# Alation vs Select Star

| Attribute | Alation | Select Star |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 41.9 (30% (low)) | 36.6 (42% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":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 management platform that discovers, documents, and maps data flows across enterprise systems. It provides column-level lineage tracking, AI-powered search, and governance tools to help organizations understand their data landscape. |
| 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 | 7 |
| 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":"AWS Redshift"},{"name":"dbt"},{"name":"Tableau"},{"name":"PowerBI"},{"name":"Airflow"},{"name":"Slack"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"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","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.selectstar.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T08:36:11.342Z","freeTrialDays":14}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | no |
| pricing.model | commercial | quote |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (Data Catalog)

| Capability | Alation | Select Star |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-09-01T17:05:54.539Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*