Atlan vs. data.world

Day to day we introduce some new technologies in our system and every time to integrate those tools or technologies with Atlan is way more easy and smooth

Incentivized

Well suited

• For quickly discovering, preparing, and sharing relevant data from a wide range of
  sources.
• Easily managing numerous file formats.
• For contributing and discussing data in one place to aid fast, efficient collaboration.
• For joining datasets from many sources.
• Integrating datasets with other platforms.

Less appropriate

• For full data management.
• For those unfamiliar with database concepts and SQL.
• Very limited chart builder

Incentivized

• Here, it is very easy to extract and modify the data.
• We can do very quick and smooth integration over here.
• It's OpenSource framework provides extension capabilities to the API it uses

Incentivized

• Ingest data from almost any source
• Join disparate datasets
• Integrate with other platforms
• Create subsets of data and share across teams

Incentivized

• API documentation could be improved
• Support team could be quicker in their response
• Not a lot of "help" type information users can self-access

Incentivized

• Organize queries/datasets by categories
• Allow data edits for admins
• Requires knowledge of SQL - visual SQL builder would help with accessibility

Incentivized

It's a very user-friendly platform for those familiar with database concepts and SQL. Documentation is extensive but for those with no prior knowledge it can be daunting. The lack of ability to organize queries and datasets by category can also be frustrating and sometimes difficult to navigate.

Incentivized

Support has always been excellent.

Incentivized

The other tools were also solid, we ultimately ended up going with Atlan for these reasons: 1. It improved our compliance and risk management the best 2. Easy to adopt and good pricing 3. Seemed to have the most robust functionality -- especially in terms of integrations 4. Easy to use -- anyone could pick it up relatively quickly

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I haven't looked at any other products.

Incentivized

• Atlan has certainly saved time and money by consolidating our metadata sets
• Integrations with Amazon and Tableau have definetely sped up our time to value

Incentivized

• Minimized the organizational reliance on Excel & email
• Provides more effective validation & standardization
• Allows staff easy access to data
• Slow adoption across the organization due to learning curve

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