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ETL Solutions Transformation Manager vs Matillion Data Productivity Cloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 31, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

ETL Solutions Transformatio...
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (33rd)
Matillion Data Productivity...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (6th)
 

Featured Reviews

Ravi Kuppusamy - PeerSpot reviewer
It lets us create models so we can generate real-time predictions and insights for a our clients
Transformation Manager reporting could be better. There are better options for reporting tools these days. We use Microsoft BI sometimes, but Tableau is becoming too expensive. Microsoft BI's visualization features are maturing. I would like it if we could set the solution up to process and respond to real-time events. For example, say I want to configure an app to run based on the mileage a car has driven, and I configure the metering system, so the event occurs every 15 days. Let's say we want to automatically send an alert to EMS, police, etc. if a car gets into an accident. Transformation Manager is more of a conventional tool for reporting, extracting volume, bulk loading, etc. but there should be more provisions for dealing with real-time events, creating some insights, and dealing with perishable data. Ten minutes after the accident, the data doesn't have value. It has value before you saved the person.
Tomáš Hronek - PeerSpot reviewer
Used for wrangling or transforming data from sources like S3 and Databricks
I use Matillion ETL for wrangling or transforming data from sources like S3 and Databricks The most valuable feature of Matillion ETL is the UI experience in which you can drag and drop most of the transformation. Sometimes, we have issues with the solution's stability and need to restart it for…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Back in the day, we could only get reports and analyze what happened after the fact, but today now we can generate real-time insights. Transformation Manager feeds your data science projects. We generate models and then give them to the clients, so they can come up with real-time predictions and recommendations in addition to reporting."
"It is a reliable solution."
"It is among the best, even if not widely known."
"It is pretty user-friendly, even for people who aren't super technical."
"It has good integrations with Amazon Redshift and other AWS services."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the CDC (Change Data Capture) component."
"The technical support treats us well. They already have a support portal, and they are responsive, which helps."
"We allow non-technical people to use Matillion to load data into our data warehouse for reporting. Thus, it is easy enough to use that we don't always have to get a technical person involved in setting up a data movement (ETL)."
"Matillion's technical support is excellent."
"It has improved the costs of managing my customer’s data."
"The new version with the Productivity Cloud is very simple. It's easy to use, navigate, and understand."
 

Cons

"Transformation Manager reporting could be better. There are better options for reporting tools these days. We use Microsoft BI sometimes, but Tableau is becoming too expensive. Microsoft BI's visualization features are maturing."
"There is room for improvement in the solution's visualization tool."
"They should build a functional architecture based on queuing."
"The product's scalability needs improvement. Perhaps adding more connectors would be beneficial."
"Matillion ETL should include more enhanced capabilities for extracting data from the SAP systems."
"The tool's lineage is very weak."
"I found some of the more complex aspects of ETL challenging, but I grasped the concepts fairly quickly."
"Unlike Snowflake which automatically takes care of upgrading to the latest version and includes additional features, with Matillion ETL we need to do this ourselves."
"I am looking forward to seeing the expansion of the source range for their data loader product."
"Our main challenge currently is that Matillion runs on an EC2 instance, limiting us to running only two processes simultaneously at the entry level."
"One of the features that's in development is data privacy in the cloud, along with further SAP integration. For connectivity to SAP systems."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an expensive solution."
"The AWS pricing and licensing are a cost-effective solution for data integration needs."
"It is not necessarily a cheap solution. However, it's reasonable priced, especially with the smaller machines that we run it on."
"It was procured through the AWS Marketplace because it keeps things simple. They offer retail-like checkout and bill through your existing Amazon Web Services account."
"The absence of licensing commitments makes it easy to experiment with the tool, and if we decide it's not suitable, we can simply stop the ETL instance and cease incurring charges."
"It was very easy to purchase through the AWS Marketplace, but it was also expensive."
"Matillion ETL has a pay-as-you-go pricing model of a few dollars per hour of runtime."
"The pricing depends on what edition the customer opts for. For example, the standard edition is priced at $2.00 per credit. And you are only charged when you use it. You're not charged when it's idle."
"A rough estimation of the cost is around 20,000 dollars a month, however, this is dependent on the machine used and how Matillion ETL is used."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
29%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Healthcare Company
6%
Educational Organization
6%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
5%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ETL Solutions Transformation Manager?
ETL Solutions Transformation Manager is much more affordable than other solutions like AWS, Blue, or Informatica. Even though some competitors may offer seemingly economical pricing, the resource c...
What needs improvement with ETL Solutions Transformation Manager?
There is room for improvement in the solution's visualization tool. Currently, it provides basic reports and the ability to create graphs and dashboards, but I'm looking forward to more robust anal...
What do you like most about Matillion ETL?
The new version with the Productivity Cloud is very simple. It's easy to use, navigate, and understand.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Matillion ETL?
The solution's pricing is not based on the licensing cost but on the running hours when the Matillion instance is up and running. Its pricing model is different from the traditional pricing models ...
What needs improvement with Matillion ETL?
Depending on the use case, the solution's pricing could be improved. Matillion ETL should include more enhanced capabilities for extracting data from the SAP systems.
 

Also Known As

Transformation Manager
Matillion ETL for Redshift, Matillion ETL for Snowflake, Matillion ETL for BigQuery
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Honda, BNP Paribas, RBS, JPMorgan, Volkswagen, Thorn Lighting, OpenSpirit, Rolls-Royce, Ulster Bank
Thrive Market, MarketBot, PWC, Axtria, Field Nation, GE, Superdry, Quantcast, Lightbox, EDF Energy, Finn Air, IPRO, Twist, Penn National Gaming Inc
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