Ataccama DQ Analyzer vs Melissa Data Quality comparison

"The data profile itself is excellent. You can understand the quality of the data in layman's terms."

"It is also easy to deploy."

"The high value in this tool is its relatively low cost, ease of use, tight integration with SSIS, superior performance (compared to competitors), and attribute-level advanced survivor-ship logic."

"Ability to validate addresses, make corrections to address."

"​We are able to more accurately identify valid, and better formatted, data which improves the data we store in our database.​"

"Extremely easy to install and setup."

"We are able to send out client mailings with the most accurate addresses possible."

"​Initial setup was fairly straightforward. The documentation was very good in terms of how to integrate and consume the service(s) that we use. It did not take an abundance of time to set up things on our side to use the service."

"​It has a straightforward, easy setup."

"We use their GeoPoints to get the most precise, rooftop level geocoding."

"Although DQA can fetch data from most of the commonly used data sources, it has limited modifiers to get data, meaning that the number of technologies from which the data can be acquired is limited. For example, DQA does not support fetching data from Twitter or Facebook. Many competitors have this feature."

"They could focus more on marketing the product. The current marketing strategy is not working."

"It would be helpful if a list of the codes and explanations could be included."

"I wish there was a way to do a "test run" and see what a particular format will give you."

"Pricing is based on tiers, with each tier capped at a specified number of records processed. Once you go over the cap at one tier, you are automatically bumped to the next tier. However, they seem to count failed batch processes so it’s good to keep track of the number of records sent. They’ll fix the count when notified, but their system fails to detect actual successful processes versus failed processes."

"We encounter failed batch processes once in a while, but their team is quick to rectify issues."

"​If I had multiple Excel files open and ran Listware it would crash Excel, charge the credits, and not save the results."

"We have noticed that some of the emails and addresses return with confusing or incorrect codes, but for the most part, it is accurate.​"

"One of the problems that we ran into this year was we probably spent over 40 hours finding and trying to drill down to where specific bugs were in the program, which was a tremendous waste of time for us. There were a couple of updates to Windows this year, the program kept crashing. It happened on two different occasions over a period of a few months. Once we told them what the problem was - even though their tech support is great to work with - it literally took probably about two months to fix the issue where we could actually use the program the way we needed to use it."

"Needs more/better search tools are needed. Also, state and local tax data would be nice."

"There is no need to buy a license. You can just download it and use it for free."

"Buy a lot more credits than you think you’re going to need."

"The price for address validation is similar in all software. However, the price for geocoding decides the actual pricing. If you get their most accurate geocoding (called GeoPoints), then it will add about $10k+ per million requests."

"Fully understand your volume, both monthly and annually. Speak with a Melissa account manager, they will put together an effective solution to meet your needs."

"Be sure to determine how the data is priced (record-based versus credit-based or some hybrid of data and services)."

"The only complaint that I have towards it is they sell licenses based on a range of usage, and I feel those ranges are too large."

"Generally, the cost is ROI positive, depending on your shipping volume."

"It's affordable."

"​We are concerned that our own pricing is going up every year for Melissa Data products, but we highly recommend the services for people who are routinely sending out mailings."