Alation is the developer of AIOS™, an open and governed intelligence operating system designed for enterprises requiring high precision in Artificial Intelligence (AI) deployments. Building on its Data Catalog platform, Alation assists organizations in establishing governance across the agents, datasets, and contextual metadata that inform automated decision-making. The platform is intended to help enterprises navigate regulatory complexity, preserve data accuracy, and support operational…
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Collibra Platform
Score8.1 out of 10
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The Collibra Platform is a cloud-based data governance platform from the company of the same name in Brussels, enabling users to gain visibility into their data, collaborate intelligently and enable users to easily access trustworthy data, automate processes, manage compliance and, ultimately, make data meaningful.
Alation might not have the same level of technical capabilities and features as these others (though it's very close) but what Alation offers is a neat and easy to learn UI. The new UI is even better, bringing more content onto the same space like Informatica while maintaining …
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Data Governance Analyst in Information Technology at NI (Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing, 5001-10,000 employees)
Chose Alation Intelligence Operating System
Alation's implementation seemed easier, and their team seemed more responsive and willing to work with our needs. The product and Alation as a company met more of our needs than the others.
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Data Architect in Information Technology at Blockdaemon (Financial Services, 201-500 employees)
Chose Alation Intelligence Operating System
Additionally GCP data catalog (not on the listed selection options)
Alation had a far more feature rich product, that connected well to our data architecture. None of the other tools at the time supported a connection to Kafka which is fundamental to our data processing.
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Verified User
Chose Alation Intelligence Operating System
Alation has the best user interface, easiest ability to implement, and sufficient opportunities to customize the platform to specific needs. Their customer and sales support is best in class and supportive throughout evaluation, implementation, and customer care. It solves the …
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Director of Business Intelligence at East Idaho Credit Union (Banking, 51-200 employees)
Chose Alation Intelligence Operating System
Alation had such good connectivity to third party platforms that we wanted to go with them. In particular they are tied very well to snowflake and tableau which are our two most critical systems.
Additionally, Alation is so well received in the industry that it is easy to …
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Alation is well suited to helping a user find a column or even a query using a business term search. In this regard Alation is excellent because it's easy to not only associate these items with each other, but there are also many ways to link the column and/or query to that business term/concept
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Collibra is well suited where you have multiple reporting environments and multiple source systems. Collibra works well in our environment because we can delegate roles and administration to departments or it can be used in a centralized environment. The ability to customize attributes and assets as well and integrate using the rest api is very important to us.
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Ability to link objects using the @ symbol. It allows us to easily provide a way to get more information or context. So if the business concept is part of a hierarchy, we can link to the other terms in that hierarchy.
The customization is really helpful. Most object types have robust customization options. Others are less so, but it is improving. We've created multiple custom fields to support our data governance framework.
The search feature with filtering is helpful in narrowing down what you're looking for.
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The lineage UI is not ready for primetime. I would not recommend this feature for my users at this time because it's too complex to understand and is visually difficult to track down specific paths.
The underlying infrastructure of the on-premise version of the software is fragile and unnecessarily complicated, using too many modules and technologies.
The license model of the on-premise version contains too many add-ons. I would like to pay one price and get all of the features.
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Overall, we are happy with the functionality of the platform. While there are are areas that we would like to see further improvement in, the tooling is highly configurable and aligns well with our use case. A mature API layer makes it straightforward to integrate with other data tooling. Alation stands out for its pro-active engagement with their customers, both to resolve issues and in communicating their feature roadmap
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Alation Data Catalog is generally easy to use for finding datasets, reviewing documentation, and understanding ownership. The platform makes data discovery more efficient and improves trust in shared assets. I rated it 7 because the navigation can be complex at times, and the search results could be more precise and easier to refine.
The account management and technical support teams are both excellent. There is regular account manager engagement, and technical issues are generally resolved very quickly. The vendor engages us in product development through regular updates on the product strategy & feature roadmap.
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Key insight from implementing Alation is that, as a cloud-based SaaS product, the majority of effort is not infrastructure-related but instead focused on security configuration and integration with existing platforms, including identity management, access controls, and metadata connectivity to core data systems. Because of its data profiling functionality, careful consideration had to be given to data security and data sovereignty.
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Alation provided the right balance of connection with systems in use, trusted reputation and affordability. The product integrates with current ways of working and does not require reorganisation within other lines of business.
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Collibra offers more features [than alternatives] and is easy for business users to use. We did a proof of concept with Collibra using the Cloud service that allowed us to kick the tires and get a comfort level before we made the investment. At the time of our purchase the market was very immature and is continuing to evolve.
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We've had limited but very positive impact for 3 data subject matter experts. In the past they were fielding very similar questions from users stumbling on their data. Now, rather than responding to each email or chat message, they not only direct users to the catalog but they also reach out to me to do a walk-through of Alation's other features.
Another positive impact is having the data dictionary live in one location. This has been tremendous in making the dictionaries accessible and consistent.
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ROI is hard to measure because there are so many soft benefits that come from the tool. We do have a variety of metrics that we track using Collibra to better gauge the maturity of data governance.
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