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Alation Data Catalog pros and cons

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Alation Data Catalog Pros review quotes

JG
Oct 28, 2021
Given the relatively low level of maturity, Alation's most relevant feature at the moment is a user interface that's easy to navigate, which helps us find and understand the data. So while Alation has a lot more functionality, our pain point right now is being able to easily find, understand, and trust the information to use it.
SB
Oct 14, 2021
We had some of our data science engineers, who had built out some cloud-based data and data products for users. They were spending a lot of their time, up to 30 to 35% of their time, answering questions about the data and helping people understand how to use it. Once they were able to document that information within Alation, they were only focusing on around 5% of the high-value questions that really couldn't be solved through the catalog itself. It freed them up to be more productive, it made their end-users more productive, and it made the adoption rate of their data products rise more quickly because people were able to get to using them.
AS
Jun 22, 2023
The most valuable features of Alation Data Catalog are the simplicity in onboarding data sources, the security in securing the data sources, and the way the various users of Alation Data Catalog communicate with each other through a messenger.
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KG
Feb 6, 2024
The platform's most valuable features are workflow automation, automated business metadata tagging, technical metadata tagging, and data integration with data quality tools or platforms.
SH
Oct 30, 2023
We can customize templates based on our use cases.
Hariprasath Thiyagaraj - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 21, 2022
Alation Data Catalog's best feature is the SQL query publication.
Brahma Lam - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 7, 2023
The tool's metadata cataloging is the most valuable feature.
 

Alation Data Catalog Cons review quotes

JG
Oct 28, 2021
Alation Data Catalog doesn't support end-to-end lineage. By that, I mean the ability to trace the movement of data from when it first comes into our organization to where it's consumed.
SB
Oct 14, 2021
I know that this has been on their roadmap and they're working on it, but as a whole, there's an untapped reservoir of capabilities within their article features that could be used and built upon.
AS
Jun 22, 2023
Alation Data Catalog does not provide end-to-end data lineage.
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KG
Feb 6, 2024
The product's data governance features need improvement.
SH
Oct 30, 2023
The interface is not user-friendly.
Hariprasath Thiyagaraj - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 21, 2022
Alation Data Catalog needs to develop a lot in terms of data governance and would be improved with a built-in interactive data quality solution.
Brahma Lam - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 7, 2023
The tool's domain model needs to be changed.