Alation Data Catalog Reviews

Alation Data Catalog provides a nice interface for connecting to the database, querying the data, and working on it.

Although the solution performs far better in terms of data cataloging, its data governance capabilities need improvement.

It would be helpful if the solution included data classification and an easier streamlining of the process of workflow creation.

I usually recommend Alation Data Catalog to cost-conscious small and medium companies.

The solution's technical support needs to be improved across the board, especially in lineage and other aspects. Sometimes, we find it difficult to identify the people with respective tool knowledge. It’s a bit difficult to identify resources for Alation.

Positive

Alation Data Catalog is another data catalog product gaining momentum in small and medium financial institutions. The solution's data discovery and enabling the data marketplace improves productivity.

The solution has an AI-based metadata curation model, but I'm unsure how effective it is. I know Alation Data Catalog has some AI functionalities that they're cataloging to leverage.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

We are using the solution to query databases.

The solution is used to query MySQL clients and store data and documentation.

It would be good if the tool could show the output from the records while querying.

I have been using Alation Data Catalog for one and a half years.

Sometimes, the solution's stability was low, but it was mostly fine.

I rate the solution’s stability a six out of ten.

We had no issues integrating the solution with Redshift. Alation Data Catalog is a good tool for analytics, but we need to go for some other tools for reporting. Alation Data Catalog is mostly a tool for querying. We need to integrate it with other third-party tools for reporting.

Redshift, AWS, and MySQL tools are better than Alation Data Catalog for querying purposes. MySQL and Databricks are visually appealing and faster tools than Alation Data Catalog.

Even though Alation Data Catalog is a free tool, we can check other available tools. If other tools perform well, we can choose them over Alation Data Catalog.

Overall, I rate the solution a six out of ten.

I use Alation Data Catalog for metadata management and data ownership, quality, and lineage.

Alation Data Catalog's best feature is the SQL query publication.

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. It also has fewer features than competitors like Informatica and has issues with integration. In the next release, Data Catalog should include a visualization feature for data quality and profiling.

I've been using Alation Data Catalog for two years.

Data Catalog is not stable.

Data Catalog is easy to scale.

The initial setup was straightforward because Alation has a good IT team who helped us. Installation took two to three weeks.

I've also evaluated Informatica and Collibra and found that Informatica is the best data governance solution on the market right now.

Alation Data Catalog is more user-friendly for technical users than business users. I would rate it five out of ten.

We can use the tool to put additional information about things. People can go through articles and get detailed knowledge. We can also create queries. We can customize templates based on our use cases. We can use API. We can create forms for the user.

It was not very clear how to connect to databases. The interface is not user-friendly. Some things in the interface must be made user-friendly. Some features are quite technical. A non-technical user might find the tool difficult to use.

I have been using the solution for one or two months.

I used OvalEdge two years ago. A non-technical person also can use OvalEdge quite easily. It enables users to connect to a database, crawl, and extract the metadata. It was not quite easy to do the same in Alation Data Catalog. OvalEdge is quite user-friendly. We can create rules behind the data and add data dictionaries and glossaries.

In Alation, we can write a complete article for a specific object and link it to different tables and columns so the user can easily navigate to a particular object or table. OvalEdge is cheaper, though.

The solution is a little expensive.

I have gone through the training for Alation Data Catalog. Overall, I rate the product a seven out of ten.