Denodo Reviews

We're building a case for data virtualization for people to use this solution in order to assist in problem solving. We don't sell the product, we partner with Denodo and I am an ETL and senior consultant. 

This solution is a really good way to get all your sources organized when there are data problems and things are scattered everywhere. You have some flat files, some databases and it's all over the place. This provides one central place for all those connected to carry out governance and build up the views and type of information that need to be extracted. It's like a whiteboard in the sense that it helps you to map things. You can then build on top of it. 

It also allows a lot of traceability and you can decide what data you want to collect from each space without moving the data itself, you're just doing the visualization. I believe it can solve a lot of problems for businesses.

Documentation needs to be improved, they need to lift their game. Finding information is difficult. I'm doing the training and they provide courses but it could be improved. 

I haven't tested the solution for long enough to be able to suggest any additional features. 

I've been using this solution for a couple of months. 

For now, I'm using the solution in training. I believe it's okay, I haven't had any glitches or errors. 

Scalability is good, you can map any source in it and get them all connected in one software. 

They have a community portal that helps with questions but sometimes the support is lacking and not user friendly. 

I haven't used a similar tool so I can't compare it to anything. I think it's a good product, despite some minor issues. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

It was used for an integration tool setup to follow and as temporary housing of integration lens.

The performance and the speed to market are the most valuable features of this solution.

The integration could use improvement, it's a lot of non-speed line processes that we have discovered, in the country. The configurations could use a lot more improvement. 

I have worked with Denodo for around eight months. 

When we went live there were certain small little issues, but nothing that would stop production, so from our side, we don't have any blocks that could stop us from doing anything, merely minor little incidents and irritations.

It is easy to scale if you've got the finance.

We always went to the vendor for technical support. The vendor had an outgoing ticket line to the actual author of the product. 

We contacted support through the vendor. They responded quickly. 

The initial setup was as simple as you could make it be in the complex environment that we have.

From kick-off to the completion of the configuration, it took around two to three months. 

We had assistance from POC Professionals from the vendor and thereafter we did it on our own as a team that consisted within the company.

We have a dedicated team for the maintenance for this specific product. 

In terms of the amount of users, there were quite a few. We looked at this departmentally, so we rolled it out to around three or four departments.

It is used on a daily basis, as it was a replacement for the integration layer so it had to be used daily.

The licensing costs cost extra. 

My advice to someone considering this solution would be to understand your own personalized environment and out of the box configuration settings of Denodo. 

Our next journey would be to the cloud. That was the only thing that we were looking at embarking upon, but obviously, within a big corporation, we need to do due diligence from our side. I think Denodo had already the features to be integrated into the cloud we needed to do our homework to make sure that we could onboard the cloud with certainty. 

I would rate Denodo an eight out of ten. 

We primarily use the solution with Office 360 for cloud migration as well as connecting to data links.

The data abstraction is the most valuable feature.

The data modeling is very good. It's a powerful tool. The way the UI is organized is suitable for our use.

The data building is also good.

The solution should have its own acceleration technology.

The connectivity is not so great. It uses standard protocols to connect to the data center, it could improve the interface in terms of automation. The connection should be easier for the end-user. At the moment it's a bit too complex. You need a lot of documentation.

I've been using the solution for one year.

Once you've set it up, the product is stable. There are still some bugs in the software, however.

The scalability is very high. We typically work with medium-sized and enterprise-level companies. Most of the users on the solution are developers.

I have been integrating with the Denodo retail team directly. In terms of support, we're getting a good amount of it. I'm satisfied with it so far.

Part of the installation could be improved. It needs to support a higher resolution. We have some customers that have very high-resolution laptops and the installation isn't as smooth because of this. We aren't able to install everything. For us, that's a downside because it's limiting.

I'm also working with other solutions, not just Denodo. Denodo is more agnostic. It's meant for the Data Lake engine and is a better support for it.

I'm a consultant with a reseller. 

We use the on-premises deployment model.

If clients are looking into integrating value sources and they don't have to be on the MPP clusters then I'd recommend Denodo. However, if they are looking at something more contained within the Data Lake construction, they should go for something more granular.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

We use an entirely on-premises deployment model. Our primary use case of this solution is for the virtualization or unification of a data interface that produces national statistics.

It is a go-to tool for data virtualization. The virtualization and data catalog are the features of why we chose Denodo.

The data catalog certainly has room for improvement. It is functional but we look forward to development. We are in constant contact with Denodo and they are fully aware of our needs.

I'd like to see an improvement to data catalog functionality which would immensely increase the value of this product.

In our organization, when we have to analyze a lot of data, the possibility to represent the very meaning of data to the analysts, which is actually the functionality of data catalog, is very important. Denodo is very good at creating unified access to data. It's not that good yet, in the integration of the semantics of the data, in determining what the data means. In a statistics organization, the integration with a metadata system is extremely important. That's the reason why we have found a way to integrate our metadata system with Denodo data catalog. It's easy to imagine much more functionality and we know that Denodo is fully aware of that. Denodo is improving its data catalog functionality as a result. It's not to say that we are not satisfied with the existing one but we'd like to see improvements.

It is absolutely stable. 

It is scalable but not for all the purposes. Denodo still has some more performance improvements that we do not use as we don't need them but otherwise, Denodo is scalable. 

We do have intentions to increase users.

We have a contract with their support. We are in constant contact with them as we handled the implementation by ourselves and so, we had a lot of questions which all got answered. Tech support is certainly one of their strong points.

One thing which is very important along with it is that, if needed, the end customers, like us, have access to the very developers. It means that our support requests are not only handled by some anonymous tech support representative but, if we find some bug, we are able to contact the very high-level developers to get our requests handled.

We didn't have any other data virtualization tools available. Denodo was one of our first options when we were evaluating solutions and luckily we were able to close a deal at a reasonable price level.

The initial setup has two parts. The technical setup is very easy and the functional setup needs a lot of work, but this cannot be avoided because of the very nature of data virtualization. You have to technically describe all of your data sources, how to access them, where they are situated and so on. The amount of work is substantial, not overwhelming but substantial. Denodo has made it as simple as it's reasonably possible to expect. We are happy with the level of sophistication.

Deployment is an ongoing process. It is going on right now. If you have new data sources, you have to describe and set them up. As we have lots of data sources due to the very nature of our activities, as a national statistics organization, we have lots of data and we are setting up additional data sources every single day. The implementation is still ongoing but there is nothing wrong with that. It's the nature of the platform.

In our area, there is no reseller yet. We purchased the license directly and we have been using the professional services authorized by Denodo, as a one-year support contract. It's extremely useful and of great value. We did not use outside resources due to two reasons. One of them is that we don't have any and the other reason is that, we didn't need, as Denodo is extremely helpful.

We made an internal analysis of available blind spots inside our organization and of our business needs and platform needs. We eliminated all competing platforms. We took a close look at many platforms but Denodo was the only one that fit all our requirements.

If you have the business needs for data visualization which is a core technology that Denodo represents, then, I would say to go for it as the platform really works well. Don't have too high expectations on data catalog functionality. It works, but, its current implementation is rather rudimental. I would recommend it to others. For us, it is a success story.

I would rate it a nine out of ten. Not a ten only because I am hesitant to give a perfect score. 

Our primary use case of this product is for data virtualization and now they have a pilot project for a very small installation, which they might want to extend in the future. We are partners with Denodo and I'm a solutions architect. 

Denodo has a great community and they provide access to a lot of internet information, forums and meetings of varies kinds. 

I'd like to see integrations with AWS, GCP and the like. 

I've been using this solution for nearly six months. 

Technical support has helped us set up a pilot project.

I rate this solution an eight out of 10.