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# Alation vs Metric Insights Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Pricing

**Alation**
Free Trial

**Contact Vendor for Pricing** Per User Per Year · Basic

**Metric Insights**
No pricing available

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Perceived Cost

**Alation**
$$$$$

**Metric Insights**
Not enough reviews yet

Average Discount

**Alation**
13%

**Metric Insights**
Not enough reviews yet

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Time to Implement

**Alation** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Metric Insights** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

Return on Investment

**Alation** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Metric Insights** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Pros & Cons**
from reviews

**Alation**

Ease of Use (16)

Data Discovery (10)

Slow Performance (8)

Missing Features (6)

**Metric Insights**

Integration Capabilities (2)

Reporting (2)

Learning Curve (2)

Complexity (1)

Integrations

**Alation**
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 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_b3390b4cc3d92e87d570895f7358c003/amazon-redshift.jpg "Product Avatar Image")

Amazon Redshift

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-redshift/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_01df19a83b545b324815f00abb1d0c8e/anomalo.png "Product Avatar Image")

Anomalo

](https://www.g2.com/products/anomalo/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_1a70cdd349865c820ee875c1e18cada7/data-360-formerly-salesforce-data-cloud.jpeg "Product Avatar Image")

Data 360 (formerly Salesforce Data Cloud)

](https://www.g2.com/products/data-360-formerly-salesforce-data-cloud/reviews)[

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Databricks

](https://www.g2.com/products/databricks/reviews)[
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**Metric Insights**
Not enough data

Screenshots

**Alation**
 ![Alation screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/1916295/Lineage---1.png)

**Metric Insights**
 ![Metric Insights screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/1441326/BIPortalDemo.jpg)

**Ratings**
from reviews

Meets Requirements

**Alation**

**8.3** /10

Based on 69 responses

**Metric Insights**

**8.2** /10

Based on 10 responses

Ease of Use

**Alation**

**8.4** /10

Based on 79 responses

**Metric Insights**

**8.2** /10

Based on 10 responses

Ease of Setup

**Alation**

**8.1** /10

Based on 51 responses

**Metric Insights**

**9.3** /10

Based on 5 responses

Ease of Admin

**Alation**

**8.5** /10

Based on 42 responses

**Metric Insights** Not enough data

Quality of Support

**Alation**

**8.6** /10

Based on 68 responses

**Metric Insights**

**8.5** /10

Based on 10 responses

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Alation**

**8.8** /10

Based on 45 responses

**Metric Insights** Not enough data

Product Direction (% positive)

**Alation**

**9.0** /10

Based on 73 responses

**Metric Insights**

**7.7** /10

Based on 10 responses

**Features**
ratings from reviews

Machine Learning Data Catalog

**7.5** /10

Based on 30 responses

Not enough data

Data Governance

**7.1** /10

Based on 52 responses

Not enough data

Active Metadata Management

**7.9** /10

Based on 28 responses

Not enough data

User Insights

**Reviewers' Company Size**

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
8.8%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
30.8%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
60.4%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
8.8%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
30.8%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
60.4%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
20.0%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
50.0%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
30.0%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
20.0%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
50.0%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
30.0%

**Reviewers' Industry**

[![Alation](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/04b74de09c935489f6655b55336505d5/alation.svg "Alation")](https://www.g2.com/products/alation/reviews)
Alation

Information Technology and Services
13.2%

Financial Services
8.8%

Airlines/Aviation
5.5%

Computer Software
5.5%

Insurance
5.5%

Other
61.5%

[![Metric Insights](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_4e16b1ffecf8312f63482ba06d0aae28/metric-insights.png "Metric Insights")](https://www.g2.com/products/metric-insights/reviews)
Metric Insights

Information Technology and Services
20.0%

Financial Services
20.0%

Internet
10.0%

Insurance
10.0%

Entertainment
10.0%

Other
30.0%

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