Select Star Reviews & Product Details

I like how Select Star provides a solid support and a rich feature set, which makes it a compelling choice for our needs. I've been using it for almost two years, and it has been instrumental in understanding data lineage and the tagging on certain columns. I appreciate the seamless integration with other tools like Snowflake and dbt, which enhances our overall data ecosystem without any noticeable challenges. The ability to view popular queries and joins of a particular column is particularly beneficial for gaining deeper insights into data usage. I also like the tag propagation feature, which adds a layer of efficiency in managing metadata. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Setting it up for a dbt mesh ecosystem requires some work in setting up a unified project to feed the data → Select Star. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like best about Select Star is how usable and intuitive the platform feels from the start. The interface is clean, well-organized, and makes navigating complex datasets much simpler. The search functionality is powerful. I can quickly locate the right tables, columns, or dashboards without needing to ask around. It’s been an excellent tool for onboarding onto new data environments and understanding relationships across datasets faster. Overall, Select Star really improves data discovery and collaboration across teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Would be helpful to streamline manual stuff like documentation of what column names mean Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I’ve been using Select Star for a few months now, and it’s become one of the more reliable tools in my data stack. The UI is clean and easy to navigate, and it’s helped me trace column-level lineage across some pretty complex models without having to dig through layers of SQL manually. That alone saves me a lot of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Select Star’s been useful for lineage and metadata, but it’s not without flaws. The lineage view can get messy with large datasets, and sometimes it’s hard to filter down to what you actually need. The popularity and usage metrics are helpful, but not always accurate. It’s great for surfacing insights, but not something I’d rely on as a source of truth without a second look. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a user it's easy to get going with the basics of the platform. Full set up including things like field definitions, ownership of items looks as if it will be time consuming for all team members. We are early in our implementation but the AI feature has already been super helpful in finding fields that I don't know the location of inside of snowflake! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Things like the popularity or view counts of a dashboard, table etc. seem to be limited to Select Star users. Would be much more beneficial to have popularity (especially for dashboards) be based on actual end user views. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've found it great at surfacing relevant tables and columns from natural language queries. I work with a large data warehouse, and often am consuming tables that have been through many DBTs. It's lineage is a good way to get to the base data without manually reading and following the SQL myself Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I find that for tables with many dependencies, it's sometimes hard to visualise which parts of the query are resulting in which aspect of the lineage. It also surfaces tables that I don't have read access to in Snowflake when I try to read them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how user-friendly and easy to navigate the interface is, making documentation straightforward and efficient. The AI feature that assists with field descriptions and generating metrics is amazing, saving me significant time. Additionally, its seamless integration with tools like Tableau really enhances my workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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I've been ramping at a company for only 3 days, Select Star makes it easy to search for relevant metadata for fields that I'm chasing down to include in my analysis, and includes the data lineage needed to source the metrics as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

To be determined, so far it seems like a pretty good tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

excellent AI-powered data discovery tool, simplifying governance, lineage, and collaboration with intuitive insights and usability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

complex integration with cloud environment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Strong tool for building data governance muscles -- AI compatibility, quick feedback/response time from team & speedy incorporation of feedback. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Small things like sorting & searching functionalities could be improved, but team has been very receptive to feedback & quick to implement. Select Star has been a great partner for our organization as we build a data governance model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This tool makes it much easier for me to locate the data fields I need within my organization's data architecture. I also appreciate that it highlights popular joins, which is quite helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As someone who isn't a data or SQL expert, I would appreciate having more straightforward guidance to help me get value from the product more quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.