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 empowers data-savvy decision makers, analysts, and data consumers to find shared data for faster, more accurate insights." - Yash Bhagde

Alation, Parsable, JazzHR, Google Drive, Splunk Enterprise, 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

What benefits does Alation offer for Collaboration?

How can Alation optimize your Competitive Intelligence Workflow?

How does Alation facilitate 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
Alation testimonial

Yash Bhagde

Data Governance Manager

Oportun
Alation empowers data-savvy decision makers, analysts, and data consumers to find shared data for faster, more accurate insights. Testimonial By Yash Bhagde
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
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Michael Lempner

Head of Data

Mission Lane
We are really starting to tap into the potential of how we can leverage Alation within Mission Lane. Alation is a great way for our users to not only explore and discover the information, but also use it and collaborate in a more efficient way to make decisions that impact the business. Testimonial By Michael Lempner
CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Alation testimonial

Yash Bhagde

Data Governance Manager

Oportun
Alation empowers data-savvy decision makers, analysts, and data consumers to find shared data for faster, more accurate insights. Testimonial By Yash Bhagde
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
Alation testimonial

Michael Lempner

Head of Data

Mission Lane
We are really starting to tap into the potential of how we can leverage Alation within Mission Lane. Alation is a great way for our users to not only explore and discover the information, but also use it and collaborate in a more efficient way to make decisions that impact the business. Testimonial By Michael Lempner

Case Studies

COMPANY INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES
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Allegro
Retail
Retail
Case Study Allegro

How Allegro helps Alation to Speed time to insights across 20 business units by having a single source of reference

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Mission Lane
NA
Case Study Mission Lane

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

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Allegro
NA
Case Study Allegro

How Allegro decreases onboarding times for new analysts with the help of Alation

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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?

Parsable, JazzHR, Google Drive and Splunk Enterprise 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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Datactics

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Manta

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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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