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Metadata Management
April 2024
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Helps with metadata management, saves time, and allows us to do impact analysis on any changes
We're working on metadata management. It is a data set of golden records. We need to do a scan of all different profiles and different data sources... Read more →
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  • "I am not very familiar with its pricing. I know it is not cheap, but it is also not super expensive. It depends on the company size. For a company making $1 million, it is very expensive. For a company making 10 million and above, it might be okay."
  • "Erwin Data Catalog is very expensive."

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    erwin by Quest
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    Overview

    erwin Data Catalog (DC), part of the erwin Data Intelligence Suite, automates enterprise metadata management, including data mapping, code generation, data profiling, data lineage and impact analysis. It integrates and activates data in a single, unified catalog in accordance with business requirements by scheduling ongoing scans of metadata from the widest array of data sources, keeping metadata current with full versioning and change management, and easily mapping data elements from source to target, including data at rest and in motion, and harmonize data integration across platforms.

    Our Semantic AI platform Semaphore, provides the semantic layer in your digital ecosystem so you can manage knowledge models, automatically extract and classify the context and meaning from structured and unstructured information, and generate rich semantic metadata.

    Sample Customers
    Balfour Beatty Construction, Banco de México, BFSI Canada, CenturyLink, Daktronics
    HP, Amgen, Merck, KPMG, Thomson Reuters
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm19%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Government11%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Healthcare Company9%
    Retailer8%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise71%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise5%
    Large Enterprise72%
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    erwin Data Catalog by Quest is ranked 12th in Metadata Management with 2 reviews while Smartlogic Semaphore is ranked 15th in Metadata Management. erwin Data Catalog by Quest is rated 7.6, while Smartlogic Semaphore is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of erwin Data Catalog by Quest writes "Helps with metadata management, saves time, and allows us to do impact analysis on any changes". On the other hand, erwin Data Catalog by Quest is most compared with Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog, Talend Open Studio, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), Alation Data Catalog and WhereScape RED, whereas Smartlogic Semaphore is most compared with PoolParty Semantic Suite and Collibra Catalog.

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