# Dataedo Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Dataedo the right Big Data solution for you? Explore 12 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/199871/Dataedo/reviews --- Dataedo 4.7 (12) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/199871/Dataedo/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Dataedo Ease of use 4.8 Customer Service 4.9 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-12 of 12 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Mark W. Data Architect Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great documentation tool, produces excellent reports and functional (searchable) documentation" June 18, 2020 5.0 Great overall experience, new features are available frequently (~monthly) and bugs are corrected quickly. Very personal service when help is needed. Pros We mostly use the ability to publish the software to an internal website so that the entire team can read and review the data models (>10) we use in our applications. Having a searchable website with the documentation is much more useful than 5000+ pages of PDF. Allowing the use of some markup text in the descriptions does present a nice website with minimal effort. Cons Generation of the website with over 8,000 objects takes a few hours. We typically only publish changes 1-2/week. Reason for choosing Dataedo Best resulting documentation. Review Source RW Rick W. Architect Information Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A trusted tool in my toolbelt" June 18, 2020 5.0 Being able to automate documentation using metadata has given the tooling process a level of sophistication I have not seen for quite a while. I can keep the data dictionary up to date easily and make it accessible to all of the end-users. I am very happy with this tool. Pros Dataedo was the choice for me after evaluating a number of tools on the market, looking primarily for a macOS solution. I still went forward with Dataedo, even though it was only Windows (it uses a wine implementation for macOS support). It does a great job of database connectivity and reverse-engineering the databases. It produces nice models and even nicer documentation. It has command-line options that allow me to support most of my workflow automatically. And, it stores its data in an MSSQL database that allows me to make model updates in bulk. I love the ability to really test-drive the software with zero-commitment. My primary use case is database/model documentation and it excels at this. Cons \* No customizable Excel templates \* No real support for macOS - only Windows \* E/R Diagram auto-layout is not helpful with more than a handful of tables \* Some things require tedious entry/input \* I wish it had better support for Module Management \* Being able to version releases and interaction with git/github would be helpful Reason for choosing Dataedo Ease of use, excellent documentation output. Review Source SE Samuel E. Database Administration Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Awesome product" February 22, 2024 4.0 Pros Business Glossary ,Business Domain and Data domain. Cons It will be better if there can be more automation in place of manual task. Review Source LH Lenka H. Manager ICT and Analytics Insurance Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Dataedo review" June 29, 2020 5.0 Dataedo has been a great addition to my team's toolkit. It has been invaluable for new team members and it also makes engagement with project partners much easier. Pros When we purchased Dataedo few years back, features were more limited in comparison to what they are now. But there were a few gems that fit our needs really well. e.g. documenting relations that aren't enforced in the DB. Dataedo was easy to implement and intuitive to use. The support from the Dataedo team has always been very prompt and helpful. The product keeps evolving and the newest version has some very cool features e.g business glossary. Cons There is nothing I can think of I must say. Reason for choosing Dataedo Dataedo had features we were looking for and no excess that we didn't need. The product was well priced and Dataedo were very responsive to our questions. Review Source GS Grant S. Senior Developer Real Estate Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Very Useful and Unique Product" June 18, 2020 5.0 Pros As a developer, documentation can be tedious. We were previously using a MS Word Template to do tech designs, requiring a lot of manual entry to document database objects, columns and the database portion of the integrations. This has replaced that. It is invaluable from a database documentation perspective and also being able to combine it with application documentation of a fuller technical process. Just check the database objects related to the application and your DB portion of documentation is covered. Cons I don't really have any complaints. I am looking forward to some of the enhanced web sharing options which are in development. Reason for choosing Dataedo The price, ease of use, and functionality were the prime selling points. Review Source SK Satish K. AVP Data Analytics & Business Insights Retail Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Very Good For Documenting Metrics" June 19, 2020 4.0 Pros For the first time we are able to democratize logic and computation for each key metric in our company using this tool. The best part is we do everything through code. So whenever code changes documentation also change. This makes sure that documentation is always up t date. No separate manual effort needed to make sure documentation is up to date Cons 1\. They have to move to web based tool soon. We are still installing the product on our machine. 2. They need to improve on giving customizable format for documentation Review Source KM Kelli M. Business Data Analyst Insurance Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best Flexible Data Dictionary Tool Available" June 18, 2020 5.0 The free tutorials/webinars are extremely helpful. I deployed the software for our office and am responsible for maintaining the documentation and this tool makes my life so much easier. Pros This is one of the most intuitive software I have ever used and was easy to setup and implement quickly. The search features, publishing HTML and documentation tools are amazingly helpful. Cons I have only had a positive experience with this software. I wish I had found it sooner. Reason for choosing Dataedo The ability to connect to different data types (Amazon Aurora and ORACLE) and the price point made it a clear winner. It was the only viable solution for our needs. Review Source CD Caleb D. Sr Design Engineer Mining & Metals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Extensive Documentation at the Click of a Button" June 18, 2020 5.0 My coworkers are now able to figure out what tables to use without having to ask me on a daily basis. Instead, they can go straight to the web page of our documentation. Pros The dynamic feature of its documentation. I can click a button and connect it to my server, and it automatically generates the documentation and relations between all of the tables. Cons Since our database is pretty large, it takes some time to generate a report, but this is only when generating the report itself. Once it's generated, it's extremely fast to find what you need. Reason for choosing Dataedo Ease of use and price Review Source CT Candace T. DBA Government Administration Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "DBA Review on Dataedo" June 18, 2020 5.0 lack of documentation and DB DFD's that are needed to solve complex issues Pros Perfect solution for documenting complex back-end DB's projects. facilitates filling holes in database documentation that does not exist in Microsoft SQL Server. Dataedo sits in its own database on server. dependencies' trees solved. love the ability to add foreign keys for future implementation. Cons area of improvement would be adding architecture printing. Reason for choosing Dataedo more robust for what was needed Review Source JR Jonathan R. Senior Database Developer Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Dataedo Works Well For Us" June 18, 2020 4.0 We now have a central repository for DevOps and Database Developers to refer to when designing software or ad-hoc queries. It's a major advantage for us. Pros We mainly used Dataedo for ERD generation ad-hoc. But when we saw where we could document our databases for our DevOps team, we readily implemented more features. Cons At times, it feels a little slow to respond when updating/saving but that may be due to VPN access into our servers. Review Source ACV Adolfo Cosme V. Sub Gerente Investigacion y Desarrollo e Innovacion Banking Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Excelente herramienta para un buen gobierno de tus datos!!" February 22, 2024 4.0 Pros Para las bases de datos postgress, sql server, permite documentar de manera automatica, trayendo todas las tablas, atributos relaciones Cons En mi caso le falta fortalecer la captura de datos para db2 for i Review Source UB Umang B. Dir Data and Systems Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Needed for documenting your database for different audiences" June 18, 2020 5.0 I love it - it's my go to when we create new schemas Pros There's definitely a UI element that is easy for us to use. I didn't have to go too in-depth with the tutorials to figure out what exists and what does not, it was pretty close to plug and play if you've used databases before. You can write the content for people who are non-developers as well, and it's pretty easy to follow. Cons Nothing that's too crazy, it would be good to see where certain tables were applied in the ERDs. I wished column descriptions were available through the ERD as well so there would not be too much back and forth - but that's being nit-picky. Reason for choosing Dataedo Directly tied to the database, ERDs, UI/UX experience Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.