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Alation Data Intelligence Platform

Composite Score
6.9 /10
CX Score
7.1 /10
Category
Alation Data Intelligence Platform
6.9 /10

What is Alation Data Intelligence Platform?

Alation provides an open, powerful, and intelligent data platform that supports a wide variety of metadata management and related applications from search and discovery to data governance to digital transformation. incorporates machine learning to analyze the ways data is used and to identify patterns from those accessing information.

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Awards & Recognition

Alation Data Intelligence Platform won the following awards in the Metadata Management category

Alation Data Intelligence Platform Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

83 Likeliness to Recommend

93 Plan to Renew

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68 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+78 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Alation Data Intelligence Platform?

3% Negative
10% Neutral
87% Positive

Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Client Friendly Policies
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 70

Collaboration

82

Business Context

79

Automation of Metadata Creation

76

APIs and Integration

74

Metadata Design

74

Business Glossary

72

Business Rules and Event Management

72

Data Monitoring and Administration

69

Hierarchy Management

67

Data Lineage

64

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 74

Vendor Support

80

Usability and Intuitiveness

79

Business Value Created

76

Availability and Quality of Training

75

Ease of Implementation

75

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

74

Quality of Features

73

Ease of IT Administration

73

Ease of Data Integration

72

Breadth of Features

71

Ease of Customization

70

Alation Data Intelligence Platform Reviews

Kamran M.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2021

Very intuitive and effective product, but pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Alation Data Intelligence Platform from other similar products?

In addition to the general metadata management capabilities, it leverages machine learning to enable additional features along with a very crisp interface

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Very well managed communication and ownership workflow

What do you dislike most about this product?

There wasn't much metadata support for our machine learning models, but Alation helped with a custom build to enable this.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Avoid the sales pitch and get a hands-on demo, a powerpoint slide cant do this justice

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Caring

Nilesh S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Energy
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2021

Balanced Data Governance capabilities.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Alation Data Intelligence Platform from other similar products?

Quality of business glossary and metadata cataloging from business user perspective is the differentiation factor. Altation also utilizes AI driven engine which put it ahead of competition with IVM and GlobalID.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

AI driven metadata detection and discovery.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Limited capabilities with lineage management and impact analysis.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Highly recommend product with over all good product depth and breadth capabilities across entire Data Governance space.

Pros

  • Enables Productivity
  • Efficient Service
  • Fair
  • Client's Interest First
  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Retail
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2021

Good overall data catalog and data querying tool

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

Pros

  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy
  • Unique Features
  • Respectful

Cons

  • Wastes Time

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