Azure Data Factory vs Collibra Platform comparison

The compared Microsoft and Collibra solutions aren't in the same category. Microsoft is ranked #5 in DI , with an average rating of 8.1, and holds a 2.3% mindshare in the category. Collibra is ranked #1 in DG , with an average rating of 8.2, and holds a 8.4% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Collibra users who would recommend it.

Azure Data Factory

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92% willing to recommend

Collibra Platform

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96% willing to recommend

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

5.5

Users praise Azure Data Factory for improved ROI through cost savings, enhanced integration, and increased operational efficiency and satisfaction.

Sentiment score

5.1

Collibra Platform enhances efficiency and productivity, cutting data search time, reducing costs, and improving data governance and revenue.

Our stakeholders and clients have expressed satisfaction with Azure Data Factory's efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Deena Thayalan

Data Engineer at Vthinktechnologies

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When considering the time and effort required to build a catalog and utilize it effectively, combined with the prices, it often does not make financial sense.

Mitwa Mathur

Senior Consultant at Infosys

A lot of time gets saved in data search, data discovery, and data analysis, which translates into a good return on investment.

Souvik Choudhury

Data Governance And Quality Consultant at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

Implementing Collibra Data Catalog can be cost-effective if its features align well with the business requirements.

Atul-Yadav

Enterprise Cloud and AI Security Architect at a security firm with 10,001+ employees

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.3

Azure Data Factory support is mixed; praised for responsiveness and documentation, but some find it slow and inadequate.

Sentiment score

6.3

Collibra Platform support is strong, with knowledgeable staff but effectiveness varies by payment tier, impacting response times.

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate the technical support as nine.

Hafiz Abdul Mannan

Senior Consultant Oracle Technologies at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The technical support from Microsoft is rated an eight out of ten.

Brian Sullivan

Chief Analytics Officer at Idiro Analytics

The technical support is responsive and helpful

Joy Maitra

Sr. Technical Architect at Hexaware Technologies Limited

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There were weekly sessions with them that covered the loads and highlighted when it exceeded a threshold.

reviewer2835714

Technical Manager at a recruiting/HR firm with 11-50 employees

They provide quick and high-quality responses.

reviewer2836044

Master Data Manager at a recruiting/HR firm with 51-200 employees

When using the Collibra Resident Architect program, the customer service was excellent, with issues quickly resolved.

reviewer2696502

Data and Analytics Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.4

Azure Data Factory is praised for its scalability and flexibility, despite some integration issues in older tiers.

Sentiment score

7.0

Collibra Platform offers scalable data management for enterprises, but requires technical expertise and good governance for optimal performance.

Azure Data Factory is highly scalable.

Brian Sullivan

Chief Analytics Officer at Idiro Analytics

I did not experience scalability issues.

SubrataDey

Principal Data Engineer at Oracle

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We were a big bank and had thousands of assets without any issues.

reviewer2696502

Data and Analytics Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Our organization has more than 10,000 employees without any glitch, without any hang, and without any slowness.

Aditi Kamra

Senior Consultant at Morgan Stanley

It can handle growth in users, assets, metadata, and integrations, but it requires good governance and administration.

reviewer2836044

Master Data Manager at a recruiting/HR firm with 51-200 employees

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.7

Azure Data Factory is stable and dependable, despite occasional connection issues and challenges with SQL query optimization.

Sentiment score

8.0

Collibra Platform is stable and efficient with minor glitches, requires minimal maintenance, and handles large data effectively.

The solution has a high level of stability, roughly a nine out of ten.

Brian Sullivan

Chief Analytics Officer at Idiro Analytics

I have been using Azure Data Factory for a very long time, and I did not find too many issues.

SubrataDey

Principal Data Engineer at Oracle

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The performance and reliability of Collibra Platform is excellent since we use the SaaS cloud offering.

reviewer2836044

Master Data Manager at a recruiting/HR firm with 51-200 employees

It does not lag, and it can handle large volumes of data in less time.

Souvik Choudhury

Data Governance And Quality Consultant at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

Collibra Platform is stable.

reviewer2835714

Technical Manager at a recruiting/HR firm with 11-50 employees

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Room For Improvement

Azure Data Factory users experience setup complexity, connectivity issues, and seek improved performance, automation, and integration with other platforms.

Collibra Platform needs workflow, UI, search, integration, and performance enhancements, with improved documentation, pricing, and simplified navigation.

The ability to handle the largest volumes of data is another concern; if I have to manage more than one terabyte of data every day, I am not comfortable dealing with Azure Data Factory and had to switch to Oracle Data Integrators (ODI) because it lacks performance features.

Hafiz Abdul Mannan

Senior Consultant Oracle Technologies at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Incorporating more dedicated API sources to specific services like HubSpot CRM or Salesforce would be beneficial.

Brian Sullivan

Chief Analytics Officer at Idiro Analytics

Sometimes, the compute fails to process data if there is a heavy load suddenly, and it doesn't scale up automatically.

Joy Maitra

Sr. Technical Architect at Hexaware Technologies Limited

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Users often find it challenging to utilize data governance tools, with ease of use ranked as an important criterion by 2028 standards.

Ayman Bajnaid

Analytics Head of Data Management at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Integration with tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or notebooks would be great for handling large data processing.

reviewer2835429

Data Engineer

Leveraging AI could simplify the process by automatically listing assets for movement, requiring only a couple of clicks, providing a win for administration purposes.

reviewer2835627

Senior IT Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

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Setup Cost

Azure Data Factory provides cost-effective, usage-based pricing suitable for various budgets, with expenses depending on data volume and services.

Collibra Platform's pricing is high but effective for enterprises, with cost challenges for smaller organizations due to additional modules.

The pricing is cost-effective.

Brian Sullivan

Chief Analytics Officer at Idiro Analytics

It is considered cost-effective.

Joy Maitra

Sr. Technical Architect at Hexaware Technologies Limited

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Collibra has high initial costs for licensing that can be a barrier to small and medium-sized companies starting with it.

Davy Michiels

Company Owner, Data Consultant at Telenet BVBA

There are plans to increase license rates.

Ayman Bajnaid

Analytics Head of Data Management at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Adding modules like Privacy could become expensive.

reviewer2696502

Data and Analytics Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

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Valuable Features

Azure Data Factory offers scalable ETL solutions with user-friendly interface, seamless Azure integration, robust orchestration, and effective dataset handling.

Collibra Platform offers AI-driven data governance, compliance management, and streamlined access with a user-friendly, integrative interface.

It connects to different sources out-of-the-box, making integration much easier.

Joy Maitra

Sr. Technical Architect at Hexaware Technologies Limited

The platform excels in handling major datasets, particularly when working with Power BI for reporting purposes.

Deena Thayalan

Data Engineer at Vthinktechnologies

Regarding the integration feature in Azure Data Factory, the integration part is excellent; we have major source connectors, so we can integrate the data from different data sources and also perform basic transformation while transforming, which is a great feature in Azure Data Factory.

KandaswamyMuthukrishnan

Director at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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My experience with Collibra's collaboration tools in improving data literacy has been quite good. I think it is one of the best for helping people understand and discuss certain data sets and manage workflows.

Saikat Ghosh

Consulting Principal & Founder at Digital Data Consultancy

We have saved up to 30% of manual work as a specific process or workflow became faster.

reviewer2784924

Data scientist at a wholesaler/distributor with 1-10 employees

Another important feature is the data lineage, which helps in impact assessment before making any changes, showing where a particular field is being used in a report, data quality report, or normal report.

reviewer2835627

Senior IT Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Data Factory

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (5th), Cloud Data Warehouse (7th)

Collibra Platform

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Governance (1st), Metadata Management (1st), AI Governance (1st)

Mindshare comparison

Azure Data Factory and Collibra Platform aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Azure Data Factory is designed for Data Integration and holds a mindshare of 2.3%, down 7.6% compared to last year.
Collibra Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Data Governance, holds 8.4% mindshare, down 12.4% since last year.

Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Azure Data Factory	2.3%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)	3.7%
SSIS	3.7%
Other	90.3%

Data Integration

Data Governance Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Collibra Platform	8.4%
Microsoft Purview Data Governance	9.4%
Varonis Platform	5.0%
Other	77.2%

Data Governance

Featured Reviews

KandaswamyMuthukrishnan

Director at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Integrates diverse data sources and streamlines ETL processes effectively

Regarding potential areas of improvement for Azure Data Factory, there is a need for better data transformation, especially since many people are now depending on DataBricks more for connectivity and data integration. Azure Data Factory should consider how to enhance integration or filtering for more transformations, such as integrating with Spark clusters. I am satisfied with Azure Data Factory so far, but I suggest integrating some AI functionality to analyze data during the transition itself, providing insights such as null records, common records, and duplicates without running a separate pipeline or job. The monitoring tools in Azure Data Factory are helpful for optimizing data pipelines; while the current feature is adequate, they can improve by creating a live dashboard to see the online process, including how much percentage has been completed, which will be very helpful for people who are monitoring the pipeline.

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Aditi Kamra

Senior Consultant at Morgan Stanley

Data governance has transformed business glossaries and now drives AI-ready insights

I think it's a great platform. Searching can be made a little better. The data marketplace which it provides is also great, but sometimes when we are searching an element and we know we are not sure if we can find it or if we have missed it. Listing data domains in one place for quick visibility will be an add-on. I am not a hardcore coder. For a coder to create workflows and automate the process, I needed to learn Groovy script and create some workflows. In the automation part, I think it can also introduce a low-code, no-code platform where we can connect different connectors and we can quickly create some automated workflows, if at basic level only, because the next big thing is automation and AI. Low-code, no-code platforms are being used by everyone. I think that will be useful. When I look for a data domain, I'm not able to find it very quickly. For a business owner to know data domains and search data domains, it could be made a little easier. Also, the automation part needs improvement. We are only able to enter the data manually or connect to a data source, but now we want to create some workflows as well. That's why I've chosen a rating of eight. Otherwise, it's really great.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Outsourcing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	31
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	63

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	24
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	63

Questions from the Community

How do you select the right cloud ETL tool?

AWS Glue and Azure Data factory for ELT best performance cloud services.

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How does Azure Data Factory compare with Informatica PowerCenter?

Azure Data Factory is flexible, modular, and works well. In terms of cost, it is not too pricey. It offers the stability and reliability I am looking for, good scalability, and is easy to set up an...

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How does Azure Data Factory compare with Informatica Cloud Data Integration?

Azure Data Factory is a solid product offering many transformation functions; It has pre-load and post-load transformations, allowing users to apply transformations either in code by using Power Q...

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What needs improvement with Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?

The user experience of Collibra Platform could be better. Even though there is a large research tab, I think it could be more customizable, meaning I could add filters. Currently, it does not have ...

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What is your primary use case for Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?

My main use case for Collibra Platform is data governance and traceability of data sources. For governance or traceability in my work, I can provide a specific example: we migrated a couple of data...

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What advice do you have for others considering Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?

The advice I would give to others looking into using Collibra Platform is that every tool has a learning curve. They should pursue it; Collibra Platform is a very well-developed and well-explained ...

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Comparisons

Snowflake vs Azure Data Factory

Compared 5% of the time

Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) vs Azure Data Factory

Compared 4% of the time

Databricks vs Azure Data Factory

Compared 4% of the time

Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) vs Azure Data Factory

Compared 3% of the time

Palantir Foundry vs Azure Data Factory

Compared 3% of the time

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Microsoft Purview Data Governance vs Collibra Platform

Compared 23% of the time

Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) vs Collibra Platform

Compared 5% of the time

erwin Data Intelligence vs Collibra Platform

Compared 4% of the time

Alation Data Catalog vs Collibra Platform

Compared 4% of the time

Palantir Foundry vs Collibra Platform

Compared 2% of the time

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Data Intelligence Platform, Collibra AI Governance, Collibra Catalog, Collibra Governance, Collibra Lineage, Collibra Privacy & Risk

Overview

Azure Data Factory efficiently manages and integrates data from various sources, enabling seamless movement and transformation across platforms. Its valuable features include seamless integration with Azure services, handling large data volumes, flexible transformation, user-friendly interface, extensive connectors, and scalability. Users have experienced improved team performance, workflow simplification, enhanced collaboration, streamlined processes, and boosted productivity.

Microsoft

Collibra Platform is preferred for workflows, data lineage, and a user-friendly interface. It enhances metadata management with robust collaboration, flexible customization, and powerful reporting, aiding organizations in effective data management.

Collibra Platform provides dependable solutions for metadata management, data lineage, and governance. It strengthens data governance with cataloging, glossaries, automation, and integration, supporting compliance and data quality management. Despite challenges with integration and metadata ingestion, the platform is vital for data governance programs, offering comprehensive AI capabilities and streamlined processes for enterprise data management.

What are Collibra Platform's key features?

Workflows: Enhances process efficiency with customizable workflows.
Data Lineage: Tracks data movement across systems for accountability.
User-friendly Interface: Simplifies interaction with intuitive design.
Metadata Management: Manages and organizes metadata for better insights.
Collaboration Features: Fosters teamwork with integrated tools.
Cataloging and Glossary: Improves governance and traceability.

What benefits should be sought in reviews?

Improved Business Processes: Drives efficiency with automation and customization.
Enhanced Data Governance: Facilitates compliance with comprehensive traceability tools.
Robust Integration: Ensures seamless data flow across various systems.
Advanced Reporting: Provides insights for data-driven decisions.

In industries, Collibra Platform supports IT teams through metadata management and data quality assurance. It is widely used for compliance initiatives like GDPR, speeding up digital transformation and enforcing policy management. Organizations employ it to consolidate business and technical metadata, ensuring effective enterprise-scale data management in diverse sectors.

Collibra

Sample Customers

1. Adobe 2. BMW 3. Coca-Cola 4. General Electric 5. Johnson & Johnson 6. LinkedIn 7. Mastercard 8. Nestle 9. Pfizer 10. Samsung 11. Siemens 12. Toyota 13. Unilever 14. Verizon 15. Walmart 16. Accenture 17. American Express 18. AT&T 19. Bank of America 20. Cisco 21. Deloitte 22. ExxonMobil 23. Ford 24. General Motors 25. IBM 26. JPMorgan Chase 27. Microsoft (Azure Data Factory is developed by Microsoft) 28. Oracle 29. Procter & Gamble 30. Salesforce 31. Shell 32. Visa

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