A lot of people want a product like this, or at least think they do, and many have also attempted to build parts of this. The issue, of course, with this product is that there is no evidence of a product nor an ability to assess it in abstract of a sales person presumably emailing you.
Questions I think would be important to answer:
- What types of queries are supported?
- Does data size or update frequency have performance implications?
- Is discovery embedded in this product?
- Is it available on-prem or only as an API?
- What are the data security guarantees?
- What workflows are easy to do in the UI?
- Does this support alerting on queries?
I could go on, but I think the point is made. There’s a reason a lot of data tooling companies use a freemium model — users want to feel the system before investing in it, maybe only reaching out when they’re ready to load test.
The old guard is very enterprise-y for a reason. Their products are complex monoliths that require mid-six figure investments to get moving. Either you have the staff/dollars/organizational momentum to buy their crap and follow-through or it's not gonna work.
I've spent more time than I'm comfortable admitting with Gartner's favorites in the Data Governance and Data Quality areas and they all suck. Desperately looking forward to having someone not-tied to legacy technology enter this space.
Questions I think would be important to answer:
- What types of queries are supported?
- Does data size or update frequency have performance implications?
- Is discovery embedded in this product?
- Is it available on-prem or only as an API?
- What are the data security guarantees?
- What workflows are easy to do in the UI?
- Does this support alerting on queries?
I could go on, but I think the point is made. There’s a reason a lot of data tooling companies use a freemium model — users want to feel the system before investing in it, maybe only reaching out when they’re ready to load test.