Data catalog & governance Category leader
Alation
Data catalog with lineage, search and trust flags for analytics teams
Key features
- Automated data discovery
- Column-level lineage
- Data quality monitoring
- Business glossary
- Data search
Other data catalog & governance tools to consider instead of DataHub. Key features and starting prices come from each vendor's own site.
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| Pricing | Contact sales | Contact sales | Contact sales | Contact sales | Free plan | Contact sales |
| Best for | Engineering-led data teams that want an open-source catalog they can self-host, with a managed option later. | Mid-size to large analytics organizations that want analysts to find and trust data through a searchable catalog. | Mid-size to large data teams that want one catalog covering lineage, glossary and governance across their warehouse and BI stack. | Large regulated enterprises that need formal data governance with named owners, stewards and certified data. | Data teams that want the open-source OpenMetadata catalog without hosting it, starting on a free tier of 5 users. | Small and mid-size data teams that want a quick-to-adopt catalog connected to dbt, Snowflake and BI tools. |
| Team size | 51–500+ people | 51–500+ people | 51–500+ people | 500+ people | 2–500+ people | 2–500 people |
| Automated data discovery | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
| Column-level lineage | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Not listed |
| Data quality monitoring | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Business glossary | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Yes |
| Access policies | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Yes |
| Data search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Yes |
| Visit | Visit | Visit | Visit | Visit | Visit | Visit |
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