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Altair Engineering, Inc.

Altair Monarch

Composite Score

8.1 /10

CX Score

8.4 /10

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What is Altair Monarch?

Monarch is a market leading desktop-based self-service data preparation solution. Monarch connects to multiple data sources including structured and unstructured data, cloud-based data, and big data. Connecting to data, cleansing and manipulating data requires no coding.

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Awards & Recognition

Altair Monarch won the following awards in the Data Preparation for Analytics category

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7 Top Rated Capabilities

13 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2026

9 Top Rated Capabilities

15 Top Rated Features

2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

10 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

6 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2023

Altair Monarch Ratings

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87 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

90 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Altair Monarch?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Inspires Innovation

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Lineage & Basic Auditing

Data Preparation Workflow

Data Integration

Data Mining

Data Discovery and Search

Data Enrichment

Data Modelling Tools

Record Deduplication

Metadata Management

Data Packaging

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Altair Monarch Reviews

Somesh C.

Role: Operations
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Oct 2023

Your Healthcare Data Alchemist

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Altair Monarch from other similar products?

Unlike many data preparation tools, it can handle a broad range of data sources, including PDFs and spreadsheets. This is particularly useful in healthcare, where patient records, financial data, and operational reports come in various formats.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The visual, spreadsheet-like interface. our financial analysts used Altair Monarch to automate the extraction and consolidation of financial data from diverse sources, resulting in more accurate and timely financial reporting

What do you dislike most about this product?

The learning curve for new users can be steep, especially for advanced features

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

To maximize the benefits of Altair Monarch, just invest in comprehensive training for your team

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Unique Features
Caring

Andiko M.

Role: Operations
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2023

My Experience Using Altair Monarch

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Altair Monarch from other similar products?

When it comes to data analytics, Altair Monarch wins as it makes both data analytics and preparation easy.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

First the software come in handy for preparing data for analytics Comes with amazing data analytics features Comes with tutorials on how to use it

What do you dislike most about this product?

It requires training to understand and use effectively

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend Altair Monarch as it's powerful and resourceful when it comes to data analytics and preparation

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Albert R.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Altair Monarch is a exceptionally powerful product

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Altair Monarch from other similar products?

Ease of use and powerful source of data integration and analysis

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Data modeling and summary reporting, and integration with Excel

What do you dislike most about this product?

very expensive

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Excellent data analysis and reporting tool for small to mid-size companies. The price point maybe out of line for smaller companies

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Altair Monarch

What is Altair Monarch?

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

Altair Monarch Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

90 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Altair Monarch?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Lineage & Basic Auditing Tracks transformation steps, column dependencies, and change history to ensure data transparency, traceability, and reproducibility in analytics workflows.

Data Preparation Workflow Visual, repeatable pipelines to clean, transform, join, and enrich data from multiple sources, preparing trusted datasets for analysis and reporting.

Data Integration Includes integration of data from multiple sources, merging systems, transforming data and capture data to form a unified view of a company's data assets

Data Mining Explorative automated analysis of data to discover patterns and trends

Data Discovery and Search Data exploration and search capabilities enabling business users to perform their own analyses and build insights.

Data Enrichment Includes the enhancement of the value of internally held data by appending related attributes from external sources.

Data Modelling Tools Includes ability to model complex relationships between internal application sources and other parties.

Record Deduplication Identity resolution is the process of linking various records and is the main engine for record deduplication, which can enable some aspects of data cleansing.

Metadata Management A metadata layer makes reporting easy and eliminates the need for coding and SQL, allowing users to see and access information in simple business language.

Data Packaging Creating technology-specific data repository design optimized for a consumption use case, e.g.: time-series database, muti-dimensional cube, graph database, etc

Data Connectors and Data Mashup Connect to, merge and clean data from multiple diverse data sources.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Altair Monarch Reviews

Somesh C.

Your Healthcare Data Alchemist

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Andiko M.

My Experience Using Altair Monarch

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Albert R.

Altair Monarch is a exceptionally powerful product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Lineage & Basic Auditing

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