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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

    Tableau Prep

    Score6.5 out of 10
    N/ATableau Prep enables users to get to the analysis phase faster by helping them quickly combine, shape, and clean their data. According to the vendor, a direct and visual experience helps provide users with a deeper understanding of their data, smart features make data preparation simple, and integration with the Tableau analytical workflow allows for faster speed to insight. Tableau Prep allows users to connect to data on-premises or in the cloud, whether it’s a database or a…

    $15

    per month billed annually per user

    Pricing
    Maia by MatillionTableau Prep
    Editions & Modules
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    Viewer
    $15
    per month billed annually per user
    Explorer
    $42
    per month billed annually per user
    Creator
    $70
    per month billed annually per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Maia by MatillionTableau Prep
    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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    Community Pulse
    Maia by MatillionTableau Prep
    Considered Both Products
    Matillion
    Chose Maia by Matillion
    Matillion is more mature and it has more data connectors.
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    Tableau
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    54 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    59 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    52 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Maia by MatillionTableau Prep
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Maia by Matillion and Tableau Prep
    Feature
    Maia by Matillion
    8.7
    143 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Tableau Prep
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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 Tableau Prep
    Feature
    Maia by Matillion
    8.8
    143 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Tableau Prep
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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 Tableau Prep
    Feature
    Maia by Matillion
    8.4
    135 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Tableau Prep
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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 Tableau Prep
    Feature
    Maia by Matillion
    8.2
    23 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Tableau Prep
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    Integration with data quality tools8.222 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools8.220 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Maia by MatillionTableau Prep
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (145 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (144 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (7 ratings)
    5.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (131 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    Maia by MatillionTableau Prep
    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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    Tableau
    If your data sets are coming in without much stewardship then Tableau Prep can help to clean the data before you start trying to create visualizations for your end users. You will save a lot of time this way - rather than seeing problems once you are creating dashboards. If you don't have large data sets or your data is relatively simple, then Tableau Prep may not be needed.
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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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    Tableau
    • Display the raw data coming in from the data warehouse
    • Point out situations that might be erroneous
    • Show the distribution of raw data figures
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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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    Tableau
    • Use of Macros within Workflow (and more types of automation)
    • Join Editor also giving a SQL Update Query
    • More types of visuals
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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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    Tableau
    It is a valuable tool for generating and cleaning files for multiple purposes.
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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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    Tableau
    It works well and is user friendly for the basics but needs more options for bring in data (using SQL queries for example) and export format options.
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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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    Tableau
    I have not really had to reach out for any kind of customer support for Tableau Prep, so I can't really say. However, the support that Tableau has given for their other products has been great, so I would assume it would be the same here. They are also constantly adding new features and providing software updates, and that is always a plus.
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    Implementation Rating
    Matillion
    We were able to control on access and built various enviroment for implementation
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    Tableau
    Live connections to cloud services (Google Sheets for example) and cloud hosted databases (cloud hosted SIS for example) for scheduled flows are not supported
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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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    Tableau
    Before Prep, we had to do all the data joining and connecting in a Tableau Workbook. Not only did this cause workbooks connected with live data to run frustratingly slowly, a new connection and set-up had to be established every time a new workbook as created, even if you were working with the same data. The extracts produced by Prep allow several workbooks to be working from the same data set-up without any additional work, saving time and stress.
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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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    Tableau
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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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    Tableau
    • Quicker data sets for online reports
    • More efficient data cleaning Ad Hoc reports
    • Costly if using data management to schedule data pull and cleaning (priced per viewer accounts not creator accounts)
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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.