# Alation vs OpenMetadata

| Attribute | Alation | OpenMetadata |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 41.9 (30% (low)) | 81.5 (26% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A metadata management and governance platform for organizing and understanding data across multi-cloud and on-premises environments. Enables organizations to enforce compliance, track data lineage, and prepare data infrastructure for AI systems. | A metadata and governance platform built as open-source software that catalogs information from databases, data warehouses, and analytics tools, allowing teams and AI systems to understand data provenance, quality, and dependencies. Provides 130+ connectors, APIs, and SDKs for integration into existing workflows. |
| integrations.count | 120 | 130 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"ServiceNow"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Power BI"},{"name":"Microsoft 365"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Google Cloud Platform"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"BigID"},{"name":"Immuta"}]` | `[{"name":"Airflow"},{"name":"ClickHouse"},{"name":"DBT"},{"name":"Metabase"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","currency":"USD","sourceUrl":"https://www.alation.com/blog/alation-vs-microsoft-purview-architecture-pricing-ai/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T21:38:44.697Z","billingPeriods":["year"]}` | `{"type":"free","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"OpenMetadata Cloud","summary":"Free","description":"Free cloud SaaS with your own data","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free open-source and free cloud SaaS","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://open-metadata.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T21:41:27.559Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | free |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Data Catalog)

| Capability | Alation | OpenMetadata |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Column lineage | - | - |
| Automated lineage | - | - |
| Openlineage support | - | - |
| Business glossary | - | - |
| Data classification | - | - |
| Policy enforcement | - | - |
| Data quality | - | - |
| Active metadata | - | - |
| AI search | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |
| SOC2 | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:56:01.839Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*