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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (60.7% of reviews)
Enterprise (51.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
30 day free trial
Alation
Star Rating
(92)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (60.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about AlationQubole
Star Rating
(259)4.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (51.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
30 day free trial
Browse all 3 pricing plansAlation vs Qubole
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Alation easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Alation overall.
- Reviewers felt that Qubole meets the needs of their business better than Alation.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Alation is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Alation over Qubole.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Alation
No pricing availableQubole
Free Trial
30 day free trial
Free access to Qubole for 30 days to build data pipelines, bring machine learning to production, and analyze any data type from any data source. Get started today: https://www.qubole.com/free-trial/
Free Trial
Alation
Free Trial is available
Qubole
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.2
68
8.4
211
Ease of Use
8.3
72
7.8
212
Ease of Setup
8.1
50
7.6
60
Ease of Admin
8.5
41
7.6
58
Quality of Support
8.6
61
7.9
177
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
44
8.1
61
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
72
7.1
208
Features by Category
Data Governance
7.8
26
Not enough data
7.6
26
Not enough data
7.3
25
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.2
28
Not enough data
7.8
27
Not enough data
7.4
25
Not enough data
6.8
25
Not enough data
Collaboration
8.4
25
Not enough data
7.9
25
Not enough data
8.5
27
Not enough data
8.0
23
Not enough data
Artificial Intelligence
7.2
25
Not enough data
7.2
24
Not enough data
6.7
22
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.4
15
Not enough data
7.7
15
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Machine Learning Data Catalog
6.9
13
Not enough data
7.1
13
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
7.5
12
Not enough data
Administration
6.9
38
Not enough data
7.2
41
Not enough data
6.9
39
Not enough data
7.1
39
Not enough data
Management
8.2
39
Not enough data
8.4
40
Not enough data
6.8
38
Not enough data
6.9
39
Not enough data
7.3
38
Not enough data
Compliance
7.5
38
Not enough data
7.6
39
Not enough data
7.5
36
Not enough data
7.2
39
Not enough data
Security
7.5
36
Not enough data
7.6
36
Not enough data
7.6
37
Not enough data
Data Quality
6.8
36
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.3
37
Not enough data
Maintainence
7.2
35
Not enough data
7.2
34
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.4
29
Not enough data
6.5
29
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Governance
5.5
7
Not enough data
6.0
7
Not enough data
6.2
7
Not enough data
5.8
6
Not enough data
5.2
7
Not enough data
5.2
7
Not enough data
System
Not enough data
9.0
7
Model Development
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
8.1
6
Model Development
Not enough data
8.3
5
Machine/Deep Learning Services
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Machine/Deep Learning Services
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.0
5
Deployment
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.8
7
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data management
8.3
24
Not enough data
7.4
24
Not enough data
8.3
24
Not enough data
8.0
22
Not enough data
8.3
24
Not enough data
Reporting
7.5
23
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.4
20
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.0
19
Not enough data
7.1
19
Not enough data
Database
Not enough data
8.0
64
Not enough data
8.4
83
Not enough data
8.3
79
Integrations
Not enough data
8.6
81
Not enough data
8.6
87
Platform
Not enough data
8.3
72
Not enough data
8.3
82
Not enough data
8.6
87
Processing
Not enough data
8.5
85
Not enough data
8.3
82
Data Transformation
Not enough data
8.0
119
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Verified
Not enough data
8.8
10
|
Verified
Connectivity
Not enough data
8.8
107
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
123
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
108
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
113
|
Verified
Operations
Not enough data
7.0
104
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
116
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.2
75
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
69
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
11
|
Verified
Building Reports
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Alation and Qubole share no categories
Unique Categories
Alation is categorized as Active Metadata Management, Data Governance, and Machine Learning Data Catalog
Qubole is categorized as Big Data Processing and Distribution, Big Data Analytics, Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, and Big Data Integration Platforms
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Alation
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Qubole
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
13.1%
Financial Services
8.3%
Computer Software
6.0%
Manufacturing
4.8%
Retail
4.8%
Other
63.1%
Computer Software
19.4%
Information Technology and Services
14.3%
Marketing and Advertising
12.2%
Internet
6.8%
Leisure, Travel & Tourism
4.2%
Other
43.0%
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2 Comments
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How do I integrate elastic search with use of qubole in Tableau.
1 Comment
MP
Hi Manjul,
Difficult to answer without more details. Reach out to your Customer Success Manager or the Qubole administrators within your organization -...Read more
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