Altair Monarch vs Zaloni Data Platform comparison

Altair and Zaloni are both solutions in the Data Preparation Tools category. Altair is ranked #4 with an average rating of 10.0, while Zaloni is ranked #11. Altair holds a 10.7% mindshare in DPT, compared to Zaloni’s 1.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Altair users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of Zaloni users who would recommend it.

Altair Monarch

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Categories and Ranking

Altair Monarch

Ranking in Data Preparation Tools

4th

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Zaloni Data Platform

Ranking in Data Preparation Tools

11th

Average Rating

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Governance (37th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Data Preparation Tools category, the mindshare of Altair Monarch is 10.7%, up from 8.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zaloni Data Platform is 1.6%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Leo Sundararaj

Account Manager at JegaSure

Transformed document processing has become foolproof with seamless data extraction

Altair Monarch ( /products/altair-monarch-reviews ) is valuable because it allows a one-time setup for data extraction, making the process extremely easy with just a few clicks to get the output. It is foolproof and ensures perfect extraction as long as the models and templates remain standard, providing a seamless and error-free experience.

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reviewer1476264

Solution Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Solid multi-ingestion tool but with poor exception handling

The major pain point with Zaloni is that their exception handling is not good. If any event happens (an event is when the job stops in the middle of the process), it doesn't tell you at which point it failed and it doesn't tell the operations team how they should take corrective actions unless you call Zaloni and then identify the issues. That is one issue. Another issue is that sometimes your jobs fail and if you run it a second time, it will go through. A third area it could be improved is the deployment process. When you want to deploy anything, it has a lot of manual processes. For example, you have to create your password in an encrypted format, and then you have to use a lot of manual deployment process. They should actually be building something else, like using Jenkins or automating their process. I have suggested to them that they have to improve their deployment process because they want everyone to run a manual deployment. It takes a lot of time, about half a day, for any single deployment. Then test it, then it might not work, and then reverting back is not easy because of the manual deployment process. I think in recent versions they added a lot of upgrades and additional features including a lot of integrations. Before it was just AWS, later they extended it to Azure. I'm not sure how they have extended it to GCP. It has some built-in features and a lot of improvements now because the UI and the features were not easy to navigate. Regarding showing the metrics, it's okay. I will say it's neither easy nor hard, there is whatever is required. Lastly, on the governance side, it's not very good. We faced some issues with the Ranger version. Ranger was an authentication tool on big data and Zaloni had some compatibility issues with the Ranger at that time. Later they said those are all going to be resolved, but at that time it had some issues. I'm not sure whether it was working with the Sentry or not.

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

Pros

"Altair Monarch is valuable because it allows a one-time setup for data extraction, making the process extremely easy with just a few clicks to get the output."

"Monarch lets you quickly extract in your preferred format."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to map data and write workflows with logic inside them."

"You can create a lot of ingestions based on the file levels or based on the time."

Cons

"I rate Altair Monarch seven out of 10 for affordability. Recently, the pricing model changed from end-user licensing to a concurrent licensing model."

"The major pain point with Zaloni is that their exception handling is not good. If any event happens, it doesn't tell you at which point it failed and it doesn't tell the operations team how they should take corrective actions unless you call Zaloni and then identify the issues. That is one issue."

"Technical support is in need of improvement."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

27%

Retailer

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Altair Monarch?

I was not involved in pricing, but I did not encounter any issues with renewals, and the process was always smooth and straightforward.

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What is your primary use case for Altair Monarch?

The primary use case of Altair Monarch ( /products/altair-monarch-reviews ) was data extraction. I used it to process a lot of documents and data from Notepad and PDFs, converting those into struct...

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What advice do you have for others considering Altair Monarch?

The support team is diligent, following up thoroughly and setting up calls promptly when a ticket is raised. It is beneficial for any assistance needed. The overall rating for Altair Monarch is ten...

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Also Known As

Monarch Data Pump

ZDP

Overview

Datawatch Monarch is an application that runs on your Windows desktop and as soon as you drop a file or web page onto the canvas it automatically begins to extract into analytics-ready rows and columns. You can also connect to all major relational, big data, and over 30 other sources, but often the most important information you need is locked away in existing reports or difficult sources that seem impossible to use without re-keying the data.

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Zaloni simplifies big data for transformative business insights. We work with pioneering enterprises to modernize their data architecture and operationalize their data to accelerate insights for everyday business practices.

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