Alation Overview

Alation's Data Catalog maximizes data intelligence by unifying context and deepening data understanding. Empower informed decision-making with a demo.

Use Cases

Customers recommend Collaboration, Competitive Intelligence, Workflow Management, as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied with while using Alation.

Other use cases:

  • Communication Management
  • Knowledge Management
  • Training & Onboarding
  • Engagement Management
  • Customer Case Management
  • Social Media Analytics
  • Market Research
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Business Priorities

Improve Visibility and Acquire Customers are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using Alation.

Other priorities:

  • Manage Risk
  • Enhance Customer Relationships
  • Enter New Markets Internationally Or Locally
  • Scale Best Practices
  • Grow Market Share
  • Improve Consistency
  • Improve Efficiency
  • Improve Stakeholder Relations
  • Launch New Products
  • Improve Digital And Social Presence
  • Improve ROI
  • Establish Thought Leadership
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Alation Use-Cases and Business Priorities: Customer Satisfaction Data

Alation's features include Personalization, Dashboard, Alerts: Popups & Notifications, etc. and Alation support capabilities include AI Powered, 24/7 Support, Email Support, etc. also Alation analytics capabilities include Custom Reports, and Analytics.

Reviews

"Alation has absolutely accelerated the adoption of Snowflake amongst our users. It has enabled them to get up and running on Snowflake a lot quicker than they otherwise would have been able to do." - Peter Langham

Alation, Tubular, Digital Pigeon, eLogger, Cerberus FTP Server, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help Data Management Platform. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

Popular Business Setting

for Alation

Top Industries

  • Insurance
  • Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
  • Telecommunications

Popular in

  • Enterprise
  • Large Enterprise
  • Mid Market

Alation is popular in Insurance, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, and Telecommunications and is widely used by Enterprise, Large Enterprise, and Mid Market.

Comprehensive Insights on Alation Use Cases

How can Alation enhance your Collaboration process?

How efficiently Does Alation manage your Competitive Intelligence?

What solutions does Alation provide for Workflow Management?

Why is Alation the best choice for Communication Management?

How can Alation optimize your Knowledge Management Workflow?

32+ more Business Use Cases

11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Alation solved their Data Management Platform needs. Cuspera uses 2344 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Data Management Platform needs.

Customer Testimonials

CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
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Peter Langham

Domain Chapter Lead – Data Engineering

Spark New Zealand

Alation has absolutely accelerated the adoption of Snowflake amongst our users. It has enabled them to get up and running on Snowflake a lot quicker than they otherwise would have been able to do. Testimonial By Peter Langham
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Sebastian Kaus

Data Governance Lead

Vattenfall

Alation is democratizing our data. It’s bringing people together to collaborate to solve our business problems. Testimonial By Sebastian Kaus
Alation testimonial

Marcin Cinciala

Senior BI Engineer

Allegro

We have such a diverse data ecosystem, so having one application that can connect to Oracle, Hive, Presto and BigQuery, is a huge benefit. Testimonial By Marcin Cinciala
CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Alation testimonial

Peter Langham

Domain Chapter Lead – Data Engineering

Spark New Zealand

Alation has absolutely accelerated the adoption of Snowflake amongst our users. It has enabled them to get up and running on Snowflake a lot quicker than they otherwise would have been able to do. Testimonial By Peter Langham
Alation testimonial

Sebastian Kaus

Data Governance Lead

Vattenfall

Alation is democratizing our data. It’s bringing people together to collaborate to solve our business problems. Testimonial By Sebastian Kaus
Alation testimonial

Marcin Cinciala

Senior BI Engineer

Allegro

We have such a diverse data ecosystem, so having one application that can connect to Oracle, Hive, Presto and BigQuery, is a huge benefit. Testimonial By Marcin Cinciala

Case Studies

COMPANY INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES
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Case Study MercadoLibre

MercadoLibre grows governed, self-service analytics with Alation and Tableau

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Case Study eBay

eBay team has seen Alation help to reduce the timeline of data governance and documentation initiatives from years down to months

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Case Study Mission Lane

How Alarion helped users discover data and get comfortable exploring the data beyond finding a table

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Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

for Alation

What is Alation used for?

Alation is a Data Management Platform Software mainly used by its customers to Improve Visibility and Acquire Customers by Collaboration, Competitive Intelligence and Workflow Management .

What are the top features of Alation?

Personalization, Dashboard and Alerts: popups & Notifications are some of the top features of Alation.

Who uses Alation?

Alation is used by Insurance, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad and Telecommunications among other industries.

What are Alation alternatives?

Tubular, Digital Pigeon, ELogger and Cerberus FTP Server are popular alternatives for Alation.

Where is Alation located?

Alation is headquartered at 3 Lagoon Dr, #300 Redwood City, CA 94065.
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Peers used Alation for collaboration and competitive intelligence

Alation Features

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FEATURE RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.34/5 ★

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Custom Reports

4.19/5 ★

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Analytics

4.18/5 ★

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CAPABILITIES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.34/5 ★

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Custom Reports

4.19/5 ★

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Analytics

4.18/5 ★

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Alation Integrations

Alation integrates with a wide range of software applications through its robust data import and export capabilities.

Data Export

4.50/5 ★

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Data Import

4.22/5 ★

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Alation News

BBC hands Alation data catalogue contract amid data transformation pressure - The Stack

BBC chooses Alation for a data catalogue contract to support its data transformation efforts.

12/12/2024 - source

Alation Launches Document Hubs to Build a Common Data Language Across Teams - The Manila Times

Alation introduces Document Hubs to help teams create a shared data language, improving collaboration and understanding.

03/12/2024 - source

Alation Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Data ...

Alation is recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Data Intelligence Platform Software 2024. The company offers various products and solutions for data intelligence, including partnerships with Salesforce for data governance.

25/11/2024 - source

Alation Profile

Company Name

Alation

Company Website

https://www.alation.com/

HQ Location

3 Lagoon Dr, #300 Redwood City, CA 94065

Employees

101-250

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Financials

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