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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Alex Solutions

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AAlex Solutions headquartered in Melbourne offers their enterprise data catalog, a marketplace for enterprise data that enables data-centric business outcomes.N/A

    Denodo

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ADenodo is the eponymous data integration platform from the global company headquartered in Silicon Valley.N/A
    Pricing
    Alex SolutionsDenodo
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    Pricing Offerings
    Alex SolutionsDenodo
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Alex SolutionsDenodo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
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    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.0
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    Performance
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    User Testimonials
    Alex SolutionsDenodo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Alex Solutions
    If you have information systems with lots of information but need a solution that ties together the data Alex Solution is really a great tool for this. We're a large international company, so this was our case. But if you are a smaller local company with not that much data available it could be you should look for other solutions for a start.
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    Denodo
    Denodo allows us to create and combine new views to create a
    virtual repository and APIs without a single line of code. It is excellent
    because it can present connectors with a view format for downstream consumers
    by flattening a JSON file. Reading or connecting to various sources and
    displaying a tabular view is an excellent feature. The product's technical data
    catalog is well-organized.
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    Pros
    Alex Solutions
    • Easy and fast data sharing across platforms
    • Single platforms solution
    • Able to handle cloud and on premise
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    Denodo
    • Database Agnostic: You can easily connect to different environments and mash up data sets.
    • The "magic" of data virtualization: No data is created, so data is reported in near-real-time to end users.
    • It's easy to use UI for developers. You just connect to a data source, create tables, and join them to other datasets.
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    Cons
    Alex Solutions
    • Alex Solutions has lots of features and you need to invest time to understand how to do best deal with the solution in your own business case
    • Australian-based solution with no local support in Denmark. Not the biggest issue for us, but potentially is a place with room for improvement.
    • Making it easier for users to adjust visuals and colours.
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    Denodo
    • Caching - but I am sure it will be improved by now. There were times when we expected the cache to be refreshed but it was stale.
    • Schema generation of endpoints from API response was sometimes incomplete as not all API calls returned all the fields. Will be good to have an ability to load the schema itself (XSD/JSON/Soap XML etc).
    • Denodo exposed web services were in preliminary stage when we used; I'm sure it will be improved by now.
    • Export/Import deployment, while it was helpful, there were unexpected issues without any errors during deployment. Issues were only identified during testing. Some views were not created properly and did not work. If it was working in the environment from where it was exported from, it should work in the environment where it is imported.
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    Usability
    Alex Solutions
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    Denodo
    Denodo is very easy to use. It has a user-friendly drag and drop interface. I'm not a fan of the java platform it resides on.
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    Performance
    Alex Solutions
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    Denodo
    Denodo is a tool to rapidly mash data sources together and create meaningful datasets. It does have its downfalls though. When you create larger, more complex datasets, you will most likely need to cache your datasets, regardless of how proper your joins are set up. Since DV takes data from multiple environments, you are taxing the corporate network, so you need to be conscious of how much data you are sending through the network and truly understand how and when to join datasets due to this.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Alex Solutions
    I have seen companies with Alex and Collibra, and if I should choose one of these tools based on my knowledge and feedback from the users, I would definitely choose Alex Solutions. From a user perspective Alex Solutions is easier to use - it really is just more intuitive and for most users that can make the difference between using and not using the solution
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    Denodo
    Denodo is simple and easy to use. Highly recommended unless you have huge volumes of data
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    Return on Investment
    Alex Solutions
    • It's always difficult to predict the future, but the feedback from our organization is clear. Data-driven decisions are better decisions for sure.
    • No service or solution is free, but seen in the bigger picture the better decision making surely outweigh the costs of Alex Solutions
    • Our organization has way more focus on data and ensuring correct data collection. This is probably the best impact we have had seen from a data manager's perspective
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    Denodo
    • It is a huge advantage that we can connect to many different databases to provide data rapidly and accurately.
    • It has proven to be a valuable environment for deploying data virtualization solutions, and its user community is active in finding and fixing issues.
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