Ellie.ai

What is Ellie.ai?

Ellie.ai is a cloud-based tool for designing and managing data products and data architecture collaboratively. Teams can brainstorm, design, and validate business needs through conceptual and logical data models, making it easier to build clear, actionable data pipelines.

Key features include:

• Business Glossary – a company-wide dictionary so everyone uses the same terms
• Web-based collaboration tools for working together on data projects
• Specialized support for Data Vault & Warehousing, Data Governance & Catalogs, and Data Mesh
• Reusability by design, with open APIs for connecting to other tools and support for a variety of tech stacks

The founders built Ellie.ai because they found existing data tools clunky and outdated, and wanted something that could support data products and teams more efficiently. The platform targets enterprise data architecture, analytics design, and master data management.

Practitioners in the data field have endorsed the tool: Dan Linstedt and Bjarki Stefansson have noted how it speeds up BI efforts at a business level, while Cynthia Meyersohn and Juha Koski have highlighted its support for teamwork and continuous reusability of data products.

Who created Ellie.ai?

Ellie.ai was founded by a team with over 30 years of experience on complex data projects. In 2018, they saw no modern, cloud-based solution that could adequately support data products and teams. Since then, the company has grown to over 50 enterprise customers, secured a significant seed funding round, and employs more than 20 experts. Its focus is on transforming how data products are designed and how teams collaborate, with the goal of improving data-driven decision-making and organizational data culture.

What is Ellie.ai used for?

• Designing data products for large enterprises
• Creating business, logical & physical data models
• Building a company-wide business glossary
• Collaborating on data projects
• Ensuring continuous reusability of data products
• Using Ellie Plans & Insights across your data stack

Who is Ellie.ai for?

Ellie.ai is aimed at data professionals, including data analysts, data scientists, BI architects, business analysts, data engineers, data architects, data modelers, data governance analysts and experts, data quality analysts, and business intelligence professionals.

How to use Ellie.ai?

1. Design your data products – use conceptual and logical data models to translate business needs into data products.
2. Build your business glossary – work with domain experts to define shared terms so the whole company makes consistent, data-driven decisions.
3. Collaborate and reuse – use the web-based tools to work with your team and reuse data products across projects via Ellie Plans & Insights.