We performed a comparison between Alation Data Catalog and Informatica Axon based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Governance solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We had some of our data science engineers, who had built out some cloud-based data and data products for users. They were spending a lot of their time, up to 30 to 35% of their time, answering questions about the data and helping people understand how to use it. Once they were able to document that information within Alation, they were only focusing on around 5% of the high-value questions that really couldn't be solved through the catalog itself. It freed them up to be more productive, it made their end-users more productive, and it made the adoption rate of their data products rise more quickly because people were able to get to using them."
"The platform's most valuable features are workflow automation, automated business metadata tagging, technical metadata tagging, and data integration with data quality tools or platforms."
"The tool's metadata cataloging is the most valuable feature."
"We can customize templates based on our use cases."
"Alation Data Catalog's best feature is the SQL query publication."
"Given the relatively low level of maturity, Alation's most relevant feature at the moment is a user interface that's easy to navigate, which helps us find and understand the data. So while Alation has a lot more functionality, our pain point right now is being able to easily find, understand, and trust the information to use it."
"The most valuable features of Alation Data Catalog are the simplicity in onboarding data sources, the security in securing the data sources, and the way the various users of Alation Data Catalog communicate with each other through a messenger."
"Able to customize data search and data sharing."
"The dictionary, the search, and the ratings are without a doubt the most beneficial components of this solution."
"The product's most valuable feature is the ability to select the data flow and lineage."
"The product is stable."
"You can extract and transfer your data as you wish it to be consumed later."
"Some of Axon's valuable features include creating your business glossaries, importing DQ rules, and creating change management."
"It is a very stable solution. I rate its stability a ten out of ten...It is a scalable solution...Informatica Axon's technical support is good."
"Axon does one interesting thing that I don't think other tools do as well. It lets you rate data and incorporates Informatica's data quality feature into it. There are little indications and graphics that show you how good the data quality is, and you can drill into it to see where potential issues lie."
"The product's data governance features need improvement."
"Alation Data Catalog needs to develop a lot in terms of data governance and would be improved with a built-in interactive data quality solution."
"The tool's domain model needs to be changed."
"I know that this has been on their roadmap and they're working on it, but as a whole, there's an untapped reservoir of capabilities within their article features that could be used and built upon."
"The interface is not user-friendly."
"Alation Data Catalog doesn't support end-to-end lineage. By that, I mean the ability to trace the movement of data from when it first comes into our organization to where it's consumed."
"Alation Data Catalog does not provide end-to-end data lineage."
"I would like to have the solution in one product and technical support needs to be better."
"Informatica Axon needs more integration connectors so that it can connect to systems and different kinds of datasets."
"The solution should improve its integration."
"The main issue probably has nothing to do with end users, but installation can definitely be simplified."
"Permissions, scalability, and connection with other informatic tools are the main areas that need development. Integration with other tools, such as IDQ, is challenging. The management of data discovery is highly challenging because many data points have identical definitions."
"They could improve technical support because it is not good enough at the moment."
"Informatica Axon's response times and certain aspects of the admin panel could be enhanced for better usability."
"Some functionalities can be a challenge in the cloud."
Alation Data Catalog is ranked 5th in Data Governance with 7 reviews while Informatica Axon is ranked 3rd in Data Governance with 23 reviews. Alation Data Catalog is rated 7.8, while Informatica Axon is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Alation Data Catalog writes "The catalog now provides an opportunity for people to come together, to share, and to find". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Informatica Axon writes "It has a marketplace that allows you to showcase all the assets the data owner has". Alation Data Catalog is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Governance, Collibra Governance, Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog, Atlan and erwin Data Intelligence by Quest, whereas Informatica Axon is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Governance, Collibra Governance, BigID, erwin Data Intelligence by Quest and Microsoft Purview Information Protection. See our Alation Data Catalog vs. Informatica Axon report.
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