Here’s the difference between Alation and Pace. The comparison is based on pricing, deployment, business model, and other important factors.
Alation provides a data cataloging platform. It automatically builds a catalog of useful data documentation, covering all of the data sources, and allows users to collaborate and work on the data. It processes enterprise unstructured data by centralizing knowledge into a single place using machine learning and human analysts. The search can be made using keywords in plain English. Enables users to access relevant information (including experts, lineage, keys and indexes, relevant queries) and documentation on all tables, across the organization’s data sources. The clients include PepsiCo, Dow, Fox Networks, BMW and others.
Pace integrates natively with your business's most important data sources, unify and transform this disparate data into a standardized format that makes intuitive sense for B2B sellers, and that can be easily synced and used by CRMs. With Pace, you can see which insights drive positive sales behaviors and, by extension, the outcomes you care about. So, you can build a set of repeatable sales motions