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    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

    SAP Data Services

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/ASAP Data Services is an offering from SAP to improve data quality.N/A
    Pricing
    Maia by MatillionSAP Data Services
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    Maia by MatillionSAP Data Services
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    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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    Maia by MatillionSAP Data Services
    Considered Both Products
    Matillion
    Chose Maia by Matillion
    Matillion is cloud-native, therefore it doesn't need virtual machines to set up. It is easier to use compared with some of them. It always does query pushdown, while other ones don't'. It is integrated with Snowflake, while other ETLs need to use workarounds in order to perform …
    Incentivized
    Chose Maia by Matillion
    I did not make the purchase decision, but Data Services has a very high upfront cost and is not cloud-native not *was* Snowflake capable (it may be now). It's a good piece of software though.
    Incentivized
    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    59 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    42 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    52 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Maia by MatillionSAP Data Services
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Maia by Matillion and SAP Data Services
    Feature
    Maia by Matillion
    8.7
    143 Ratings
    4% above category average
    SAP Data Services
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    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 SAP Data Services
    Feature
    Maia by Matillion
    8.8
    143 Ratings
    8% above category average
    SAP Data Services
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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 SAP Data Services
    Feature
    Maia by Matillion
    8.4
    135 Ratings
    6% above category average
    SAP Data Services
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    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 SAP Data Services
    Feature
    Maia by Matillion
    8.2
    23 Ratings
    1% above category average
    SAP Data Services
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    Integration with data quality tools8.222 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools8.220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Quality
    Comparison of Data Quality features of Maia by Matillion and SAP Data Services
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    Maia by Matillion
    -
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    SAP Data Services
    6.1
    9 Ratings
    34% below category average
    Data source connectivity00 Ratings5.39 Ratings
    Data profiling00 Ratings6.09 Ratings
    Master data management (MDM) integration00 Ratings7.17 Ratings
    Data element standardization00 Ratings6.99 Ratings
    Match and merge00 Ratings5.19 Ratings
    Address verification00 Ratings6.38 Ratings
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    Enterprises
    SolarWinds Task Factory
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    User Ratings
    Maia by MatillionSAP Data Services
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (145 ratings)
    6.1
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (144 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (7 ratings)
    8.7
    (4 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)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    Maia by MatillionSAP Data Services
    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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    SAP
    It's definitely one of the leading ETL tools, and it's the best ETL tool to use with SAP integration. If you use SAP HANA, then you should think about Data Services as your primary ETL tool.
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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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    SAP
    • Integration with SAP ERP/ECC works really well.
    • A lot of flexibility in data creation, with different types of communication capabilities like BAPIs, IDocs, and Batch input.
    • Reliable and consistent results and easily enforceable data templates.
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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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    SAP
    • Debugging is not very easy. When one wants to see the flow of data from one Query to another, the process is not very smooth and efficient.
    • A lot of functions do not behave the way they should. I have faced problems with the count() function.
    • I have faced problems while loading Excel files. The same set of options will work in one case but not in the other.
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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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    SAP
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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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    SAP
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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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    SAP
    As other SAP products, there is excellent support by SAP on this tool. You can access the SAP Help portal in order to give support either from the huge community or directly from SAP.
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    Implementation Rating
    Matillion
    We were able to control on access and built various enviroment for implementation
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    SAP
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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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    SAP
    You cannot afford to run your business on questionable data. With SAP® Data Services software, you can access, transform, and connect data to fuel your critical business processes. Together, these enterprise-class solutions enable data integration and data quality, providing the right level of insight across your business so you can make better decisions and operate more effectively.SAP Data Services was previously known as SAP BusinessObjects Data Services, SAP BusinessObjects Data Integrator, BusinessObjects Data Integrator.
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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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    SAP
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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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    SAP
    • Very positive impact in jobs maintenance since support auto-documentation.
    • Great impact on learning curve.
    • Great results in our Data Quality Projects.
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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.