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Azure Data Factory vs erwin Data Catalog by Quest comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Azure Data Factory
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
91
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (1st), Cloud Data Warehouse (2nd)
erwin Data Catalog by Quest
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.1
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Metadata Management (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Azure Data Factory and erwin Data Catalog by Quest aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Azure Data Factory is designed for Data Integration and holds a mindshare of 7.9%, down 12.2% compared to last year.
erwin Data Catalog by Quest, on the other hand, focuses on Metadata Management, holds 3.6% mindshare, up 2.8% since last year.
Data Integration
Metadata Management
 

Featured Reviews

Joy Maitra - PeerSpot reviewer
Facilitates seamless data pipeline creation with good analytics and and thorough monitoring
Azure Data Factory is a low code, no code platform, which is helpful. It provides many prebuilt functionalities that assist in building data pipelines. Also, it facilitates easy transformation with all required functionalities for analytics. Furthermore, it connects to different sources out-of-the-box, making integration much easier. The monitoring is very thorough, though a more readable version would be appreciable.
Andres-Martinez - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps with metadata management, saves time, and allows us to do impact analysis on any changes
There are always ways to improve things. For example, we can use AI to be able to find out something. When we are typing something, if we don't know the exact term, Artificial Intelligence would be useful to find terms that are phonetically or syntactically similar. Instead of having to type in the exact name, they can provide those in the list. So, they can provide AI support for the search because when you have thousands and thousands of terms, it is hard to remember all the names. There were some issues when drawing the data models. If you have more than 500 or 600 tables, it takes a long time to display those in the right position on the screen. That can also be improved. They need some caching and some parallel pipelines working on the backend in order to divide it into sections.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Microsoft supported us when we planned to provision Azure Data Factory over a private link. As a result, we received excellent support from Microsoft."
"Allows more data between on-premises and cloud solutions"
"The scalability of the product is impressive."
"When it comes to our business requirements, this solution has worked well for us. However, we have not stretched it to the limit."
"Azure Data Factory is a low code, no code platform, which is helpful."
"It makes it easy to collect data from different sources."
"The two most valuable features of Azure Data Factory are that it's very scalable and that it's also highly reliable."
"I can do everything I want with SSIS and Azure Data Factory."
"When you combine it with data lineage, every time you need to make a change, it allows you to do impact analysis on any changes and then connect to the end-users or data stewards so that they can be aware that a change is coming. That's one of the main benefits we use it for."
"The data catalog feature is pretty good."
 

Cons

"We have experienced some issues with the integration. This is an area that needs improvement."
"The product's technical support has certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."
"The one element of the solution that we have used and could be improved is the user interface."
"Data Factory could be improved in terms of data transformations by adding more metadata extractions."
"Currently, our company requires a monitoring tool, and that isn't available in Azure Data Factory."
"Sometimes I need to do some coding, and I'd like to avoid that. I'd like no-code integrations."
"Data Factory's performance during heavy data processing isn't great."
"In the next release, it's important that some sort of scheduler for running tasks is added."
"There are always ways to improve things. For example, we can use AI to be able to find out something. When we are typing something, if we don't know the exact term, Artificial Intelligence would be useful to find terms that are phonetically or syntactically similar. Instead of having to type in the exact name, they can provide those in the list. So, they can provide AI support for the search because when you have thousands and thousands of terms, it is hard to remember all the names."
"There is room for improvement with respect to the connector and how to connect to the structured and unstructured database."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing is competitive."
"Our licensing fees are approximately 15,000 ($150 USD) per month."
"In terms of licensing costs, we pay somewhere around S14,000 USD per month. There are some additional costs. For example, we would have to subscribe to some additional computing and for elasticity, but they are minimal."
"The pricing is a bit on the higher end."
"The pricing is pay-as-you-go or reserve instance. Of the two options, reserve instance is much cheaper."
"The price you pay is determined by how much you use it."
"It's not particularly expensive."
"There's no licensing for Azure Data Factory, they have a consumption payment model. How often you are running the service and how long that service takes to run. The price can be approximately $500 to $1,000 per month but depends on the scaling."
"I am not very familiar with its pricing. I know it is not cheap, but it is also not super expensive. It depends on the company size. For a company making $1 million, it is very expensive. For a company making 10 million and above, it might be okay."
"Erwin Data Catalog is very expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
8%
Real Estate/Law Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

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Sample Customers

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