--- description: Review of Altair Monarch Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Altair Monarch | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice AU --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Data Analysis Software](/directory/535/data-analysis/software) > [Altair Monarch](/software/435599/monarch) # Altair Monarch Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/435599/monarch Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/435599/monarch?page=2) > Altair Monarch is a self-service, web-based data preparation solution that helps businesses extract data from reports such as HTML, PDF and XPS. The platform can access data from customer lists, sales reports, logs, inventories, invoices, and more. Monarch allows users to connect all major databases and extract data from web pages or multi-structured sources automatically. The platform features fuzzy matching and analysis to combine disparate data by wrangling and blending it. Monarch enables users to transform unstructured data into rows and columns leveraging click-based interface and pre-built functions. Primary features of the solution comprise unmatched report trapping, automated repeatable work, lineage and change history, BI integration, and no-scripting functionality. Monarch lets users save parsed data in the tabular format which can later be enhanced by filters, summaries, external data sources and sorts. Data can be visualized with BI tools including Excel, Tableau, and Qlik. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 21 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 21 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Siemens - **Founded**: 1847 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: USD 0.01 - **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Please contact Altair directly for pricing information. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, China, France, India, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - API - Audit Management - Customer Database - Data Aggregation and Publishing - Data Analysis Tools - Data Capture and Transfer - Data Connectors - Data Discovery - Data Extraction - Data Import/Export - Data Integration - Data Migration - Data Profiling - Data Quality Control - Data Storage Management - Data Synchronization - Data Transformation - Data Visualization - Document Extraction - Email Address Extraction ## Integrations (2 total) - Microsoft SQL Server - Oracle NoSQL Database ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) ## Category - [Data Analysis Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/535/data-analysis/software) ## Related Categories - [Data Analysis Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/535/data-analysis/software) - [Data Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4230/data-management/software) - [Data Mining Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/402/data-mining/software) - [Manufacturing BI Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/3828/manufacturing/software) - [Data Preparation Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/3959/data-preparation/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Here are some of the most impactful features of Altair Monarch:data profiling, data cleansing, automation, pivot table and charts, API, Web data extraction. > > **Cons**: there are a few features that some users may feel are missing or could be improved.1. Altair Monarch does not currently offer built-in machine learning capabilities, which means that users may need to use other tools or libraries to perform advanced machine learning tasks.2. While Altair Monarch's pricing is generally competitive with other data preparation and analysis tools, but the pricing to be too high for budget. ----- ### "Powerful Data Extraction Tool" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *28 September 2019* | Hospital & Health Care | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is extremely powerful to extract data out of PDF files. The automator product works great to automate data extraction processes > > **Cons**: We had a few issues with the installation and upgrade process. The installation instructions could be a little bit more detailed. ----- ### "Just the tool needed" — 4.0/5 > **Andre** | *24 July 2017* | Mining & Metals | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: It saves SO much time on a lot of tasks that would normally take way more time to complete and does it pretty effectively. > > **Cons**: There is a learning curve before you can use the product efficiently. Took some of our users a few months to get proficient. > > its a huge time saver ----- ### "Monarch is integral to our day-to-day activity" — 5.0/5 > **Brian** | *30 August 2019* | Hospital & Health Care | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I love the way that Monarch can flexibly capture huge amounts of data from various levels of a source file, allowing you to then present that information with formulas, filters and summaries. Monarch projects can also be seamlessly paired with Altair's Automator to produce the reports/data summaries automatically and distribute the files produced via e-mail to variable recipients. The customer service group is top notch (knowledgeable and pleasant)\! > > **Cons**: We've had problems working with 17M record ODBC sources, but most anything would. However, that issue may be more due our outdated (7 years behind current) ODBC version than Monarch. Otherwise, my only other complaint is that I didn't start using this software earlier in life\! > > I've been using Monarch for over seven years and I continue to find ways to use it to make my job easier. We use Monarch daily to quickly produce the information we need. ----- ### "Great and powerful\!" — 4.0/5 > **chris** | *26 March 2018* | Translation & Localization | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Easy to use, powerful, options galore and there is a great help file\! This program is excellent for automating mundane tasks and this software is able to read/understand data with precision. Program allows you to read files, excel, csv, etc and able to identify text, numbers and other characters. Want the program to look for a text specific field? No problem\! Monarch lets you identify the type and length of expected lines/fields so you can automate with ease. Great for macro running\! > > **Cons**: Program only has a few minor negatives, such as size/resources. Otherwise, the program is pretty reliable. Sometimes you have to get a bit creative with the captures of data or try a few tricks such as looking for specific text/fields, but I find overall the program does the job well. There are a lot of variables with documents/spreadsheets so this program will help but you will need some patience :) > > Benefits include time savings and automating tasks. Since Monarch can read and comprehend, it makes it the ideal software for automating bills, receipts, databases or even any type of data analysis/action items you may have. Be careful setting it up, but once you get your captures just right, the program can amaze. Speedy and reliable\! ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/435599/monarch?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/435599/monarch) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data