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Collibra Governance pros and cons

Vendor: Collibra
3.8 out of 5
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PROS

Collibra Governance allows for efficient collaboration and approval processes in business glossary and data dictionary management.
It supports comprehensive metadata management and automation, simplifying ingestion from various applications.
Collibra Governance offers strong data governance capabilities, acting as a one-stop for all data governance needs.
The platform provides powerful workflow customization and data lineage features that are highly valued for data management.
Its data cataloging and quality modules significantly enhance data management and usability.

CONS

Connectors for metadata ingestion are insufficient and need improvement, particularly with firewalls and different data sources.
Data lineage generation is challenging, requiring better support for extracting ETL transformations and handling complex scenarios.
Integration capabilities, especially with external systems and API-based connections, require enhancements.
Licensing and pricing policies need revision to provide better value and affordability.
Technical support and documentation could be improved to address current gaps and better assist users.
 

Collibra Governance Pros review quotes

CA
Jan 2, 2021
Collibra is very good at talking to modern database systems like a normal RDBMS, a DB2, or a SQL server or an Oracle.
PM
Jun 4, 2021
As far as the functionality of the tool is concerned, it's pretty slick.
reviewer1471359 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 13, 2020
In terms of data governance, as I mentioned, it can be a one-stop solution for all of your data governance needs.
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SC
Dec 15, 2020
I like the lineage feature the most because I don't think there's any other tool that actually depicts the data flow from multiple sources and the connectivities between every data element inside those sources.
reviewer1639791 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 3, 2021
There is a good community setup around the solution that can provide insights.
IS
Dec 10, 2020
It's not a complicated product.
RM
Sep 13, 2021
I like Collibra's flexibility. I like to be able to modify things for our own use. For example, we've chosen to use Collibra also as a knowledge management tool, even though it is not designed to be a knowledge management tool. That's the beauty of it. It can serve as a knowledge management tool by creating some custom assets specifically for knowledge management.
reviewer1469259 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 9, 2020
The catalog feature is definitely valuable because it makes ingesting the metadata of any application quite simple. You don't have to do things manually. You can just schedule an import, and it will just refresh the metadata of whatever application you want. That's what I like. I usually work on the technical side, and other than that, I usually create integrations. I integrate Collibra with different environments or applications. I'm a developer, so I cannot vouch for the business, but for me, it is quite developer-friendly with the Java API interface and the REST API interface that they have provided. It is good for creating dashboards based on the needs of each and every role. It can be user-specific or group-specific. We usually create dashboards and give them to our business users, and they are quite happy with that.
AA
Dec 10, 2020
The end-to-end solution itself is great. The most valuable is the workload feature that Collibra offers. There is a vast amount of flexibility in terms of how much we can customize. It gives us a lot of options to implement for a lot of purposes.
NR
Dec 15, 2020
The automation process is very strong.
 

Collibra Governance Cons review quotes

CA
Jan 2, 2021
Where it isn't great is on older technologies that you'll typically find in finance or insurance industries, such as older types of data with VSAM or ISAM, or those types of older technologies. It just doesn't connect with them very easily.
PM
Jun 4, 2021
There's a lot of things available in their Data Intelligence Cloud that are not available on-premise.
reviewer1471359 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 13, 2020
Recently, I find that the default process of issue management in Collibra is really complex — It wasn't really helpful to us.
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SC
Dec 15, 2020
The connectors are not very sophisticated. They can do, for example, Informatica and Tableau, but the connectors themselves could be improved.
reviewer1639791 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 3, 2021
The licensing is one area that could get improved.
IS
Dec 10, 2020
While connecting with the data source, it's not very easy. If there's a firewall, it is difficult to connect with the database. It's not easy when you are configuring on the database.
RM
Sep 13, 2021
The UI is good if you happen to be an administrator and are familiar with the technical side of the administration. If you're a business user, the UI is not good. It is hard to learn. It is hard for those who are administering it to teach to end-users and it can take hours of training to do it. Because it is difficult and non-intuitive, business users resist using it. It is a battle to get them on board and to keep them engaged because of the UI.
reviewer1469259 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 9, 2020
It should have more integrations with things like CyberArk because its main purpose is GDPR implementation. We have to have more scope for things that implement more privacy. CyberArk makes sure your credentials are vaulted and your things are secure when you're creating your integrations or connecting to an application. I do believe that they are working on this feature.
AA
Dec 10, 2020
One problem is the data lineage, especially extracting the ETL transformation from different ETL tools and identifying how the data is getting changed from one layer to different layers and how the transformation is applied. It doesn't support all the ETL tools for extracting the transformation logic. It supports some of the tools, but there are still some tools that need to be supported. There is also a small pain point in terms of integration. There is a little bit of change in their strategy from Collibra's end. Earlier, they used to offer two solutions. One was out of the box, and one was a custom-built solution for which they used to provide a dual connector. Now the focus from the Collibra side is more on using the out of the box connector. They are discouraging doing the custom integration. That leaves us with two problems. The first problem is that the out-of-the-box connecter is not yet enabled for a lot of systems, and the second problem is that the out-of-the-box connecter has certain limitations. If we want to tweak those as per our needs, it is not possible. However, the custom-built is still supported, and you can still build a custom integration by using the API, but it is not very encouraged by Collibra. Its dashboard also needs to be improved. There are options to use the HTML code to customize your dashboard, but it has a lot of limitations.
NR
Dec 15, 2020
Sometimes, if a client needs a specific customization, we cannot do it directly. The client needs to reach out to Collibra and request the customization.