Market Perspectives

We are happy to share some insights about Y42 drawn from our latest market research, Ventana Research Buyers Guide: DataOps, which assesses how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements.  

We recently published four Ventana Research 2023 DataOps Buyers Guides, an assessment of technology vendors and products that provide individual and combined DataOps, data observability, data orchestration and data pipeline platform support.  

At Ventana Research, we continue to believe that, for most use-cases, there is a clear choice for DataOps platforms for any use in your organization. We developed four technology assessments and buyers guides to focus on overall DataOps requirements as well as specific data observability, data orchestration and data pipeline platform use-cases. 

In all of our Buyers Guides, we utilize a structured research methodology called the Value Index that includes evaluation categories designed to reflect real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal (RFP) and vendor selection process for DataOps. We evaluated Y42 and 17 other vendors in seven categories, five relevant to the product (adaptability, capability, manageability, reliability and usability) and two related to the vendor (TCO/ROI and vendor validation).  

In the overall DataOps Buyers Guide, our analysis classified Y42 as a vendor of Merit, receiving an overall grade of C+ with a 48.6% performance. Y42’s best grouped results came in Customer Experience at 50.3% performance and C++ grade due in part to its B- in Validation. In Product Experience, Y42 received a C+ grade with a 48.3% performance due to its 41.7% performance in Capability. Y42 achieved a B+ in Adaptability and a B in Usability. Y42 did not participate in the RFI process. 

Y42’s C+ grade in Product Experience was impacted by its C in Capability where it could add functionality to address data observability. Customer Experience was impacted by its C grade in TCO/ROI where it could articulate its strategic value and costs.  

Y42 performed best in Customer Experience, notably in Validation with a B- grade due to its product roadmap and references. In Adaptability, customization and APIs are strengths and earned a B+ grade. Y42’s user experience focus led to its healthy performance and B grade in Usability. 

In the Data Orchestration Buyers Guide, our analysis classified Y42 as a vendor of Merit, receiving an overall grade of B- with a 58.3% performance. Y42’s best grouped results came in Product Experience at 60.4% performance and a B- grade due in part to its B+ in Adaptability. In Customer Experience, Y42 received a C++ grade with a 50.3% performance due to its 57.3% performance in Validation. Y42 achieved a B in Usability and a B- in Capability and Manageability. Y42 did not participate in the RFI process. 

Y42’s B- grade in Product Experience was impacted by its C+ in Reliability where it could provide more information about performance and scalability. Customer Experience was impacted by its C grade in TCO/ROI where it could better articulate its strategic value and help customers calculate costs.  

Y42 performed best in Product Experience with a B- grade, notably in Adaptability where it received a B+ due to its configuration, customization and APIs. In Usability, intelligence and user experience are strengths. Y42’s references and case studies and product roadmap led to its B- grade in Validation. 

In the Data Pipelines Buyers Guide, our analysis classified Y42 as a vendor of Merit, receiving an overall grade of B- with a 56.9% performance. Y42’s best grouped results came in Product Experience at 58.6% performance and B- grade due in part to its B+ in Adaptability. In Customer Experience, Y42 received a C++ with a 50.3% performance due to its 57.3% performance in Validation. Y42 received a B in Usability and B- in both Capability and Manageability. Y42 did not participate in the RFI process. 

Y42’s B- grade in Product Experience was impacted by its C+ grade in Reliability where it could provide more information in relation to performance and scalability. Customer Experience was impacted by its C grade in TCO/ROI where it could better articulate strategic value and provide documentation and tools to help customers calculate costs.  

Y42 performed best in Product Experience with a B- grade, notably in Adaptability where it received a B+ due to its configuration, customization and APIs. In Validation, product roadmap and references and customer case studies were strengths and led to a B- grade. Y42’s focus on user experience led to its B in Usability. 

Y42 did not meet the inclusion criteria for the Data Observability Buyers Guide and thus was not included.  

This assessment was based on Y42, Version 2, released Nov 2022.  

This research-based guide is the most comprehensive assessment of the value of DataOps software in the industry. Technology buyers can learn more about how to use our Buyers Guide by clicking here and included vendors that wish to learn more can click here. Click below to read the individual reports: 

DataOps Buyers Guide 

Data Observability Buyers Guide 

Data Orchestration Buyers Guide 

Data Pipelines Buyers Guide