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Alation Data Catalog

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100% willing to recommend
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Data Governance
April 2024
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John Gilbert
The catalog now provides an opportunity for people to come together, to share, and to find
We had no data catalog beforehand, but we're coming from a very mature environment. Before we had the data catalog, there was no mechanism for... Read more →
Sudhansu Panigrahi
A scalable hybrid solution for data catalog with reports
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  • "A three-year agreement is better than a one-year rolling 12-month agreement from a price point of view. I'd recommend looking at a three-year deal because you can't stand up a catalog and produce value in 12 months."
  • "The solution is a little expensive."
  • "The platform is moderately expensive compared to the other competitors in the market."

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    Questions from the Community
    What do you like most about Alation Data Catalog?
    Top Answer: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.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Alation Data Cata...
    Top Answer:The platform is moderately expensive compared to the other competitors in the market.
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    What needs improvement with Alation Data Catalog?
    Top Answer:The product's data governance features need improvement.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OvalEdge?
    Top Answer:The solution is cheaper than competitors like IBM and Collibra and has good features.
    What needs improvement with OvalEdge?
    Top Answer:Implementing artificial intelligence in managing data is crucial due to the numerous challenges encountered when handling tasks manually. For instance, creating tags and terms can be time-consuming… more »
    What is your primary use case for OvalEdge?
    Top Answer:OvalEdge provides a comprehensive data cataloging solution. Whether you have lakhs or crores of data entries, our platform allows you to organize all your data in one place. This enables you to trace… more »
    Ranking
    5th
    out of 57 in Data Governance
    Views
    8,720
    Comparisons
    5,630
    Reviews
    5
    Average Words per Review
    317
    Rating
    7.0
    17th
    out of 57 in Data Governance
    Views
    381
    Comparisons
    258
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    483
    Rating
    9.0
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    Overview

    Alation pioneered the data catalog market and is now leading its evolution into a platform for a broad range of data intelligence solutions including data search & discovery, data governance, lineage, stewardship, analytics, and digital transformation.

    Thanks to its powerful Behavioral Analysis Engine, inbuilt collaboration capabilities, and open interfaces, Alation combines machine learning with human insight to successfully tackle even the most demanding challenges in data and metadata management. With Alation, analysts are empowered to search, query and collaborate on their data to achieve faster, more accurate insights.

    Trusted by 400+ enterprises worldwide like Salesforce, Nasdaq, LinkedIn, Finnair, and Cisco.


    OvalEdge is a data catalog and data governance tool that virtually centralizes all of a company's data into a single repository or catalog. OvalEdge provides a progressive approach to data governance, helping companies to:

    Catalog: Make data asset discovery easy by automatically cataloging your enterprise data assets.

    Collaborate: Provide a self-service collaborative experience for your analytics, data, and business teams that helps them find, understand, enrich, and share data assets quickly and easily.

    Comply: Define and apply data controls that ensure data quality, enforce data governance policies, and verify that the business is meeting compliance requirements and minimizing risk.

    OvalEdge runs on lean infrastructure. Also, since it is architected with an open framework, it can be seamlessly integrated with other applications.

    Sample Customers
    Salesforce, Snowflake, Citrix, eBay, TripAdvisor, Albertsons, Nasdaq, Pfizer, LinkedIn, Finnair.
    Beaumont CHKD, UpWork, Pon, Rakuten, Verbund, Globe, Naranja
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Retailer14%
    Insurance Company14%
    Government14%
    Computer Software Company14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Healthcare Company10%
    Educational Organization10%
    Computer Software Company6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise63%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise71%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise65%
    Buyer's Guide
    Data Governance
    April 2024
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    Alation Data Catalog is ranked 5th in Data Governance with 7 reviews while OvalEdge is ranked 17th in Data Governance with 1 review. Alation Data Catalog is rated 7.8, while OvalEdge is rated 9.0. 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 OvalEdge writes "A scalable hybrid solution for data catalog with reports". Alation Data Catalog is most compared with Microsoft Purview, Collibra Governance, Informatica Axon, Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog and Collibra Lineage, whereas OvalEdge is most compared with Microsoft Purview, Collibra Governance and Collibra Lineage.

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