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Market Segments
Enterprise (60.7% of reviews)
Enterprise (70.7% of reviews)
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Alation
Star Rating
(92)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (60.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Star Rating
(102)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (70.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Learn more about CollibraAlation vs Collibra
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Alation easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Alation overall.
- Reviewers felt that Collibra meets the needs of their business better than Alation.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Alation is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Collibra over Alation.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Alation
No pricing availableCollibra
No pricing availableFree Trial
Alation
Free Trial is available
Collibra
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.2
68
8.4
87
Ease of Use
8.3
72
8.0
89
Ease of Setup
8.1
50
7.7
68
Ease of Admin
8.5
41
8.0
65
Quality of Support
8.6
61
8.2
89
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
44
8.7
66
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
72
9.3
86
Features by Category
Data Governance
7.8
26
7.9
7
7.6
26
6.9
7
7.3
25
8.0
9
Data Preparation
8.2
28
8.0
9
7.8
27
6.7
8
7.4
25
Feature Not Available
6.8
25
Feature Not Available
Collaboration
8.4
25
7.9
8
7.9
25
7.8
9
8.5
27
8.3
9
8.0
23
8.0
9
Artificial Intelligence
7.2
25
7.3
8
7.2
24
Feature Not Available
6.7
22
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
7.4
15
Not enough data
7.7
15
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Machine Learning Data Catalog
6.9
13
Not enough data
7.1
13
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
7.5
12
Not enough data
Administration
6.9
38
7.4
54
7.2
41
Feature Not Available
6.9
39
7.8
63
7.1
39
7.0
61
Management
8.2
39
8.5
55
8.4
40
8.4
51
6.8
38
7.4
43
6.9
39
7.0
49
7.3
38
7.9
51
Compliance
7.5
38
7.8
49
7.6
39
7.8
54
7.5
36
7.5
48
7.2
39
7.7
44
Security
7.5
36
7.7
44
7.6
36
7.8
51
7.6
37
7.7
38
Data Quality
6.8
36
7.3
39
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
7.3
37
7.6
40
Maintainence
7.2
35
6.7
39
7.2
34
7.5
43
Generative AI
6.4
29
6.3
8
6.5
29
6.5
8
Agentic AI - Data Governance
5.5
7
Not enough data
6.0
7
Not enough data
6.2
7
Not enough data
5.8
6
Not enough data
5.2
7
Not enough data
5.2
7
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
14
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
8.2
14
Not enough data
8.5
12
Not enough data
8.3
12
Not enough data
8.3
17
Not enough data
8.4
16
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
7.2
9
Not enough data
8.6
18
Functionality
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
6.9
7
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
6.9
8
Functionality
Not enough data
8.1
13
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
6.5
11
Not enough data
6.8
12
Not enough data
6.7
11
Not enough data
6.7
12
Not enough data
7.5
12
Not enough data
8.2
15
Not enough data
7.7
14
Not enough data
8.0
14
Agentic AI - Sensitive Data Discovery
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Fabric
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data management
8.3
24
8.5
35
7.4
24
7.3
31
8.3
24
7.8
32
8.0
22
7.9
36
8.3
24
8.3
30
Reporting
7.5
23
7.7
29
Feature Not Available
7.7
27
7.4
20
7.7
35
Generative AI
7.0
19
6.3
5
7.1
19
6.3
5
Agentic AI - SAP Store
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
7.3
10
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.0
10
Functionality
Not enough data
8.4
18
Not enough data
8.1
16
Not enough data
8.3
15
Not enough data
7.1
14
Not enough data
7.9
15
Management
Not enough data
7.4
19
Not enough data
7.8
16
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
7.3
20
Not enough data
8.3
19
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Alation and Collibra are categorized as Active Metadata Management, Data Governance, and Machine Learning Data Catalog
Unique Categories
Alation has no unique categories
Collibra is categorized as SAP Store, Sensitive Data Discovery, Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), Data Subject Access Request (DSAR), Data Privacy Management, Data Quality, and Data Fabric
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Alation
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Collibra
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
13.1%
Financial Services
8.3%
Computer Software
6.0%
Manufacturing
4.8%
Retail
4.8%
Other
63.1%
Financial Services
12.1%
Banking
9.1%
Pharmaceuticals
8.1%
Telecommunications
6.1%
Insurance
6.1%
Other
58.6%
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JB
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog service offers several capabilities to help organizations manage and govern their data assets. Here are three key...Read more
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What is Critical data elements? How to identify CDE.
2 Comments
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There are a variety of criteria that may determine a data element to be critical. These criteria may include (but are not limited to) the following:
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