Alation Data Catalog vs MANTA Flow comparison

Alation and Manta are both solutions in the Data Governance category. Alation is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.4, while Manta is ranked #21 with an average rating of 8.0. Alation holds a 7.6% mindshare in DG, compared to Manta’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 76% of Alation users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Manta users who would recommend it.

Alation Data Catalog

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76% willing to recommend

MANTA Flow

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Alation Data Catalog and MANTA Flow compete in the data catalog and lineage market. Alation is preferred for its integrated data search, while MANTA Flow stands out in data lineage visualization. Alation is favored for metadata and search capabilities, whereas MANTA Flow gains attention in data lineage tracking.

Features: Alation Data Catalog is known for its collaboration tools, query management, and metadata management. MANTA Flow provides detailed data lineage visualization, transparency in data transformations, and connectivity with multiple databases and BI tools.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Alation Data Catalog offers a straightforward deployment model with extensive support and documentation. MANTA Flow's deployment approach supports both cloud and on-premises environments, with responsive customer support for integration challenges.

Pricing and ROI: Alation Data Catalog has competitive setup costs, delivering ROI through improved data governance and accessibility. MANTA Flow, though potentially higher in setup costs, justifies investment through advanced lineage visualization that enhances data quality and compliance.

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Categories and Ranking

Alation Data Catalog

Ranking in Data Governance

4th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Metadata Management (2nd)

MANTA Flow

Ranking in Data Governance

21st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Data Governance category, the mindshare of Alation Data Catalog is 7.6%, down from 12.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MANTA Flow is 1.0%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Governance

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Brahma Lam

Developer at CVS Health

Has metadata cataloging features but needs changes in domain model

The tool's metadata cataloging is the most valuable feature. The tool's domain model needs to be changed. Alation Data Catalog is stable. The solution is scalable. Alation Data Catalog's deployment is easy. I rate it a nine out of ten. Deployment takes only two to three hours to complete.…

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LeandroSodré

Data Governance Analyst at Data Meaning, Inc.

Very Powerful, with cloud based scalability, and highly efficient for both business and technical teams

I had some difficulties, trying to use the direct link which is metadata through files that you can upload to MANTA Flow and you can just say from there where that data is going. But we just figured out that sometimes, depending on the level of the granularity that if you want to link the object, you can not. For example, if you want to link the objects just by schema, sometimes it does not work. So you need to scroll down and link each table. Sometimes the table level does not work, and you need to go deeper and go to link column to column. We figured out that this was a bug in MANTA Flow, and we talked to them and I think they were fixing it. But in our case, we just realized that if we could link the objects at the lowest level possible, it would work. I was trying to develop, right now, some kind of automation to compare the listed revision that I have in MANTA Flow with some other revision. And I would like to do it in an automatic way. I would like to have some kind of API where I could call this object and the revision that I want and the same object and another revision that I wanted to compare with. And I could not see it as some API in MANTA Flow, and we have this feature on the user interface. I think it would be very powerful because if you want to automate just warn the data owners the structures were updated by looking at the object level, and send an email to these owners to see if that change makes sense.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The solution's most valuable feature is the ALLIE AI feature."

"We had some of our data science engineers, who had built out some cloud-based data and data products for users. They were spending a lot of their time, up to 30 to 35% of their time, answering questions about the data and helping people understand how to use it. Once they were able to document that information within Alation, they were only focusing on around 5% of the high-value questions that really couldn't be solved through the catalog itself. It freed them up to be more productive, it made their end-users more productive, and it made the adoption rate of their data products rise more quickly because people were able to get to using them."

"The platform's most valuable features are workflow automation, automated business metadata tagging, technical metadata tagging, and data integration with data quality tools or platforms."

"The tool's metadata cataloging is the most valuable feature."

"Alation Data Catalog provides a nice interface for connecting to the database, querying the data, and working on it."

"Given the relatively low level of maturity, Alation's most relevant feature at the moment is a user interface that's easy to navigate, which helps us find and understand the data. So while Alation has a lot more functionality, our pain point right now is being able to easily find, understand, and trust the information to use it."

"The most valuable features of Alation Data Catalog are the simplicity in onboarding data sources, the security in securing the data sources, and the way the various users of Alation Data Catalog communicate with each other through a messenger."

"The solution is used to query MySQL clients and store data and documentation."

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"I believe it is very powerful. And for technicians, you can see the impact analysis, you can compare versions. So you can see some revisions against some of the oldest ones. You can compare and see which pipelines were updated between them. I think it is very helpful to both sides, the technical and business teams."

"The solution is stable. We have not found any fatal errors yet."

Cons

"The interface is not user-friendly."

"Alation Data Catalog needs to develop a lot in terms of data governance and would be improved with a built-in interactive data quality solution."

"Alation Data Catalog does not provide end-to-end data lineage."

"The product's data governance features need improvement."

"It would be good if the tool could show the output from the records while querying."

"Data observability within Alation would be incredibly helpful for addressing these challenges"

"The tool's domain model needs to be changed."

"Although the solution performs far better in terms of data cataloging, its data governance capabilities need improvement."

More Alation Data Catalog cons

"One area of improvement for MANTA Flow is to add as many new data sources as possible. We have found that maybe they can support 100, but not 101, unfortunately."

"I would like to have some kind of API where I could call this object and the revision that I want and the same object and another revision that I wanted to compare with. And I could not see it as some API in MANTA Flow, and we have this feature on the user interface."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"A three-year agreement is better than a one-year rolling 12-month agreement from a price point of view. I'd recommend looking at a three-year deal because you can't stand up a catalog and produce value in 12 months."

"The solution is a little expensive."

"The platform is moderately expensive compared to the other competitors in the market."

"I don't have all the details on the pricing side, but the solution was more expensive than originally expected."

"As a service company, we don't care about the price because the customer is paying, but the customers consider MANTA to be reasonable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

33%

Insurance Company

10%

Non Profit

Computer Software Company

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Alation Data Catalog?

The platform's most valuable features are workflow automation, automated business metadata tagging, technical metadata tagging, and data integration with data quality tools or platforms.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Alation Data Catalog?

I don't have all the details on the pricing side, but the solution was more expensive than originally expected. On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solut...

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What needs improvement with Alation Data Catalog?

When issues arise, two key concerns arise. First, how can we perform root cause analysis faster? Second, how can we optimize resource allocation, considering the associated costs? Every customer is...

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What do you like most about MANTA Flow?

I believe it is very powerful. And for technicians, you can see the impact analysis, you can compare versions. So you can see some revisions against some of the oldest ones. You can compare and see...

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What needs improvement with MANTA Flow?

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What is your primary use case for MANTA Flow?

Our primary use case is to help our clients integrate all of their data solutions and what they expected through MANTA Flow having a panoramic view of their data. They can see the pipelines, where ...

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Overview

Alation pioneered the data catalog market and is now leading its evolution into a platform for a broad range of data intelligence solutions including data search & discovery, data governance, lineage, stewardship, analytics, and digital transformation.

Thanks to its powerful Behavioral Analysis Engine, inbuilt collaboration capabilities, and open interfaces, Alation combines machine learning with human insight to successfully tackle even the most demanding challenges in data and metadata management. With Alation, analysts are empowered to search, query and collaborate on their data to achieve faster, more accurate insights.

Trusted by 400+ enterprises worldwide like Salesforce, Nasdaq, LinkedIn, Finnair, and Cisco.

Data Lineage Done Right
MANTA’s unified lineage platform maps all information flows to give you a complete overview of your data pipeline. Save money on manual labor by automating data lineage discovery; keep your data pipeline healthy by preventing data incidents; and migrate painlessly to the cloud.

Sample Customers

Salesforce, Snowflake, Citrix, eBay, TripAdvisor, Albertsons, Nasdaq, Pfizer, LinkedIn, Finnair.

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