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Collibra Platform vs Denodo 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:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
4.9
Collibra Platform aids digital transformation and efficiency but faces challenges in measuring financial gains due to integration and costs.
Sentiment score
6.0
Denodo boosts efficiency with reduced data interface time, improved KPIs, lower churn, and enhanced satisfaction within six months.
When considering the time and effort required to build a catalog and utilize it effectively, combined with the prices, it often does not make financial sense.
Senior Consultant at Infosys
Implementing Collibra Data Catalog can be cost-effective if its features align well with the business requirements.
Enterprise Cloud and AI Security Architect at a security firm with 10,001+ employees
While there are no direct cost reductions, there is significant indirect cost reduction.
Consulting Principal & Founder at Digital Data Consultancy
If you don't need to write a whole ETL to make the data virtualization, you need way fewer people to write a query instead of writing an ETL pipeline.
Senior Backend Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 51-200 employees
I have seen a return on investment, which showed up in improved customer satisfaction scores.
Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.1
Collibra Platform's support is knowledgeable but slow, with varying responsiveness and praised training, suggesting room for improvement.
Sentiment score
6.9
Denodo support excels in responsiveness and expertise, though some face delays; comprehensive documentation aids user implementation.
When using the Collibra Resident Architect program, the customer service was excellent, with issues quickly resolved.
Data and Analytics Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
The technical support from Collibra Governance is excellent.
Enterprise Cloud and AI Security Architect at a security firm with 10,001+ employees
I encountered some issues with data quality initially in Collibra Data Intelligence Platform, and they resolved those issues.
Data Engineer at Dataeconomy
They have a good methodology for learning how to use the tool.
Data Architecture and Engineering Specialist at coprocenva
Denodo's customer support team is very competent and responsive.
Datawarehouse & BI consultant, Owner, Mananging partner at NesCon B.V.
If we raise a ticket, it can be resolved or addressed within a reasonable time frame, so support is good.
Principal Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Collibra Platform excels in scalability and data governance but requires improved UI and leadership for better adoption and performance.
Sentiment score
7.1
Denodo supports enterprise scaling with reliable cloud use, despite manual scaling challenges; highly rated for integration and load balancing.
We were a big bank and had thousands of assets without any issues.
Data and Analytics Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
It is very critical for a data governance tool to be stable and scalable because we start with critical data sets in one line of business, but ultimately, we want to cover the enterprise and all lines of businesses.
Data Governance System Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Collibra Lineage's performance is reliable, as the lineage harvest runs on the lineage server which operates on Collibra cloud.
Data Governance Developer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
For huge data requests, it cannot scale automatically; admin action is required.
Principal Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Denodo's scalability comes into play specifically when there is data transfer.
Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
While the solution scales well on a single machine, I have doubts about its scalability when deployed as part of a Java component cluster.
Datawarehouse & BI consultant, Owner, Mananging partner at NesCon B.V.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Collibra Platform is stable and reliable, praised for minimal issues, though upgrades may briefly affect complex data handling.
Sentiment score
7.1
Denodo is praised for stability and performance, with minor issues quickly resolved and excellent production reliability.
I rate the stability of Collibra Lineage as seven.
Data Governance Developer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I would rate it nine out of ten because it is very reliable, always performing as expected.
Datawarehouse & BI consultant, Owner, Mananging partner at NesCon B.V.
If JVM does not function properly, it may cause Denodo to fail to connect to different sources.
Technology Leader at eTCaaS
Denodo is stable and good.
Data Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Enhancements needed in connectivity, automation, and AI, addressing integration, pricing, support, deployment, and performance challenges for adoption.
Users seek improvements in Denodo's data catalog, integration, performance, security, scalability, documentation, and support resources.
Users often find it challenging to utilize data governance tools, with ease of use ranked as an important criterion by 2028 standards.
Analytics Head of Data Management at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
There should be a reduction in cost as compared to other tools.
Associate Director at Grant Thornton (US)
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.
Data and Analytics Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Ensuring data caching is up to date is critical.
Director Software Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Denodo needs better communication on how the product can be deployed for specific solutions.
Datawarehouse & BI consultant, Owner, Mananging partner at NesCon B.V.
The system has dependencies on other environments, like JVM, which can affect its performance.
Technology Leader at eTCaaS
 

Setup Cost

Collibra Platform's high pricing is offset by its valuable features, benefiting larger companies despite the costly per-user model.
Denodo's pricing is costly yet fair, complex, suitable for larger enterprises, with potential discounts and educational trials available.
Collibra has high initial costs for licensing that can be a barrier to small and medium-sized companies starting with it.
Company Owner, Data Consultant at Telenet BVBA
There are plans to increase license rates.
Analytics Head of Data Management at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Adding modules like Privacy could become expensive.
Data and Analytics Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
For small companies, it's not a solution that most small companies can afford.
Senior Backend Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 51-200 employees
Denodo is considered pricey, limiting its use to large enterprises or government organizations that can afford its comprehensive setup.
Datawarehouse & BI consultant, Owner, Mananging partner at NesCon B.V.
Denodo's pricing is not affordable for small companies and is more suitable for medium to large enterprises.
Technology Leader at eTCaaS
 

Valuable Features

Collibra Platform enhances data governance with user-friendly interface, custom integrations, metadata management, collaboration, and strong AI capabilities.
Denodo offers exceptional data virtualization, rapid access, strong security, efficient integration, and user-friendly features for seamless data management.
My experience with Collibra's collaboration tools in improving data literacy has been quite good. I think it is one of the best for helping people understand and discuss certain data sets and manage workflows.
Consulting Principal & Founder at Digital Data Consultancy
We have saved up to 30% of manual work as a specific process or workflow became faster.
Data scientist at a wholesaler/distributor with 1-10 employees
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Data Governance System Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Denodo's ability to connect to multiple data sources and perform extract-transform-load (ETL) operations on the fly is noteworthy.
Director Software Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
The most valuable feature of Denodo is its uniformity of self-site data access types, which allows it to connect to almost any storage technology and feed it transparently.
Datawarehouse & BI consultant, Owner, Mananging partner at NesCon B.V.
Denodo supports SQL base, so if you want to join two tables or two views, you can use SQL, which is an advantage as most developers or business people know SQL.
Principal Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Collibra Platform
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
75
Ranking in other categories
Data Governance (2nd), Metadata Management (2nd), AI Governance (1st)
Denodo
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (8th), Data Virtualization (1st), Cloud Data Integration (5th), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (3rd), AI Data Analysis (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, they serve different purposes. Collibra Platform is designed for Data Governance and holds a mindshare of 9.2%, down 13.7% compared to last year.
Denodo, on the other hand, focuses on Data Virtualization, holds 21.9% mindshare, down 41.0% since last year.
Data Governance Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Collibra Platform9.2%
Microsoft Purview Data Governance13.8%
Varonis Platform7.9%
Other69.1%
Data Governance
Data Virtualization Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Denodo21.9%
TIBCO Data Virtualization17.8%
SAS Federation Server13.4%
Other46.9%
Data Virtualization
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2774796 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Governance System Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Data governance has unified definitions and saves audit preparation time across the enterprise
A separate team did the setup for this tool and was involved in setting it up. When they were doing the setup, it was a significant upfront investment in terms of the configuration, modeling, and governance design because the team first had to define the domains, the assets, and the roles. That takes time, and in the insurance environment where we had many legacy systems, this increased the setup effort. It would be helpful if Collibra Platform could have industry specific starter templates that could accelerate adoption. As we ingested more and more metadata, sometimes the catalog searches became slower by a fraction of a second because there was more metadata in the tool. After inserting millions of rows into the physical data dictionaries, the catalog searches could become a little bit slower. Having some better performance optimization might help with this minor issue.
Douglas Camargo - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Backend Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 51-200 employees
Has simplified multi-database querying and accelerated solution delivery with minimal setup
Denodo offers a great query language, the VQL, which was very easy to understand for someone that only knows SQL. It was easy to work with, and it was easy to integrate various types of databases in general. The usability of the platform is very great. The federated queries were also a feature that I used a lot. The easy usability of Denodo helped my work and made things easier for productivity. We were able to ship code faster than if we needed to use another type of data visualization tool or even an ETL. When we have multiple databases, the standard or common approach is just to have an ETL that matches the data, and we need to write this whole ETL. With Denodo, we can simplify this whole work to a few queries or setups in the databases and just make a few queries. This was actually easier, and it was faster to deliver a solution for a client instead of building a whole ETL pipeline or simply backfilling one database in another. Denodo simplifies your work and helps you ship code or ship solutions in a faster way. I really like the UI that Denodo has on the web app version. It was very simple and actually very beautiful to see. For a complicated program, it was very easy to understand how it works, even for someone who is just approaching the data engineering career or side of the programming language.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
23%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
7%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise55
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise20
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?
Collibra Platform can be improved by adding more connectors to the ecosystems.
What is your primary use case for Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?
Collibra Platform serves as the central place to document, govern, and understand our data assets. I use Collibra Platform in my day-to-day work to build out a business glossary and the data catalo...
What advice do you have for others considering Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?
My advice to others looking into using Collibra Platform is to use it in cloud because that is the best solution. I give this review a rating of 10 out of 10.
Does Denodo provide useful data virtualization education? Is it useful to attend their training?
If you are a Denodo user, it makes sense to undergo their training. Different types of professionals can benefit from it, including administrators, developers, and architects. If you are keen on i...
In experience, what might Denodo be lacking or need improvement on?
I like Denodo a lot. It offers quick and easy web service deployment within minutes. There are not any flaws that I think make the product less good or effective. The only thing I can point out is...
Which industries can benefit from Denodo the most?
Denodo is suitable for pretty much all sectors that deal with: Big data Cloud solutions Data governance Logical data fabric Master data management In my opinion, organizations in different fields...
 

Also Known As

Data Intelligence Platform, Collibra AI Governance, Collibra Catalog, Collibra Governance, Collibra Lineage, Collibra Privacy & Risk
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Sample Customers

AXA XL, DNB, Adobe, PMI, Holland America Line, UC Davis Health, Cox Automotive
Autodesk, VHA, AAA, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Caterpillar, European Chemical Agency, Seagate, Nationwide, Time Warner Cable, Pantex, Inditex, BNSF Railways, Vodafone, CIT Group, Jazztel, Wolters Kluwer, Telefonica, TransAlta
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