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Palantir Foundry pros and cons

Vendor: Palantir
3.9 out of 5
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PROS

Palantir Foundry offers end-to-end capabilities and encapsulates all components without requiring compatibility checks.
The AI engine is quite interesting, with predictive analytics that enhance financial forecasting strategies using numerous pre-built models and application libraries.
Palantir Foundry's integrated tech stack handles all infrastructure needs and is highly scalable.
There are robust plugin connectors for real-time integration, with excellent security that provides granular control and multiple levels of security.
Data onboarding and ETL creation are seamless, making it easy to map workflows and run trigger-based scripts.

CONS

Palantir Foundry lacks a data center in Europe, posing challenges for hosting sensitive data.
The workflow of Palantir Foundry could be improved, and the process can be time-consuming.
Creation of new models on specific datasets can incur high computing costs.
Being a closed product, Palantir Foundry limits cost optimization transparency for end users.
Data lineage tracking is difficult, with challenges in tracing data from source through various stages.
 

Palantir Foundry Pros review quotes

it_user1379157 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate - Inhouse Consulting at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 12, 2020
The interface is really user-friendly.
WH
Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Nov 24, 2022
The solution offers very good end-to-end capabilities.
MW
Manager, Data Governance at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Aug 4, 2022
The security is also excellent. It's highly granular, so the admins have a high degree of control, and there are many levels of security. That worked well. You won't have an EDC unless you put everything onto the platform because it is its own isolated thing.
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SB
Senior Manager at freelancer
Nov 14, 2022
Encapsulates all the components without the requirement to integrate or check compatibility.
reviewer2022087 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Consultant at a consultancy with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 14, 2022
The virtualization tool is useful.
MC
Certified developer on Palantir Foundry at a comms service provider with 1-10 employees
Dec 12, 2022
The solution provides an end-to-end integrated tech stack that takes care of all utility/infrastructure topics for you.
Manilal Kasera - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Tiger Analytics
Nov 22, 2022
It's scalable.
reviewer2031192 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Scientist at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Nov 22, 2022
It is easy to map out a workflow and run trigger-based scripts without having to deploy to another server.
KM
Senior Analyst/ Customer Business and Insights Specialist at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
May 22, 2024
Live video sessions enhance the available documentation and allow you to ask questions directly.
BA
Associate Vice President at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 29, 2022
Great features available in one tool.
 

Palantir Foundry Cons review quotes

it_user1379157 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate - Inhouse Consulting at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 12, 2020
They do not have a data center in Europe, and we have lots of personally identifiable information in our dataset that needs to be hosted by a third-party data center like Amazon or Microsoft Azure.
WH
Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Nov 24, 2022
The workflow could be improved.
MW
Manager, Data Governance at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Aug 4, 2022
The data lineage was challenging. It's hard to track data from the sources as it moves through stages. Informatica EDC can easily capture and report it because it talks to the metadata. This is generated across those various staging points.
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SB
Senior Manager at freelancer
Nov 14, 2022
Cost of this solution is quite high.
reviewer2022087 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Consultant at a consultancy with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 14, 2022
It requires a lot of manual work and is very time-consuming to get to a functional point.
MC
Certified developer on Palantir Foundry at a comms service provider with 1-10 employees
Dec 12, 2022
The frontend capabilities of Palantir Foundry could be improved.
Manilal Kasera - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Tiger Analytics
Nov 22, 2022
The solution could use more online documentation for new users.
reviewer2031192 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Scientist at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Nov 22, 2022
Some error messages can be very cryptic.
KM
Senior Analyst/ Customer Business and Insights Specialist at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
May 22, 2024
There is not a wide user base for the solution's online documentation so it is sometimes difficult to find answers.
BA
Associate Vice President at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 29, 2022
Difficult to receive data from external sources.