Matillion vs. Sigma Computing

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Matillion
Score 8.5 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
Sigma
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Sigma Computing headquartered in San Francisco provides a suite of data services such as code free data modeling, data search and explorating, and related BI and data visualization services.N/A
Pricing
MatillionSigma Computing
Editions & Modules
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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Pricing Offerings
MatillionSigma
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsBilled directly via cloud marketplace on an hourly basis, with annual subscriptions available depending on the customer's cloud data warehouse provider.Contact us for pricing.
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Community Pulse
MatillionSigma Computing
Considered Both Products
Matillion
Chose Matillion
Matillion has better capabilities and better built-in elements that saves your time and efforts. also the connectivity across multiple data warehousing tool is better in Matillion. even the performance of the pipeline and the time required to create a particular pipeline is …
Sigma
Chose Sigma Computing
microstrategy is too complex and expecting data warehouse in perfect Snowflake layout, otherwise all automated joins are getting messed up. Power BI requires to do tons of complex DAX transformations for even getting simple answers and has power limitations.
Chose Sigma Computing
Sigma's combination of key features from each of these with native dB access under a UI that makes collaboration easy has made it an easy choice for us.
Features
MatillionSigma Computing
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
Matillion
8.6
143 Ratings
4% above category average
Sigma Computing
-
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 Product A and Product B
Matillion
8.8
143 Ratings
8% above category average
Sigma Computing
-
Ratings
Simple transformations9.4143 Ratings00 Ratings
Complex transformations8.1142 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Matillion
8.4
135 Ratings
7% above category average
Sigma Computing
-
Ratings
Data model creation9.133 Ratings00 Ratings
Metadata management9.140 Ratings00 Ratings
Business rules and workflow8.4126 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration7.6127 Ratings00 Ratings
Testing and debugging7.7128 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
Matillion
8.2
23 Ratings
2% above category average
Sigma Computing
-
Ratings
Integration with data quality tools8.222 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools8.220 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Matillion
-
Ratings
Sigma Computing
7.7
163 Ratings
6% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings5.9104 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.3161 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.8133 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Matillion
-
Ratings
Sigma Computing
7.6
166 Ratings
5% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.2155 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.1163 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.35 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings7.8162 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Matillion
-
Ratings
Sigma Computing
7.7
156 Ratings
6% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings7.6103 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.8130 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.2120 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings7.8132 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.868 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Matillion
-
Ratings
Sigma Computing
6.8
149 Ratings
16% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.6147 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings5.626 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings6.218 Ratings
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User Ratings
MatillionSigma Computing
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(145 ratings)
8.3
(170 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.6
(6 ratings)
10.0
(6 ratings)
Usability
8.4
(144 ratings)
7.6
(48 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
7.4
(7 ratings)
10.0
(47 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(1 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.1
(131 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
MatillionSigma Computing
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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Sigma Computing
We were able to set up client-facing embedded reports with ease and security. The interface is not difficult to learn, although we may not be aware of or lack the necessary expertise to utilize more advanced features that would likely benefit us.
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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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Sigma Computing
  • Allows end users to easily dive into the data without having direct access to the table in our database management software.
  • Can easily turnaround dashboards that are detailed and visually pleasing.
  • Sigma is intuitive and as new features are rolled out it is easy to adopt and incorporate them into new and existing dashboards.
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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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Sigma Computing
  • Sigma Computing does not allow custom ordering of pivot fields in pivot tables easily
  • Sigma Computing lacks functionality for creating tables or sections that dynamically adjust to the browser window's height while maintaining a fixed height textbox at the bottom
  • Sigma Computing does not provide straightforward options for formatting totals in tables, such as renaming 'Total' to 'Average', 'Team Total', etc
  • Sigma Computing does not support searching by individual tab names within a workbook
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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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Sigma Computing
Sigma has helped us a lot and has become an integral part of our daily workflow. It would be difficult to switch to another platform and have to rebuild the numerous metrics and performance reports that we have already established
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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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Sigma Computing
It has a clean and modern interface. However, it is not completely intuitive. I think it would be better and easier to navigate with more Windows style drop down menus and/or tabls. There is a significant learning curve, but that may be due in part to the technical nature of this type of software tool.
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Reliability and Availability
Matillion
No answers on this topic
Sigma Computing
Yes, as long as you don’t conduct user error sigma is always up and running and waiting for you to complete your dashboards
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Performance
Matillion
No answers on this topic
Sigma Computing
It depends, it loads quickly for smaller dashboards but when loading larger amounts of data it takes more time to do so
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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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Sigma Computing
They are very friendly and informative. They are quick in resolving our queries and help us understand very minute things as well. They are quick in creating feature tickets based on our custom requirements, and they would also create a bug ticket if there is any discrepancy and get that checked on time.
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Implementation Rating
Matillion
We were able to control on access and built various enviroment for implementation
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Sigma Computing
Was not involved in 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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Sigma Computing
With Looker, to be effective, a substantial amount of coding & modeling needs to happen in LookML. Being another language to learn, users have to context switch again from at a minimum either SQL or Python into LookML. The concept of being able to source control, code review, and deploy your models is a plus though.
Tableau is the gold standard for data visualization, no question. Power users will be able to create dazzling content that Sigma won't necessarily be able to easily match. However, since development usually happens via an extract, helping other users troubleshoot is an arduous process. Trying to re-do or un-do all the transformations and calculations that cause a certain number is very difficult.
With Sigma, all the queries happen directly against Snowflake and you can see the query logs. The data modeling happens right in a tabular, spreadsheet-like manner, so within only a few minutes, substantial transformations can happen, with visualizations just a few more clicks away.
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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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Sigma Computing
It is a cloud service offering that is able to expand based on your usage
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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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Sigma Computing
  • Monitoring health of cloud platform has allowed the company to anticipate issues before they affect customers – Sigma prompted us building a canary monitoring process that provides customer container health.
  • Customer success has used an activity report to discover customers running runaway processes that they were unaware of, creating an alert to contact the customer and prevent an embarrassing situation.
  • Customer success uses the activity report to prompt conversations regarding increases or declines in behavior that led to increasing contract limits or addressing churn concerns.
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ScreenShots

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.