KNIME Analytics Platform vs. Matillion

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
KNIME Analytics Platform
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
KNIME enables users to analyze, upskill, and scale data science without any coding. The platform that lets users blend, transform, model and visualize data, deploy and monitor analytical models, and share insights organization-wide with data apps and services.
$0
per month
Matillion
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Matillion is a data pipeline platform used to build and manage pipelines. Matillion empowers data teams with no-code and AI capabilities to be more productive, integrating data wherever it lives and delivering data that’s ready for AI and analytics.
$2.50
Pay as you go per user
Pricing
KNIME Analytics PlatformMatillion
Editions & Modules
KNIME Community Hub Personal Plan
$0
KNIME Analytics Platform
$0
KNIME Community Hub Team Plan
€99
per month 3 users
KNIME Business Hub
From €35,000
per year
Developer: For Individuals
$2.50/credit
Pay as you go per user
Basic
$1000
per month 500 prepaid credits (additional credits: $2.18/credit)
Advanced
$2000
per month 750 prepaid credits (additional credits: $2.73/credit)
Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
KNIME Analytics PlatformMatillion
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsBilled 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
KNIME Analytics PlatformMatillion
Features
KNIME Analytics PlatformMatillion
Platform Connectivity
Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
9.2
19 Ratings
10% above category average
Matillion
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Ratings
Connect to Multiple Data Sources9.619 Ratings00 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection9.119 Ratings00 Ratings
MDM Integration7.98 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
8.1
18 Ratings
4% below category average
Matillion
-
Ratings
Visualization8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis8.118 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Preparation
Comparison of Data Preparation features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
8.3
19 Ratings
2% above category average
Matillion
-
Ratings
Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment9.019 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Transformations9.519 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Encryption7.47 Ratings00 Ratings
Built-in Processors7.48 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Data Modeling
Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
8.0
18 Ratings
5% below category average
Matillion
-
Ratings
Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools9.517 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated Machine Learning8.217 Ratings00 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development9.318 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery5.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Model Deployment
Comparison of Model Deployment features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
7.3
11 Ratings
15% below category average
Matillion
-
Ratings
Flexible Model Publishing Options8.611 Ratings00 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls5.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
-
Ratings
Matillion
8.6
143 Ratings
4% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings8.9142 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings8.2100 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
-
Ratings
Matillion
8.6
143 Ratings
7% above category average
Simple transformations00 Ratings9.2143 Ratings
Complex transformations00 Ratings8.0142 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
-
Ratings
Matillion
8.3
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 Ratings7.5127 Ratings
Testing and debugging00 Ratings7.6128 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
-
Ratings
Matillion
8.2
23 Ratings
3% above category average
Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings8.222 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings8.220 Ratings
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User Ratings
KNIME Analytics PlatformMatillion
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
(22 ratings)
8.5
(145 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.5
(4 ratings)
8.6
(6 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(3 ratings)
8.3
(144 ratings)
Support Rating
9.3
(6 ratings)
7.4
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.0
(2 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(131 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
KNIME Analytics PlatformMatillion
Likelihood to Recommend
KNIME
KNIME Analytics Platform is excellent for people who are finding Excel frustrating, this can be due to errors creeping in due to manual changes or simply that there are too many calculations which causes the system to slow down and crash. This is especially true for regular reporting where a KNIME Analytics Platform workflow can pull in the most recent data, process it and provide the necessary output in one click. I find KNIME Analytics Platform especially useful when talking with audiences who are intimidated by code. KNIME Analytics Platform allows us to discuss exactly how data is processed and an analysis takes place at an abstracted level where non-technical users are happy to think and communicate which is often essential when they are subject matter experts whom you need for guidance. For experienced programmers KNIME Analytics Platform is a double-edged sword. Often programmers wish to write their own code because they are more efficient working that way and are constrained by having to think and implement work in nodes. However, those constraints forcing development in a "KNIME way" are useful when working in teams and for maintenance compared to some programmers' idiosyncratic styles.
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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
KNIME
  • Summarize instrument level financial data with relevant statistics
  • Map transactions from core extracts to groups of like transactions using rule engines
  • Machine learning using random forests and other techniques to analyze data and identify correlations for use in predictive models
  • Fill out sampling data from averages.
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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
KNIME
  • It does not have proper visualization.
  • Some other BI tools (QlikView) have much easier functions for data interaction.
  • Some other BI tools (Tableau) can be set up much faster.
  • It is not an easy tool to use for non-tech savvy staff.
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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
KNIME
We are happy with Knime product and their support. Knime AP is versatile product and even can execute Python scripts if needed. It also supports R execution as well; however, it is not being used at our end
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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
KNIME
KNIME Analytics Platform offers a great tradeoff between intuitiveness and simplicity of the user interface and almost limitless flexibility. There are tools that are even easier to adopt by someone new to analytics, but none that would provide the scalability of KNIME when the user skills and application complexity grows
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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
KNIME
KNIME's HQ is in Europe, which makes it hard for US companies to get customer service in time and on time. Their customer service also takes on average 1 to 2 weeks to follow up with your request. KNIME's documentation is also helpful but it does not provide you all the answers you need some of the time.
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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
KNIME
KNIME Analytics Platform is easy to install on any Windows, Mac or Linux machine. The KNIME Server product that is currently being replaced by the KNIME Business Hub comes as multiple layers of software and it took us some time to set up the system right for stability. This was made harder by KNIME staff's deeper expertise in setting up the Server in Linux rather than Windows environment. The KNIME Business Hub promises to have a simpler architecture, although currently there is no visibility of a Windows version of the product.
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Matillion
We were able to control on access and built various enviroment for implementation
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Alternatives Considered
KNIME
Having used both the Alteryx and [KNIME Analytics] I can definitely feel the ease of using the software of Alteryx. The [KNIME Analytics] on the other hand isn't that great but is 90% of what Alteryx can do along with how much ease it can do. Having said that, the 90% functionality and UI at no cost would be enough for me to quit using Alteryx and move towards [KNIME Analytics].
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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
KNIME
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
KNIME
  • It is suited for data mining or machine learning work but If we're looking for advanced stat methods such as mixed effects linear/logistics models, that needs to be run through an R node.
  • Thinking of our peers with an advanced visualization techniques requirement, it is a lagging product.
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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

KNIME Analytics Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of the KNIME Modern UI. This is the the new user interface for the KNIME Analytics Platform that is available with improved look and feel as the default interface, from KNIME Analytics Platform version 5.1.0 release.Screenshot of the KNIME Analytics Platform user interface - the KNIME Workbench - displays the current, open workflow(s). Here is the general user interface layout — application tabs, side panel, workflow editor and node monitor.Screenshot of the KNIME user interface elements — workflow toolbar, node action bar, rename components and metanodes.Screenshot of the entry page, which is displayed by clicking the Home tab. From here users can; check out example workflows to get started, access a local workspace, or even start a new workflow by clicking the yellow plus button.Screenshot of the status of a KNIME node, which shows whether it's configured, not configured, executed, or has an error.Screenshot of the KNIME node action bar, which can be used to configure, execute, cancel, reset, and - when available - open the view.

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.