We performed a comparison between Collibra Catalog and SAP PowerDesigner based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Metadata Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We have had no complaints about the stability."
"The data lineage capability is valuable as it shows how different sources are connected and how data flows, which is crucial for projects like migrations. Moreover, data lineage visualization in Collibra Catalog aids our data governance initiatives."
"Collibra Catalog's best feature is the data quality checker."
"Collibra Catalog has significantly enhanced data governance and compliance for our team, primarily through its valuable feature of endpoint lineage enabling visual representation of the data."
"Collibra Catalog is simple to use and user-friendly for those who are not technically inclined since it is easy to find while also easy to see data lineage diagrams."
"It offers a lot of features in one solution. You would have to get multiple other products to bundle together all of the capabilities that you get in just this product."
"SAP PowerDesigner is an excellent tool that does what I need it to do. What I like most about it is that it's stable, fast, and easy to understand."
"The feature I found valuable in SAP PowerDesigner is extraction. I also like that my company hasn't faced any issues because of the clear documentation about SAP PowerDesigner."
"It can automate many routine tasks and save human resources to focus on real problems."
"The most valuable feature is that it is a very fast reverse engineering process. It does a very expansive comparison."
"Very good repository features."
"The solution is a very pragmatic tool. It's quite easy to use."
"It's a stable system. It never crashes."
"I'd like to see more integration with other reporting sources."
"The tool's overall functionalities need to improve since, nowadays, many tools, from a business perspective, are easy to use."
"A key area for improvement in Collibra Catalog lies in its integration capabilities, particularly with a broader range of sources."
"Collibra Catalog could improve its automation to increase the efficiency of the software."
"In the future, I would like to see data manipulation capability where you can actually write SQL queries and manipulate data from directly within the tool."
"I've tried to use Power Designer to bring in images, which didn't work very well at all."
"SAP PowerDesigner can improve the ease of use. It is not the best tool on the market because it is tough to navigate and use. A beginner would not be able to use it well, it requires some experience. If the solution was more user-friendly it would be able to be used by more audiences. I do not think many people are aware of this solution and they should use it."
"The focus is more on mainstream development environments, and I see a lack of focus on the open source world. I think SAP PowerDesigner probably interfaces better with SQL Server and Db2 but not with open source databases like PostgreSQL and MySQL."
"The solution itself does not need to be improved. However, they could add support for different languages."
"UI could be improved by enabling simpler navigation."
"SAP PowerDesigner could improve by making the repository easier to understand. It is difficult to understand how the repository works because when I used logical models as part of the team, we wanted to use them together and update the older versions of the data model version but it was confusing. The repository needs to be explained."
"In terms of improvement, the pricing is a bit high."
Collibra Catalog is ranked 3rd in Metadata Management with 5 reviews while SAP PowerDesigner is ranked 4th in Metadata Management with 34 reviews. Collibra Catalog is rated 7.8, while SAP PowerDesigner is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Collibra Catalog writes "A user-friendly for those who are not technically inclined and useful for cataloging various reports". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP PowerDesigner writes "Effective in terms of validating everything, but sometimes they don't allow us some flexibility and GUI could improve". Collibra Catalog is most compared with Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog, Ab Initio Co>Operating System, Talend Data Management Platform, Palantir Foundry and Mule Anypoint Platform, whereas SAP PowerDesigner is most compared with erwin Data Modeler by Quest, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio, IDERA ER/Studio and Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog. See our Collibra Catalog vs. SAP PowerDesigner report.
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