to code our own incremental logic to work around this. - Tool needs ability to sort mapped columns in the GUI when using advanced survivorship (only allowed when not using column-level survivorship). - It should provide an option for a procedural language (such as C# or VB) for survivor-ship expressions rather than relying on SSIS expression language. - It should provide a more sophisticated ability to concatenate groups of data fields into common blocks of data for advanced survivor-ship prioritization (we do most of this in SQL prior to feeding the data to the tool). - It should provide the ability to only do survivor-ship with no matching (matching is currently required when running data through the tool). - Tool should provide a component similar to BDD to enable the ability to split into multiple thread matches based on data partitions for matching and survivor-ship rather than requiring custom coding a parallel capable solution. We broke down customer data by first letter of last name into ranges of last names so we could run parallel data flows. - Documentation needs to be provided that is specific to MatchUp for SSIS. Most of their wiki pages were written for the web service API MatchUp Object rather than the SSIS component. - They need to update their wiki site documentation as much of it is not kept current. Its also very very basic offering very little in terms of guidelines. For example, the tool is single-threaded so getting great performance requires running multiple parallel data flows or BDD in a data flow which you can figure out on your own but many SSIS practitioners aren't familiar with those techniques. - The tool can hang or crash on rare occasions for unknown reason. Restarting the package resolves the problem. I suspect they have something to do with running on VM (vendor doesn't recommend running on VM) but have no evidence to support it. When it crashes it creates dump file with just vague message saying the executable stopped running.

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Pros

"The notable aspect lies in the workflow structure, where building the workflow aligns significantly with data governance."

"Ataccama ONE Platform goes to some large corporations, we are using it for very big data, there is a lot of data being processed by Ataccama in our organization, and it is very good in scalability."

"At the beginning, we had almost 80 percent data quality, and after using Ataccama ONE Platform, we reached 90 percent."

"Customer service was excellent, and I would give it a ten out of ten."

"Ataccama ONE Platform has positively impacted our organization because before its implementation, completing tasks such as more than 100 or thousands of rules took more than a week, and now we complete those tasks in less than two or three days due to the automation and one-time task capability."

"Ataccama ONE Platform has helped us narrow it down to sixty-five million, which is a big win—at least a twenty million reduction in the data size or the storage size."

"The desktop version of the solution was particularly valuable to me, primarily for creating components. We opted for the data quality aspect to assess the quality of our data warehouse. The functionalities available allowed us to not only check data quality but also serve as an ETL tool. This versatility enabled data transformation and storage in various formats, including files on platforms like SharePoint or local online directories. The flexibility of the tool catered to the specific needs of those building components, contributing to our desired outcomes."

"The drag-and-drop feature is incredibly flexible and straightforward."

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"We are able to more accurately identify valid, and better formatted, data which improves the data we store in our database."

"We have only been using this for about two months, but it has sped up our processing significantly. It makes data mining easy and fast. We don't have to spend an entire month gathering correct information on leads. All we need is a list of home addresses, and in minutes we have names and phone numbers to increase our chance of these leads becoming customers."

"Services for all manner of data-driven organizations, no matter their size or budget."

"Provides simplicity, ease of use, combined with overall accuracy of data."

"It saves a huge amount of time. Before using this service, we used a vendor that manually ran our lists through this NCOA list, which might have taken one to three business days to return the file. This was a huge bottleneck in our process, and the data returned was not always accurate. After switching to Melissa Data’s SmartMover, the process has been reduced to between ten minutes and three hours, depending on the amount of records sent."

"By validating and parsing the addresses our customers submit to us, we have reduced the number of addressing errors encountered during our processing."

"Helps our organization provide accurate address information to our customers for direct mailing (household) and other campaigns they want to do."

"Address parsing. Our other software does not have this functionality."

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Cons

"Although DQA can fetch data from most of the commonly used data sources, it has limited modifiers to get data, meaning that the number of technologies from which the data can be acquired is limited. For example, DQA does not support fetching data from Twitter or Facebook. Many competitors have this feature."

"When hybrid deployment is done, it doesn't have an option to load any kind of file directly into Ataccama ONE Platform."

"I would not say Ataccama ONE Platform is one hundred percent stable. I would rate it at seventy percent stable."

"Speaking specifically about the version we use, version 12.3, I'm unsure if this has been addressed in subsequent versions. One improvement I'd like to see pertains to the language used in certain components, especially in data quality checks. The language complexity posed a challenge for beginners. Although we had on-site assistance from Ataccama, making it manageable for us, some individuals found it difficult to comprehend, necessitating additional support. The provision of a comprehensive guide for on-premise installation can also be enhanced. The lack of detailed information on the solution's workings and the overwhelming nature of notifications, with extensive content, were areas of concern. Streamlining the notification content in newer versions would significantly expedite issue resolution."

"It is complicated to fetch 20-25 reports when we profile the data."

"I believe it would be beneficial if it could enhance its flexibility to connect with a wider range of downstream systems beyond just Excel and Postgres."

"I think the algorithms used in Ataccama ONE Platform need to be defined more and more to figure out things much more perfectly than they are now."

"It was a little tough for my team to learn and start using Ataccama ONE Platform because the documentation at that time was not good."

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"I wish there was a way to do a "test run" and see what a particular format will give you."

"It would be nice if it also had a user interface, as it did in years past."

"There are some hitches in setup, especially with the new encoding, but otherwise it’s relatively simple."

"Address validation and parsing in a few countries have room for improvement."

"Tech support at Melissa Data was very quick to wash their hands of an issue and say it's IT policies on my side that are causing the issue. There was no offer to try and find a work-around. Just an overwhelming attitude of "it’s not our problem.""

"Needs to validate more addresses accurately."

"It would be helpful if a list of the codes and explanations could be included."

"Needs to provide more phone numbers, even cell numbers (scrubbed numbers)."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is no need to buy a license. You can just download it and use it for free."

"The product is reasonably priced."

"Despite not being extremely low-cost, the pricing appears reasonable, making it a profitable and viable choice for companies that prioritize data security and adhere to specific policies."

"Our licensing model wasn't user-specific; instead, we paid fees for the engine and maintenance. As we didn't have a support contract, maintenance fees were likely nonexistent. Regarding the upgrade, we had an account for the initial two or three years, and considering the features provided by the solution, the pricing was reasonable."

"This vendor has no equal in pricing for equivalent functionality."

"NCOA address verification was a requirement from USPS to send out the mailers. This was the only option that charged per address which was extremely helpful since we are a small non-profit school."

"Cloud version is very cheap. On-premise version is expensive."

"Fully understand your volume, both monthly and annually. Speak with a Melissa account manager, they will put together an effective solution to meet your needs."

"Be sure to determine how the data is priced (record-based versus credit-based or some hybrid of data and services)."

"We are concerned that our own pricing is going up every year for Melissa Data products, but we highly recommend the services for people who are routinely sending out mailings."

"It's affordable."

"Trial subscriptions (via cloud) are very cheap and easy to use. It’s a great way to test Listware to see if you want to go deeper with integration."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

Energy/Utilities Company

Insurance Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	14

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Ataccama ONE Platform?

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What is your primary use case for Ataccama ONE Platform?

My main use case for Ataccama ONE Platform is to develop data quality rules, apply them in the monitoring project, and then triage the issues with the data quality rules. For example, we had a proj...

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What advice do you have for others considering Ataccama ONE Platform?

Ataccama ONE Platform was on-premise before but has moved to a hybrid cloud now. Ataccama ONE Platform integrates with other tools or systems in my organization. Ataccama ONE Platform connects with...

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Overview

Ataccama ONE Platform provides a comprehensive solution for profiling, cleansing, and integrating data with a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface, enhancing data quality and governance.

Ataccama ONE Platform enhances data profiling and cleansing with easy configuration and robust integration, such as with Collibra. Users value its drag-and-drop capabilities, supporting mainframe, AI, and machine learning. The platform improves data security through profiling and masking while offering extensive integration options. Some areas needing improvement include large database handling and batch management. Additional support for social media data sources, better documentation, and clearer language would be beneficial. Enhanced interfaces, particularly with Collibra, and refined notification systems are desired. This platform suits users seeking improvements in data quality, governance classification, and data migration, connecting with sources like Microsoft SQL, Oracle, and Teradata.

What are the key features of Ataccama ONE Platform?

Data Profiling and Cleansing: Enhances data quality with easy configuration.
Flexible Integration: Seamless integration with platforms like Collibra.
Drag-and-Drop Interface: Provides ease in workflow management.
Support for AI and Machine Learning: Offers advanced analytical capabilities.
Data Security: Ensures protection with profiling and masking features.

What benefits and ROI can users expect?

Improved Data Quality: Enhances data accuracy and reliability.
Enhanced Governance: Facilitates better metadata classification and compliance.
Increased Efficiency: Streamlines data integration and transformation processes.
Advanced Analytics: Leverages AI for insightful data analysis.

In industries like finance and healthcare, Ataccama ONE Platform facilitates data quality management and ensures compliance by connecting with data sources such as Microsoft SQL and Oracle. These industries utilize it for data migration tasks, ensuring data integrity through mapping and transformation processes.

Ataccama

Data Quality Components for SSIS

This suite of data transformations for Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) delivers the full spectrum of data quality including data profiling, data verification, data enrichment and data matching. With an intuitive interface and drag/drop capabilities, this powerful toolkit makes it easy to unify data into a single version of the truth for Master Data Management (MDM) success.

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Sample Customers

Société Générale, First Data, Raiffeisenbank International, T-Mobile, Avast, RSA, Toronto Public Library

Boeing Co., FedEx, Ford Motor Co, Hewlett Packard, Meade-Johnson, Microsoft, Panasonic, Proctor & Gamble, SAAB Cars USA, Sony, Walt Disney, Weight Watchers, and Intel.

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