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Collibra Platform vs Microsoft ATA [EOL] comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Collibra Platform
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
89
Ranking in other categories
Data Governance (1st), Metadata Management (1st), AI Governance (1st)
Microsoft ATA [EOL]
Average Rating
6.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

AK
Senior Consultant at Morgan Stanley
Data governance has transformed business glossaries and now drives AI-ready insights
I think it's a great platform. Searching can be made a little better. The data marketplace which it provides is also great, but sometimes when we are searching an element and we know we are not sure if we can find it or if we have missed it. Listing data domains in one place for quick visibility will be an add-on. I am not a hardcore coder. For a coder to create workflows and automate the process, I needed to learn Groovy script and create some workflows. In the automation part, I think it can also introduce a low-code, no-code platform where we can connect different connectors and we can quickly create some automated workflows, if at basic level only, because the next big thing is automation and AI. Low-code, no-code platforms are being used by everyone. I think that will be useful. When I look for a data domain, I'm not able to find it very quickly. For a business owner to know data domains and search data domains, it could be made a little easier. Also, the automation part needs improvement. We are only able to enter the data manually or connect to a data source, but now we want to create some workflows as well. That's why I've chosen a rating of eight. Otherwise, it's really great.
it_user1369068 - PeerSpot reviewer
President and CEO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Good integration, simple to maintain, and very stable
Scalability shouldn't be a problem, at least for the size of network team that I work with. Right now we have between 400 and 500 users. This is deployed in a network that is actually about 500 users. We don't plan to increase usage. We're already using it as fully as we can and we don't have any more room. We might look at all the Microsoft programs that relate to office 365, like the ATP, because there is a difference between the ATA and the ATP. We are going to look and see whether there's any gaps that we can close. I think if you compare ATA with the actual ATP it's basically the same functionality. One is more on-premises versus the cloud. Since we are progressively in moving to the cloud, we might look at the ATP, which integrates better with the Microsoft cloud.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I like Collibra's flexibility. I like to be able to modify things for our own use. For example, we've chosen to use Collibra also as a knowledge management tool, even though it is not designed to be a knowledge management tool. That's the beauty of it. It can serve as a knowledge management tool by creating some custom assets specifically for knowledge management."
"The solution has good workflows and is based on AIML."
"It is user-friendly."
"Collibra Platform has positively impacted my organization in all the ways I mentioned, as the benefits and user adoption for different data stewards and data custodians were easier because it has a very nice GUI."
"The solution's most valuable features are its scalability and how it can be integrated to any other intakes."
"We achieved 30% of time saved, and the platform is easy to use."
"Collibra Platform has positively impacted my organization by helping identify quicker when we have data quality issues and their root cause, which has made a difference in saving time, reducing errors, and improving decision-making."
"It's incredibly easy to use."
"It has also measurably decreased our mean time to detect threats by about 50 percent, and helped increase staff productivity, saving about an hour per day."
"One of the most valuable features is the ability to report on questionable activity."
"I like the fact that it looks for some of those very, very obscure techniques and attacks like golden tickets; those are very difficult attacks to spot and with Microsoft ATA I was able to have visibility over those kinds of techniques and attacks."
"The solution works well when used with other Microsoft solutions."
"The stability of the solution is very good."
 

Cons

"Occasionally we get little bugs that occur, however, this is typical."
"One of the very key drawbacks is that automation for access provisioning is not available. If I discover a data set or data product in the marketplace and want to access the data, this feature doesn't exist at all."
"If someone changes the metadata, we can't see who changed it."
"If the price is a bit reduced, that would be better."
"I would like to see a feature using the runtime dashboard."
"The connectors for metadata ingestion need to be improved."
"The solution's search functionality can be improved"
"There are a lot of gaps in Collibra's support and documentation."
"Some of the newer features are not completely there yet... For example, there's a tool that allows you to grade your overall internal security and I don't feel that it's completely accurate."
"The software is not as advanced as many competitors."
"It would be ideal if the interface allowed for more granular configurations. For example, if I were to set a rule that is a deviation from the pre-defined rules in the Microsoft product, there's conflict."
"There are occasions where it generates some false positives and you have to embark into figuring it out. You need to find out if it was a true alert or a false positive. It's a little bit cumbersome in that area."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Collibra Catalog is fairly priced - I would rate their pricing seven out of ten."
"Collibra Governance is an expensive solution."
"It is substantial, and we do pay yearly."
"Collibra provides you with a license based on the subscription model that you purchase."
"I think it is on a yearly basis, but I'm not involved with the pricing session, so I have no idea. There are several licenses for different models. You get one license per product, but a lot of features are controlled separately through different licenses. So, as and when you want to use a feature, you have to procure the license for that feature."
"It's expensive, especially for small companies."
"Collibra Governance is expensive - I would rate its pricing as one out of five."
"The product is highly priced compared to other vendors."
"I believe we are looking into new licenses. They may be called the E5. Honestly, I don't have it on top of my mind, but I think it's around seven to $10 a user per month."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
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Small Business24
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Large Enterprise63
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?
The user experience of Collibra Platform could be better. Even though there is a large research tab, I think it could be more customizable, meaning I could add filters. Currently, it does not have ...
What is your primary use case for Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?
My main use case for Collibra Platform is data governance and traceability of data sources. For governance or traceability in my work, I can provide a specific example: we migrated a couple of data...
What advice do you have for others considering Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?
The advice I would give to others looking into using Collibra Platform is that every tool has a learning curve. They should pursue it; Collibra Platform is a very well-developed and well-explained ...
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Also Known As

Data Intelligence Platform, Collibra AI Governance, Collibra Catalog, Collibra Governance, Collibra Lineage, Collibra Privacy & Risk
Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics, MS ATA [EOL]
 

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Sample Customers

AXA XL, DNB, Adobe, PMI, Holland America Line, UC Davis Health, Cox Automotive
Turkish Airlines, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Empa, The Alberta Teachers' Association
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