Secoda Reviews & Product Details

What I like the best about Secoda is its ease of use and the great autonomy it gives the user when configuring the product. It allows you to create a data catalog that tailors your needs perfectly.

They also have interesting features, like automation and documentation templates, that make it easier to work and collaborate with your team when using the data catalog.

Finally, their AI features are exciting and they have kept improving (AI persona, ability to select which LLM to work with, observability of the actions performed by the LLM when building the answer, AI assistant on Slack) on this part so I look forward to seeing what's next. Notably, I think they should move forward in assisting on how to create relevant pre-prompts for AI personas Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are two main downsides in my usage of Secoda:

- First, there are too many bugs, and they often impact cool features of the product, like automation which makes it very frustrating. I reckon that their support teams are responsive and that bugs are often fixed in less than 2-3 working days, but the platform would win a lot if it increased its reliability

- Second, the system of teams is a bit complex to apprehend, especially for the nontechnical users of a company. They are struggling to seize the concept of sharing resources between teams, and the "General" team workspace ends up being the workspace for everyone

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It has an on premise option and the founders helped out with issues when we were early on with it. They do a good job with security and various deployment options. They do build features quickly and connect 1 on 1 with you when needed.

They have a lot of integrations and can create new ones quickly. It does have a good UI as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We started using Secoda in late 2021 and terminated in late 2024. The product was not actually useful in driving down bottom line cost or clear value. We installed and set it up but just never touched it and when we realized we asked for an accomodation that wasn't granted. One adoption challenge is when you have a large number of assets they are actually quite hard to filter which is the reason you'd want a data catalog in the first place. Make sure you actually need it or if its just another tool in your stack that doesn't drive business value and revenue for you.

If you don't you will be on the hook for your entire contract term with no allowance or accommodation. To be honest and fair we did sign an annual agreement that rolls over yearly (as most enterprises with strict security needs are required to do). However we found no one used it in over 2 years and when we reached out to cancel due to the importance of the funds and terminating it middway into year 3 or 4 the Founder himself replied that this wasn't a possibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of Use

Ease of Implementation

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Having a data request form for end users or viewers will be great. That will make this tool more convenient for data management and data governance.

Having the feature of exporting search results will be very useful.

Having a connector to FHIR data elements.

Have lineage at column level

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- Ease of Use: The tool is intuitive and easy to use for both tech and non-tech users.

- Features: It offers many useful features, including Lineage, Data Monitors, and AI support. Secoda is constantly improving and evolving. I especially like Collections, which allow all metadata to be grouped based on various criteria such as Data Product, Source, Domain, etc.

- Customer Support: The team is super responsive and friendly. Just praise for their support.

- Documentation: The documentation is excellent and well-organized, including useful videos. The weekly email digest is also a nice touch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Product Immaturity: The product is new, so occasional bugs can occur. However, the support team is very good and responsive, addressing issues promptly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The no-code monitors in Secoda make it easy for our team to set up and automate data quality checks without needing to write scripts.

The integration with our existing data stack, including BigQuery and Snowflake, was seamless, allowing us to manage everything from one platform.

Their customer service is top notch - upon implementation I identified several bugs that they took note of and either fixed immediately or added to their roadmap. Additionally, they asked for my feedback for future features which made me feel like I had more buyin Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The AI descriptions for models and fields could be a bit more robust. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- The support team provides quick answers and follow-ups to bugs, suggestions and new features

- We have constant exchanges where we explain the challenges we are tackling and we often see feature releases that help us reach our goals

- I enjoy the Integrations feature. It is really simple to connect different sources to Secoda, especially custom ones

- All the information about your data can be centred in one place

- Secoda is constantly improving and evolving Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Given the constant improvements that Secoda is often pushing in the Platform, it can be challenging to keep up-to-date with all the new releases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- The Dictionary feature has enabled alignment on metric definition, with easy discovery for non-technical business stakeholders

- The catalog and metrics feature has enabled our more technical users (analysts/data scientists) to easily dive into data lineage and to quickly understand what is driving our models, metrics and reports.

- In general the support from the Secoda team has been top notch - super responsive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its hard to pick out any dislikes, given its has really hit on our key focus areas Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Great single source of truth for the company that integrates into all of our platforms Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UI can be a bit overwhelming at the start Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The self-serve nature of Secoda makes it very easy to get users up and running, putting the power of governing data into the hands of the people who know it best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There have been a few bugs here and there, but the Secoda team has been very quick to address all issues we've run into. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- It's relatively easy to use.

- Customer support has been responsive towards any questions/bugs raised.

- Integration has been great, allowing various platforms to flow into Secoda.

- Documentation on table/resource/column-level is permitted, even allowing us to create an executable query on the documentation page.

- Lineage enables us to easily see the downstream/origins of the data

- Q&A section which enables the team to raise questions and keep record of them, in case other team members may raise similar questions in the future.

The platform has potential for the go-to place for teams to better understand their data, and this may encourage the team to better improve documentation-aspect of the data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Several bugs throughout the use of Secoda, though the support team has been responsive towards these issues and have them fixed ASAP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.