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Ataccama ONE Platform vs erwin Data Modeler comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.1
Ataccama ONE reduced costs by enhancing data quality, speeding tasks, and minimizing teams, though not all users saw returns.
Sentiment score
4.8
erwin Data Modeler improves productivity and efficiency with enhanced data management, governance, and automation, offering significant time savings.
Legally, financially, and reputationally, addressing these data quality issues was crucial, and implementing Ataccama was a major step for them.
Senior Architect at SourcEdge
Money got saved and time got saved because previously, data quality was addressed through SQL and Python.
Data Governance Analyst at Entain India
If three engineers save ten hours each per month using erwin Data Modeler versus manual modeling, that equals three hundred sixty hours saved per year.
Snowflake Data Engineer| Senior PLSQL Developer |Data Modeler|Assitant Vice Pre at Jp Morgan Chase & Co.
It replaces manual charting in Visio with a structured tool, providing significant return on investment.
Data Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
If the modeling is compromised, then the entire structure will be compromised.
Senior Data Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.1
Ataccama ONE Platform's customer service is praised for effectiveness, but concerns include prolonged issue resolution and cost-related chat support suggestions.
Sentiment score
6.0
Erwin Data Modeler support is helpful and proactive, with minor delays; ratings are generally between seven to nine.
MetLife worked with senior developers who made a positive impact on our experience.
Senior Architect at SourcEdge
We can raise a ticket using Jira, and they address it as soon as possible based on priority.
Data Governance Analyst at Entain India
If it is a small issue, they tend to respond very quickly and they try to answer the question.
Data Engineer lV at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
The quality and speed of their support are excellent; everyone is very helpful, and they can solve problems quickly.
Senior Data Scientist at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
This rating reflects my ability to effectively utilize the tool and get support for licensing issues, installation errors, or corrupted repositories end-to-end.
Snowflake Data Engineer| Senior PLSQL Developer |Data Modeler|Assitant Vice Pre at Jp Morgan Chase & Co.
Quest is committed to keeping the product robust.
Data Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.3
Ataccama ONE is scalable, praised for data flexibility, but may face performance issues with large datasets in cloud environments.
Sentiment score
6.5
Erwin Data Modeler is scalable, supporting multiple platforms, handling complex architectures, and suitable for cloud and on-premise use.
As the volume increases, the performance of Ataccama ONE Platform decreases.
data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Ataccama ONE Platform's scalability is high, supporting large volumes of data and complex logic with flexible deployment options.
Data Governance Analyst at Entain India
There was a concern with the architectural team about how much processing Ataccama ONE would need as usage scaled up.
Senior Architect at SourcEdge
I would rate it probably a nine, making it a leader in data modeling.
Data Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
erwin Data Modeler had a very good standardization infrastructure and supported a controlled multi-user environment with check-ins and check-outs.
Data Metrics Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Performance can degrade during larger collaborations and requires tuning for optimal performance.
Snowflake Data Engineer| Senior PLSQL Developer |Data Modeler|Assitant Vice Pre at Jp Morgan Chase & Co.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Ataccama ONE is stable and reliable, with minor issues mostly during upgrades; users rate it 70-80% stable.
Sentiment score
6.0
erwin Data Modeler is stable and reliable, but performance and memory issues can occur with large models and older versions.
The updates were worth implementing, with no significant problems observed.
Senior Architect at SourcEdge
We are still developing the application, so there have not been many crashes or instabilities.
Data Engineer lV at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Ataccama ONE Platform is stable.
master data analyst operation at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
This lack of an auto-save methodology can be improved so that if a system crash occurs, work can be saved and rework can be avoided.
Data Modeler at Capgemini
New versions often introduce enhanced features but may cause model crashes due to memory exhaustion.
Data Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Sometimes when I want to open the attribute editor, it stops working and the whole application freezes.
Senior Data Scientist at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Ataccama ONE Platform faces performance, integration, documentation, and usability challenges needing improvements for better data handling and governance.
Erwin Data Modeler users seek improvements in user interface, big data support, API documentation, and broader database compatibility.
The documentation part can be improved because documentation is key for any organization or tool.
Data Governance Analyst at Entain India
It would be beneficial if these interactions could be more plug-and-play and less code-intensive, making them more efficient and easier to set up.
Senior Architect at SourcEdge
After every change and every match and merge rule you apply, you need to reprocess the entire record, which has to again go through the match and merge rules.
data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The previous version of erwin Data Modeler used to crash unaccountably, but this one hasn't ever crashed on me, so it's been a lot more stable than the previous version that we had.
Data Warehouse Architect at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
There are many features, and I would expect good documentation detailing each feature, including when and how to use it, to be very useful because data modeling is not very popular in the data area and there aren't many educational videos regarding erwin Data Modeler.
Senior Data Scientist at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Erwin Data Modeler could improve in areas such as the interface, as there are features like copy and paste, creating duplicates, and the visualization elements and toolbars which feel quite old.
Data Modeler at Capgemini
 

Setup Cost

Ataccama ONE Platform pricing is reasonable, with additional fees for features, impacting organizations with specific data security needs.
Erwin Data Modeler provides flexible licensing but can be costly compared to open-source alternatives, with moderate maintenance fees.
What made the costing a problem with Ataccama ONE Platform is related to licensing, as it is every one year.
data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The only concern I had was that some features like address validation cost a little extra with the basic plan.
Data Governance Analyst at Entain India
I have heard that the licensing and setup costs are quite high, especially if we try to connect for a support call.
Data Analyst, Quality Assurance Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
For a cloud or SaaS standard edition, it typically runs around two hundred to two hundred ninety-nine US dollars per month.
Snowflake Data Engineer| Senior PLSQL Developer |Data Modeler|Assitant Vice Pre at Jp Morgan Chase & Co.
It is more targeted toward an enterprise level since organizations looking to store business information and relationship values may consider the pricing.
Data Modeler at Capgemini
 

Valuable Features

Ataccama ONE Platform excels in user-friendly data management, offering automation, scalability, and AI features for enhanced governance.
Erwin Data Modeler enhances database management with visualization, version control, automation, and adaptability, fostering efficient collaboration and governance.
We were able to interface bidirectionally with Collibra for data governance, catching data quality issues before propagating through the system.
Senior Architect at SourcEdge
It is very good in scalability.
Data Engineer lV at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Ataccama ONE Platform has positively impacted our organization because before its implementation, completing tasks such as more than 100 or thousands of rules took more than a week. Now, we complete those tasks in less than two or three days due to the automation and one-time task capability.
Data Analyst, Quality Assurance Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
One of the key aspects of data governance is defining the data dictionary and clearly identifying which data is accessible by whom and what is not accessible, particularly regarding PII-related data.
SPM at Infosys
The way the data is organized and you have a visual of that organization helps a great deal in terms of trying to remember what you did and trying to retrieve the information.
Data Metrics Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
One of the best aspects of the tool is its reverse engineering capability.
Data Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Ataccama ONE Platform
Ranking in Data Governance
10th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Data Quality (4th), Data Scrubbing Software (4th), Master Data Management (MDM) Software (5th), AI Observability (39th)
erwin Data Modeler
Ranking in Data Governance
15th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Architecture Management (2nd), Business Process Design (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Data Governance category, the mindshare of Ataccama ONE Platform is 2.3%, down from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of erwin Data Modeler is 0.3%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Governance Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Ataccama ONE Platform2.3%
erwin Data Modeler0.3%
Other97.4%
Data Governance
 

Featured Reviews

Akhil Danturti - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Governance Analyst at Entain India
Streamlines reusable data quality rules and has highlighted the need for richer logic and documentation
I worked in Ataccama ONE Platform from version 5 and now we have version 15, which has improved a lot. However, there is still considerable scope for improvement because Ataccama ONE Platform was not that great around 2020 when I started working with it. There can still be more features including writing any logic, improving more keywords for logic building, and enhancing address validation, based on my understanding. User experience is actually good; I do not have any complaints or feedback on that. However, the documentation part can be improved because documentation is key for any organization or tool. If anything is needed for understanding, you have to rely on documentation. Ataccama's documentation has potential for improvement.
Sushree Panigrahi - PeerSpot reviewer
Snowflake Data Engineer| Senior PLSQL Developer |Data Modeler|Assitant Vice Pre at Jp Morgan Chase & Co.
Data modeling has transformed regulatory reporting and collaboration across cloud environments
In erwin Data Modeler, areas that have room for improvement include performance improvements. I see that large models sometimes cause it to be slow when opening. Impact analysis can lag as well. Version control is another aspect. If we have developed a current version, it is not integrated with Git where we can easily compare different versions. UI modernization is also something we cannot utilize as it is primarily for development. Additionally, cloud-specific optimizations are needed when it comes to Snowflake or Databricks. When it comes to AI aspects, auto-suggestions for normalization or identifying primary, foreign, or surrogate keys are areas that can be improved.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
8%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Performing Arts
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise34
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Ataccama ONE Platform?
I worked in Ataccama ONE Platform from version 5 and now we have version 15, which has improved a lot. However, there is still considerable scope for improvement because Ataccama ONE Platform was n...
What is your primary use case for Ataccama ONE Platform?
My main use case for Ataccama ONE Platform is to develop data quality rules, apply them in the monitoring project, and then triage the issues with the data quality rules. For example, we had a proj...
What advice do you have for others considering Ataccama ONE Platform?
Ataccama ONE Platform was on-premise before but has moved to a hybrid cloud now. Ataccama ONE Platform integrates with other tools or systems in my organization. Ataccama ONE Platform connects with...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for erwin Data Modeler by Quest?
Regarding pricing, I am unsure what the exact price is for erwin Data Modeler, but I believe it is not useful for an individual. It is more targeted toward an enterprise level since organizations l...
What needs improvement with erwin Data Modeler by Quest?
I write code and I write code accessing erwin Data Modeler's API, the Application Programming Interface, so that I can use Excel to update erwin Data Modeler and then get those updates and put them...
What is your primary use case for erwin Data Modeler by Quest?
I work for CVS with a pretty big database as a data modeler on the PBMs, the Caremark PBM side, which is the Pharmacy Benefits Manager. There's a retail side too for all the stores, but our data wa...
 

Also Known As

Ataccama DQ Analyzer
erwin DM
 

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Sample Customers

Société Générale, First Data, Raiffeisenbank International, T-Mobile, Avast, RSA, Toronto Public Library
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