Collibra Data Intelligence Platform
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Not just a governance tool
Data Product creation
Data management made efficient and effective for our team members
Facilitates data quality monitoring and AI governance with a complete suite of tools
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
When I initially started with Collibra, it was just a data cataloging platform with governance workflows around it. Now they have acquired a lot of other tools, or they have merged or acquired different platforms.
It is a complete suite of tools for managing data. We can monitor data quality and take actions on the profiling results obtained by running data quality checks. Collibra helps catalog data assets, monitor the health of data assets, and take necessary actions. If we find data quality issues, it also provides a medium to capture those issues and how to remediate them.
The workflows allow the creation of custom workflows based on needs. The newest addition in their tool suite is AI governance, which allows cataloging all AI models currently deployed or even in the pre-production stage. It helps document model meanings and the risks involved, thus managing all risks related to AI deployments.
What needs improvement?
Collibra is working on making the latest version more user-intuitive. The previous versions were easier for technical resources to use, however, not so much for business people who are not tech-savvy. If it can become more user-intuitive and work on integrating with communication platforms like Slack or Teams, it would significantly help business users.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have done implementations of Collibra for three to four years now.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Performance-wise, Collibra is better than other catalogs in the market. It is quite stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Collibra is pretty robust and scalable, given the way they have developed their product and the connectors they have established. People can easily add resources to it.
How are customer service and support?
Their support team is good. However, it depends on which tier you are in and what kind of support you have, which is related to your licensing. Enterprise-grade customers get good customer support.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pricing is definitely one of the costliest in the data catalog market. It competes with the likes of Informatica in terms of price. It is best suited for established Fortune 500 companies.
What other advice do I have?
I would give Collibra a nine out of ten. For bigger organizations, it is worth the money as a tool. However, smaller organizations can get value out of some other tool, and for them, Collibra may not be the best choice.
Saves a lot of time for IT
What is our primary use case?
The primary use case for Collibra Catalog in my organization is for documenting all the metadata that we have in the company. Apart from that, I am also focusing on many different layers on it, including data lineage, data quality, business glossaries, and access management workflow.
How has it helped my organization?
In the company that I'm working for, there are lots of different analytical groups, so it is going to save much more time for IT people.. Previously, when I was working at a more business-oriented company, our primary audience was the business people. This demonstrates that the improvements depend on the different organization structures and how you're defining your data governance goal and vision.
What is most valuable?
Except for data quality, everything is perfect. Once you have your data systems integrated with the Collibra platform, and when you set up the frequency of refreshing the metadata from that data system, it happens automatically. It is based on how you define that data refresh.
What needs improvement?
If the price is a bit reduced, that would be better. Improving the data quality landscape much better in the platform would be beneficial because the data quality landscape hasn't matured to function well compared to other competitors.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been working in Collibra for close to two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
From one to ten, I would rate the stability of the solution as eigh out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the scalability of the solution as eight out of ten, which indicates no issues with scalability.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate the technical support from Collibra as seven because to work in the Collibra platform, especially if you are going to do it in your own cloud services, they ask for specific consultants to work in our company. So it's not entirely independent for us to work on it when it comes to the IT landscape.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I worked in Alation and Informatica before, and I moved to Collibra right now. Informatica is a fully mature data management platform, which provides different landscapes like master data management, data governance, and data quality, wherein Collibra provides only data catalog or governance. I prefer Informatica since it is a completely mature platform in terms of data management aspects.
How was the initial setup?
The setup is simple. It depends on in which platform you're going to deploy it, whether in the cloud or on premise, and if in the cloud, whether it's your company's cloud or Collibra's cloud.
What about the implementation team?
They wanted us to collaborate only with the specific consulting providers to work on the Collibra platform, especially when it is in our own cloud services.
What other advice do I have?
A suggestion for Collibra would be to improve collaboration with many different other technologies, as that would make it a frontrunner in the data catalog service provider space. It would be beneficial for Collibra to integrate with business intelligence tools and show us good data lineage mapping.
I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
Enhanced data quality and lineage understanding with great support
What is our primary use case?
It is mainly for documentation purposes, to document metadata in a data catalog, and also to improve understanding, access, and exploration of data.
How has it helped my organization?
I've been an external consultant, advising clients on IT solutions and helping them implement these solutions, including Collibra Governance. It's used strategically to find the correct tools for the clients and operationally to implement them.
What is most valuable?
The data quality module has improved significantly, and the data lineage feature is beneficial for understanding where data is coming from and identifying data duplications.
What needs improvement?
The platform can sometimes be unstable, particularly in terms of speed and reconnection issues. There's also potential for improvements in AI and AI governance, which I don't see clear use cases for yet.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used the solution for four years in total.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the stability as a seven out of ten. The platform can sometimes be unstable, with occasional hiccups or fallouts requiring reconnection.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the scalability as eight out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is quite good. I would rate it as eight out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
How was the initial setup?
For those with IT experience, it's straightforward. For those without data experience, it can be more difficult, though this is common with many tools.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price is quite high. Collibra has high initial costs for licensing that can be a barrier to small and medium-sized companies starting with it.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend Collibra Governance depending on the needs of the company. It's a very good tool but probably not suitable for all companies.
I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.