# Alation vs Secoda

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Secoda

| Attribute | Alation | Secoda |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 41.9 (30% (low)) | 52.6 (55% (medium)) |
| 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. | Secoda consolidates data management, governance, documentation, and monitoring into a unified platform. It connects to your data stack to provide automated lineage, searchable catalogs, and AI-driven insights while maintaining security and compliance controls. |
| features.capabilities | - | `{"soc2":true,"ai_search":true,"open_source":false,"data_quality":true,"column_lineage":true,"active_metadata":true,"automated_lineage":true,"business_glossary":true,"policy_enforcement":true,"data_classification":true,"openlineage_support":false}` |
| integrations.count | 120 | 17 |
| 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":"Snowflake"},{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"Redshift"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"Postgres"},{"name":"Oracle"},{"name":"Microsoft SQL"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"S3"},{"name":"Tableau"},{"name":"Looker"},{"name":"Metabase"},{"name":"Redash"},{"name":"Mode"},{"name":"Sigma"},{"name":"Power BI"},{"name":"Google Data Studio"},{"name":"dbt"},{"name":"Git"},{"name":"Okta"},{"name":"Active Directory"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":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":"quote","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Core","features":["Column and table-level lineage","Full data catalog","Automations","API access","Home page and inbox","Workspace analytics","SAML","SSH / Reverse SSH","RBAC"],"description":"Essential tools for modern data governance, lineage, monitoring, and AI-powered workflows","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","features":["Data Quality Score","Guest accounts","Policies","PII scanning","VPC peering","Premium support"],"description":"For growing teams advancing data governance with automation, policies, and quality scoring","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Custom roles","Self-hosted deployment","Priority support and dedicated account manager","Access request management","SIEM logging","Unlimited integrations","Disaster recovery support","Professional services"],"description":"For large teams with sensitive data, high security needs, access controls & custom deployment","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Quote-based pricing. Free tier available.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.secoda.co/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T08:37:24.197Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | quote |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (Data Catalog)

| Capability | Alation | Secoda |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-09-01T14:58:45.409Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*