Altair Monarch vs FME comparison

The compared Altair and Safe Software solutions aren't in the same category. Altair is ranked #4 in DPT , with an average rating of 10.0, and holds a 10.4% mindshare in the category. Safe Software is ranked #24 in DI , with an average rating of 8.7, and holds a 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Altair users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Safe Software users who would recommend it.

Altair Monarch

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Categories and Ranking

Altair Monarch

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Preparation Tools (4th)

FME

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (24th)

Mindshare comparison

Altair Monarch and FME aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Altair Monarch is designed for Data Preparation Tools and holds a mindshare of 10.4%, up 8.4% compared to last year.
FME, on the other hand, focuses on Data Integration, holds 1.8% mindshare, up 1.5% since last year.

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Data Integration

Featured Reviews

Leo Sundararaj

Account Manager at JegaSure

Transformed document processing has become foolproof with seamless data extraction

Altair Monarch ( /products/altair-monarch-reviews ) is valuable because it allows a one-time setup for data extraction, making the process extremely easy with just a few clicks to get the output. It is foolproof and ensures perfect extraction as long as the models and templates remain standard, providing a seamless and error-free experience.

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Alan Bloor

Geographic Information System Developer at Public Sector

Great for handling large volumes of data, but it is priced a bit high

When I do coding, I think about every single function. Some of these functions can be very elementary, like doing a substring or some capitalization. But FME removes all that coding because it's a transformer, so the time to develop an application to get to a point where you're producing results is decreased massively. It used to take weeks and months to develop software, and now I can use something like FME, and within one day, we get results. We can look at and validate data. We make minor subtle changes to the workbenches to improve it. We can share the workbenches. We don't have to use GitHub or anything else.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Altair Monarch is valuable because it allows a one-time setup for data extraction, making the process extremely easy with just a few clicks to get the output."

"Monarch lets you quickly extract in your preferred format."

"We make minor subtle changes to the workbenches to improve it. We can share the workbenches. We don't have to use GitHub or anything else."

"All spatial features are unrivaled, and the possibility to execute them based on a scheduled trigger, manual, e-mail, Websocket, tweet, file/directory change or virtually any trigger is most valuable."

"It has standard plug-ins available for different data sources."

"It has a very friendly user interface. You don't need to use a lot of code. For us that's the most important aspect about it. Also, it has a lot of connectors and few forms. It has a strong facial aspect. It can do a lot of facial analysis."

"The most valuable feature of FME is the graphical user interface. There is nothing better. It is very easy to debug because you can see all steps where there are failures. Overall the software is easy to optimize a process."

"FME is spatially aware and understands how to deal with the conversion of spatial objects and their attributes."

Cons

"I rate Altair Monarch seven out of 10 for affordability. Recently, the pricing model changed from end-user licensing to a concurrent licensing model."

"FME can improve the geographical transformation. I've had some problems with the geographical transformations, but it's probably mostly because I'm not the most skilled geographer in-house. The solution requires some in-depth knowledge to perform some functions."

"To get a higher rating, it would have to improve the price and the associated scalability. These are the main issues."

"FME's price needs improvement for the African market."

"Improvements could be made to mapping presentations."

"We are looking at the possibility of using Glue instead of FME, using the native AWS product."

"The one thing that always appears in the community is the ability to make really easy loops to loop through data efficiently. That needs to be added at some point."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We used the standard licensing for our use of FME. The cost was approximately €15,000 annually. We always welcome less expensive solutions, if the solution could be less expensive it would be helpful."

"FME Server used to cost £10,000; now it can cost over £100,000."

"The product's price is reasonable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

24%

Retailer

14%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

10%

Government

30%

Energy/Utilities Company

13%

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Altair Monarch?

I was not involved in pricing, but I did not encounter any issues with renewals, and the process was always smooth and straightforward.

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What is your primary use case for Altair Monarch?

The primary use case of Altair Monarch ( /products/altair-monarch-reviews ) was data extraction. I used it to process a lot of documents and data from Notepad and PDFs, converting those into struct...

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What advice do you have for others considering Altair Monarch?

The support team is diligent, following up thoroughly and setting up calls promptly when a ticket is raised. It is beneficial for any assistance needed. The overall rating for Altair Monarch is ten...

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What do you like most about FME?

We make minor subtle changes to the workbenches to improve it. We can share the workbenches. We don't have to use GitHub or anything else.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FME?

The pricing is really bad. Last year, they rebranded the whole pricing structure. It used to be moderately priced at about £400 per user per year. Now they've changed the whole thing, and it's expe...

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What needs improvement with FME?

The one thing that always appears in the community is the ability to make really easy loops to loop through data efficiently. That needs to be added at some point. There must be a technical or comm...

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Overview

Datawatch Monarch is an application that runs on your Windows desktop and as soon as you drop a file or web page onto the canvas it automatically begins to extract into analytics-ready rows and columns. You can also connect to all major relational, big data, and over 30 other sources, but often the most important information you need is locked away in existing reports or difficult sources that seem impossible to use without re-keying the data.

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FME is the data integration platform with the best support for spatial data. Run workflows on the desktop or deploy them in a server or cloud environment.

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