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Secoda Pros and Cons: Top Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users find Secoda's ease of use outstanding, simplifying data access and integration for everyone in the company. (31 mentions)
Users appreciate the ease of integration and accessibility of Secoda, simplifying data access for everyone. (25 mentions)
Users find the customer support from Secoda to be responsive, helpful, and proactive in resolving issues. (21 mentions)
Users value the data lineage feature of Secoda for its clarity in understanding data relationships and driving insights. (19 mentions)
Users value the seamless integrations of Secoda, which enhance accessibility and support a collaborative data environment. (16 mentions)
Users experience bug issues with Secoda, but appreciate the prompt and effective support from the team. (11 mentions)
Users experience bugs with Secoda due to its early-maturity stage, but appreciate the quick support team response. (11 mentions)
Users experience technical issues and occasional bugs with Secoda, but the support team resolves them quickly. (9 mentions)
Users often face a steep learning curve with Secoda, hindering effective usage and adoption of the product. (5 mentions)
Users find Secoda has missing features, particularly in collaboration and UI streamlining, but improvements are expected. (5 mentions)
Users report performance issues like slowness and occasional bugs, though support is responsive in addressing them. (4 mentions)

Top Pros or Advantages of Secoda

1. Ease of Use
Users find Secoda's ease of use outstanding, simplifying data access and integration for everyone in the company.
See 31 mentions

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Matthew D.
MD

Matthew D.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"The data catalog designed with the whole company in mind"

What do you like about Secoda?

For me, what diferentiates Secoda from other data catalogs is the constant mindfulness around making data accessible for the entire company, not just

Verified User
U

Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Data Management Platform with Potential"

What do you like about Secoda?

- It's relatively easy to use. - Customer support has been responsive towards any questions/bugs raised. - Integration has been great, allowing vari

2. Features
Users appreciate the ease of integration and accessibility of Secoda, simplifying data access for everyone.
See 25 mentions

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Matthew D.
MD

Matthew D.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"The data catalog designed with the whole company in mind"

What do you like about Secoda?

For me, what diferentiates Secoda from other data catalogs is the constant mindfulness around making data accessible for the entire company, not just

Verified User
U

Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Data Management Platform with Potential"

What do you like about Secoda?

- It's relatively easy to use. - Customer support has been responsive towards any questions/bugs raised. - Integration has been great, allowing vari

3. Customer Support
Users find the customer support from Secoda to be responsive, helpful, and proactive in resolving issues.
See 21 mentions

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Matthew D.
MD

Matthew D.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"The data catalog designed with the whole company in mind"

What do you like about Secoda?

For me, what diferentiates Secoda from other data catalogs is the constant mindfulness around making data accessible for the entire company, not just

Verified User
A

Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Great data catalog for a modern data tech stack"

What do you like about Secoda?

Has every integration we need for our tech stack. Easy to set up. Lots of documentation. Great support from the Secoda team. New AI feature is very

4. Data Lineage
Users value the data lineage feature of Secoda for its clarity in understanding data relationships and driving insights.
See 19 mentions

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Amy E.
AE

Amy E.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Secoda: Essential for Data Discovery"

What do you like about Secoda?

We find the Secoda questions feature and data lineage feature to be the most helpful. With Questions, teams are able to knowledge share with eachother

RO

Rory O.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"An incredible enabler of data discovery for technical and non technical users"

What do you like about Secoda?

- The Dictionary feature has enabled alignment on metric definition, with easy discovery for non-technical business stakeholders - The catalog and m

5. Integrations
Users value the seamless integrations of Secoda, which enhance accessibility and support a collaborative data environment.
See 16 mentions

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Matthew D.
MD

Matthew D.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"The data catalog designed with the whole company in mind"

What do you like about Secoda?

For me, what diferentiates Secoda from other data catalogs is the constant mindfulness around making data accessible for the entire company, not just

Verified User
A

Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Great data catalog for a modern data tech stack"

What do you like about Secoda?

Has every integration we need for our tech stack. Easy to set up. Lots of documentation. Great support from the Secoda team. New AI feature is very

Top Cons or Disadvantages of Secoda

1. Bug Issues
Users experience bug issues with Secoda, but appreciate the prompt and effective support from the team.
See 11 mentions

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Mia G.
MG

Mia G.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Secoda is helping us bring data enablement and democratization to the next level"

What do you dislike about Secoda?

We do run into product bugs here and there, but the Secoda team is incredibly quick to respond to + resolve bugginess!

Sinisa K.
SK

Sinisa K.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"A Single Source of Truth for the Company Data"

What do you dislike about Secoda?

- Product Immaturity: The product is new, so occasional bugs can occur. However, the support team is very good and responsive, addressing issues promp

2. Bugs
Users experience bugs with Secoda due to its early-maturity stage, but appreciate the quick support team response.
See 11 mentions

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Mia G.
MG

Mia G.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Secoda is helping us bring data enablement and democratization to the next level"

What do you dislike about Secoda?

We do run into product bugs here and there, but the Secoda team is incredibly quick to respond to + resolve bugginess!

Sinisa K.
SK

Sinisa K.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"A Single Source of Truth for the Company Data"

What do you dislike about Secoda?

- Product Immaturity: The product is new, so occasional bugs can occur. However, the support team is very good and responsive, addressing issues promp

3. Technical Issues
Users experience technical issues and occasional bugs with Secoda, but the support team resolves them quickly.
See 9 mentions

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Mia G.
MG

Mia G.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Secoda is helping us bring data enablement and democratization to the next level"

What do you dislike about Secoda?

We do run into product bugs here and there, but the Secoda team is incredibly quick to respond to + resolve bugginess!

Sinisa K.
SK

Sinisa K.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"A Single Source of Truth for the Company Data"

What do you dislike about Secoda?

- Product Immaturity: The product is new, so occasional bugs can occur. However, the support team is very good and responsive, addressing issues promp

4. Learning Curve
Users often face a steep learning curve with Secoda, hindering effective usage and adoption of the product.
See 5 mentions

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Rohan J.
RJ

Rohan J.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Great platform to help cataloguing existing data assets"

What do you dislike about Secoda?

UI can be a bit overwhelming at the start

Verified User
A

Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.0/5

"Boosting Data Collaboration with Secoda"

What do you dislike about Secoda?

Frequent updates are exciting, though keeping up with all the new features can sometimes be challenging. On that note, I’d like to see a more streamli

5. Missing Features
Users find Secoda has missing features, particularly in collaboration and UI streamlining, but improvements are expected.
See 5 mentions

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Chris R.
CR

Chris R.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5.0/5

"Secoda is a Data Dictionary for the Whole Business"

What do you dislike about Secoda?

Very little. I would like to see additional collaboration features, like in document comment threads. That being said, they actively release new

Daniel V.
DV

Daniel V.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.0/5

"Nice tool, great challenger, great future"

What do you dislike about Secoda?

Still in an early-maturity stage, still lacking some features, some bugs here an there,

6. Performance Issues
Users report performance issues like slowness and occasional bugs, though support is responsive in addressing them.
See 4 mentions

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Daniel L.
DL

Daniel L.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.5/5

"Great way to empower data visibility"

What do you dislike about Secoda?

Can be slow at times, but the team is working on that!

Verified User
A

Verified User

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.0/5

"Secoda enables data discovery and observability for our team"

What do you dislike about Secoda?

- I would like to see Secoda's data quality monitoring features enhanced more in the future. They are effective but a little bit simplistic and Id lik

Secoda Reviews (55)

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Surya Kant M.
SM
Analytics Engineer III
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Secoda offers great integration with Snowflake, dbt, Tableau for Data Cataloging and AI assistance"
What do you like best about Secoda?

The integration with Snowflake, dbt, and Tableau really acted in an immensely helpful way for us to draw the lineage and easily conduct an impact analysis on any changes. In addition to this, the questions feature and data quality checks feature helps a lot.

Lastly, the ability to document and preview the results of codes also helps in using Secoda. The customer support is fast and all our questions are answered. It's easy to use for non-technical folks with the AI feature. It's used frequently by users for data exploration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Secoda?

Secoda is a great tool. The initial setup and understanding the flow can be different compared to other platforms but the customer support offered by Secoda really eases the implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
AF
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Making real progress with metadata, lineage, documentation and AI use cases"
What do you like best about Secoda?

We’ve been using Secoda to integrate metadata and lineage across our data stack and documentation tools. It’s helped bring structure to our assets, made discovery easier for the data team, and is starting to support other business units as well. Something we’re driving further through our Data Champions in each BU.

The AI features are showing strong potential.. a way to connect your company’s metadata across multiple tools with underlying data, and use AI to surface insights or diagnose issues. Still early days, but it’s heading in a promising direction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Secoda?

Lineage detection within Snowflake sometimes doesn't get recognised or update, but usually eventually heals.

More granular / flexible access controls at a user and group level would be useful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Paul M.
PM
Data engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"A good AI-powered data catalog with interesting and innovative features but a bit buggy"
What do you like best about Secoda?

What I like the best about Secoda is its ease of use and the great autonomy it gives the user when configuring the product. It allows you to create a data catalog that tailors your needs perfectly.

They also have interesting features, like automation and documentation templates, that make it easier to work and collaborate with your team when using the data catalog.

Finally, their AI features are exciting and they have kept improving (AI persona, ability to select which LLM to work with, observability of the actions performed by the LLM when building the answer, AI assistant on Slack) on this part so I look forward to seeing what's next. Notably, I think they should move forward in assisting on how to create relevant pre-prompts for AI personas Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Secoda?

There are two main downsides in my usage of Secoda:

- First, there are too many bugs, and they often impact cool features of the product, like automation which makes it very frustrating. I reckon that their support teams are responsive and that bugs are often fixed in less than 2-3 working days, but the platform would win a lot if it increased its reliability

- Second, the system of teams is a bit complex to apprehend, especially for the nontechnical users of a company. They are struggling to seize the concept of sharing resources between teams, and the "General" team workspace ends up being the workspace for everyone

- Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
AF
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Secoda enables data discovery and observability for our team"
What do you like best about Secoda?

- Lineage tracking makes it easier to unravel our spaghetti DAG and do things like impact analysis.

- Easy to setup integrations for our data stack giving us a wholistic view of our data platform.

- Secoda's AI features enable our team to self serve very efficiently.

- Customer support has always been very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Secoda?

- I would like to see Secoda's data quality monitoring features enhanced more in the future. They are effective but a little bit simplistic and Id like to be able to drive more actions from them.

- minor UI bugs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amy E.
AE
Director of Data Engineering
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Secoda: Essential for Data Discovery"
What do you like best about Secoda?

We find the Secoda questions feature and data lineage feature to be the most helpful. With Questions, teams are able to knowledge share with eachother and save a record of the discussion. I particularly like that the question-asker can "accept" the answer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Secoda?

I am currently finding it difficult to understand the settings on integrations that have already been set up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anil V.
AV
CTO
Hospital & Health Care
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Implementation and Founder level support. Not really that useful and no early cancellation"
What do you like best about Secoda?

It has an on premise option and the founders helped out with issues when we were early on with it. They do a good job with security and various deployment options. They do build features quickly and connect 1 on 1 with you when needed.

They have a lot of integrations and can create new ones quickly. It does have a good UI as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Secoda?

We started using Secoda in late 2021 and terminated in late 2024. The product was not actually useful in driving down bottom line cost or clear value. We installed and set it up but just never touched it and when we realized we asked for an accomodation that wasn't granted. One adoption challenge is when you have a large number of assets they are actually quite hard to filter which is the reason you'd want a data catalog in the first place. Make sure you actually need it or if its just another tool in your stack that doesn't drive business value and revenue for you.

If you don't you will be on the hook for your entire contract term with no allowance or accommodation. To be honest and fair we did sign an annual agreement that rolls over yearly (as most enterprises with strict security needs are required to do). However we found no one used it in over 2 years and when we reached out to cancel due to the importance of the funds and terminating it middway into year 3 or 4 the Founder himself replied that this wasn't a possibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Etai Mizrahi of Secoda

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. I’m truly sorry to hear about your experience and that Secoda didn’t meet your expectations in driving value for your business. I understand how frustrating it can be when a solution doesn't deliver the impact you were hoping for.

Regarding the contract and cancellation issue, I apologize for this. I completely understand how important it is to manage budgets carefully, and I regret that we weren’t able to accommodate your request to terminate early. I have reached out via Email to do this. We strive to be flexible where possible, but I recognize that in your case, this caused frustration.

You're welcome to respond there where we can sort this out.

Verified User in Hospitality
AH
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"The tool for Data Governance"
What do you like best about Secoda?

It centralizes business knowledge, context, and scattered documentation in one place, connecting data assets such as dashboards, tables, views, data models, and business concepts. This makes it easy for business users to understand how everything is related and quickly find the information they need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Secoda?

A bit difficult to get NRT syncronization Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MA
Senior Project Manager
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Senior project manager"
What do you like best about Secoda?

Ease of Use

Ease of Implementation

Customer Support

Ease of Integration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Secoda?

Having a data request form for end users or viewers will be great. That will make this tool more convenient for data management and data governance.

Having the feature of exporting search results will be very useful.

Having a connector to FHIR data elements.

Have lineage at column level

Have more data access privileges. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sinisa K.
SK
Data Warehouse Expert/ Product Owner
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"A Single Source of Truth for the Company Data"
What do you like best about Secoda?

- Ease of Use: The tool is intuitive and easy to use for both tech and non-tech users.

- Features: It offers many useful features, including Lineage, Data Monitors, and AI support. Secoda is constantly improving and evolving. I especially like Collections, which allow all metadata to be grouped based on various criteria such as Data Product, Source, Domain, etc.

- Customer Support: The team is super responsive and friendly. Just praise for their support.

- Documentation: The documentation is excellent and well-organized, including useful videos. The weekly email digest is also a nice touch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Secoda?

- Product Immaturity: The product is new, so occasional bugs can occur. However, the support team is very good and responsive, addressing issues promptly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
UF
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Secoda Simplifies Data Governance for Our Team"
What do you like best about Secoda?

Data lineage is super straightforward and UI is easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Secoda?

There has been some syncing issue that make it a bit hard to have real time view Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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