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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Dimensional Insight

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ADimensional Insight provides integrated business intelligence and performance management solutions globally.N/A

    Maia by Matillion

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMaia by Matillion is an autonomous data engineering platform designed to automate the lifecycle of data pipelines through AI-driven orchestration. The solution functions as an enterprise "digital workforce" that translates natural language requirements into production-ready DataPipelines, leveraging a Pushdown Architecture to execute transformations natively within cloud data warehouses.N/A
    Pricing
    Dimensional InsightMaia by Matillion
    Editions & Modules
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    Dimensional InsightMaia by Matillion
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Billed directly via cloud marketplace on an hourly basis, with annual subscriptions available depending on the customer's cloud data warehouse provider.
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    Community Pulse
    Dimensional InsightMaia by Matillion
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    Dimensional Insight
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    Matillion
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    86%
    Would buy again
    54 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    94%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    52 Answers
    Features
    Dimensional InsightMaia by Matillion
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Dimensional Insight and Maia by Matillion
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Maia by Matillion
    -
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    Pixel Perfect reports8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Dimensional Insight and Maia by Matillion
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Maia by Matillion
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    Drill-down analysis10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Dimensional Insight and Maia by Matillion
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Maia by Matillion
    -
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    Publish to Web10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Dimensional Insight and Maia by Matillion
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Maia by Matillion
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    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Dimensional Insight and Maia by Matillion
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Maia by Matillion
    -
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    Multi-User Support (named login)10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Dimensional Insight and Maia by Matillion
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Maia by Matillion
    -
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    Responsive Design for Web Access8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Dimensional Insight and Maia by Matillion
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    -
    Ratings
    Maia by Matillion
    8.7
    143 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings9.0142 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings8.3100 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Dimensional Insight and Maia by Matillion
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    -
    Ratings
    Maia by Matillion
    8.8
    143 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Simple transformations00 Ratings9.5143 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings8.2142 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Dimensional Insight and Maia by Matillion
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    -
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    Maia by Matillion
    8.4
    135 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Data model creation00 Ratings9.133 Ratings
    Metadata management00 Ratings9.140 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow00 Ratings8.4126 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings7.8127 Ratings
    Testing and debugging00 Ratings7.9128 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Dimensional Insight and Maia by Matillion
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    -
    Ratings
    Maia by Matillion
    8.2
    23 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings8.222 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings8.220 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Dimensional InsightMaia by Matillion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.7
    (145 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.5
    (144 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.4
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sources
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (131 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Dimensional InsightMaia by Matillion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dimensional Insight
    Well suited - as stated before - allows user to answer their own questions.
    Incentivized
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    Matillion
    Great: Need to query simpler APIs, or utilize well known services such as GSheets etc.? Matillion has got some of the best and easiest to use connectors out there. Not so great: Do you need have a competent CI/CD flow that you will be able to update / compare from Matillion as well as other sources at the same time? Good luck, you will need to be extra careful, as you might have to have a deeper dive into your servers Terminal each time you have a git conflict.
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    Pros
    Dimensional Insight
    • The product is excellent!
    • Experienced DI Consultants with a broad knowledge in both, product and client data.
    • Customer service and technical support is always available; very professional and investigate reported issues until resolved.
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    Matillion
    • The user interface of your data pipelines makes it easier for people who aren’t as techy as data engineers to observe what's going on.
    • Customer support is quick, not always as efficient as you would want it to be, but still.
    • Nice documentation available.
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    Cons
    Dimensional Insight
    • Some screens are not adjustable for sizing.
    • Better capability to import from a spreadsheet.
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    Matillion
    • Matillion is brilliant at importing data -- it would be amazing to have more ways to export data, from emailed exports to API pushes.
    • Any Python that takes more than a few lines of code requires an external server to run it. It would be great to have more integration (perhaps in a connected virtual environment) to easily integrate customized code.
    • Troubleshooting server logs requires quite a bit of technical expertise. More human readable detailed error handling would be greatly appreciated.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Dimensional Insight
    No answers on this topic
    Matillion
    With the current experience of Matillion, we are likely to renew with the current feature option but will also look for improvement in various areas including scalability and dependability. 1. Connectors: It offers various connectors option but isn't full proof which we will be looking forward as we grow. 2. Scalability: As usage increase, we want Matillion system to be more stable.
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    Usability
    Dimensional Insight
    Navigation thru the Diver portal is simple; some users have trouble but it also depends on how the analysts build models and present the reports with quickviews selections and report layouts. I am aware of DI capability to access reports thru mobile devices but I have not experience it first hand.
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    Matillion
    We are able to bring on new resources and teach them how to use Matillion without having to invest a significant amount of time. We prefer looking for resources with any type of ETL skill-set and feel that they can learn Matillion without problem. In addition, the prebuilt objects cover more than 95% of our use cases and we do not have to build much from scratch.
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    Support Rating
    Dimensional Insight
    Support is always quick to answer and good to deal with.
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    Matillion
    Overall, I've found Matillion to be responsive and considerate. I feel like they value us as a customer even when I know they have customers who spend more on the product than we do. That speaks to a motive higher than money. They want to make a good product and a good experience for their customers. If I have any complaint, it's that support sometimes feels community-oriented. It isn't always immediately clear to me that my support requests are going to a support engineer and not to the community at large. Usually, though, after a bit of conversation, it's clear that Matillion is watching and responding. And responses are generally quick in coming.
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    Implementation Rating
    Dimensional Insight
    I don't have direct experience with the first time DI was implemented but on subsequent upgrades there have been positive experiences with support and seamless transitions to avoid users discomfort.
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    Matillion
    We were able to control on access and built various enviroment for implementation
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    Alternatives Considered
    Dimensional Insight
    Dimensional Insight is a lot easier to design and use. User interface is much more intuitive.
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    Matillion
    Fivetran offers a managed service and pre-configured schemas/models for data loading, which means much less administrative work for initial setup and ongoing maintenance. But it comes at a much higher price tag. So, knowing where your sweet spot is in the build vs. buy spectrum is essential to deciding which tool fits better. For the transformation part, dbt is purely (SQL-) code-based. So, it is mainly whether your developers prefer a GUI or code-based approach.
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    Scalability
    Dimensional Insight
    No answers on this topic
    Matillion
    We're using Matillion on EC2 instances, and we have about 20 projects for our clients in the same instance. Sometimes, we're struggling to manage schedules for all projects because thread management is not visible, and we can't see the process at the instance level.
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    Return on Investment
    Dimensional Insight
    • Increased efficiency - very positive.
    • Sales Reporting is Interactive and Light Years ahead of previous solution.
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    Matillion
    • Matillion has been the backbone of my company's analytical functionalities for 10+ years, so it has a good ROI.
    • The price is ok for what our company built with it, but it starts to be less competitive if the tool is not used at its fullest.
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    ScreenShots—

    Maia by Matillion Screenshots

    Screenshot of Matillion's GUI, used to orchestrate jobs with control data flow functionality, automating the ETL process.Screenshot of where structured and semi-structured data can be prepared to create clean data sets that can be used with any BI/reporting/visualization tool of choice. Matillion reads and combines data across a target warehouse external storage, such as S3 or Blob.Screenshot of Matillion's self-validating components, sample and row counts. If a job does fail, the warehouse queue services available with Matillion can be used get an alert to a connected email or Slack account.Screenshot of the SQL component used to run custom scripts from within Matillion. With hundreds of pre-built connectors out of the box, Matillion can handle complex transformation needs.