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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

Shraddha S.

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

Submitted Mar 2021

Great tool for metadata catalog.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Alation Data Intelligence Platform from other similar products?

Compose tool is very unique. Lot of other very impressive capabilities

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Collaboration and crowdsourcing within tool. Conversation are my favorite way to ask questions, clarification, information.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Customization are limited

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Great metadata management tool.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Role: Consultant
  • Industry: Finance
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2021

Easy to use with unique AI/ML Catalog features

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

Pros

  • Caring
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Efficient Service

Devon C.

  • Role: Public Sector
  • Industry: Healthcare
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2021

"Easy to use and lots of useful features!"

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Alation Data Intelligence Platform from other similar products?

It is a great price and increases productivity. It makes my job easier

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like the overall layout and different features included

What do you dislike most about this product?

I can't think of anything that I dislike

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is perfect for lots of features and very well organized.

Pros

  • Performance Enhancing
  • Trustworthy
  • Respectful
  • Fair

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