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We performed a comparison between Alation Data Catalog and Collibra Lineage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Governance solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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"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.""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.""The tool's metadata cataloging is the most valuable feature.""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.""Alation Data Catalog's best feature is the SQL query publication.""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.""We can customize templates based on our use cases."

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"We find the most valuable feature of this solution to be the lineage aspect.""The most valuable features of Collibra Lineage are the multiple options for automation. Additionally, if you have a scenario where automation does not work, you have the option to manually create the lineage. The solution does not force you to always go through an automated way where you have broken lineage and you are stuck without a lineage.""The diagrams are good for data visualization.""It shows how the data was transformed on the way and how the solutions were derived. This is the essence of the tool and why it is so powerful.""The solution has very good online assistance."

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"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.""Alation Data Catalog does not provide end-to-end data lineage.""The tool's domain model needs to be changed.""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.""The interface is not user-friendly.""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.""The product's data governance features need improvement."

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"Collibra Lineage could improve connectively. If they can offer more out-of-the-box connectors, which come as in a package compared to you having to go and buy a lot in the marketplace for certain specific connectors.""Before you can use this solution, you have to make a lot of changes to how you measure your information in your organization, the data governance and policies, and the organizational structures that use them. Many companies believe that if they purchase the licenses for the tool that they have done the job, but this is far from the case with this tool.""The product must be cheaper.""We would like this solution to be able to connect directly to the databases, so we can pull directly from Databank without manual intervention.""Collibra doesn't provide support for integration for SAP Info Steward directly with Collibra."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "A three-year agreement is better than a one-year rolling 12-month agreement from a price point of view. I'd recommend looking at a three-year deal because you can't stand up a catalog and produce value in 12 months."
  • "The solution is a little expensive."
  • "The platform is moderately expensive compared to the other competitors in the market."
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  • "It's expensive, especially for small companies."
  • "There are different licenses available for Collibra Lineage based on what kind of access you want. If you want, for example, a read-only license they have different ones to pick from."
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    Top Answer: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.
    Top Answer:The platform is moderately expensive compared to the other competitors in the market.
    Top Answer:The product's data governance features need improvement.
    Top Answer:The diagrams are good for data visualization.
    Top Answer:We have to pay separately for each connector. The product must be cheaper. There must be a common license for the product.
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    Overview

    Alation pioneered the data catalog market and is now leading its evolution into a platform for a broad range of data intelligence solutions including data search & discovery, data governance, lineage, stewardship, analytics, and digital transformation.

    Thanks to its powerful Behavioral Analysis Engine, inbuilt collaboration capabilities, and open interfaces, Alation combines machine learning with human insight to successfully tackle even the most demanding challenges in data and metadata management. With Alation, analysts are empowered to search, query and collaborate on their data to achieve faster, more accurate insights.

    Trusted by 400+ enterprises worldwide like Salesforce, Nasdaq, LinkedIn, Finnair, and Cisco.

    Data lineage reveals how data transforms through its life cycle across interactions with systems, applications, APIs and reports. Collibra Lineage automatically maps relationships between data to show how data sets are built, aggregated, sourced and used.

    Sample Customers
    Salesforce, Snowflake, Citrix, eBay, TripAdvisor, Albertsons, Nasdaq, Pfizer, LinkedIn, Finnair.
    AXA XL, DNB, Adobe, PMI, Holland America Line, UC Davis Health, Cox Automotive
    Top Industries
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    Retailer14%
    Insurance Company14%
    Government14%
    Computer Software Company14%
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    Financial Services Firm15%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government7%
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    Financial Services Firm19%
    Computer Software Company10%
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    Company Size
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    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise63%
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    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise72%
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    Buyer's Guide
    Alation Data Catalog vs. Collibra Lineage
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Alation Data Catalog vs. Collibra Lineage and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    763,955 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Alation Data Catalog is ranked 5th in Data Governance with 5 reviews while Collibra Lineage is ranked 9th in Data Governance with 4 reviews. Alation Data Catalog is rated 7.8, while Collibra Lineage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Alation Data Catalog writes "A stable data catalog solution that helps onboard data sources". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Collibra Lineage writes "Increases trust in the data, saves time, and integrates easily with other tools". Alation Data Catalog is most compared with Microsoft Purview, Collibra Governance, Informatica Axon, Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog and IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog, whereas Collibra Lineage is most compared with Microsoft Purview, MANTA Flow, erwin Data Intelligence by Quest, OneTrust DataGovernance and Protegrity Data Security. See our Alation Data Catalog vs. Collibra Lineage report.

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