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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Pragmatic Workbench (discontinued)

    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Pragmatic Workbench Enterprise was a suite that combined four Pragmatic Works products: BI xPress, DBA xPress, DOC xPress and LegiTest. It was acquired by SentryOne in April 2018, and has reached its EOL phase. After the summer of 2022 it will likely no longer be available, and unsupported.

    $2,490

    per seat

    Pricing
    Maia by MatillionPragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Workbench Client Edition
    2,490
    per seat
    Workbench Server Edition
    8,995
    per server
    Workbench Enterprise Edition (Client + Server)
    9,995
    1 user / 1 server
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Maia by MatillionPragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    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.Workbench Enterprise combines all of the functionality within Workbench Client (local install) and Workbench Server (server install).
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    Matillion
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    54 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    59 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    42 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    52 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
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    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Maia by Matillion and Pragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    Feature
    Maia by Matillion
    8.7
    143 Ratings
    4% above category average
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    Ratings
    Connect to traditional data sources9.0142 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL8.3100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Maia by Matillion and Pragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    Feature
    Maia by Matillion
    8.8
    143 Ratings
    8% above category average
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    Simple transformations9.5143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex transformations8.2142 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Maia by Matillion and Pragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    Feature
    Maia by Matillion
    8.4
    135 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Data model creation9.133 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata management9.140 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow8.4126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration7.8127 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing and debugging7.9128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Maia by Matillion and Pragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    Feature
    Maia by Matillion
    8.2
    23 Ratings
    1% above category average
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    Ratings
    Integration with data quality tools8.222 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools8.220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database Development
    Comparison of Database Development features of Maia by Matillion and Pragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    Feature
    Maia by Matillion
    -
    Ratings
    Pragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Test data generation00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Maia by MatillionPragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (145 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (144 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (7 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (131 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Workbench Enterprise is consistent across devices and users so far. It works the same, and access is easy. I have a problem with its security. If you use an enterprise password to access databases, it's very easy to click the show password on the connection page and expose the enterprise password. You shouldn't allow users to use the same accounts to access the database because that means all users are sharing the same password.
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    Pros
    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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    • Querying is easy and quick.
    • Updating tables is very easy.
    • It gives us very accurate error messages.
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    Cons
    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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    • It has autocompleted, but I find it difficult to use or get to use.
    • It doesn't automatically complete table names or field names.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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
    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
    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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    Our team does the support for us. Sometimes we see download related issues that can easily be fixed by our team. Most issues you will see with one user in your org will probably happen to others, so keep a log and track those issues. Then have a fix for them somewhere that everyone has access to. This will save you a lot of time troubleshooting.
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    Implementation Rating
    Matillion
    We were able to control on access and built various enviroment for implementation
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    Alternatives Considered
    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
    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
    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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    • I personally like Workbench Enterprise, and I can do everything I need to do using it.
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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.

    Pragmatic Workbench (discontinued) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Real-Time SSIS Execution DiagramScreenshot of Visual Object LineageScreenshot of Data Validation Testing DesignerScreenshot of Data Validation Testing -  Performance DashboardScreenshot of Workbench Launch Dashboard