No more typing reviews! Try our Samantha, our new voice AI agent.

AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3) vs erwin Data Intelligence comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

AtScale Adaptive Analytics ...
Ranking in Data Governance
47th
Average Rating
5.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Data Virtualization (7th), BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (51st), BI on Hadoop (1st)
erwin Data Intelligence
Ranking in Data Governance
18th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
AI Governance (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Data Governance category, the mindshare of AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3) is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of erwin Data Intelligence is 1.9%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Governance Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
erwin Data Intelligence1.9%
AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3)0.5%
Other97.6%
Data Governance
 

Featured Reviews

it_user822762 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior BI and Reporting Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The GUI interface is nice and easy to use, but the organization of the icons is not saved across users
Connecting to a Hadoop database to create a cube to connect to Tableau. We want to be able to easily create cubes which can be connected to Tableau for visualization The product had many issues. We had great collaboration with the product development team, but the product was not able to meet our…
Jog Raj - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Automated lineage and business glossaries have improved data understanding and collaboration
I am open to answering a few questions about erwin Data Intelligence and sharing my opinion about the product. Regarding the analytic part of the product, I find it very interesting that erwin Data Intelligence has its own inbuilt reporting toolset, with a new version coming out in January that will be AI-powered. This means you will be able to write analytical reports and questions based on the metadata and data lineage, making it more powerful than the current version, as AI will assist in creating those reports and performing analysis on the metadata. I find that the time taken to realize value from erwin Data Intelligence can be quite long. Creating a data catalog and developing data lineage takes significant time, and I expect that AI will help accelerate the process of creating data products by streamlining the steps involved. I can recommend erwin Data Intelligence to other users. I would rate this review as an eight out of ten overall.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The GUI interface is nice and easy to use."
"The GUI interface is nice and easy to use."
"There is a wide range of widgets that enables the user to find the proper information quickly. The presentation of information is something very valuable."
"Data Intelligence has provided more profound insights into legacy data movements, lineages, and definitions in the short term."
"The data mapping manager is the most valuable feature."
"Being able to capture different business metrics and organize them in different catalogs is most valuable. We can organize these metrics into sales-related metrics, customer-related metrics, supply chain-related metrics, etc."
"The solution saves time in data discovery and understanding our entire organization's data."
"The biggest benefit with erwin DI is that I have a single source of truth that I can send anybody to. If anybody doesn't know the answer we can go back to it. Just having a central location of business rules is good."
"If I use a traditional ETL tool and build it through an IT port, it would take five days to build very simple data mapping to get it to the deployment phase, whereas using this solution, the IT cost will be cut down to less than a day."
"Data Intelligence allows us to automate multiple tasks we had previously done manually, such as restructuring the metadata for our purposes, setting up ETL flows, and defining the data tables we create. It also enables us to standardize our approach and our technical processes."
 

Cons

"The organization of the icons is not saved across users."
"There was an issue with the incremental aggregation not working as indicated."
"The product was not able to meet our 10 second refresh requirements."
"The product was not able to meet our 10 second refresh requirements."
"I find that the time taken to realize value from erwin Data Intelligence can be quite long."
"There are a lot of little things like moving between read screens and edit screens. Those little human interface type of programming pieces will need to mature a bit to make it easier to get to where you want to go to put the stuff in."
"There was a huge learning curve, and I'd been in software development for most of my career. The application itself, and how it runs menus and screens when you can modify and code, is complex. I have found that kind of cumbersome."
"It's a little bit clunky. I think a lot of these features were bolted on, and they don't necessarily transition smoothly in the interface. I would like to see a little more cohesion."
"Another area where it can improve is by having BB-Graph-type databases where relationship discovery and relationship identification are much easier."
"There are a lot of little things like moving between read screens and edit screens. Those little human interface type of programming pieces will need to mature a bit to make it easier to get to where you want to go to put the stuff in."
"The fact that I sometimes have to go in and out of different applications, even though it's all part of the whole erwin suite, perhaps means it could be architected a little bit better. I think they do have some ideas for improvements there."
"There may be some opportunities for improvement in terms of the user interface to make it a little bit more intuitive. They have made some good progress. Originally, when we started, we were on version 9 or 10. Over the last couple of releases, I've seen some improvements that they have made, but there might be a few other additional areas in UI where they can make some enhancements."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"The licensing cost is around $7,000 for user. This is an estimation."
"The price is reasonable, and a subscription is required."
"erwin's pricing was cheaper than its competitors."
"erwin is cheaper than other solutions and this should appeal to other buyers. It has a good price tag."
"You buy a seat license for your portal. We have 100 seats for the portal, then you buy just the development licenses for the people who are going to put the data in."
"The whole suite, not just the DI but the modeling software, the harvester, Mapping Manager — everything we have — is about $100,000 a year for our renewals. That works out to each module being something like $8,000 to $10,000."
"There is an additional fee for the server maintenance."
"We operate on a yearly subscription and because it is an enterprise license we only have one. It is not dependent on the number of users."
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Data Governance solutions are best for your needs.
889,855 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Healthcare Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Educational Organization
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise15
 

Questions from the Community

Ask a question
Earn 20 points
What needs improvement with erwin Data Intelligence by Quest?
In my opinion, the analytics part of erwin Data Intelligence is not satisfactory. The name 'Intelligence' is not related specifically to analytics; it is focused on data governance with no advanced...
What is your primary use case for erwin Data Intelligence by Quest?
My main use case for erwin Data Intelligence is applying it and the DQ Labs in a financial institution.
What advice do you have for others considering erwin Data Intelligence by Quest?
The integration of business glossaries has significantly helped improve collaboration in our organization. We define the business glossaries first during meetings with the business, and then we bul...
 

Also Known As

AtScale, AtScale Intelligence Platform
erwin DG, erwin Data Governance
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Rakuten, TD Bank, Aetna, Glaxo-Smith Kline, Biogen, Toyota, Tyson
Oracle, Infosys, GSK, Toyota Motor Sales, HSBC
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Collibra, Informatica and others in Data Governance. Updated: April 2026.
889,855 professionals have used our research since 2012.