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Collibra Catalog vs Talend Data Management Platform comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Collibra Catalog
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Metadata Management (3rd)
Talend Data Management Plat...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (16th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Collibra Catalog and Talend Data Management Platform aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Collibra Catalog is designed for Metadata Management and holds a mindshare of 10.7%, down 11.0% compared to last year.
Talend Data Management Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Data Integration, holds 1.1% mindshare, down 1.4% since last year.
Metadata Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Collibra Catalog10.7%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)20.0%
Alation Data Catalog14.9%
Other54.4%
Metadata Management
Data Integration Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Talend Data Management Platform1.1%
Informatica PowerCenter6.0%
SSIS5.7%
Other87.2%
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

Tejbir Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Facilitates data quality monitoring and AI governance with a complete suite of tools
When I initially started with Collibra, it was just a data cataloging platform with governance workflows around it. Now they have acquired a lot of other tools, or they have merged or acquired different platforms. It is a complete suite of tools for managing data. We can monitor data quality and take actions on the profiling results obtained by running data quality checks. Collibra helps catalog data assets, monitor the health of data assets, and take necessary actions. If we find data quality issues, it also provides a medium to capture those issues and how to remediate them. The workflows allow the creation of custom workflows based on needs. The newest addition in their tool suite is AI governance, which allows cataloging all AI models currently deployed or even in the pre-production stage. It helps document model meanings and the risks involved, thus managing all risks related to AI deployments.
Jason Hale - PeerSpot reviewer
Comprehensive documentation and smooth collaboration have transformed our development process
There are always areas for improvement. They have actually in the last 12 months done a lot of work on the UI. If you had contacted me at Christmas last year, the UI was really dated. Now, they have not finished cleaning it up or bringing it into a new flash version. But because it has such a simple design, it is actually so easy to use. They have taken a lot of the complexity out of it, so you just click on a button and it does it all for you. I think one weakness, which I might have worked around today, is spatial data. But that might change by Monday. That is again because there is so much functionality, actually the real weakness is they have got too much functionality, if that is a weakness. Because there are 10 ways to do everything, and each way has its own pros and cons, and you really have to make your decision about which way to implement it. When you have five developers or three developers doing something, it is very easy for three people to do the same thing three different ways. On the flip side, that is one of its amazing strengths, as you are not locked into a very rigid way of doing something. It means that a lot of our custom environments are fantastic because we can just plug it in a slightly different way. But because it does so much, it is a lot to get your head around the whole thing. We tend to focus on the small stuff that we are adding value to right now.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The data lineage capability is valuable as it shows how different sources are connected and how data flows, which is crucial for projects like migrations. Moreover, data lineage visualization in Collibra Catalog aids our data governance initiatives."
"Collibra Catalog allows us to automate metadata management, significantly saving time, effort, and finances."
"The workflows allow the creation of custom workflows based on needs."
"Collibra Catalog is simple to use and user-friendly for those who are not technically inclined since it is easy to find while also easy to see data lineage diagrams."
"Gartner identifies Collibra Catalog as the leader, which aligns with our observations."
"Using lineage and Collibra Catalog has helped me overall improve the trust and transparency regarding data origin and transformation."
"Collibra Catalog has significantly enhanced data governance and compliance for our team, primarily through its valuable feature of endpoint lineage enabling visual representation of the data."
"We have had no complaints about the stability."
"The solution is connected to various phones. It retrieves the configuration from the system."
"The process of upgrading the software is quite easy."
"I like the way that you can use the context variables, and how you can work those context variables to give you values and settings for every development environment, such as PROD, TEST, and DEV."
"Talend Studio has the ability to connect to almost anything to integrate data from files, databases, web services, etc."
"I think Talend is one of the easiest tools for faster implementation compared to other tools."
"The features that I like the most are the simplicity of the interface, and the ability to quickly develop with a predefined component."
"The most valuable feature is integration."
"I like everything about this product, but the biggest thing is the ease of use."
 

Cons

"More automation and artificial intelligence involvement are necessary. Reducing required employee involvement and enhancing ease of use are vital."
"There is an issue with Collibra Catalog's pricing model, especially for organizations with many databases, as the initial package comes with a limited number of connectors."
"Collibra Catalog could improve its automation to increase the efficiency of the software."
"In Collibra Catalog, the main area that has room for improvement is the search functionality. It should be more natural language oriented instead of searching for exact names."
"The tool's overall functionalities need to improve since, nowadays, many tools, from a business perspective, are easy to use."
"If it can become more user-intuitive and work on integrating with communication platforms like Slack or Teams, it would significantly help business users."
"I'd like to see more integration with other reporting sources."
"One of the very key drawbacks is that automation for access provisioning is not available. If I discover a data set or data product in the marketplace and want to access the data, this feature doesn't exist at all."
"The documentation from version to version could be more accurate."
"The stability is good, but the performance is slower when I work on a huge amount of data."
"I think they should drive toward AI and machine learning. They could include a machine-learning algorithm for the deduplication."
"Once you get past the basic tools, it gets pretty complicated."
"The product must enhance the data quality."
"Data management could also encompass APIs and real-time streaming data integration."
"The biggest challenge with Talend was its performance."
"I wonder if, at the same price, the API component could be added, which would be beneficial."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Collibra Catalog is fairly priced - I would rate their pricing seven out of ten."
"Collibra offers a per-user licensing model."
"The product is highly priced compared to other vendors."
"I think they can bring a few more features and align better with other quality products."
"The licensing cost is about 40,000 Euros a year."
"The price of the Talend Data Management Platform is reasonable. The other competing solutions are priced high. Gartner Magic Quadrant identified other solutions, such as Informatica, that are far more expensive."
"The pricing is a little higher than what I had expected, but it's comparable with I-PASS competitors."
"The price is on a per-user basis. It's a little more expensive than other tools. There aren't any additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."
"The tool is cheap."
"The solution's pricing is very reasonable and half the cost of Informatica."
"License renewal is on a yearly basis."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
30%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Collibra Catalog?
The data lineage capability is valuable as it shows how different sources are connected and how data flows, which is crucial for projects like migrations. Moreover, data lineage visualization in C...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Collibra Catalog?
Pricing is not under my purview as I am an architect. The platform team handles the licensing aspects.
What needs improvement with Collibra Catalog?
I have utilized the sophisticated search capability in Collibra Catalog, and it can be improved by implementing more natural language search capabilities. Currently, we need to enter the asset name...
What do you like most about Talend Data Management Platform?
We can develop our own code if we do not see the functionality we need.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Talend Data Management Platform?
We got a quote for one single API on one of our platforms. That is the equivalent cost of that API to three years worth of support and maintenance from Qlik. For us in New Zealand, it is quite expe...
What needs improvement with Talend Data Management Platform?
There are always areas for improvement. They have actually in the last 12 months done a lot of work on the UI. If you had contacted me at Christmas last year, the UI was really dated. Now, they hav...
 

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