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AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3) vs erwin Data Intelligence comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 19, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

AtScale Adaptive Analytics ...
Ranking in Data Governance
39th
Average Rating
5.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Data Virtualization (6th), BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (38th), BI on Hadoop (2nd)
erwin Data Intelligence
Ranking in Data Governance
28th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
AI Governance (17th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Data Governance category, the mindshare of AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3) is 0.3%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of erwin Data Intelligence is 1.8%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Governance Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
erwin Data Intelligence1.8%
AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3)0.3%
Other97.9%
Data Governance
 

Featured Reviews

it_user822762 - PeerSpot reviewer
The GUI interface is nice and easy to use, but the organization of the icons is not saved across users
Connecting to a Hadoop database to create a cube to connect to Tableau. We want to be able to easily create cubes which can be connected to Tableau for visualization The product had many issues. We had great collaboration with the product development team, but the product was not able to meet our…
Ahmad AlRjoub - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhances our overall data governance process, improving the business as well as our ability to meet compliance and reporting requirements
The interface is easy to use. I also like erwin's automatic data classification and data quality checks. It provides excellent visibility into stable data and data in motion. We have a clear view of ETL processes through data lineage, and a feature called the data mind map. erwin provides the necessary traceability. It's easy to assign tasks and keywords. Data owners can manage their data and assign access to various teams. The data catalog dashboard enables us to classify sensitive data and comply with regulations, which is crucial in Saudi Arabia. Every government organization must abide by the rules on personal data. I rate the data catalog dashboard nine out of 10.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The GUI interface is nice and easy to use."
"There is a wide range of widgets that enables the user to find the proper information quickly. The presentation of information is something very valuable."
"The interface is easy to use. I also like Erwin's automatic data classification and data quality checks."
"Being able to capture different business metrics and organize them in different catalogs is most valuable. We can organize these metrics into sales-related metrics, customer-related metrics, supply chain-related metrics, etc."
"The data mapping manager is the most valuable feature."
"They have just the most marvelous reports called mind maps, where whatever you are focused on sits in the middle. They have this wonderful graphic spiderweb that spreads out from there where you can see this thing mapped to other logical bits or physical bits and who's the steward of it. It's very cool and available to your business teams through a portal."
"The possibility to write automation scripts is the biggest benefit for us. We have several products with metadata and metadata mapping capabilities. The big difference when we were choosing this product was the ability to run automation scripts against metadata and metadata mappings. Right now, we have a very high level of automation based on these automation scripts, so it's really the core feature for us."
"The data management is, obviously, key in understanding where the data is and what the data is. And the governance can be done at multiple levels. You have the governance of the code sets versus the governance of the business terms and the definitions of those business terms. You have the governance of the business data models and how those business data models are driving the physical implementation of the actual databases. And, of course, you have the governance of the mapping to make sure that source-to-target mapping is done and is being shared across the company."
"The biggest benefit with erwin DI is that I have a single source of truth that I can send anybody to. If anybody doesn't know the answer we can go back to it. Just having a central location of business rules is good."
 

Cons

"The product was not able to meet our 10 second refresh requirements."
"The organization of the icons is not saved across users."
"There was an issue with the incremental aggregation not working as indicated."
"The data quality assessment requires third-party components and a separate license."
"There are a lot of little things like moving between read screens and edit screens. Those little human interface type of programming pieces will need to mature a bit to make it easier to get to where you want to go to put the stuff in."
"The solution's Arabic language processing is limited. The results are limited when you use the interface in Arabic."
"Another area where it can improve is by having BB-Graph-type databases where relationship discovery and relationship identification are much easier."
"It's a little bit clunky. I think a lot of these features were bolted on, and they don't necessarily transition smoothly in the interface. I would like to see a little more cohesion."
"We still need another layer of data quality assessments on the source to see if it is sending us the wrong data or if there are some issues with the source data. For those things, we need a rule-based data quality assessment or scoring where we can assess tools or other technology stacks. We need to be able to leverage where the business comes in, defining some business rules and have the ability to execute those rules, then score the data quality of all those attributes. Data quality is definitely not what we are leveraging from this tool, as of today."
"If we are talking about the business side of the product, maybe the Data Literacy could be made a bit simpler. You have to put your hands on it, so there is room for improvement."
"Everything about Data Intelligence is complex. Though we've used the tool for five years, we're still only using about 30 to 40 percent of its capabilities. It would be helpful if we could customize and simplify the user interface because there are so many redundant things."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"The price is reasonable, and a subscription is required."
"The solution is aggressively priced."
"erwin's pricing was cheaper than its competitors."
"The price is too high."
"erwin is cheaper than other solutions and this should appeal to other buyers. It has a good price tag."
"The licensing cost is around $7,000 for user. This is an estimation."
"There is an additional fee for the server maintenance."
"The licensing cost was very affordable at the time of purchase. It has since been taken over by erwin, then Quest. The tool has gotten a bit more costly, but they are adding more features very quickly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Healthcare Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Media Company
8%
Computer Software Company
26%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
8%
Insurance Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise14
 

Also Known As

AtScale, AtScale Intelligence Platform
erwin DG, erwin Data Governance
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Rakuten, TD Bank, Aetna, Glaxo-Smith Kline, Biogen, Toyota, Tyson
Oracle, Infosys, GSK, Toyota Motor Sales, HSBC
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